West Indies 145 for 4 (Carty 42, Louie 35, Brathwaite 35,Maharaj 3-45) trail South Africa 357 (Bavuma 86, De Zorzi 78, Warrican 4-69, Seales 3-67) by 212 runs Keshav Maharaj bowled 28 overs unchanged from the Media Centre End, albeit with weather-related interruptions, as South Africa frustrated West Indies on the third day of a
Adam Zampa retains hope of wearing the baggy green, confident that his game would stand up in Tests despite a lack of first-class cricket over the last six years. His heavy white-ball schedule has meant Zampa has played just two first-class games since 2019, both for New South Wales having returned to the state where
India have had some great results in Australia in the last few years.© Twitter India cricketer Shardul Thakur has revealed many details about India’s victorious tour to Australia in 2020-21, stating that the team had not received good facilities from Cricket Australia. Terming the treatment towards them as “horrible”, Thakur stated that then-India captain Ajinkya
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has made considerable progress in his recovery from an ankle injury that has sidelined him from cricket since the ODI World Cup last November. The hope is that he will be ready to play India’s home season, which begins with a Test series against Bangladesh in September. The selectors have
The Sri Lanka pair of Wanindu Hasaranga and Nuwan Thushara will not be available to play for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in CPL 2024. Both players had suffered injuries during the recent white-ball series at home against India. While slinger Thushara was ruled out of the entire series with a finger injury, Hasaranga played
Not originally included in a largely young Mumbai squad for the pre-season Buchi Babu Invitational tournament in Tamil Nadu, Suryakumar has informed the Mumbai selectors of his availability for the second half of the first-class competition that is set to run until the end of August. He will play under Sarfaraz Khan after requesting the
Ranjan Madugalle has become the first match referee to officiate 400 ODIs, with his taking charge of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Khettarama. Madugalle has been a match referee since 1993 and in that time has also officiated more than 200 Tests, also a record. He had, in addition, served as
India will have a two-day pink-ball warm-up match ahead of the day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide when they face the Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra. The floodlit fixture will take place on November 30 and December 1 at Manuka Oval in the gap between the first and second Tests. In the last two seasons
Sri Lanka have named uncapped right-arm seamer Milan Rathnayake and fast-bowling allrounder Nisala Tharaka in an 18-member squad for the three-match Test series against England later this month. Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay, who played his lone Test back in June 2022 against Australia, has also been brought back after an impressive showing in the second ODI
South Africa 344 for 8 (Bavuma 86, de Zorzi 78, Warrican 3-66) vs West Indies Tony de Zorzi, South Africa’s opening batter who was dismissed for 78 before lunch, sat on the change-room balcony with a copy of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Ironic, because what played out in front of him was nothing like
Virat Kohli (Left) and Mohammed Siraj during India’s third ODI vs Sri Lanka.© X (formerly Twitter) Mohammed Siraj was involved in a war of words with Sri Lanka’s Kusal Medis during the India vs Sri Lanka third ODI at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. In the follow-up, the India pacer claimed a wicket
England’s decision to call Olly Stone up when Dillon Pennington went down with a hamstring injury underlined their belief in the value of high pace at Test level. Essex’s Sam Cook has been the outstanding seamer in the County Championship over the last few seasons, but Stone’s ability to hit speeds of 90mph/145kph won him
Perhaps India should have swept the ball more. Or at least employed the sweep more effectively (given several batters were out playing that shot throughout the series). India captain Rohit Sharma thinks that this is what the Sri Lanka batters did better than their counterparts through the course of this 2-0 result. They were better
The Sri Lanka men’s team has raised concerns about the security situation in England in light of the anti-immigrant riots that have erupted in various cities. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has responded by reassuring Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the team about the security arrangements in place. Players already in England for
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been charged by the ICC for breaching three counts of the anti-corruption code relating to corrupt approaches in international matches and the Lanka Premier League. According to an ICC statement Jayawickrama, 25, was charged under articles 2.4.4 and 2.4.7 of the code as follows: Failing to report to
Sri Lanka’s top-order batters were good, and their spinners were even better. This was captain Charith Asalanka‘s take on what had enabled his team to overcome India, a side which they had lost to 16 times since 2015, but beaten only on three occasions in ODIs. In this series, played on raging turners, Sri Lanka
With Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the final of women’s 50 kg final at the Paris Olympics, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh has raised questions on the presence of her personal coach and support staff, wondering what they are doing in Paris. With Vinesh disqualified from participating in the final, the entire country
Toss South Africa chose to bat vs West Indies With the inclusion of an extra batter in their playing XI, South Africa opted to bat in the opening Test against West Indies in Trinidad. Both teams announced their XIs on the eve of the match where South Africa unveiled a 7-4 split after opting to
“We need to talk about it.” That was India captain Rohit Sharma when asked if being spun out on dry Colombo surfaces to lose the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0 was a result of their lack of application. India lost 27 wickets to spin, the most by any team against this variety of bowling
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first in the third and final ODI against India in Colombo. Sri Lanka lead the series 1-0, and a win will secure a first bilateral ODI series win against India since 1997. Charith Asalanka had no doubt in
Fast bowler Naseem Shah has returned to the Pakistan Test squad after more than a year out, as selectors announced a 17-member squad for the two-Test home series against Bangladesh. The Tests will be Pakistan’s first since a series loss in Australia at the start of the year and sees four changes from that touring
Nick Hockley has announced he will step down as Cricket Australia chief executive in March after five years in the job. Hockley, who has worked in the Australian game in various positions for 13 years, initially came into the role in an interim capacity early in the Covid-19 pandemic after Kevin Roberts resigned following unrest
India all-rounder Washington Sundar feels the must-win third and final ODI against Sri Lanka will provide them a big opportunity to counter the spin threat in challenging conditions and hold the team in good stead ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy. The Indian team is staring at its first bilateral ODI series defeat against the
Big picture – The ODI learning curve And they said the middle overs in an ODI are dull. India and Sri Lanka are playing a series where all of the action is contained in the exact period where the 50-over format tends to be dull. And that’s largely because they have been playing these games
Jhye Richardson is in line to play his first game in Australia since January over the next few weeks after being included as part of Perth Scorchers’ squad for the Top End T20 tournament in Darwin. Richardson is the most notable inclusion in the Scorchers’ group which is largely made up of younger players on
Big picture: Where has the competition gone? A rivalry that started with intensity in a one-off Test in 1992 has fizzled out into a one-sided affair with South Africa victorious in 22 out of 32 matches against West Indies, and vanquished in just three. They have never lost a Test series (the emphasis being on
An India-Sri Lanka bilateral series in which India are the team scrambling to prove themselves? Wow. It has been a while. In fact, India have not lost a bilateral series between these teams since 1997. The outcomes of the last two matches are especially surprising given the pummelings India had handed out in these teams’
Dinesh Karthik is set to become the first Indian player to feature in the SA20. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Karthik will join Paarl Royals as an overseas player ahead of the new season starting January 9. The SA20 will be the first tournament Karthik will play since announcing retirement from “representative cricket” in June on
Ryan Harris has been named South Australia’s new men’s head coach, filling the role vacated by Jason Gillespie’s departure earlier this year. Harris, who began his playing career with the state, has been leading the men’s programme in an interim capacity over the last few months while the role was recruited for and will take
Imraan Khan, one-time Test cap in 2009 and Dolphins coach for the last five years, has been appointed the new batting lead at Cricket South Africa. Imraan is currently with the Test team in the West Indies, where he will work under national red-ball coach Shukri Conrad. He replaced Ashwell Prince, who was unavailable for
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