Cricket

Report Defending champions knocked out as India set up semi-final clash against Australia India 117 for 5 (Raghuvanshi 44, Rasheed 26, Dhull 20*, Mondol 4-31) beat Bangladesh 111 all out (Meherob 30, Ravi 3-14, Ostwal 2-25) by five wickets Bangladesh’s hopes of defending their U-19 World Cup title ended in the quarter-final stage as India’s

News Naeem Islam took over captaincy reins from Mehidy Hasan Miraz for the fixture against Sylhet Sunrisers on Saturday Chattogram Challengers had a dramatic change in their leadership ahead of their fifth match in the ongoing BPL, after Naeem Islam replaced Mehidy Hasan Miraz as captain for the fixture against Sylhet Sunrisers. Coach Paul Nixon,

Report Rain cut short South Africa’s chase with a result possible after only another less than three overs of play Deandra Dottin‘s career-best 150* went in vain as rain washed out the first ODI between South Africa and West Indies in Johannesburg with a result possible after only another less than three overs of play.

Report Ahsan Ali 73, Will Smeed 97 in vain for Quetta Gladiators Peshawar Zalmi 191 for 5 (Talat 52, Malik 48*, Nawaz 3-44) beat Quetta Gladiators 190 for 4 (Smeed 97, Ahsan 73, Qadir 2-20) by five wickets Quetta Gladiators opened sensationally, while Peshawar Zalmi kept the fireworks going right through the chase. In a

News Fast bowler backed after injury setbacks, and will stay with club at least until 2023 Toby Roland-Jones will stay with Middlesex at least until the end of 2023, after signing a contract extension that will take him into his 13th year with the club. Roland-Jones has endured an injury-plagued few years, including a knee

News The injury-hit club have had their final bid for the Australia batter rejected Steven Smith will not play in the Big Bash League final after another request to make him available for selection was rejected by Cricket Australia. Besieged by injuries and Covid-19 cases in their playing group, the Sixers made a third appeal

Report Kings collapse after breezy Sharjeel knock to finish with below par total Multan Sultans 126 for 3 (Rizwan 52*) beat Karachi Kings 124 for 5 (Sharjeel 43, Tahir 3-16) by seven wickets There was split opinion on whether the opening ceremony of this year’s Pakistan Super League fell flat, but there was universal congruity

News Decision effectively rules him out of T20 World Cup 2022, but he’ll reconsider if team’s circumstances become difficult Tamim Iqbal has made himself unavailable from T20Is for the next six months, effectively staying out of contention for the T20 World Cup later this year. Tamim, however, said that he could reconsider this decision if

News The defending champions picked up further damage during the Challenger final It could be a case of third time lucky for Sydney Sixers as the injury-riddled BBL club prepare to send another SOS to Cricket Australia, asking for Steven Smith to return in Friday night’s final against the Perth Scorchers. Sixers attempted to sign

ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan In: Rohit Sharma, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan Out:

News Apart from the four suspension points that resulted in the sanction, five demerit points have also been added to his record Netherlands fast bowler Vivian Kingma has been banned by the ICC for four ODIs/T20Is for ball-tampering. The incident took place during the third ODI against Afghanistan, which Netherlands lost by 75 runs, in

News He is the third Sixers player ruled out of the finals alongside Jack and Mickey Edwards Sydney Sixers have been dealt a huge blow with Josh Philippe ruled out of their home BBL Challenger against Adelaide Strikers on Wednesday night after returning a positive Covid test. Philippe returned the positive test on Wednesday morning

Report Offspinner joins Shahid Afridi in bowling the most economical four-over spell in the BPL Comilla Victorians 158 for 7 (Joy 48, Bravo 3-30, Shakib 2-25) beat Fortune Barishal 95 (Shanto 36, Nahidul 3-5, Tanvir 2-19) by 63 runs How the match played outNahidul Islam claimed extraordinary figures of 4-1-5-3 as Comilla Victorians thumped Fortune

News “I’d rather have a longer run as a successful captain and leader, than start off with something big and then go downwards.” The past week has been bittersweet for KL Rahul. He became the joint-highest paid player in IPL history when Lucknow Supergiants signed him for INR 17 crore, but also captained India to

News The former Pakistan batter played two Tests, in 1969 and 1975 Aftab Baloch, a domestic giant from the 1970s, maker of Pakistan’s second domestic quadruple ton, and a batter who could have played more than his two Tests for Pakistan, has died. He was 68 years old. Baloch is probably best remembered for the

News Allrounder hopes late fireworks in Bridgetown can turn heads ahead of mega-auction Just like anyone else, IPL owners, head coaches and general managers are afflicted by recency bias. Whenever the time comes to sit down at the auction table, performances that are fresh in the memory are given greater weighting than those that happened

Report Shakib Al Hasan becomes the fifth bowler to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket Minister Group Dhaka 130 for 6 (Mahmudullah 47, Russell 31*, Shafiul 2-20) beat Fortune Barishal 129 for 8 (Gayle 36, Russell 2-27, Udana 2-29) by four wickets How the match played outAndre Russell was in his element, following up figures

News “I look forward to that challenge and test my body, physically and mentally” Keeping wicket and opening the batting in Test cricket has been, arguably, the toughest juggling act in the history of the game, but Alyssa Healy is adamant that she wants to do the job again in the women’s Ashes Test starting