Pakistan captain Shan Masood stated that he has seen no signs of a lack of unity from his side during his tenure as captain, saying Pakistan needed to avoid the temptation of chopping and changing regularly. In a press conference ahead of the start of Pakistan’s three-match Test series against England at home, Masood also
Mumbai 237 for 4 (Rahane 86*, Sarfaraz 54*, Shreyas 57, Mukesh 3-60) vs Rest of India Three early wickets from Mukesh Kumar had Mumbai rattling at 37 for 3, but Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan all stroked composed half-centuries, ensuring they ended day one of the Irani Trophy on the ascendancy. At stumps
The Hundred franchises could make players direct offers of multi-year contracts worth up to £300,000 per season if an overhaul to the tournament’s draft system being considered by the ECB is approved. The board is also considering lobbying the UK’s Home Office to permit each team in the Hundred to field a fourth overseas player
Lunch Bangladesh 233 and 146 (Shadman 50, Bumrah 3-17, Jadeja 3-34, Ashwin 3-50) set India 285 for 9 decl 95 runs to win Barely 24 hours after taking his 300th Test wicket and only two sessions after India’s batters started a near-unthinkable push for victory, Ravindra Jadeja‘s triple-strike started a slide for Bangladesh that wiped
Mumbai allrounder and younger brother of India batter Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan has suffered a fracture in the neck after a road accident in the outskirts of Lucknow on Friday. Musheer was en route to Lucknow from Azamgarh, his hometown, for the Irani Cup beginning on October 1 and is likely to be ruled out
Mohammed Siraj claimed a one-handed catch to dismiss Shakib al Hasan© X (Twitter) On a brilliant day for Team India in the field, Mohammed Siraj grabbed a brilliant one-handed catch. With India up against Bangladesh on Day 4 of the second Test in Kanpur, the only objective set was claiming quick wickets. It was Jasprit
Afghanistan will host Bangladesh for three ODIs in the UAE in November. While the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) did not announce which cities would host the games exactly, it was confirmed that these ODIs are in lieu of the all-format tour that was supposed to happen earlier this year between the two sides as per
Cricket West Indies [CWI] has appointed Lynford Inverary as its new chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief executive officer (CEO). The decision was made by the board of directors on September 28 in Port-of-Spain. Inverary’s appointment as COO will be effective from October 1 and his role as acting CEO will commence on November
Bangladesh 107 for 3 (Mominul 40*, Shanto 31, Akash Deep 2-34) vs India For the second consecutive day, there was no play in the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur. Unlike Saturday, there was not a single drop of rain today but a wet outfield resulted in play being called off at 2pm.
Senuran Muthusamy has been recalled and Dane Piedt has got another go alongside Keshav Maharaj as South Africa named three spinners for their two-Test tour of Bangladesh in October. The squad, which South Africa red-ball coach Shukri Conrad said was “for the conditions we are expecting to greet us” also has Matthew Breetzke, the only
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla has defended the facilities at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, which have come under fire after two days of play in the second India-Bangladesh Test were abandoned, one of them despite no rain during the scheduled hours of play. “Well, criticism is one thing which we are used to in
Even after Sunday’s fifth ODI had been called off, the rain kept coming. As Australia’s victorious squad gathered in the indoor nets for their trophy presentation, Jos Buttler stood out in the open mingling with fans. In between autographs and selfies were occasional grimaces skywards, wondering how much the dark clouds had left. Plenty, as
Lunch Bangladesh 205 for 6 (Mominul 102*, Mehidy 6*, Akash Deep 2-43, Ashwin 2-45) vs India When play finally resumed after two days were lost to rain, a tug of war between a defiant Mominul Haque and a disciplined Indian bowling attack ensued. In the 31 overs that were bowled on the fourth morning in
“The main purpose of our coaches and mentors was to develop the side,” he said at the press conference following the win. “We wanted to give youngsters an opportunity so they could develop and represent Pakistan in the future.” Captaining the side, Shadab’s all-round role in Panthers’ triumph was instrumental, as he picked up his
South Africa’s two-Test series in Bangladesh will be played on schedule, with CSA okaying the tour following a security assessment by its experts. The first Test will be played from October 21-25 in Dhaka, and the second in Chattogram from October 29 to November 2. A CSA statement on Monday said that it had given
