Day 4 Highlights | Sri Lanka v England 2021 | 2nd Test at Galle | England seal the series
The player auction for Indian Premier League 2021 will be held on February 18 in Chennai.© Kings XI Punjab/Twitter IPL franchise owners attending the player auction ahead of Indian Premier League 2021 on February 18 in Chennai will not be required to undergo any mandatory quarantine but will have to return two negative COVID-19 tests.
News Tevyn Walcott and Zachary McCaskie have replaced them in Barbados’ squad West Indies batsman Shai Hope, and his brother Kyle Hope, have withdrawn from the Barbados squad ahead of the the Regional Super50 Cup after testing positive for Covid-19. The brothers are among three players who returned positive tests, alongside Guyana’s Trevon Griffith. The
Report Visitors were left to ponder how to reinstate the danger that hobbled Pakistan last evening Lunch Pakistan 104 for 4 (Fawad 39*, Azhar 38*, Rabada 2-20) trail South Africa 220 (Elgar 58, Yasir 3-54, Nauman 2-38) by 116 runs Perhaps if the bowling isn’t at near superhuman level and the batsman aren’t desperate to
News Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim also gained after Bangladesh’s sweep of West Indies Bangladesh offspinner Mehidy Hasan and Ireland batsman Paul Stirling have made notable gains in the ODI rankings for bowlers and batsmen, respectively, after the latest round of bilateral engagements. Shakib Al Hasan, who returned to international cricket after a one-year
News CA’s own investigation will remain open as they attempt to locate those responsible. Cricket Australia has confirmed India’s players were subjected to racial abuse during the third test at the SCG but cleared the six spectators who were taken from their seats and questioned by police at the ground. CA launched an investigation with
Report With their campaign on the line, the sixth-wicket pair add 75 off just 32 balls to pull off a stunning win Tamil Nadu 141 for 5 (Aparajith 52*, Shahrukh 40*, Arora 3-30) beat Himachal Pradesh 135 for 9 (Dhawan 35*, Rana 38, Yadav 3 for 14) by five wickets Seventy runs needed off 45
News Both squads need to undergo a mandatory six-day quarantine upon arrival in the city on January 27 India and England will get just three days to train before the first Test of the four-match series starts on February 5 in Chennai, as both squads need to undergo a mandatory six-day quarantine upon arrival in
Matthew Wade had a disappointing Test series against India © AFP Matthew Wade has been dropped from Australia’s Test squad for the series against South Africa, and will instead tour New Zealand with the T20I side when the concurrent trips are due to take place in February and March, while Tim Paine has been given
News Says tips to be gained from having watched Alzarri Joseph bowl in the ODIs After a forgettable ODI series against Bangladesh, West Indies are gearing up for the two Tests, and Kemar Roach, one of the more experienced players in the squad, is clear about what his fellow pacemen will need to do to
Report Diana Baig finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series after picking up a career-best 4 for 30 South Africa Women 201 (Wolvaardt 58, Lee 49, Baig 4-30, Sandhu 2-31) beat Pakistan Women 169 (Javeria 33, Ismail 3-22, Khaka 3-29, Luus 3-35) by 32 runs South Africa made a strong statement of intent ahead
News Says India’s win in Australia “changes nothing”; gives “complete credit” to his team-mates for the result Edited PTI copy. Ajinkya Rahane won many fans with his astute captaincy during India’s triumph in Australia but he has made it clear that the leader of the side remains Virat Kohli, for whom he is happy “filling
News Return of Ben Stokes means that two-spinner line-up could be maintained for Chennai Test England are confident of having Ollie Pope and Moeen Ali available for the first Test of the series against India. Both men missed the 2-0 series win in Sri Lanka due to injury and illness respectively. But, with the bulk
Report Sixers took Bash Boost points and then victory as Stars missed the playoffs for just the second time in competition history Sydney Sixers 5 for 180 (Christian 49*, Vince 46, Maddinson 1-6) beat Melbourne Stars 6 for 177 (Maxwell 66, Dwarshuis 3-27) by five wickets Dan Christian and Jordan Silk produced a clinical, superbly
India’s young gun Shubman Gill fell agonisingly short of what would have been an incredible century as he put India in a strong position on the final day of the Vodafone Test Series at the Gabba. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us
