Sri Lanka 81 for 0 (Madushka 41*, Karunaratne 39*) trail Ireland 492 (Campher 111, Stirling 103, Jayasuriya 5-174) by 411 runs Paul Stirling and allrounder Curtis Campher struck their nation’s third and fourth Test hundreds respectively, as Ireland stormed past their previous highest Test score early in the day, and on to a mammoth 492
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Mark Chapman has been added to the New Zealand ODI squad for their upcoming five-match series against Pakistan that begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Chapman has been called up on the back of his impressive performances in the T20I series, where he finished as the highest run-scorer with 290 runs in five games. His runs
Delhi Capitals 144 for 9 (Pandey 34, Axar 34, Washington 3-28, Bhuvneshwar 2-11) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 for 6 (Agarwal 49, Klaasen 31, Axar 2-21, Nortje 2-33) by seven runs For a large part of the contest, Sunrisers Hyderabad seemed to have a hold on Delhi Capitals. Like when Washington Sundar picked up three wickets
April 24 was chosen as the date to unveil the gates to mark Tendulkar’s 50th birthday, and also the 30th anniversary of Lara’s 277 at the SCG, his first Test century, though that Test was played in January 1993. In a statement, Cricket Australia said that the gates, situated between the members pavilion’s away dressing
Chennai Super Kings 235 for 4 (Rahane 71, Conway 56, Dube 50, Khejroliya 2-44) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 186 for 8 (Roy 61, Rinku 53, Theekshana 2-32, Deshpande 2-44) by 49 runs For a while, the IPL record for most sixes in an innings (21), which was coincidentally set on this day in 2013, was
“I think this counterattack was even better than [the one in the] Chennai game,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation. “Because, the Chennai game, the conditions were brilliant to bat on, but today, I got out first ball, so that pushed us back a little bit; then Shahbaz [Ahmed] tried to get going [but] he
Arshdeep Singh is among the death bowling elite in short-form cricket. Since 2022, only four men have delivered at least 60 overs in the last four of a T20 game and taken a minimum of 30 wickets. He’s one of them and he has the best average and the best economy rate of the lot.
Punjab Kings 214 for 8 (Curran 55, Bhatia 41, Chawla 2-15) beat Mumbai Indians 210 for 6 (Green 67, Suryakumar 57, Arshdeep 4-29) by 13 runs Punjab Kings’ innings was going nowhere. After 14 overs, they were 105 for 4 with Harpreet Singh Bhatia batting on 15 off 16 and Sam Curran on 8 off
Gloucestershire 231 (T Price 109, Leach 4-49) and 172 for 3 (Dent 66*, Bracey 51) lead Worcestershire 157 (Dale 6-41, T Price 4-58) by 246 runs Ajeet Singh Dale’s career-best bowling performance and half centuries from Chris Dent and James Bracey steered Gloucestershire into a powerful position heading into the final day of the LV=Insurance
MS Dhoni is 41 years old and has been part of 240 IPL games, but he came into this season after close to a year-long gap following last year’s edition. He knows he’s at the twilight of his career, but believes that it will not stop him from cherishing every moment of a tournament he
Chennai Super Kings 138 for 3 (Conway 77, Gaikwad 35, Markande 2-23) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 7 (Abhishek 34, Jadeja 3-22, Akash 1-17) by seven wickets Devon Conway‘s third half-century in a row helped Chennai Super Kings chip away at the target of 135 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow, gripping pitch at the
Essex 289 for 1 (Westley 138*, Browne 105*) vs Kent Tom Westley and Nick Browne both hit centuries as Essex advanced to 289 for one on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship game with Kent at Canterbury. Westley scored a swashbuckling, unbeaten 138, which contrasted with Browne’s more measured 105 not out, but
David Warner has confirmed that most of Delhi Capitals’ equipment, which was stolen in transit from Bengaluru to Delhi on April 15, has been retrieved. Warner’s Instagram story that featured the recovered items also mentioned that the culprits have been found. However, he also said few items remained missing. In the photo posted by Warner,
Arthur is only one year into his four-year contract with Derbyshire and his reluctance to leave that role meant that it took months for him and the PCB to arrive at an arrangement to work part-time with the Pakistan team. Arthur will be available to Pakistan for only one game in this year’s Asia Cup
Delhi Capitals 128 for 6 (Warner 57, Pandey 21, Varun 2-16, Rana 2-17, A Roy 2-19) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 127 (J Roy 43, Russell 38*, Axar 2-13, Kuldeep 2-15) by four wickets Delhi Capitals finally earned their first win of IPL 2023, breaking a five-game losing streak, but it did not come easy. Despite
Big picture: Can SRH score first win against CSK at home? Sunrisers Hyderabad have not yet beaten Chennai Super Kings at home. They’ve played only three matches against CSK in Chennai, but visiting teams have always struggled for success at Chepauk, where Super Kings have won 19 of their last 23 games. CSK have played
Capitals are in crisis after starting IPL 2023 with five consecutive defeats. They will likely have to win eight of their nine remaining games to have a chance of qualifying for the play-offs, starting with a home fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday night. Moody, a title-winning coach with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016, has
Gary Ballance, the former Yorkshire and England cricketer who recently relaunched his career with his native Zimbabwe, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. Ballance, 33, made four centuries in 23 Test appearances for England between 2014 and 2017, a record that compared favourably with many other players to have