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England’s women will play three ODIs and five T20Is against West Indies in Antigua and Barbados in December. The ODIs in Antigua will form part of the ICC Women’s Championship, in which England are yet to get off the mark following their 3-0 defeat by India in September. The Tour runs from December 4 to

There is a working theory developing among Australia’s hierarchy that Mitchell Starc‘s decision not to participate in the IPL could have had a major detrimental effect on his T20 form over recent years, highlighting the difficulty of playing all three formats as a fast bowler. Starc was a shock axing from Australia’s line-up to face

Syed Hyder Ali, the former Railways left-arm spinner, has died after battling a prolonged illness. He was 79. “He was suffering from chest congestion for some time now. After a routine check-up with his doctor, we were returning home when he suddenly collapsed. He passed away around 1.30 pm on Saturday,” his son Raza Ali,

India 186 for 5 (Suryakumar 61*, Rahul 51, Williams 2-9) beat Zimbabwe 115 (Burl 35, Raza 34, Ashwin 3-22) by 71 runs Suryakumar Yadav’s astonishing death-overs hitting launched India to a commanding 186 for 5 – Suryakumar’s share being 61 not out off 25. India’s quicks then shut the game down quickly, reducing Zimbabwe to

“Bugger…”, tweeted Glenn Maxwell, moments after England had edged to a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka. But Australia’s fate was already out of their hands before that match, though they had been teased that they could yet get a reprieve to their stuttering title defence. In the end, however, their home World Cup ended in

A lot can happen in the space of eight months. England’s men, for instance, now have a successful Test team. One thriving under exciting new leadership, with established stars thriving bolstered by a younger generation urged to express themselves. The sense of fun has been palpable on both sides of the boundary. The reaction from

Big picture Despite being table-toppers in their group, and with only one game left for each team, India are still not assured of a semi-final berth. If South Africa and Pakistan win their respective matches on Sunday, India must beat Zimbabwe in Melbourne to qualify for the knockouts. Making the final four will also be

Sridharan Sriram, Bangladesh’s technical consultant, feels the two close wins over Netherlands and Zimbabwe have made it a satisfactory men’s T20 World Cup campaign for the team, and the five-run loss against India should serve as a lesson. “It is the best tournament Bangladesh has ever had in T20 World Cup,” he said ahead of

Ryan Campbell, the former Netherlands coach, is among the contenders for the vacant head coach role at Durham, ESPNcricinfo understands. Campbell was put in an induced coma in April after going into cardiac arrest and Netherlands appointed Ryan Cook, the South African, as head coach while Campbell recovered. He has recently returned to the national

Opting to bat in sunny conditions at the Gaddafi Stadium, where the pitch was flat, Ameen and Muneeba got off to a breezy start with the latter hogging more of the strike. Seamer Arlene Kelly‘s third over, where she hit a couple of fours, got Ameen truly going. She then hit three fours in legspinner

Toss Ireland bowl vs New Zealand Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Adelaide Oval. A fresh surface is being used, with the short square boundaries helpful for batters. Ireland fielded an unchanged XI from the side that lost to Australia at the Gabba, which meant Stephen Doheny,

Temba Bavuma has admitted the “wheels probably came off” for South Africa in the field at the SCG as they suffered their first defeat of the T20 World Cup but did not see it as a major cause for alarm with progression still firmly in their hands. Pakistan had been reduced to 43 for 4

Pakistan 185 for 9 (Shadab 52, Iftikhar 51, Nortje 4-41) beat South Africa 108 for 9 in 14 overs (Bavuma 36, Afridi 3-14, Shadab 2-16) by 33 runs (DLS method) Pakistan have kept their semi-final hopes alive with victory in a rain-reduced, must-win match over their favourite opponents: South Africa. They’ve met four times at

Andre Russell will play in the BBL’s 2022-23 season despite being overlooked at the overseas draft in August, after signing with Melbourne Renegades as a short-term replacement for platinum signing Liam Livingstone. Russell previously played seven games in for Renegades in 2014-15, which was his first stint at the BBL. “I can’t wait to be

Jenny Gunn, the seam-bowling allrounder who played more than 250 games for England, has retired from professional cricket at the age of 36. She spent the next two seasons representing Diamonds and was ever present for Northern Superchargers in the 2022 edition of the Hundred, where she had acted as Hazell’s assistant coach the previous

After being “outplayed” by Netherlands in Adelaide, Zimbabwe head coach Dave Houghton said his players got ahead of themselves given the significance of the match and had “seeds of doubt” in their minds. Had Zimbabwe won, and then beaten India in their next game, they could have been in with a chance, although an outside

Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Netherlands After a rainy build-up, the sun was out at the Adelaide Oval and Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine was happy to bat first after winning the toss in their Group 2 clash against Netherlands. Zimbabwe, who are still in with a chance to make the semi-finals, brought in Luke

Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner have thrown their support behind struggling captain Kane Williamson, backing him to come good “at some point”. Williamson’s performance came under scrutiny after New Zealand lost to England by 20 runs in Brisbane. The New Zealand captain faced 40 balls, and scored as many runs, taking his tally at this