Innings break England 539 (Root 176, Foakes 56, Boult 5-106) trail New Zealand 553 by 14 runs Trent Boult‘s five-wicket haul kept New Zealand’s noses narrowly in front after Joe Root and Ben Foakes picked up from where they had left off on the third evening to help England close the gap considerably at the
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India are prioritising firming up their plans for the 2022 T20 World Cup, to be held in Australia in October-November, over the results of bilateral T20Is. That’s what Shreyas Iyer said after India lost the second T20I against South Africa in Cuttack to fall 2-0 behind in the five-match series. “Our main aim is obviously
An IPL game is now worth a record INR 105 crore (USD 13.44 million) making it – in terms of value per match – the second-most lucrative sporting product in the entire world, behind only the NFL (USD 35.07 million*). This figure may actually rise considering the e-auction for the T20 tournament’s media rights, which
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs West Indies Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first in the final ODI. With the series already secure, the hosts make a couple of changes, including resting Shaheen Afridi and handing Shahnawaz Dahani an ODI debut. Hasan Ali returns to the side after sitting out the previous
With apologies to Rudyard Kipling, if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same, then your name is Daryl Mitchell. That is the only reasonable conclusion to come to about Mitchell’s reaction to a day on which he made his highest first-class score and dropped two catches at
Southern Vipers 110 for 4 (Bouchier 32, McCaughan 30*) beat Central Sparks 109 for 8 (A Jones 27, Dean 2-19) by six wickets England off-spinner Charlie Dean took two wickets and took part in a match-winning partnership with Ella McCaughan as Southern Vipers won a maiden Charlotte Edwards Trophy title at Northampton. A solid bowling
The third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will take place from July 31 to August 21, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed. The registration of international players for the player draft “will commence shortly,” added an SLC media release. Despite speculation that this year’s tournament might see the addition of a sixth team,
Kent 202 for 7 (Cox 94, Overton 3-31) beat Somerset 170 for 9 (Abell 43) by 32 runs Sick of the sight of him. That’s what Somerset will be when it comes to Jordan Cox. One suspects they won’t be the last county either. Cox broke Somerset hearts in the 2021 Blast Final with an
Tom Cooper, the veteran Australian batter, is set to play his first ODI in nine years next week after being included in the Netherlands squad to play England in three World Cup Super League ODIs in Amstelveen. Cooper, 35, has made 41 appearances for the Netherlands across ODI and T20I cricket and was part of
Toss Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat against West Indies Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first in the second ODI against West Indies in Multan. On a surface that looks similar to the one where 305 was chased down two days ago, Babar Azam opted to set a target as
Kane Williamson will miss the second LV= Insurance Test against England, starting at Trent Bridge on Friday, after testing positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the match. Williamson, New Zealand’s captain, took a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after experiencing minor symptoms on Thursday, and will now begin five days of isolation. Tom Latham will
Afghanistan 137 for 6 (Shahidi 38, Nabi 34*, Muzarabani 2-18, Chatara 2-32) beat Zimbabwe 135 all out (Raza 38, Burl 21, Rashid 3-31, Nabi 2-21, Farooqi 2-25) by four wickets A sterling show by the bowlers coupled with an excellent all-round effort from Mohammad Nabi helped Afghanistan win the third ODI by five wickets, sweep
Jason Holder will miss Bangladesh’s tour of West Indies, having been granted his request for a period of rest and recovery. He was not part of the 12-man squad named by Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the first Test of that tour, which starts on June 16. Kemar Roach is also not part of this
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been unveiled as Hobart Hurricanes’ head of strategy in a major coup for the BBL club as they continue to chase their first title. Ponting has signed a three-year contract to work in a part-time capacity for Hurricanes while continuing his role as a commentator for Channel Seven during
South Africa 108 for 2 (Goodall 48, Bosch 44*) beat Ireland 104 (Kavanagh 33, Sekhukhune 3-20, Mlaba 2-15) by eight wickets On a day so windy that it was too dangerous for the broadcast cameras to be mounted on the stanchions, it was Ireland who were blown away in the series decider against South Africa.
Yorkshire have been plunged deeper into financial crisis after six members of their sacked coaching team, including the former head coach Andrew Gale, won a preliminary hearing at Leeds Employment Tribunal into a case of wrongful dismissal. Gale made his legal claim along with the 2nd XI coach Ian Dews, bowling coach Richard Pyrah, head
Hampshire 145 for 1 (McDermott 83, Vince 54*) beat Middlesex 142 for 7 (Holden 35, Davies 34, Dawson 3-14) by nine wickets There have been swingers in Radlett – famously so, as they were once the subject of a Channel 4 documentary – but sadly, as far as Middlesex were concerned, they were not of
Hardik Pandya is likely to be back in the finisher’s role for India despite having a lot of success at No. 3 and 4 for Gujarat Titans at IPL 2022. Hardik was the leading scorer for Titans with 487 runs at an average of 44.27 and a strike rate of 131.26, but according to India’s