Cricket

Rajat Patidar, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s breakout star of IPL 2022, is in doubt for at least the first half of the upcoming season due to a heel injury. Patidar is currently undergoing rehab at the NCA in Bengaluru. ESPNcricinfo understands Patidar has been advised rest for the next three weeks before an MRI scan will

Zimbabwe 235 for 3 (Ballance 64*, Madhevere 50, Ervine 44, Shariz 2-71) beat Netherlands 231 for 9 (O’Dowd 38, Ackermann 37, Williams 3-41, Raza 2-55) by seven wickets Wessly Madhevere and Gary Ballance notched up fifties, and Sean Williams hit 43 and took a three-wicket haul as Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by seven wickets in

Choudhary’s injury is another blow to Super Kings’ seam attack that has already lost New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, who is also down with a back injury. Deepak Chahar, the leader of the seam attack, is also working his way back from injury, as is opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad. Allrounder Shivam Dube, too, is

Toss Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs New Zealand Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI against New Zealand. There was a little grass on the drop-in surface at Eden Park, which suggests there may be some early movement on offer for the seam bowlers. New Zealand had

Mumbai Indians 182 for 4 (Nat Sciver-Brunt 72*, Ecclestone 2-39) beat UP Warriorz 110 all out (Navgire 43, Wong 4-15) by 72 runs A spectacular knock from Nat Sciver-Brunt, the tournament’s first-ever hat-trick from Issy Wong and a return to all-round brilliance powered Mumbai Indians to the Women’s Premier League final with a comprehensive 72-run

On Sunday night at the NASA Space Center in Houston, all sorts of questions could be explored walking around this wondrous complex dedicated to the history and future of space exploration. On entering, to the left, visitors couldn’t have missed a prominent exhibit dedicated to the new Artemis shuttle program which launched last November. Who

Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine says his phone has gone berserk with messages of support since his decision to retire from first-class cricket. Paine skippered Australia in 23 Tests in a tumultuous period following the ball-tampering saga in 2018. He stepped down from the role and away from the sport on the eve of

Thursday’s Hundred draft saw 30 men’s players picked across the eight teams, with Welsh Fire strengthening significantly after a winless 2022 season. Their new coach Michael Hussey used the first pick of the draft to select Tom Abell – after Tim David returned to Southern Brave via their Right-To-Match (RTM) card – then secured the

When snow hit large swathes of southern England on March 8 this year, a flurry of quips followed: it must almost be time for the county cricket season to begin. Those dry-witted weather predictions came true one year ago, on March 31, as photographer Matthew Lewis lined up to snap Nottinghamshire’s players and coaching staff

India’s team management has given the IPL franchises “some borderline indications” about workload management for players, according to Rohit Sharma, but he expressed doubts about whether they would be followed by the teams. IPL 2023 kicks off March 31, less than ten days after the ODI series against Australia, which India lost 1-2 in Chennai

Kyle Coetzer, the former Scotland captain who led his side to famous victories over No. 1-ranked England in 2018 and into the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 38. Coetzer, who was born and raised in Aberdeen, had stepped down from

Mark Alleyne, the former Gloucestershire and England allrounder, has been named as Glamorgan’s new white-ball coach. Alleyne, 54, takes over T20 duties from Matthew Maynard, who has retained the red-ball role following Glamorgan’s strong showing in last year’s County Championship, while he will also oversee their 50-over fortunes, with David Harrison departing after guiding the

Delhi Capitals 142 for 5 (Lanning 39, Kapp 34*, Capsey 34) beat UP Warriorz 138 for 6 (McGrath 58*, Capsey 3-26) by five wickets Alice Capsey couldn’t believe it. She had her hands on her face in disbelief as she ran towards Meg Lanning at cover. She had managed to lure Sophie Ecclestone – who

The 2023 ODI World Cup is likely to start on October 5 and end on November 19. ESPNcricinfo has also learned that BCCI, the host for the 10-team marquee event, has shortlisted at least a dozen venues, with the final scheduled to be at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad aside, the shortlist

Nathan Ellis wasn’t originally in Australia’s ODI squad for the India tour. An injury to Jhye Richardson opened up a spot for him, and now he is relishing every moment of being with the Australia side on tour. Like pinning Virat Kohli lbw in a ten-wicket victory in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam. Like smashing

Delhi Capitals 110 for 1 (Capsey 38*, Shafali 33) beat Mumbai Indians 109 for 8 (Vastrakar 26, Kapp 2-13, Pandey 2-21, Jonassen 2-25) by nine wickets There’s passion in everything Marizanne Kapp does on the cricket field. When she bats, you simply cannot breathe easy until the moment she is out. And when she bowls,

Mushfiqur Rahim‘s 60-ball century against Ireland was a shining example of the aggressive intent Bangladesh have been trying to adopt, especially through the middle and late overs of ODI cricket. At the end of the match, which got washed out, Litton Das, who scored 70 off 71 himself, said they have been trying to get

All of Bosch, Tucker and de Klerk were in the squad for the recent T20 World Cup and have been around South African squads in the recent past. The only player not on the contract list from the T20 World Cup squad is Annerie Dercksen, with Tumi Sekhukhune, who missed the tournament, keeping her spot.