Cricket

News “It’s a disappointing performance from day one in the position we were in at lunch time and from then on, we weren’t at our best.” New Zealand’s captain Tom Latham rued two missed opportunities for his side after their eight-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Mount Maunganui. It was an incredible win for the visitors,

News But managing director of England men’s cricket warns against mass sackings as a solution Ashley Giles has apologised for England’s heavy Ashes defeat but warned against mass sackings as a solution, saying that “systemic change” is needed. Speaking to reporters in Sydney ahead of the fourth Test, Giles, the managing director of England men’s

News The batter was given out caught behind, but replays suggested that the ball may or may not have carried to the wicketkeeper South Africa captain Dean Elgar and team manager Khomotso Masubelele met the match officials during the lunch break on the second day of the Wanderers Test to discuss the dismissal of Rassie

News Heat-Sixers clash moved to Wednesday and Scorchers-Sixers clash brought forward to Tuesday night The BBL has been forced into last-minute fixture changes after multiple Brisbane Heat players returned positive Covid-19 rapid antigen tests, with Perth Scorchers to play Sydney Sixers at Metricon Stadium on Tuesday night and the Heat-Sixers clash moved to Wednesday to

News All four players are asymptomatic, and will self-isolate Four Zimbabwe cricketers at the Under-19 World Cup tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are now self-isolating in the West Indies. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the positive results after PCR tests were administered, and said all players who tested positive were “well and asymptomatic”. They will

Report Topley, Maddinson and Richardson took three wickets apiece to restrict Stars to 126, before Finch’s fifty paved the way for a five-wicket win Melbourne Renegades 5 for 129 (Finch 50, Harvey 23 not out, O’Connell 2-11) beat Melbourne Stars 126 (Cartwright 41, Maddinson 3-20, Richardson 3-24, Topley 3-27 ) by five wickets Melbourne Renegades

News The team’s training sessions have been cancelled, and the scheduled travel to Bengaluru for the Ranji Trophy will be reviewed Seven members of the Bengal Ranji Trophy squad – six players and a senior support staffer – have tested positive for Covid-19, leading to training sessions being cancelled. Their travel to Bengaluru, where the

News Stokes insists under-fire Chris Silverwood retains dressing room’s support Ben Stokes has insisted that he has never held any ambition to be England’s Test captain on a permanent basis and that Joe Root and Chris Silverwood retain the “thorough support” of the dressing room. Root enjoyed a remarkable period with the bat in 2021,

News Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, George Garton, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley and James Vince to head home by January 7 Six members of England’s T20I squad are to be withdrawn from the BBL by January 7 to allow them time at home in the UK before flying out for the tour of the West Indies.

Report New Zealand added only 70 for the loss of five wickets in the morning session Lunch Bangladesh 5 for 0 (Joy 3*, Shadman 1*) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) by 323 runs The second morning in Mount Maunganaui belonged to Bangladesh after they bowled out New Zealand

News Desire is still there to remain a multi-format player, Buttler says Jos Buttler says he remains committed to playing Test cricket, despite a disappointing Ashes campaign and mounting pressure on England players and management. Australia took an unassailable 3-0 series lead with comprehensive victories in Brisbane, Adelaide and – most emphatically – inside two

Report Heat had been 6 for 77 before James Bazley lifted them to a defendable total Brisbane Heat 8 for 150 (Bazley 44*, Ellis 3-41) beat Hobart Hurricanes 8 for 136 (Rogers 33*, Bartlett 4-30, Mujeeb 3-20) by 14 runs Xavier Bartlett bounced back from final-over heartache to help Brisbane Heat to a confidence-boosting 14-run

Report New Zealand go in with four-man pace attack On the first day of 2022, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque decided to field first against New Zealand in the first Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Mominul said that Bangladesh wanted to get first use the moisture on a greenish pitch. This is New

News No recall for Andre Russell, three players to miss Ireland series due to Covid-19 Pollard had been ruled out of West Indies’ tour of Pakistan in December because of a hamstring injury, with Nicholas Pooran leading the T20I side in his absence. Shai Hope had been due to take charge in the ODIs, before

News The BCCI president will remain in home isolation for the time being, with a team of doctors monitoring his health status Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he had been admitted following a positive Covid-19 test, with the hospital declaring him “clinically stable”. Dr Rupali Basu, the MD and CEO

News The New Year’s Eve match in Adelaide is under threat as are future Stars fixtures The BBL has been hit by further positive Covid-19 cases after four Sydney Thunder players tested positive ahead of the New Year’s Eve clash against Adelaide Strikers in Adelaide while seven Melbourne Stars players and eight staff members have

News Andy McBrine and Andy Balbirnie have also been forced to isolate as close contacts Paul Stirling and Shane Getkate, the Ireland allrounders, are self-isolating in Florida hotel rooms after testing positive for Covid-19 and are set to miss at least the first ODI against West Indies in Jamaica. Ireland’s ODI series against USA was

Report India’s convincing win came despite a whole day’s play lost to rain and more showers expected on the final day India 327 (Rahul 123, Agarwal 60, Ngidi 6-71) and 174 (Pant 34, Rabada 4-42, Jansen 4-55) beat South Africa 197 (Bavuma 52, Shami 5-44) and 191 (Elgar 77, Bumrah 3-50, Shami 3-63) by 113