Delhi Capitals 154 for 4 (Capsey 38, Rodrigues 32, Kapp 32*, Jonassen 29*, Asha 2-27) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 150 for 4 (Perry 67*, Ghosh 37, Pandey 3-23) Royal Challengers Bangalore’s winless streak in the tournament continued as Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen kept their cool to guide Delhi Capitals home in a close encounter
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Chad Bowes and Ben Lister are the two uncapped players in New Zealand’s extended squad for this month’s ODI series against Sri Lanka, with a host of regulars missing due to a clash with the IPL. Lister, who plays for Auckland Aces, enters the 50-over set-up after making his T20I debut in India last month,
The new PCB selection committee for the national senior men’s team, headed by Haroon Rasheed, has formed a new policy on managing workloads and player rotation. With the series against Afghanistan not a part of the ICC’s Future Tours Programme, it gave the selectors an opportunity a chance to try out their new plan. ESPNcricinfo
Mumbai Indians 164 for 2 (Harmanpreet 53*, Sciver-Brunt 45*) beat UP Warriorz 159 for 6 (Healy 58, McGrath 50, Ishaque 3-33) by eight wickets Who can stop Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League? UP Warriorz was the only team yet to play, and consequently yet to lose, to Mumbai in the WPL and they
The Bangladesh selectors have rested Mahmudullah for the first two ODIs against Ireland, saying that they want to see other players given a chance at the highest level. Mahmudullah, a veteran of 218 ODIs who has retired from Tests and is no longer part of Bangladesh’s T20I plans, scored 71 runs in the three ODIs
Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs England Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bowl first against England in the second T20I in Dhaka. The home side earned a 1-0 lead after winning the first game in Chattogram by six wickets, so Shakib stuck to the same formula in the second
Jofra Archer says that he has already surpassed his ambitions in battling back from persistent injury to resume his England career, but admits that he would consider it a “bonus” if he is able to feature in more than one Ashes Test this summer. Archer, 27, is in the midst of an encouraging but cautious
With the new ball in hand, and her wife Dane van Niekerk – who hinted at retirement from international cricket earlier today – watching from the stands, Marizanne Kapp delivered her best T20 performance as Delhi Capitals wrapped up a 10-wicket win against Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Sports Academy.
Jhye Richardson will miss the IPL and is all but sure to be out of contention for the Ashes after undergoing surgery to overcome his hamstring issues. Richardson suffered a recurrence of the injury playing club cricket last week as he attempted a return to action after initially pulling up in the BBL. He was
New South Wales have made the bold decision to drop their captain and two-Test batter Kurtis Patterson from their Sheffield Shield team for the final match of the season against South Australia as the Blues try and avoid a winless season. Since starting the Shield season with scores of 72 not out, 3, 40, 25
Andy Balbirnie has said that the ultra-attacking style England’s Test team have adopted under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum “has a chance of changing the game” as a whole, as his Ireland team prepare for their first Test match in nearly four years. Ireland’s third and most recent Test was against England at Lord’s in
Stumps New Zealand 162 for 5 (Latham 67, Mitchell 40*, Kumara 2-34, Asitha 2-42) trail Sri Lanka 355 (Mendis 87, Southee 5-64, Henry 4-80) by 193 runs Sri Lanka’s seamers edged the visitors ahead on the second day of play at Hagley Oval as New Zealand’s batters were made to grind in their pursuit of
Jason Holder believes the West Indies Test side will improve if they can stick together and get more game time. “We have been a little bit slow, we’ve been a little bit inconsistent but I think we just need to support people,” Holder said. “You see the talent that we have in the dressing room.
Phil Salt conceded it was “frustrating” that he had once again fallen short of a match-defining innings, as Bangladesh bounced back from an inauspicious start to seal a comfortable six-wicket victory over England in the first T20I at Chattogram. Salt’s innings of 38 from 35 balls followed on from his 35 from 25 in last
With Western Australia on the verge of defending their Marsh Cup title successfully, left-arm spinner Ashton Agar was back in his element as the rowdy WACA faithful willed him on to take a five-wicket haul in the final against South Australia. He was unable to remove Wes Agar, his brother, but sealed the 181-run win
Tim Southee won the toss on a green pitch under overcast conditions in Christchurch and put Sri Lanka into bat. Southee noted that the green tinge to the wicket was the reason for the decision. New Zealand have made one change after their one-run win against England, bringing in Blair Tickner in place of Will
Mooney, the designated captain at Giants, suffered a knee injury during their tournament opener against Mumbai Indians. Giants were chasing Mumbai’s 207 for 5, and in the first over of the chase, Mooney appeared to hurt her knee when stopping and turning around while trying to steal a run. She retired hurt straightaway, and Giants
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouf.” – Mike Tyson (quote reproduced here in the original Tysonian) Sri Lanka’s preparation for this Test series has very nearly been ideal. Before the squad even assembled, most were playing in the four-day National Super League, Sri Lanka’s top first-class competition. They then had