Cricket

News Nevill captained NSW in a record 43 Shield games and played 17 Tests and 9 T20Is for Australia Former Australia Test and T20I wicketkeeper Peter Nevill has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket after 13 years at the top level. Nevill, 36, played 17 Tests and nine T20Is for Australia but

News ECB dismisses ‘speculation’ about 12-team Premier League but Division Two counties in dark It seemed a long way off when Nottinghamshire’s squad photograph was interrupted by a snowstorm at Trent Bridge on Thursday morning, but the English season starts next week with a round of eight County Championship fixtures with the competition under more

Report Australia, who have only 13 players to choose from, named an unchanged line-up Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl in the second ODI against Australia in Lahore with the hosts aiming to bounce back and keep the series alive. Even though the decision spectacularly backfired in the series opener, captain Babar Azam

News “What that defeat brought was a form of professionalism and accountability that we didn’t have back then” Megan Schutt has harked back to Australia’s shock exit from the 2017 ODI World Cup as the “kick up the butt” the team needed to create the kind of “professionalism” that has underpinned their dominance in the

News “We will be doing things that we have not been doing well, such as rotating strike, sweeping, and playing spin better,” says Phil Simmons Cricket West Indies has named uncapped duo Keacy Carty and Nyeem Young among 16 players for a white-ball skills camp that will be held in Antigua from March 31 to

News He will continue his recovery with Patrick Farhart in the Capitals squad in India Former Australia and current New South Wales physiotherapist Patrick Farhart, who has been with Capitals since the 2020 IPL season, will manage Marsh’s recovery after the allrounder finishes his quarantine on arrival in India. Marsh will be the second Capitals

Report The match has been shortened to a 45-overs-a-side contest because of a rain-delayed start in misty Wellington Toss West Indies Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women West Indies won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in a World Cup semi-final reduced to 45 overs per side because of a rain-delayed start

Preview Knight Riders will come into this game with confidence, having displayed their bowling might in their season opener Big picture Brendon McCullum in purple. Mike Hesson in red and gold. Two men who orchestrated New Zealand’s rise as a white-ball force during their inspirational run to the 2015 ODI World Cup final will find

Report Pacer picks four wickets on debut while the opener scored his maiden ODI ton New Zealand 204 for 3 (Young 103*, Nicholls 57, Rippon 2-32) beat Netherlands 202 all out (Rippon 67, Seelaar 43, Tickner 4-50) by seven wickets New Zealand hadn’t played an ODI for just over a year, had as many as

News The allrounder suffered back spasms last Tuesday and “ran out of time to prove her fitness” for Wednesday’s knockout game against West Indies Ellyse Perry has been ruled out of Australia’s 2022 ODI World Cup semi-final against West Indies scheduled for Wednesday in Wellington. Meg Lanning, the Australia captain, confirmed Perry’s unavailability for the

News “We have to make do with our next best that we have in the country, who I’m still very confident in.” South Africa’s IPL-contracted players were “put in a bit of a situation” when asked to choose between staying to play in the two-Test series against Bangladesj or going to the T20 tournament, according

News Australia allrounder says “we’ll probably need to make a decision in the next day or two” Ellyse Perry‘s availability for Australia’s World Cup semi-final against West Indies on March 30 remains uncertain two days out from the fixture, she confirmed before heading into her first training session in nearly a week. Perry, who had

Report RCB’s slow start proved the difference between the sides, even if du Plessis made up for it during his 57-ball 88 Punjab Kings 208 for 5 (Rajapaksa 43, Dhawan 43, Agarwal 32, Siraj 2-59) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 205 for 2 (du Plessis 88, Kohli 41*, Karthik 32*) by five wickets Punjab Kings’ new-look

Report Match wrapped up in style inside an hour-and-a-half on the fourth morning West Indies 297 (da Silva 100*) and 28 for 0 (Brathwaite 20*) beat England 204 and 120 (Mayers 5-18) by ten wickets The stadium DJ was playing “London Bridge is Falling Down” as the last rites of England’s Caribbean humiliation were being

News “It’s pretty rare for a cricketer these days to get three months off, so I’m really going to make the most of it.” Australia legspinner Adam Zampa is confident his upcoming three-month break won’t leave him short of a gallop for this year’s T20 World Cup on home turf. Zampa is currently in Pakistan

Report Bangladesh bring in Shamima Sultana for Murshida Khatun in the last day of the 2022 ODI World Cup’s league stage Toss England Women chose to bat vs Bangladesh Women Defending champions England opted to bat against debutants Bangladesh in windy Wellington as they look to seal the third semi-finals spot of the 2022 ODI

Preview The five-time IPL champions are missing Suryakumar Yadav, but have all their other bases covered Big picture Rohit Sharma vs Rishabh Pant. The India captain against his possible successor (that’s what Delhi coach Ricky Ponting thinks – he finds their journeys similar too). A predictable narrative but potentially a blockbuster one. The two big

News Interim head coach remains favourite to take over Australia men’s coaching job full-time after 1-0 Test series win in Pakistan Cricket Australia’s search for a new men’s coach may have narrowed to one following Australia’s triumphant 1-0 away Test series over Pakistan, with captain Pat Cummins full of praise for the role of interim