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Ruturaj Gaikwad “is going to do wonders for Indian cricket” and the team will “back him enough” when his time comes. Hardik Pandya, potentially India’s T20I captain as they build towards next year’s T20 World Cup, couldn’t have been more effusive in his praise for the Chennai Super Kings opener for his incredible 52-ball 90

The Impact Player rule can lead to situations where certain bowlers are underutilised, Gujarat Titans Hardik Pandya has said. Hardik was speaking after the IPL season-opener in Ahmedabad, where Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by five wickets. This was the first-ever IPL match to involve the Impact Player rule. On Saturday, Titans won the toss

Bracewell, who recently made a return to the New Zealand Test team after a seven-year gap, will join up with Essex after next week’s opening fixture against Middlesex. He will stay with the club until the end of July, and could feature in as many as 10 Championship games. “It’s great that we’ve been able

The Australia A squad that faces their New Zealand counterparts over two four-day games in Lincoln – using the Dukes ball to replicate Ashes conditions in the UK – is a combination of players close or recently in the Test team, some with a realistic chance of pushing for a place in the near future,

Mickey Arthur is excited by the prospect of rekindling his relationship with the PCB ahead of taking up a position as a consultant for the Pakistan men’s national team. ESPNcricinfo reported that Arthur, who coached Pakistan between 2016 and 2019, has struck a deal as team director, with the important caveat he can fulfil the

Jonny Bairstow‘s recovery from a “horrific” broken leg means he can still do little more than run in straight lines. But he can think in straight lines, too, and he has identified a return to Yorkshire wicketkeeping duties as necessary to maximise his chances of playing in this summer’s Ashes series. A freak accident when

Having shared the points, and despite Sri Lanka also being docked a Super League point for a slow over-rate in the first ODI, the equation nevertheless remains the same for the visitors; win the game on Friday and force South Africa and Ireland to win their remaining games this World Cup cycle. Indeed, if both

Durham have signed Matthew Kuhnemann, the Australia slow left-arm spinner, for their LV= Insurance County Championship campaign, after a planned deal for Kuhnemann’s Test team-mate Todd Murphy fell through. Durham had hoped to bring in Murphy for the first part of the summer but the offspinner’s availability was blocked by Cricket Australia, with the expectation

Bradburn, the former New Zealand allrounder, had been in the Pakistan system for over three years before resigning in 2021. He first worked as the national men’s side’s fielding coach, since September 2018, before taking over the new role at the HPC. In May 2020 when the National Academy was revamped, he quit the job

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs West Indies South Africa will unleash a full-strength pace pack on West Indies in the deciding T20I at the Wanderers. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi were all named in the starting XI after only Nortje played the first match, but was rotated out of the second,

The 39-year-old has since undergone bowling action remodelling and remedial work under the guidance of CSA head of High Performance, Vincent Barnes. He undertook a test at an ICC Accredited Testing Centre at the University of Pretoria, which “noted an improvement in his action, and cleared the way for him to return to bowling.” The

After completing Bangladesh’s 2-0 ODI series win against Ireland in Sylhet on Thursday evening (March 23), the next day Tamim Iqbal struck an unbeaten 109 for Prime Bank against Mohammedan in Fatullah,. Dhanmondi Club’s Fazle Mahmud and Gazi Group’s Indian recruit Ravi Teja also struck match-winning hundreds. Amite Hasan also made a century, but Shinepukur

The determination of Joel Paris to play through the pain barrier in the Sheffield Shield final has been revealed after he was ruled out of the Australia A tour of New Zealand with a back injury. Paris, the left-arm quick who played two T20Is in 2016, took five wickets in the match across 40 overs

Bangladesh’s ability to bowl under pressure was put to the test in a rain-shortened first T20I against Ireland, and Taskin Ahmed helped them come through with flying colours. The visitors had raced to 32 for 0 in less than three overs. The target – 104 from eight – was well within range. And then suddenly

The fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will take place from July 31 to August 22 this year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed. If it goes ahead as planned, this will be the first LPL season held in its originally scheduled July-August window. Similar to last year, the five-team tournament will take

Prolific opener Cameron Bancroft, quite fittingly, hit the winning runs to secure Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield title to cap a dominant season which has him poised for selection in Australia’s upcoming Ashes tour. Bancroft made a typically composed 39 not out and combined with teenager Teague Wyllie to ensure WA had no wobbles passing the

Mumbai Indians rode on three-wicket hauls from Hayley Matthews and Issy Wong, and an unbeaten half-century from Nat-Sciver Brunt to beat Delhi Capitals in a tense final at the Brabourne Stadium, and become first-ever Women’s Premier League champions. Here’s how their players and support staff reacted after the win. Harmanpreet Kaur: It was a great

“Andrew was due to take a break from the ODI series against Sri Lanka next month to concentrate on preparation for the upcoming Tests and the all-important World Cup Super League series in May,” head coach Heinrich Malan said. “With the Sri Lankan ODI series now being converted to a second Test Match, he will