Report Liam Livingstone remains unavailable for England, who were again asked to set a target Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs England West Indies sought to repeat the trick in the second T20I in Barbados, inserting England at the toss once again 24 hours after their new-ball bowlers had exploited conditions perfectly to set …
West Indies bowl first, Reece Topley in for England Read More »
Report Netherlands lost their last eight wickets for just 64 runs, costing them the opportunity to level the series. Afghanistan 237 for 6 (Gurbaz 103, Shahidi 54, Boissevain 2-39) beat Netherlands 189 (Edwards 86, Mujeeb 4-32) by 48 runs In the second of three matches in Doha, Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and …
Gurbaz century, Mujeeb four-for secure Afghanistan series win Read More »
News Visits by India women and South Africa men, plus the Women’s World Cup and a tour by Netherlands men, are scheduled for the next few weeks Upcoming domestic and international matches in New Zealand, potentially including the Women’s ODI World Cup, will continue to take place – behind closed doors – after the entire …
Omicron outbreak in New Zealand: cricket to continue, but behind closed doors Read More »
Report Banton opens ahead of Salt; Dawson plays first England game since 2018 West Indies win the toss and bowl first against England Kieron Pollard won the toss for West Indies and chose to bowl first at the Kensington Oval, as the first T20I against England prepared to get underway. Two months ago, the end …
Jason Holder and Brandon King condemn England to nine-wicket rout Read More »
News The board also confirmed the ODIs will be played in Ahmedabad, followed by the T20Is in Kolkata The BCCI has confirmed that the venues for the limited-overs series at home against West Indies will be Ahmedabad and Kolkata, and has also advanced the third ODI from February 12 to 11, to avoid a clash …
When Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat played a high-octane clash on December 27, as the BBL entered its traditional peak period of the school holidays, there was reason for optimism and little indication of the mayhem ahead for the tournament. In front of almost 15,000 fans at the Gabba, one of the biggest crowds of …
‘Once it hit, it hit so hard’ – keeping the BBL going through Covid Read More »
News Chance for fringe players to grab opportunity as focus turns to Australia 2022 Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, says that developing his side’s bench strength during their five-match T20I campaign against West Indies is more important than pushing for an outright series win, but he hopes that the team environment that has been fostered in …
Eoin Morgan: Building ‘deeper, stronger squad’ part of England’s T20 World Cup planning Read More »
Report Vandersay picks up 4 for 10 in 7.4 overs as hosts bowlers run rampant Sri Lanka 254 for 9 (Nissanka 55, Asalanka 52, Ngarava 2-46) beat Zimbabwe 70 (Kaitano 19, Vandersay 4-10) by 184 runs Sri Lanka’s bowlers ran rampant in the early overs of Zimbabwe’s chase reducing the opposition to 20 for 3, …
Sri Lanka seal the series 2-1 as Zimbabwe crumble to 70 all out Read More »
News Having recovered from a side injury, the Australia pacer hopes to play in the IPL too, but concedes that the schedule could make it tough Josh Hazlewood is set to return to action in next month’s five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka after his Ashes was curtailed to just one match because of a …
Josh Hazlewood set to return to action in Sri Lanka T20I series Read More »
News England opener described Australia allrounder Tahlia McGrath’s execution as ” the difference between kicking onto like 180-190″ Tammy Beaumont has backed England to compete with Australia when the sides reconvene for back-to-back matches at the Adelaide Oval over the weekend to complete the T20I leg of their Ashes series. But despite a heavy defeat …
News South Africa’s head coach to face a disciplinary hearing chaired by senior counsel advocate Terry Motau; he will remain in his role as coach in the interim In a follow-up to the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report, Mark Boucher has been charged with gross misconduct by Cricket South Africa, and will face a …
CSA’s SJN follow-up: Mark Boucher charged with ‘gross misconduct’ Read More »
News South Africa move up a spot to fifth place after beating India; New Zealand retain second spot Australia have overtaken India and New Zealand to reclaim the No. 1 ICC Test rankings spot after their 4-0 Ashes win at home, pushing India down to third spot. South Africa’s 2-1 win over India at home …
Australia top ICC Test rankings after Ashes win, India slip to third place Read More »
News Shaik Rasheed, Aaradhya Yadav, Vasu Vats, Manav Parakh and Siddarth Yadav are the others to have tested positive An unnamed BCCI official told PTI, “Three Indian players had tested positive yesterday and were already isolated. In the morning before match our captain and vice-captain also tested positive in Rapid Antigen Test which is not …
News Assistant coach filmed footage of police’s 6am arrival at team hotel in Hobart Graham Thorpe’s role as England assistant coach could be under threat, as the ECB launch an investigation into reports that he was smoking a cigar indoors prior to the police being called to the team hotel in Hobart. England’s embarrassing end …
Graham Thorpe under scrutiny amid reports that cigar smoking caused police intervention Read More »
Report Chris Lynn passed 3000 BBL runs but his Brisbane Heat future is uncertain Sydney Sixers 6 for 178 (Hughes 59, Neser 3-39) beat Brisbane Heat 8 for 151 (Bryant 57, Kerr 3-23) by 27 runs Sydney Sixers all but locked in second place on the BBL ladder, consigning the Brisbane Heat to a sixth …
Kerr shines again as Sydney Sixers close in on Qualifier final Read More »
News Head coach worried about ability of players coming into side from domestic ranks Phil Simmons has echoed his limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard‘s analysis that West Indies “have a batting problem” but insists he is not worrying about his job as head coach after a shock 2-1 ODI series defeat at home to Ireland. Speaking …
West Indies ‘batting quality not there’ – Phil Simmons Read More »
News BCCI anti-corruption unit helps player lodge police complaint following the offer, made through Instagram Former Tamil Nadu batter R Sathish has filed a police complaint in Bengaluru after being approached on social media to fix a match. In the complaint, filed on January 14 and seen by ESPNcricinfo, Sathish has mentioned that on January …
Former TN and IPL player R Sathish gets offer of INR 40 lakh to ‘fix’ match Read More »
News The defending champions are in a race to secure a spot in Qualifier final after defeat against Adelaide Strikers Test star Nathan Lyon looms as the final puzzle piece in the Sydney Sixers’ historic bid for a third successive BBL crown. Lyon’s international commitments have concluded following Australia’s 4-0 Ashes triumph over England and …
Nathan Lyon boosts Sydney Sixers as Test stars return to BBL Read More »