Allrounder Samit Dravid, who had been sidelined from the three-match one-day series against Australia Under-19s in Puducherry, hasn’t recovered from a knee injury and will likely miss the upcoming four-dayers in Chennai as well, according to India Under-19s’ coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar. “As of now he’s at the NCA, recovering from his knee injury,” Kanitkar said
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reintroduced a rule for the uncapped category of Indian players ahead of IPL Auction 2025. “A capped Indian player will become uncapped, if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held, not played in
Sri Lanka Cricket had advertised the permanent head coach position following Chris Silverwood’s exit in late June. But with at least two of Sri Lanka’s three sides showing signs of improvement under Jayasuriya, SLC has initiated the process to bring Jayasuriya in on a longer term. “We are in the final stages of negotiating the
Bangladesh’s selectors have recalled Mehidy Hasan Miraz to the T20I squad for the three-match series against India starting next week. Mehidy played the last of his 25 T20Is in July last year, missing Bangladesh’s last 24 matches in that format while being a key allrounder in the two longer formats. Shakib Al Hasan is the
Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have signed local offspinner Bryan Charles as Dwayne Bravo’s replacement for the rest of CPL 2024. Bravo had announced his retirement from all cricket on Thursday after a groin injury cut short his stint in CPL 2024. Bravo had suffered the injury when he attempted to take the catch of Kings’
New Zealand may have lost both Tests – the second particularly badly, by an innings and 154 runs – but a closer look at how the games panned out probably shows a picture not as dire as first imagined. In the first Test, they ran Sri Lanka closer than most, falling short in the chase
Sixteen years after acquiring land from the Karnataka government to expand their cricketing infrastructure, the BCCI on Friday inaugurated its new state-of-the-art National Cricket Academy, which will be known as the ‘Centre of Excellence’, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah unveiled the facility to the officer bearers, which
Sri Lanka’s dominant series win against New Zealand has been one to savour not just for the way they won the second Test but also because it allows, even fleetingly, for them to ponder the prospect of a World Test Championship [WTC] final berth next year. As things stand Sri Lanka are placed third behind
South Africa opt to bowl v Ireland Ireland and South Africa made a change apiece to their bowling attacks for the second T20I in Abu Dhabi. After Friday’s night high-scoring game on a surface with decent bounce and carry and significant grass, the two teams have adjusted their seam combination. Graham Hume replaced Craig Young
In March, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced a new selection committee with seven members and no chief selector. But after Pakistan’s disastrous first-round exit at the T20 World Cup in June, Wahab and Abdul Razzaq were sacked by the PCB and not replaced, whittling the committee’s voting members down to the captains and coaches, and
Bangladesh’s government will provide Shakib Al Hasan with the security that is accorded to a national cricketer, but Shakib also has to clarify his political standpoint according to the country’s sports adviser Asif Mahmud. Mahmud said that Shakib, a former member of parliament whose party the Awami League was overthrown by a student-led revolution last
Australia have been dealt a potential injury concern heading into their title defence at the Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE, with batter Phoebe Litchfield being ruled out of the warm-up games with groin soreness. The news came in ahead of Australia’s first warm-up fixture against England in Dubai on September 29. Grace Harris,
As was the case in the mega auction ahead of IPL 2022, the IPL stuck with INR 4 crore as the price for retained uncapped players. The IPL also brought back a rule that it had discarded in 2021, of allowing Indian players who had retired from international cricket at least five years before the
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia’s resources have again been stretched for the ODI series decider in Bristol with captain Mitchell Marsh ruled out after pulling up sore following Lord’s. Steven Smith will lead the visitors who have handed a debut to allrounder Cooper Connolly. Despite the series being on
Sri Lanka 602 for 5 dec (Kamindu 182, Chandimal 116, Kusal 106*, Mathews 88, Phillips 3-141) beat New Zealand 88 (Jayasuriya 6-42, Peiris 3-33) and 360 (Phillips 78, Santner 67, Conway 61, Blundell 60, Peiris 6-170, Jayasuriya 3-139) by an innings and 154 runs New Zealand battled on day four, with overnight batters Glenn Phillips,
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