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Report Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said they were happy chasing as they expect the pitch to play well throughout the day Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Bangladesh Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Chattogram. His opposite number Tamim Iqbal said that

News UAE captain takes 5 for 19 to power 68-run win against Nepal, while McBrine helped Ireland qualify for the seventh straight edition UAE 175 for 7 (Waseem 70, Aravind 46, Mukhiya 3-35) beat Nepal 107 (Dipendra 38, Raza 5-19) by 68 runs Less than three years after the national team was brought to its

Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry are among the women’s overseas players who have been retained for the 2022 edition of the Hundred while a handful of high-profile English players look set to leave their respective teams. ESPNcricinfo revealed this week that leading Australian players would be involved in this year’s Hundred after missing

Report Brooke Halliday out for being close Covid-19 contact; Lea Tahuhu, Maddy Green and Fran Jonas also unavailable to play Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand Rain delayed the toss at the John Davies Oval by nearly five hours, before India chose to bowl under cloudy skies in a match reduced to a

A wild day in Oman saw three blowouts and one match go down to the wire to decide the four semi-finalists still in with a shot at reaching the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Here’s how the final day unfolded. Group ABahrain 172 for 5 (Mathias 46*, Imtiaz 42, Hameed 1-10) beat

News The batter played six ODIs and 16 T20Is for India Women VR Vanitha, the batter who played six ODIs and 16 T20Is for India Women from 2014 to 2016, has retired from all forms of cricket. The 31-year-old made her announcement via Twitter, thanking the family members, friends, mentors and team-mates – including India

News New Zealand will likely field an unchanged side with Gary Stead not expecting conditions to differ much Trent Boult will not be available for the second Test against South Africa with his lack of recent bowling deemed to be put him at too great of an injury risk. It means Boult has likely played

News “The easiest thing for me is to not have these conversations but that’s not who I am,” says India coach Wriddhiman Saha “deserved honesty and clarity”, and a chat about him potentially not being picked in India’s Test team going forward came from Rahul Dravid‘s “deep respect for Saha and his achievements and contributions

News ‘I’m confident in that and when the big game comes Finch and Warner will nail it’ Matthew Wade has no doubt captain Aaron Finch and David Warner will be Australia’s opening combination for their T20 World Cup title defence later this year despite questions surrounding Finch’s form after a lean series against Sri Lanka.

News Experienced spinners Anisa Mohammed and Afy Fletcher among 15-player group Stafanie Taylor has been named captain of West Indies’ 15-player squad for the Women’s World Cup, which begins in New Zealand next month. Taylor recently missed the final match of West Indies’ ODI series in South Africa after sustaining a concussion. Anisa Mohammed, who

Report Fakhar Zaman extends form with another fifty as Qalandars hand United 66-run defeat Lahore Qalandars 197 for 6 (Brook 102*, Fakhar 51, Faheem 3-28) beat Islamabad United 131 for 9 (Dawson 31, Danish 30*, Rashid 2-19, Shaheen 2-28) by 66 runs Harry Brook’s unbeaten 102 off just 49 balls set up a thumping 66-run

News Quetta Gladiators allrounder threw his bat and helmet into a chandelier after a discussion with a PCB official before leaving for the airport James Faulkner has left the Pakistan Super League prematurely over a payment dispute, saying the PCB hasn’t honoured the contractually agreed payments and has instead “continued to lie” to him. Faulkner,

News “I am trying to wrap my head around,” says the captain about his side’s lack of intensity against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval Dean Elgar did not blame off-field issues, quarantine or the absence of a warm-up match for South Africa’s lack of intensity in the first Test in Christchurch but thinks his

Report Hafeez’s 24-ball 33 was the closest a Qalandars player came to steering the chase as Kings had their first win in nine games Karachi Kings 149 all out (Babar 39, Zaman 4-16, Rashid 4-17) beat Lahore Qalandars 127 for 9 (Hafeez 33, Hamza 4-27) by 22 runs It wasn’t quite worth the wait, but

News It is understood that the assistant coach was unhappy that plans were disregarded during the mega auction Simon Katich has resigned from his position as assistant coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad following what appears to be differences with the IPL franchise’s auction strategy. While there has been no word from Katich or the franchise, ESPNcricinfo

Report They went to lunch on day two leading by 140 with six wickets in hand Lunch New Zealand 235 for 4 (Nicholls 86*, Mitchell 14*) lead South Africa 95 by 140 runs New Zealand added 119 runs for the loss of only one wicket to increase their lead to 140 on the second morning.

Report Irshad’s 3 for 29 crucial in Zalmi’s defense of 206 Peshawar Zalmi 206 for 8 (Haris 70, Malik 38, Ashraf 3-33) beat Islamabad United 196 for 7 (Azam 85, Gurbaz 46, Irshad 3-29) by 11 runs Azam Khan and Islamabad United put on a mighty fight in trying to chase down 207, but Peshawar

News South Africa batter expected to be available for seven red-ball games Durham have signed Keegan Petersen, the South Africa top-order batter, as one of their overseas players for 2022. Petersen, who made his Test debut last year, is expected to be available for seven County Championship fixtures. He missed South Africa’s current tour of