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Tea Sri Lanka 378 and 109 for 4 (Mathews 35, Chandimal 16*, Karunaratne 4*, Salman 1-9) lead Pakistan 231 (Salman 62, Imam 32, Ramesh 5-47, Jayasuriya 3-80) by 256 runs Pakistan removed Sri Lanka’s top four after lunch, clawing back somewhat in a match in which they are well behind, on account of having been

Marizanne Kapp, South Africa’s in-form allrounder, has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games after cutting short her participation in the tour of England for family reasons. At the time, Cricket South Africa said her availability for the Games, starting in Birmingham later this week, was yet to be confirmed and, as expected, head coach

Toss England chose to bat vs South Africa England have won the toss and opted to bat first in the final T20I to round out their multi-format series against South Africa in Derby. Heather Knight, the England captain, remains sidelined with an irritation in her hip joint, which kept her out of the previous game,

Tea Pakistan 111 for 4 (Fawad 18*, Salman 13*, De Silva 1-15) trail Sri Lanka 378 (Chandimal 80, Dickwella 51, O Fernando 50, Naseem 3-58, Yasir 3-83, Nawaz 2-80) by 267 runs By tea, Pakistan were 111 for 4, still 267 runs behind Sri Lanka’s 378. There were no major issues with the surface, which

The eight players will integrate with local Indian players for training sessions, one one-day match, and a two-day game. Former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera will coach the group after being part of the coaching staff for the Australia A team in Sri Lanka. Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will also be there as

New Zealand have picked a full-strength squad for their white-ball tour of the West Indies, with six of their senior players including captain Kane Williamson returning after being rested for the latter parts of the team’s ongoing tour of Europe. Williamson, Trent Boult, Devon Conway and Tim Southee all returned home following the three-match Test

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first versus England South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first on a warm day at Headingley, as both teams named unchanged XIs in their quest for an outright series win, with the contest locked at one game apiece. Keshav Maharaj, South Africa’s captain,

Australia 0 for 28 (Healy 12*, Mooney 11*) vs Pakistan 94 for 8 (Bismah 32*, Jonassen 4-17) – No result Rain has left Australia four balls short of a resounding victory over Pakistan in their final T20I before the Commonwealth Games after Jess Jonassen bagged 4 for 17 in Bready. Pakistan limped to 94 for

South East Stars 283 for 8 (Brewer 61, Southby 54, Davidson-Richards 50, Skelton 5-54) beat Western Storm 247 (Luff 95, Davidson-Richards 4-33) by 36 runs Alice Davidson-Richards produced a brilliant all-round performance to inspire South East Stars to a 36-run victory over Western Storm in an entertaining Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy encounter at Cheltenham. Davidson-Richards

An Indian team is set to go up against a Pakistan team come September, away in Namibia. Around the time the Asia Cup takes place – most likely in the UAE – Cricket Namibia will host the four-team Global T20 Namibia series, with Bengal [from India], a representative Lahore Qalandars side [from Pakistan], and a

The ICC will confirm the hosts for four marquee women’s global events in the 2023-27 period during their annual conference starting in Birmingham this weekend. The four tournaments feature two T20 World Cups, one 50-over World Cup and one T20 Champions Trophy, which were part of the half a dozen events the ICC recently finalised

Derbyshire 318 (Guest 109, Madsen 74) and 249 for 4 (Reece 86, Came 70) drew with Nottinghamshire 618 for 8 dec (Duckett 241, Hameed 196, Patterson-White 54) A combination of rain and determined batting denied Nottinghamshire victory on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. The Division Two leaders

Chetan Sakariya and Mukesh Choudhary will headline the overseas presence at the KFC T20 Max series in Queensland next month. They will also train at Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre in Brisbane and be involved in Queensland Bulls’ pre-season preparations, as part of the old exchange programme with the Chennai-based MRF Pace Foundation, which had

West Indies’ white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran has called for greater fight and game awareness from his players, irrespective of the conditions, after they were recently swept 3-0 by Bangladesh at the Providence. “As a group we felt like in international cricket 9.30 [am] games, you can’t control certain things. For us I felt the biggest

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle that begins on Sunday. The PCB said in a statement that Afridi suffered a knee injury during the fourth day of the first Test that Pakistan won by four wickets. Afridi had played a key role

Melbourne Renegades will get the first pick in the BBL overseas player draft next month while Hobart Hurricanes will be the last to go in the opening round. The order of the draft was determined through a weighted lottery which took place on Wednesday based on the finishing positions in last season’s BBL. This is

Leicestershire 387 for 5 (Mulder 147*, Hill 81, Kimber 68, Swindells 58*) vs Glamorgan Wiaan Mulder‘s second consecutive century helped Leicestershire enjoy the best of the opening day as they seek to dent Glamorgan’s promotion ambitions in Division Two of the LV= Insurance County Championship. The South African allrounder followed his unbeaten 235 in Leicestershire’s

Toss Ireland opt to bowl vs New Zealand Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie won the toss in the second T20I against New Zealand, and like the opening encounter, opted to bowl first. Unlike the first game that was played in the midst of a heatwave under sunny, scorching conditions, the teams were welcomed by grey, cloudy