India looked to be in trouble after Chris Woakes’ three wickets had reduced them to 82-3 until the partnership of Kohli and Rahane added 159 for the fourth wicket. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and
Pak vs SA: Imran Butt dove to his left to take a stunning catch at second slip.© Twitter Pakistan batsman Imran Butt’s Test debut got off to a dream start as he took a stunning catch diving to his left to send South Africa opener Aiden Markram back to the pavilion in Karachi. Pacer Shaheen
Report Pakistan, meanwhile, were led out by Babar Azam for the first time in this format South Africa chose to bat vs Pakistan South Africa won the toss in Karachi and elected to bat first. On a sunny day in Karachi, the venue where South Africa last beat Pakistan in a Test match 14 years
News Bangladesh doesn’t have an Elite Panel umpire, forcing the ICC to make the appointment The ICC has named Richard Illingworth as a match official for Bangladesh’s Test series at home against West Indies next month. This will make Illingworth the first neutral umpire in a Test since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. In
Plans to field an All-Indigenous Prime Minister’s XI for the annual match at Manuka Oval in Canberra were dropped by Cricket Australia after the re-election of the current Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2019. The idea to rejuvenate the traditional concept of the PM’s XI fixture by making it an All-Indigenous team versus an overseas
News National coach feels de Kock could become one of the most capped South African cricketers of all time Quinton de Kock could become one of the most capped South African cricketers of all time, according to his national coach Mark Boucher. De Kock will make his 50th Test appearance in Karachi, where he will
Dom Sibley says that his struggles for form in Sri Lanka had left him in a “pretty dark place”, but was proud of the “courage” he had shown to make mid-series adjustments and sign off on a high with a crucial half-century in England’s series-sealing run-chase in Galle. Sibley came into the second innings of
News Their head coach underlined that his side needed to show more ‘character, heart, determination’ in the future West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has said he is looking for vast improvements in the ODI side, particularly in the way they play spin. He shared these views after West Indies went down by 120 runs
Angelo Mathews congratulates Joe Root after his double-century © SLC Joe Root believes England will go into their series against India with “a huge amount of confidence” after completing victory in Sri Lanka. England’s six-wicket win in Galle represented their fifth successive Test victory both overseas and in Asia. And while Root, England’s captain, admitted
Mark Boucher expects Keshav Maharaj to come into his own in the series against Pakistan © BCCI South Africa are set to make what coach Mark Boucher called “brave calls,” in deviating from their usual seamer-focused approach to a more spinner-based set-up for the subcontinent. On surfaces Boucher thinks are being prepared for turn, he
Big picture This Test series, finally, is the sort that made Pakistan itch to get international cricket back home from the UAE. For perhaps the first time, the narrative will not be defined by the fact that it’s taking place in the country, where the venue matters more than the cricket itself. In South Africa,
News Fixtures against No. 1-ranked Test side to be played at Lord’s and Edgbaston England will play a two-Test series against New Zealand this summer, with the ECB confirming fixtures at Lord’s and Edgbaston in June. New Zealand will be the fourth touring country hosted by England in 2021, with limited-overs series against Sri Lanka
News Sri Lanka “let it slip in one disastrous session”, says coach, after second Galle defeat Sri Lanka threw it away. Their hyper-aggressive approach to the second innings wasn’t part of the plan. And their 126 all out ruined three days of good work. These were Mickey Arthur‘s takeaways after the dispiriting 2-0 loss against
News The allrounder has said it will take another 24 hours before he knows the full extent of the injury Shakib Al Hasan will have to wait another 24 hours before knowing the full extent of the groin injury he picked up during the third ODI against West Indies. Shakib pulled up while bowling his