Vivrant Sharma was at an Ahmedabad hotel, packing after a deflating loss to Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy. The IPL auction had been running in the background on TV, but it was only when the capped players’ sets finished that it registered that his name would be up soon. As the 23-year-old allrounder from Jammu
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Brisbane Heat 166 for 9 (Billings 79, Bryant 46, Short 3-14, Agar 3-38) beat Adelaide Strikers 160 for 9 (Kelly 43, Steketee 4-34) by six runs Brisbane Heat ruined former favourite son Chris Lynn‘s return to the Gabba, a Sam Billings half-century helping the home side to an upset six-run win over Adelaide Strikers. Undefeated
Armed with a 111-run lead, South’s batters dominated the bowling again, scoring at over three-and-a-half runs an over to get to 269 and set North 381 to win. The left-hand pair of Pinak Ghosh and Fazle Mahmud added 109 runs for the third wicket for South. Fazle missed out on a century when he fell
Najam Sethi has formally taken charge of the PCB, putting the revival of domestic cricket in the country at the top of his priorities. Following the removal of Ramiz Raja, as PCB chairman, and the current board, Sethi will head a 14-member management committee that will take interim charge of affairs. The committee will have
Sydney Sixers 137 for 6 (Philippe 43, Dooley 2-19, Shadab 2-32) beat Hobart Hurricanes 131 for 7 (Asif 41, Abbott 2-32) by six runs via DLS method Sydney Sixers survived a late onslaught from Asif Ali to thwart Hobart Hurricanes on a slow SCG surface and register their first victory of this BBL season. Rain
Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs India Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to bat in the second Test in Mirpur. The hosts made two changes, bringing in Mominul Haque for Yasir Ali and Taskin Ahmed for Ebadot Hossain, who has a back injury. KL Rahul had taken a blow to
Brendon McCullum admits next summer’s Ashes series is “a big carrot” for his new and improved England men’s Test side, as thoughts turn to next year’s challenges after a remarkable end to the 2022 campaign. On Tuesday in Karachi, England closed out a convincing 3-0 win over Pakistan to give McCullum a third series victory
Melbourne Renegades 139 for 6 (Russell 57, Finch 31*, Neser 4-32) beat Brisbane Heat 137 for 8 (Peirson 45*, Rogers 4-23, Hosein 3-26) by four wickets Michael Neser marked his BBL return with a hat-trick before a resurgent Melbourne Renegades rode an outrageous counterattack from Andre Russell to defeat Brisbane Heat once again. On a
Big picture India will look for another all-round performance in Dhaka to give them a 2-0 series win and strengthen their chances of reaching the World Test Championship final. They crushed the home side in Chattogram, outperforming them at vital moments with someone or the other stepping up to keep them in front. Cheteshwar Pujara
He will be announced as a new signing by MI Emirates, the Reliance-owned franchise in the inaugural ILT20 in the UAE, in the coming days. Like Little and Stirling, Tucker will miss the T20Is from January 12-15 but will play the ODIs from January 18-23. Tucker’s involvement in the ILT20 is the latest test for
The inaugural season of South Africa’s SA20 league will carry a total prize purse of Rand 70 million (upwards of USD 4 million). That, as a CSA media statement said, is “the biggest prize pool in the history of South African franchise cricket”. Graeme Smith, the SA20 commissioner, said, “We have worked hard to offer
India batters Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh will have set roles when they join the Youth team for the first Women’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in January. India’s acting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar revealed on Monday that the reason for sending two already established internationals to a U-19 tournament was to get them used
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