Captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday warned his India team there is “no dress rehearsal” in cricket as they face a Bangladesh side fresh from a historic Test series win over Pakistan. India lead the World Test Championship (WTC) standings ahead of Australia, where Rohit’s team will tour for a five-match series later in the year.
Adam Zampa admits the ODI game faces an uncertain future, but he believes the format remains a priority for young players coming through despite the congested calendar and increasing amounts of franchise cricket. Zampa will play his 100th ODI in the opening match against England at Trent Bridge on Thursday having established himself as Australia’s
New Zealand might not have played a Test since March but they will have little time to get up to speed ahead of a packed Test schedule to close out the year. September’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka will be followed by a three-Test tour of India in October and November, before they head back
India are coming off a break of more than a month without any cricket – “We are starting after a long time actually”, the captain Rohit Sharma said – but they are also aware of the strain that their schedule over the next few months can place on their players, particularly their fast bowlers. India
England will test out their fast-bowling depth when they unleash seven seamers across their ODI series against Australia. A tight schedule of five matches in 11 days – starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday – will demand some degree of rotation, which could aid Hampshire’s John Turner in his long-standing bid to make his international
Sri Lanka have a problem of plenty. This is not something that has been true for Sri Lanka Test sides in recent years. Even stranger, the kind of players they have too many are seam bowlers. In their most recent Test at The Oval, Sri Lanka’s quartet of quicks decked England for 156 in the
Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mushfiqur Rahim are expected to shoulder significant responsibility for Bangladesh as they look to build on an uptick in Test match performances away from home. Although they’ve only won eight of 67 matches on tour, four of them have come since 2021 and the most recent two were
Usman Khawaja will open the batting for Queensland in the opening three Sheffield Shield rounds, having previously batted at No. 4 while being the Test opener, as new coach Johan Botha looks to create more stability in the Bulls’ middle-order following a disappointing season last summer. Despite being the Test opener, Khawaja had batted at
Big picture: Shades of 2019 in 2024 A lot has happened since New Zealand last toured Sri Lanka. Back then, in 2019, the world was yet to be introduced to Covid-19, while the Lankans were only just recovering from Rangana Herath‘s retirement. Fast forward to the present, the pandemic is firmly in the rearview while
Former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has abruptly resigned from his roles as a Brisbane Heat and Queensland men’s assistant coach to take up a full-time radio commentary job with ABC Sport for the upcoming summer of cricket in Australia. Lehmann, 54, had a year to run on his contract as an assistant coach with
Ravichandran Ashwin, one of India’s finest in the longest format of the game, gears up for the 2-match Test series against Bangladesh, hoping to add some more laurels to his already decorated cap. When it comes to home Tests, there’s arguably a better asset for the Indian team with the ball than Ashwin. Over the
Play three fast bowlers or three spinners? Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir will have to make that call when they sit down to finalise India’s XI for the first Test against Bangladesh, starting on September 19 in Chennai. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Chepauk pitch will be a red-soil one, with quality bounce and carry.
