Cricket

News Venky Mysore, the franchise’s CEO, says they value Ajinkya Rahane’s experience and class Kolkata Knight Riders’ newly appointed captain Shreyas Iyer has embraced the side’s explosive brand of cricket, which recently saw them surge to the IPL 2021 final, despite putting together just two wins in their first seven games. Their head coach Brendon

News Hosts facing elimination if they cannot arrest slump in form, as group-stage hots up Katherine Brunt believes that the pressure will be ramped up on the tournament hosts New Zealand in Sunday’s crucial group-stage encounter at Eden Park, as they take on England in what is effectively a knock-out contest in an extraordinarily tight

News A medical panel has ruled that some of the previous injuries were likely not “true concussions” Will Pucovski has been cleared to return to Sheffield Shield action following his latest concussion-related absence and is available for Victoria’s next game against Western Australia ahead of the final at the end of the month. Pucovski was

Report Brathwaite offers resistance with unbeaten 44 as Leach, Stokes make inroads Lunch West Indies 114 for 3 (Brathwaite 44*, Blackwood 7*) trail England 507 for 9 dec by 393 runs England added two more wickets on the third morning to keep the pressure on West Indies during the second Test in Barbados. After resuming

Report de Kock, who is recovering from an illness, will sit out of the game with Kyle Verreynne replacing him in the XI Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Bangladesh South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has decided to field after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Centurion. Wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de

Report West Indies look to break out of the mid-table logjam Toss Bangladesh Women opt to bowl vs West Indies Women Bangladesh opted to bowl in their Women’s World Cup game against West Indies at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. It is the the first time both teams are playing each other in ODIs.

If we didn’t know it before South Africa’s Test squad to play Bangladesh was announced, we know it now. In the battle between the IPL and national duty, there is only one winner. At least when it comes to a country like South Africa. All five players – Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Aiden

News Recent success against India unlikely to matter in Saturday’s contest in Auckland, says star Australia allrounder Neither Australia’s loss in the 2017 ODI World Cup semi-final, nor their victory in the bilateral series last year will matter as they gear up to take on India at the World Cup on Saturday, and “anything can

News The fast bowler was among friends and family to speak at the service at Adelaide Oval Dennis Lillee has recalled the cautious beginnings of his famous partnership with Rod Marsh, admitting at the late wicketkeeper’s funeral service on Thursday he “still can’t believe his good mate isn’t around anymore”. Their combination ensured ‘c Marsh

News Committee accused of pressurising ECB into suspending club from Test hosting Julian Knight MP, the chair of the parliamentary select committee investigating claims of institutional racism in English cricket, has weighed into the feud that threatens Yorkshire’s future as an international venue, by calling on the club’s former chair, Robin Smith, to retract his

News “Part of our strategy is looking at our whole ecosystem and seeing how we can diversify our revenue streams” Pholetsi Moseki has been appointed CSA’s permanent CEO, 15 months after taking over the role in an acting capacity, in December 2020. Moseki’s position was confirmed by a unanimous decision on the part of the

Report England’s bowlers came in with a clear plan to bowl fuller to the Indian side and they executed well 36.2 overs India Women 134 (Mandhana 35, Ghosh 33, Dean 4-23) vs England Women Rookie offspinner Charlie Dean claimed four wickets as India were bowled out for 134 in 36.2 overs to give England a

News Lancashire quick will become cap No.702 after being inked in for maiden appearance Saqib Mahmood will be handed England cap No.702 on Wednesday morning, after being locked in for his Test debut at Bridgetown in the second Test against West Indies. Mahmood, 25, was named in England’s XI a day in advance of the

Report Chetan Bist’s seventh first-class century the lone bright spark for Nagaland Jharkhand 880 and 132 for 2 (Utkarsh 50*, Siddiqui 42, Jonathan 1-29) lead Nagaland 289 (Bist 122*, Mundhe 39, Nadeem 3-70) by 723 runs Wicketkeeper-batter Chetan Bist‘s unbeaten century turned out to be the only positive for Nagaland on another day of uninspiring

Report Australia brought in Jonassen and Sutherland while West Indies replaced Anisa with Ramharack after 30-minute toss delay in Wellington Toss West Indies Women chose to bat vs Australia Women In-form allrounder Deandra Dottin overcame fitness concerns to start for West Indies, who opted to bat in the league-stage fixture against undefeated Australia in overcast

News “His keeping was the best I’ve seen”, says India’s Test captain We know what Rishabh Pant can offer with the bat. And we have to let Rishabh Pant do Rishabh Pant things. But his keeping? His DRS calls? Those have been truly impressive. All that, at least, is what Rohit Sharma had to say

News Poor fielding display condemns holders to third straight loss in robin-robin stage Lisa Keightley, England’s head coach, says that she shoulders the blame for the collapse in form that has left her team’s defence of the World Cup hanging by a thread, following their third straight loss of the tournament, and their sixth ODI

Report England made a tactical change in their XI and also tinkered with the batting order Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs England Women Sune Luus chose to chase as South Africa went in search of their first win at a World Cup over England in 20 years, since the last time the