Cricket

Report Netherlands lost their last eight wickets for just 64 runs, costing them the opportunity to level the series. Afghanistan 237 for 6 (Gurbaz 103, Shahidi 54, Boissevain 2-39) beat Netherlands 189 (Edwards 86, Mujeeb 4-32) by 48 runs In the second of three matches in Doha, Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and

Report R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Venkatesh Iyer and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for Jayant Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Prasidh Krishna and Deepak Chahar Toss: India opt to bowl vs South Africa Having already conceded the ODI series and with no Super League points up for grabs, India made four changes and chose to bowl in what

News Australia’s matches at both upcoming men’s World Cups in 2022 and 2023 will be broadcast by Nine Australia’s defence of the Men’s T20 World Cup will be broadcast on the Nine Network but the Women’s ODI World Cup is set to be without a free-to-air broadcaster. Nine has confirmed it will screen every game

News She could become first West Indian and only fourth bowler in women’s cricket to get 300 international wickets A new variation to unleash on the opposition and four wickets to add to her tally during the four-ODI tour of South Africa. These, along with helping West Indies fine-tune their preparations ahead of the ODI

When Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat played a high-octane clash on December 27, as the BBL entered its traditional peak period of the school holidays, there was reason for optimism and little indication of the mayhem ahead for the tournament. In front of almost 15,000 fans at the Gabba, one of the biggest crowds of

News Chance for fringe players to grab opportunity as focus turns to Australia 2022 Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, says that developing his side’s bench strength during their five-match T20I campaign against West Indies is more important than pushing for an outright series win, but he hopes that the team environment that has been fostered in

News The new franchise will pay him INR 17 cr – the same as Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore KL Rahul has been signed by the Lucknow IPL franchise for INR 17 crore, making him the joint-highest-paid player in the IPL across seasons along with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli. Sanjiv Goenka, who heads

News BCB’s chief physician says he had subsequently tested negative ahead of tournament opener, so Covid-19 cannot be behind him missing the game Fortune Barishal wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan, who did not play their opening game in BPL 2022 on Friday, was one of three people to test positive from the franchise in the lead-up to

News India will face Pakistan at the MCG on October 23 Australia will start the defence of their men’s T20 World Cup title against trans-tasman rivals New Zealand at the SCG in a rematch of last year’s final while India and Pakistan will face each other at the MCG. They were among the standout contests

News England opener described Australia allrounder Tahlia McGrath’s execution as ” the difference between kicking onto like 180-190″ Tammy Beaumont has backed England to compete with Australia when the sides reconvene for back-to-back matches at the Adelaide Oval over the weekend to complete the T20I leg of their Ashes series. But despite a heavy defeat

News England signalled his fitness by smashing 115 off 47 in a warm-up match ahead of the T20I series against West Indies England 231 for 4 (Roy 115, Vince 40*) beat Barbados Cricket Association President’s XI 137 for 11 (Springer 36, Mills 3-25) by 94 runs Jason Roy marked his return to fitness by hitting

News Call-up for the Brisbane Heat allrounder backs up selectors’ talk of specialist T20 players Grace Harris will replace injured batter Beth Mooney, called into Australia’s Ashes squad hours out from the series opener in Adelaide. Harris was confirmed as Mooney’s replacement on Thursday, added ahead of Elyse Villani and Georgia Redmayne for the T20

News Shaik Rasheed, Aaradhya Yadav, Vasu Vats, Manav Parakh and Siddarth Yadav are the others to have tested positive An unnamed BCCI official told PTI, “Three Indian players had tested positive yesterday and were already isolated. In the morning before match our captain and vice-captain also tested positive in Rapid Antigen Test which is not

Report Usman Khawaja’s 77 held Thunder together before Renegades let another winning position slip away 8 for 170 (Khawaja 77, Hales 44, Boyce 5-21) beat Melbourne Renegades 7 for 169 (Finch 82, Sandhu 3-33, Sangha 2-32) by one run Cameron Boyce became the first BBL player to claim four wickets in four balls to overshadow

News Head coach worried about ability of players coming into side from domestic ranks Phil Simmons has echoed his limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard‘s analysis that West Indies “have a batting problem” but insists he is not worrying about his job as head coach after a shock 2-1 ODI series defeat at home to Ireland. Speaking

News Spin-bowling allrounder George Linde retained in the one-day unit after being part of the Test squad Kagiso Rabada will not play South Africa’s ODI series against India, with Cricket South Africa (CSA) looking to manage his workloads. In a statement on Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours before the first ODI in Paarl, CSA

News Australia batter also spent first half of 2018 season with the county, replacing Cameron Bancroft after ball-tampering scandal Matt Renshaw has signed a contract to play for Somerset as an overseas player in 2022. Renshaw, the 25-year-old batter who played 11 Tests for Australia from 2016 until 2018, will be available for most of

News The defending champions are in a race to secure a spot in Qualifier final after defeat against Adelaide Strikers Test star Nathan Lyon looms as the final puzzle piece in the Sydney Sixers’ historic bid for a third successive BBL crown. Lyon’s international commitments have concluded following Australia’s 4-0 Ashes triumph over England and