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It has been an overall productive 2022 for Bangladesh, with key wins in various series across formats against the likes of South Africa, India and New Zealand, but the team remains hungry for more success. Now, Bangladesh are starting to get used to the two captains they have, while also identifying future leaders. They will

With Rohit unavailable, KL Rahul will continue to lead India, with Cheteshwar Pujara as his deputy. Rohit’s absence also means Shubman Gill, who hit his maiden Test century in India’s 188-run win in Chattogram, is expected to continue opening the batting with Rahul. Abhimanyu Easwaran is the reserve opener in the squad.

Australia and South Africa players will all wear floppy hats during the national anthems at the Boxing Day Test in tribute to cricket icon Shane Warne. The first MCG Test since Warne’s tragic death in March, aged 52, was always going to be an emotional affair and Cricket Australia have revealed the tributes that will be

Canterbury allrounder Henry Shipley has earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad for the upcoming ODIs tours to Pakistan and India. Kane Williamson will lead the side in Pakistan, but will not be part of the following ODI series in India. Head coach Gary Stead, bowling coach Shane Jurgensen and newly appointed Test

Shakib Al Hasan is likely to play the Dhaka Test as a pure batter after he was unable to bowl post the first day in Chattogram. Head coach Russell Domingo said that they would have difficulty in balancing the side if that was the case, but would be happy having Shakib as batter and captain

Having been poised on 299 after South Africa’s first innings, Starc produced a magnificent delivery which swung back into van der Dussen shortly before lunch, zipping through a huge gap between bat and pad. The landmark came on the ground where Starc had made his Test debut, against New Zealand in 2011, and claimed Brendon

Australia captain Alyssa Healy suffered a calf strain while batting in the fourth women’s T20I against India and was ruled out of the contest. A word on her availability for the final game of the tour was awaited. Healy, leading for the first time in place of Meg Lanning, who is on an indefinite break,

Ricky Ponting has urged David Warner to think carefully about whether he should bring an end to his Test career but team-mate Nathan Lyon believes that all of Australia should be backing him. Warner was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Kagiso Rabada on the opening day at the Gabba when he fended a hostile

LunchSouth Africa 84 for 4 (Bavuma 21*, Verreynne 35*) v Australia Australia’s attack justified Pat Cummins’ decision to bowl first on a Gabba green top and reduced South Africa to 27 for 4 in the first hour of this highly anticipated Test series. But it wasn’t just he bite of the bowlers that South Africa

At 40 years of age and with 177 caps, missing Test matches is not something James Anderson has time for. Yet as he sits in Karachi’s Movenpick hotel on Friday, a day out from the third and final Test against Pakistan, he is at peace with the fact he is sitting this one out. The

Melbourne Stars 183 for 5 (Clarke 101*, Meredith 2-38) beat Hobart Hurricanes 145 for 9 (Wade 35, Wood 3-25, Zampa 3-27, Coulter-Nile 2-24) by 38 runs After being sent in, Englishman Clarke hit 101 not out from 66 balls to dominate Stars’ innings in batting-friendly conditions. Hurricanes were never in the chase in a poor

Two Tests against Pakistan down with one to go, with a series win secured and history made, Ollie Robinson is in a good place. He might “only” have eight wickets in his four innings to date, but they have come at an average of 18.37, to reduce his overall Test figure to 19.61 after 13

Being four down for less than 100 has been a recurrent theme for Bangladesh’s batting line-up this year. In response to India’s 404 in Chattogram, Bangladesh slumped further to 97 for 6 and ended the second day on 133 for 8. A rejigged top order had given Bangladesh some hope, but it evaporated quickly, leaving

South Africa will need to be greater than the sum of their batting parts if they are to challenge Australia across the three-Test series which could have a huge bearing on who reaches the World Test Championship final in June. While there is an expectation that the visitors will be able to go toe-to-toe with

England 141 for 6 (Dunkley 43, Matthews 3-15) beat West Indies 125 for 8 (Fletcher 18, Dean 3-22) by 16 runs Charlie Dean grabbed her chance with three wickets to lead an experimental England side to victory in their second T20I against West Indies. Sophia Dunkley top-scored for the visitors with a run-a-ball 43 in

Nearly 200 of Pakistan’s domestic cricketers are still awaiting payments for participating in a domestic season that is less than a month from its conclusion. ESPNcricinfo understands that 192 players who have taken part in a number of domestic tournaments – including the National T20 Cup and the Quaid-e-Azam trophy – have not been paid

Sachin had scored his maiden first-class century on debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in 1988, against Gujarat, as a 15-year-old. Thirty-four years later, 23-year-old Arjun, whose primary role is that of fast bowler, had got to 112 not out by tea on day two of Goa’s game against Rajasthan, at Goa Cricket Association

Andrew Flintoff, the former England allrounder, has been airlifted to hospital following a car crash during the filming of an episode of the BBC show, Top Gear. The accident occurred on Monday, when Flintoff, 45, was filming in icy conditions at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey. “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top