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Bouchier, who turned 24 this week, has played 14 T20Is since making her debut in September 2021 – including all five matches at the Commonwealth Games – but missed out on a central contract and was left out of the initial 15-player squad for the five-match T20I series. But she has now been added to

Australia’s uncapped teenaged batter Phoebe Litchfield has heaped praise on India opener Smriti Mandhana for sharing insights during the Women’s Big Bash League last year and termed her one of her “favourite left-handers to watch.” Mandhana led the charts for for Sydney Thunder in WBBL 2021-22 with 377 runs at a strike rate of 130.44.

ESPNcricinfo understands Pakistan will call upon a fast bowler from outside the original 18-person squad for the second Test, starting in Multan on Friday. The only specialist fast bowler who didn’t play the first Test for Pakistan was Mohammad Wasim Jnr. But Wasim Jnr is yet to play a Test match, while three of the

Australia’s newest spin sensation Alana King is relishing the prospect of bowling in front of extended family as she prepares to play her first international game in India. King’s parents Leroy and Sharon were born in Chennai before moving to Melbourne before Alana was born. The 27-year-old has visited the country on multiple family trips,

West Indies will assess their walking wounded over the next couple of days before trying to pull together a side they hope can challenge Australia in the second day-night Test, but have been buoyed by the fighting spirit shown by the batters in Perth and the hostile burst from Alzarri Joseph that briefly ruffled Marnus

Nat Sciver doesn’t want to reach “boiling point” again. Sciver produced a Player-of-the-Match performance on her comeback from a three-month break to care for her mental health and wellbeing, as England defeated West Indies by a whopping 142 runs in their first of three ODIs in Antigua, and announced that she felt happy and comfortable

England Women have suffered a major injury setback at the start of their tour of the Caribbean, with Alice Capsey sustaining a broken collarbone after landing heavily in the field during the first ODI in Antigua on Sunday. Capsey, 18, had been promoted to open the batting for the first time, making 17 from 13

England allrounder Liam Livingstone has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series with Pakistan after sustaining a right knee injury during the first Test. Livingstone, who was making his debut in the format, jarred his knee while fielding a ball on the boundary on day two, after England had posted 657 in their first

Mehidy Hasan Miraz stood in the middle of the Shere Bangla National Stadium, surrounded by India fielders just waiting for the final wicket to fall. At the other end, he had No. 11 Mustafizur Rahman, batting average of 6.30. Bangladesh needed 51 runs. They had a lot of overs in hand but they had just

Queensland 6 for 295 dec (Street 83, Burns 72, Renshaw 54) and 7 for 97 (Morris 3-22) drew with Western Australia 7 for 427 dec (Bancroft 164*, Cartwright 78, Agar 72) Queensland’s lower order saved the side’s blushes, batting into the darkness at the Gabba to secure a Sheffield Shield draw against Western Australia. A

Pakistan 579 (Babar 136, Imam 121, Shafique 114, Salman 53) trail England 657 by 78 runs Will Jacks sealed a five-wicket haul on Test debut for England, while Agha Salman’s fifty limited the damage for Pakistan, who trail England by 78 on the penultimate day of the first Test in Rawalpindi. Jacks, called up as

With South Africa still figuring out their best XI for the Test tour of Australia, former captain Graeme Smith believes they should stick to an “aggressive mindset” and play six batters and five bowlers. “I’d like to see South Africa back their six batters,” Smith told ESPNcricinfo. “I think there’s always that fear because the

England and Pakistan have promised a fight to the finish in the first Test at Rawalpindi, in spite of the turgid nature of the pitch, with both Joe Root and Abdullah Shafique insisting that their teams will be pushing for victory over the final two days of the game. England reached the close on day

There are some concerns over the fitness of Australia captain Pat Cummins after he failed to take the field for the start of the fourth innings on day four of the first Test against West Indies in Perth due to some right quadricep soreness. Cummins bowled 20.2 overs in West Indies first innings across days

Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher are hopeful that the SA20, South Africa’s new franchise T20 league, will help the national team finally win a World Cup. “I actually thought we had a strong team in this World Cup in Australia, I thought we had a good chance,” Smith, the SA20 commissioner, said at an event

Saurashtra 249 for 5 (Jackson 133*, Desai 50, Jani 30*, Ostwal 2-20, Choudhary 2-38) beat Maharashtra 248 for 9 (Gaikwad 108, Kazi 37, Shaikh 31*, Jani 3-43) by five wickets It was a memorable day for Sheldon Jackson, who struck a fine 133 not out to lead Saurashtra past Maharashtra’s 248 to their second Vijay

Allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana will miss the five-match T20I series against Australia at home starting December 10. While the BCCI release announcing the squad said Vastrakar was unavailable due to an unspecified injury, it gave no reason for Rana’s absence. There was also a maiden national call-up for the Railways left-arm seamer Anjali

Sam Curran, who was player of the final and the tournament at the 2022 World Cup, is among 21 men who have listed the maximum reserve price of INR 2 crore (approx US$ 246,000) for the 2023 IPL auction. Not a single Indian player is listed in the 2 crore bracket which includes marquee names