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Andrew Balbirnie, Ireland’s captain, said that Harry Tector has all the attributes to become “one of the greats of Irish cricket”, after lighting up a damp afternoon in Chelmsford with a career-best 140 from 113 balls against Bangladesh. Tector’s innings was not quite enough to set his team up for victory, with Najmul Hossain Shanto‘s

It was arguably his most incredible shot en route to his maiden IPL hundred, against Gujarat Titans on Friday. But for Suryakumar Yadav, it was effortless because of “lots and lots of practice” before the game. In the 19th over of the first innings bowled by Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar stepped away to the leg side

England Test head coach Brendon McCullum believes international boards, including the ECB, would be “completely naive” to assume their stars would turn down longterm franchise contracts. Recent reports have suggested that IPL teams are in talks with a number of English cricketers to sign annual deals. Given their investments across other tournaments such as the

The roster for the UAE series, which will form part of the preparations for the qualifiers and will be played in Sharjah, also includes four uncapped players – left-hand batter Alick Athanaze, as well as allrounders Kavem Hodge, Dominic Drakes and Akeem Jordan. “Paul is a three-dimensional player, who can bowl the new ball effectively,

Rajasthan Royals 151 for 1 (Jaiswal 98*, Samson 48*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 8 (Venkatesh 57, Chahal 4-25, Boult 2-15) by nine wickets Having restricted KKR to 149 for 8 after choosing to bowl, Royals chased down their target in just 13.1 overs, lifting their net run rate from an already healthy 0.388

The PCB’s hybrid model solution to the Asia Cup will see four out of 13 matches being played in Pakistan with the rest – including the final – to be played at a neutral venue, which could be the UAE. Najam Sethi, the board head, told BBC’s Stumped podcast that he was still hopeful of

Australia have retained their No. 1 spot in the ICC men’s ODI team rankings following the annual update that dropped results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all matches completed since May 2020. With 118 rating points, Australia are two points clear of second-placed Pakistan after the update, which weights matches completed before May 2022

Played 11, Points 10, NRR 0.388Rem mat: KKR (a), RCB (h), PBKS (a) Played 11, Points 10, NRR -0.079Rem mat: RR (h), CSK (a), LSG (h) Both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders are identically placed with 11 points from 10 games, but in terms of momentum, they are at very different places in their

Central Sparks 183 for 4 (E Jones 73, A Jones 40) beat Southern Vipers 180 (McCaughan 59, Burns 5-36, Davis 3-19) by six wickets Erin Burns helped Central Sparks avenge their defeat at the hands of Southern Vipers earlier this month with a five-wicket haul to help her new side to victory in this Rachael

The ICC’s next revenue-distribution model looks set to confirm the BCCI as the only really big player in the game, with the Indian board projected to take home nearly 40% of the ICC’s net surplus earnings from its next four-year commercial cycle. The new model, currently at a proposed stage and seen by ESPNcricinfo, draws

Pat Cummins admits he was “burnt out” by the relentless nature of the cricket schedule when he returned from a frustrating run of injuries early in his international career. In his first interview since leaving India midway through Australia’s tour in February to spend time with his dying mother, the Test and ODI captain declared

Chennai Super Kings Played 11, Points 13, NRR 0.409Rem mat: DC (h), KKR (h), DC (a) Chennai Super Kings are relatively comfortably placed in second place, on 13 points after 11 games and with a healthy net run rate too. In an extreme case, even if they lose all three remaining matches, they could still

Toss Ireland chose to bowl against Bangladesh Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie decided to bowl after winning the toss in the first ODI against Bangladesh in Chelmsford. It was the first ODI in 24 years at the County Ground, where two matches during the 1999 World Cup were played. Ireland made just one change to the

Kolkata Knight Riders 182 for 5 (Nitish 51, Russell 42, Roy 38, Chahar 2-23) beat Punjab Kings 179 for 7 (Dhawan 57, Varun 3-26, Harshit 2-33) by five wickets Kolkata Knight Riders hung on by the skin of their teeth, both in their match against Punjab Kings and in the tournament. Rinku Singh sealed another

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has termed his side’s preparations for the ODI series against Ireland less than ideal, referring to his team’s lack of practice time and access to the series venue, the Cloud County ground in Chelmsford. The series begins on May 9, with all three matches to be played in Chelmsford, a

Ravi Shastri believes Rohit Sharma‘s challenges as captain of Mumbai Indians “have doubled” in the past two years, leading to poor returns as a team. “The resources that you had two or three years ago isn’t quite the same. The challenges as a captain might have doubled for him. The work as a captain would

After the dramatic defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said that the nature of the IPL means that any team can conjure up a result even out of difficult circumstances, but admitted it hurt to bowl no-balls at crucial moments, like the last ball of the match. Sandeep Sharma had

Hardik Pandya has hailed Rashid Khan‘s athletic outfield catch to dismiss Kyle Mayers that broke Lucknow Super Giants’ strong opening stand as a “match-changing” effort, after Gujarat Titans prevailed by 56 runs in Ahmedabad. Chasing 228, Mayers had powered to 48 off 31 balls in a partnership of 88 with Quinton de Kock in just