Cricket

Report The England vs England Lions three-day match is Stokes’ first game of cricket since July England 0 for 98 (Hameed 53*, Burns 39*) vs England Lions Rain and some impressive batting from England’s openers delayed Ben Stokes‘ low-profile return to cricket before next month’s Ashes opener at the Gabba. The England allrounder arrived at

Deccan Gladiators 113 for 1 (Kohler-Cadmore 51*, Banton 44) beat Delhi Bulls 112 (Rossouw 48, Russell 3-17) by nine wickets In a match which featured established internationals like Eoin Morgan, Mohammad Hafeez and Andre Russell, it was instead the uncapped Tom Kohler-Cadmore who was the man to watch with a blistering unbeaten 51 off 19

News Nawaz pulled out of his stance really late after a Mahmudullah delivery that hit the stumps Mahmudullah “trusted” umpire Tanvir Ahmed’s decision to signal a dead ball when Mohammad Nawaz pulled out from his stance at during the tense concluding moments of the third T20I. The passage was part of a dramatic last over

News “Going forward, we will definitely keep an eye out for him,” India’s T20 captain says of Venkatesh Iyer With the 2022 T20 World Cup just 11 months away, India’s captain for the format, Rohit Sharma, wants the new players who featured in the team’s 3-0 series win over New Zealand to be given a

Team Abu Dhabi 99 for 6 (Overton 33*, Hasaranga 4-12) beat Deccan Gladiators 97 for 9 (Smith 34) by four wickets With five needed off the last ball, Danny Briggs was facing a man who had yet to bowl a ball in the tournament, never mind the innings itself. He duly hit Anwar Ali for

Report India rested Rahul and Ashwin, and picked Kishan, while New Zealand brought in Ferguson for Southee Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma won his third straight toss, with India opting to bat this time to “challenge themselves against conditions”, presumably dew, in the third and final T20I at Eden Gardens.

Report Visitors pick Shannon Gabriel ahead of Kemar Roach, and play three spinners in Jomel Warrican, Rahkeem Cornwall and Roston Chase Sri Lanka have won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bat first on a Galle surface which often becomes a spin bowler’s dream as the Test wears on. West Indies have a debutant. Jeremy

News The duo put on a match-winning unbeaten stand of 94 off just 32 balls to get Deccan Gladiators’ campaign off to a winning start “To bat with someone like him just gives you so much confidence and freedom to just go and try and express yourself.” Those were the words of 25-year-old Tom Moores,

News Seamer tore knee cartilage in training on the Gold Coast, will also maiden BBL stint at Perth Scorchers Brydon Carse has been ruled out of England Lions’ tour of Australia after suffering a serious knee injury at training. Carse, the 26-year-old Durham seam bowler, tore the cartilage in his right knee during a practice

Harshal Patel doesn’t think he’s very talented. His study of his bowling action has led him to conclude it’s biomechanically imperfect: he has “massive lateral flex at the point of delivery” which means the height from which he bowls – and consequently the bounce he could get – is reduced. The action is a greater

Report Gayle and Paul Stirling smash 97 in five overs together as Team Abu Dhabi get off to a flyer Judging by the way Gayle helped to get Team Abu Dhabi’s campaign off to a flyer on Friday evening at the Zayed Cricket Ground, he seems a man who, even at the age of 42,

News Full text of de Villiers’ retirement video Before he announced his retirement from cricket on Friday, AB de Villiers issued a short speech, which was put out by Royal Challengers Bangalore, the IPL franchise he joined in 2011. Seemingly emotional, de Villiers declared he is now “half Indian and half South African” thanks to

News The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of identifying and appointing a new Test captain will be accelerated Tim Paine has quit as Test captain after being investigated by Cricket Australia for allegedly sending explicit messages to a female co-worker. The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of

News The three-year broadcast deal with state television broadcaster PTV was signed in 2020 A landmark cricket broadcast deal that was expected to fetch in excess of USD 200 million for the Pakistan Cricket Board is understood to be cancelled. The PCB has opened a new tender inviting bids for new media rights for home

News Somerset investigating bowler after two tweets using word “n***o” emerge Somerset seamer Jack Brooks has issued an apology for tweets featuring racist language sent in 2012. He has also apologised for his role in nicknaming Cheteshwar Pujara, the India batter, “Steve” during his time at Yorkshire. The emergence of two examples of Brooks using

News Having been on the sidelines, he finally got some game-time after seven months, scoring a 50-ball 63 Mark Chapman has had such a long break between playing competitive games of cricket, that he isn’t quite sure when he was in the middle last. The cricket caravan might be hurtling along for viewers – and

News Rafiq has alleged it was an “open secret” that the name “Kevin” was used to describe people of colour Alex Hales has denied “any racial connotation” in naming his dog ‘Kevin’ after Azeem Rafiq alleged that the name was used by former Yorkshire team-mate Gary Ballance “to describe people of colour”. Rafiq told a

News Arthur will stay with the Sri Lanka team till the end of their upcoming home Test series against West Indies Mickey Arthur will join Derbyshire CCC as its head of cricket at the end of Sri Lanka’s upcoming two-Test series at home against West Indies, which runs from November 21 to December 3. His