Tea England 237 for 3 (Brook 136*, Root 72*) vs New Zealand Harry Brook continued his regal start to life as a Test cricketer with his fourth hundred in nine innings, as England recovered from a parlous position inside the first hour to dominate the rest of the morning and afternoon sessions at the Basin
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Deepti received support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the immediate aftermath of the incident during a post-match interview, saying, “Whatever we have done, I don’t think it was any crime. It is part of the game and is an ICC rule, and I think we just need to back our player.” The MCC World Cricket
Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson did prohibit him from using WhatsApp “for the purposes of facilitating or managing dating,” however. Gunathilaka is facing four charges of sexual intercourse without consent, after a woman he met off the dating app Tinder, accused him of choking her without consent, and stealthing, among other offences. He had subsequently been arrested
Ben Stokes says he can’t see James Anderson stopping anytime soon after the 40-year-old topped the latest ICC men’s Test rankings. Anderson will earn his 179th cap on Friday as England named an unchanged team for the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Wellington. It was at the Basin Reserve 15 years ago that Lancashire
Multan Sultans 196 for 2 (Rizwan 110*, Masood 51, Malik 1-29) beat Karachi Kings 193 for 5 (Vince 75, Imad 46*, Afridi 2-55) by 3 runs For about ten overs, Karachi Kings looked like they would cruise to victory, but for the other 30, Multan Sultans comprehensively outplayed them. You do the maths. And yet,
Australia opener Alyssa Healy is going to captain WPL team UP Warriorz at the inaugural edition of the tournament starting March 4. Healy is among the six overseas players for Warriorz and was named the captain ahead of Deepti Sharma, who is from UP. “The WPL is a tournament we have all been keenly waiting
Lahore Qalandars 198 for 6 (Hope 47, Raza 32*, Qais 2-36) beat Quetta Gladiators 135 for 8 (Roy 48, Afridi 3-22, Wiese 3-23) by 63 runs Quetta Gladiators’ campaign continues to leap from one disaster to the next. Hours after it was confirmed their Platinum pick, Sri Lankan allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga, would miss the entire
The shot went for four and brought up a 29-ball fifty for Sciver-Brunt but she was far from done and her side will assert collectively that neither are they as they head into a semi-final against either South Africa or New Zealand on Friday. She pulled the next ball for another boundary then advanced on
Ghosh scored 44 not out in 32 balls in a win over West Indies, and 47 not out in 34 balls in the defeat to England, which gave her enough points to finish the week up 16 spots to 20th despite a first-ball duck against Ireland. Smriti Mandhana (No. 3), Shafali Verma (No. 10), Jemimah
Harmanpreet Kaur wants India to address their dot-ball count ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. India are on track to face title favourites and defending champions Australia in the semi-finals after a rain-affected win over Ireland on Monday, barring a heavy England defeat against Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon. But they want to reduce
Akhtar became Essex’s first minority-ethnic chair in November, as the club looked to move on from the departure of his predecessor, John Faragher, after claims that he had used racist language in a board meeting (allegations that Faragher denies). However, Akhtar was soon embroiled in controversy himself, after revelations about his social media history in
Australia’s coach Andrew McDonald has described his side’s batting collapse in Delhi as “pretty poor”, but said he would not change anything about the pre-tour preparation despite Australia not playing a tour game in the lead-up to the first Test. Australia were 85 for 2, leading by 86, on the third morning of the Test
New Zealand 162 for 3 (A Kerr 66, Bates 56) beat Sri Lanka 60 (A Kerr 2-7, Tahuhu 2-12) by 102 runs New Zealand thumped Sri Lanka so severely in each team’s last match of the group stage, in Paarl, that they nullified the terrific start Sri Lanka had to the tournament, and gave themselves
Pujara hit the winning run against Australia in his 100th Test in Delhi, about a couple of hours after Saurashtra beat Bengal in the Ranji final in Kolkata. “As I said before it’s a fitting tribute to one of Saurashtra’s favourite sons, Chintu [Pujara’s nickname],” Unadkat said. “He played his 100th Test for India against
India 262 (Axar 74, Kohli 44, Lyon 5-67) and 118 for 4 beat Australia 263 (Khawaja 81, Handscomb 72*, Shami 4-60) and 113 (Head 43, Jadeja 7-42, Ashwin 3-59) by six wickets This is what a Test on steroids looks like. Australia started the day effectively 62 for 1, had India worried as they raced
Quetta Gladiators 168 for 7 (Guptill 117, Imad 3-16, Yamin 3-37) beat Karachi Kings 162 for 5 (Malik 71*, Irfan 37*, Hasnain 2-29) by six runs Martin Guptill smashed a 67-ball 117 against Karachi Kings at their home ground to give Quetta Gladiators their first win of PSL 2023. After being put in, Gladiators were
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs South Africa Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and chose to bowl against South Africa in Gqeberha. Australia’s star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was ruled out of the game “with some left quad awareness following a high workload on return to play from a significant calf injury,” according to
The second season of the International League T20 (ILT20) will begin on January 13, 2024. “Following the huge success of the DP World ILT20 2023, work has begun on Season 2 which is set to commence from Saturday, 13 January 2024,” an ILT20 statement read. “Season 2 will be played on the same 34-match format