New Zealand’s men’s team will play England in a day-night Test in Mount Maunganui, host a limited-overs visit by India and be part of a T20I tri-series ahead of the World Cup as part of their 2022-23 home season. Sri Lanka will also arrive for an all-format tour which includes two Tests, three ODIs and
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Sam Billings has been added to England’s Test squad to face India at Edgbaston on Friday, after stepping in to the team at Trent Bridge as a Covid substitute for Ben Foakes, whose place is in doubt while he undergoes five days of isolation. Billings, whose previous Test cap had come in Hobart at the
Jon Holland has bolted into contention for a shock Test recall if he can overcome a finger injury in time for Australia’s series opener against Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday. Australia received a major boost on Monday, with Mitchell Starc cleared to return from a cut finger after a lengthy centre-wicket training session. Bowling
Bangladesh 234 and 132 for 6 (Roach 3-32) trail West Indies 408 (Mayers 146, Brathwaite 51, Khaled 5-106) by 42 runs Kemar Roach reached the landmark of 250 Test wickets as West Indies dominated the third day of the second test with Bangladesh fighting to avoid an innings defeat. Bangladesh was reduced to 132 for
Indians 246 for 8 dec (Bharat 70, Walker 5-24) and 364 for 9 (Kohli 67, Jadeja 56*) vs Leicestershire 244 (Pant 76, Jadeja 3-28, Shami 3-42) and 219 for 4 (Gill 62, Kimber 56, Ashwin 2-31) Match drawn Battling injuries and Covid-19 scares, India managed to make the most of their four-day practice match against
The disappointment wasn’t amiss in coach Russell Domingo‘s voice after the end of the second day’s play. West Indies led by 106 runs after going up to 340 at stumps, but it was a far cry from being reduced to 132 for four shortly before lunch as the visitors were buoyant after inflicting a sudden
After falling agonisingly short of a Test century on debut, then returning with a fiery spell in the final session, Jamie Overton was refreshingly philosophical at the end of day three of the third Test at Headingley. Both efforts contributed to England’s cause, ensuring a first innings of 360 for a lead of 31, before
Foakes was seen warming up before the start of play on Saturday but did not take the field when England were bowled out shortly before lunch, with Jonny Bairstow taking the wicketkeeping gloves instead. The ECB said that Foakes had returned to the team hotel midway through the afternoon session and that he would be
Glenn Maxwell had always held out hope, if not always complete belief, that he would get another chance in Test cricket. But he did not want to tempt fate in Sri Lanka, so did not pack his baggy green. And as it turns out, he’ll need a new one in Galle with the original having
Somerset 75 for 6 (Abell 26, Neser 3-19) beat Glamorgan 59 for 5 (Ingram 37*, Green 2-13) by 16 runs Somerset put themselves one step closer to qualification for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a 16-run win over Glamorgan in Cardiff. Persistent rain reduced the match to a seven-over contest with Glamorgan putting Somerset into
Zak Crawley knows what’s coming. Joe Root, at the non-striker’s end, knows what’s coming. Everyone in Headingley’s sell-out crowd knows what’s coming: the guy queuing at the bar, the steward facing the stands and the Yorkshire member who has drifted off in the afternoon sun. And none of them can do anything about it. Trent
It’s natural for sports teams to take lessons learnt from one game into another but to take those lessons from a fixture played over eight years ago has to be unprecedented. That’s what South Africa will have to do when they play their first Test since 2014 next week. They’re looking back to when they
Hampshire 208 for 5 (Vince 129*, Prest 62) beat Somerset 194 for 9 (Rossouw 55, Banton 54, Wood 2-26) by 14 runs James Vince hammered the highest individual score by a Hampshire player in T20 cricket as the Hawks pulled off a 14-run Vitality Blast victory over Somerset at Taunton. The visiting skipper smashed 129
Adil Rashid will miss England’s white-ball series against India and the latter stages of Yorkshire’s T20 Blast campaign in order to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Rashid is a practicing Muslim and decided earlier this year that he had reached the right time in his life to make the pilgrimage, and has been granted
Jamie Overton has been a long, long time coming. Having impressed at U-19 level a decade ago, and been first called up to an England squad in 2013, and despite being a near-permanent presence on England’s radar, he only makes his England debut today, at Headingley. The pace has always kept them interested but, this
Birmingham Bears 213 for 4 (Hose 63*, Benjamin 58*, Sanderson 2 for 18) beat Northamptonshire 211 for 6 (Zaib 74, Lynn 59) by six wickets The time of reckoning is upon us in the Blast and Birmingham responded to it by swinging to the leg-side harder and more often. They remained in touch with Northants’
Big picture In episode 20, season one of cult TV hit Arrested Development, some of the Bluth Company assets are unfrozen leading to Michael, head and signatory by virtue of being the only competent Bluth, fielding requests for cash from various family members. At the end of his tether by the time his brother, Gob,
The BBL will aim to get a jump on the new rival T20 leagues emerging in UAE and South Africa by hosting its first overseas player draft in August in a bid to secure leading players early as it attempts to revive the competition. The tournament announced a new overseas recruitment model on Wednesday with