Emilio Gay will join Durham on loan for their County Championship clash with table-topping Surrey at the Kia Oval on Tuesday, after the club captain Scott Borthwick was ruled out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury. Gay, 24, has enjoyed a prolific season at the top of Northamptonshire’s order, scoring 919
Top-order batter Oshada Fernando has returned to Sri Lanka’s Test fold following an 18-month absence, but this means there is no room for opening batter Nishan Madushka in Sri Lanka’s 16-man squad for this month’s two-Test series against New Zealand at home. Of those that toured England, fast-bowling allrounder Nisala Tharaka and seamer Kasun Rajitha
Australia have responded to their mounting fast-bowling injury list by adding Mahli Beardman, the 19-year-old Western Australia seamer, to their ODI squad for the five-match series against England, which gets underway at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Beardman, 19 years old and 6ft 2in, was a standout performer in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year,
Harry Brook will captain England for the first time during their five-match ODI series against Australia, with Jos Buttler ruled out for the rest of the summer with a calf injury sustained in July. Buttler’s injury has also given a lifeline to Liam Livingstone, who has been recalled to the 50-over side after initially being
England will continue to take a cautious approach to Jofra Archer‘s workloads during their five upcoming ODIs against Australia, after he bowled just 3.3 overs across the drawn, rain-affected T20I series. Archer has been steadily eased back into international cricket this year, playing two T20Is against Pakistan in May before featuring in all eight of
Star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin showered praise on Jasprit Bumrah and called him a “once-in-a-generation” bowler. After his stupendous performance at the T20 World Cup, Bumrah will make a return into Team India for the first time. The 30-year-old has been named in India’s Test squad against Bangladesh, which will kick off in MA Chidambaram
Saleema Imtiaz has become the first Pakistani woman to be nominated to the ICC international panel of development umpires. Imtiaz’s nomination makes her eligible to officiate in women’s bilateral international matches and ICC women’s events. Her first on-field appearance in a bilateral series will be in the T20I series between Pakistan and South Africa starting
Australia’s pace-bowling depth is often talked about, and for good reason, but right now it is being tested. The list of injuries and absentees around the limited-overs tour of the UK has become a lengthy one. Xavier Bartlett was the latest to be ruled out after suffering a side strain in the first T20I against
England vs Australia – Match abandoned The forecast for Manchester wasn’t wrong as steady rain from early in the day forced the deciding T20I to be abandoned shortly after 4pm on a bleak Sunday. It meant England and Australia shared the spoils after the visitors were convincing winners in Southampton before England responded with a
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto says his side is confident going into the first Test against India in Chennai, after their 2-0 win against Pakistan earlier this month. The two-match Test series against India starts on Thursday, followed by three T20Is. “It will be a challenging series but we have the extra confidence from the
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami wants to ensure that he is fully fit before he returns to international cricket. “Koshish jaldi hi kar raha hoon kyun ke main janta hoon kaafi time ho gaya hai team se bahar rehte hue (I am working hard to make a comeback soon because I know I have been
Virat Kohli (left) with his fan.© Instagram/@touseef_ahmedd The Indian cricket team on Friday gathered at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium to prepare for the first Test against Bangladesh, starting September 19. It will be a two-match series between the sides with the second Test set to start on September 27. The Indian cricket team arrived at
As India’s new bowling coach, Morne Morkel‘s foremost goal is to protect an already well-oiled set-up, and make sure the players “feel at home” despite the weight of expectations. Morkel, who replaced Paras Mhambrey in the role last month, joined the team in Chennai, where it is preparing for the upcoming home Test series against
Pakistan women’s team have not received daily allowances during their ongoing training camp in Multan, which started on September 1. The women’s squad, which is at the camp ahead of Pakistan’s three T20I matches against South Africa next week, will receive allowances once the series starts. But the decision marks a change in policy from
India B 124 for 0 (Jagadeesan 67*, Abhimanyu 51*) trail India C 525 (Kishan 111, Suthar 82, Indrajith 78, Chahar 4-73, Mukesh 4-126) by 401 runs On a day dominated by the batters, Manav Suthar proved his all-round chops as India C posted a mammoth first innings total in Anantapur. India B responded solidly, their
England vs Australia Live Score Updates 2nd T20I Live© AFP England vs Australia 2nd T20I Live Updates: England look to bounce back after their loss when they take on Australia in the second T20I encounter at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. This is a must-win game for England in the three-match T20I series. England were defeated
India A 290 and 115 for 1 (Agarwal 56, Pratham 59*) lead India D 183 (Padikkal 92, Khaleel 3-39, Aaqib 3-41) by 222 runs Khaleel Ahmed‘s India career hasn’t quite taken off, but a decent IPL opened the doors for a white-ball return in Zimbabwe in July for the first time since 2019. Now, Khaleel
Speaking ahead of South Africa’s departure to the UAE, where they will play Afghanistan in three ODIs next week, Bavuma said that South Africans, whose own system of legalised race-based segregation ended 30 years ago, are in a unique position to relate to those who are suffering human-rights abuses. Thus, Bavuma reiterated the call for
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