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News Captain also points to success of Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nissanka with the bat Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka has hailed Wanindu Hasaranga as a future superstar after the legspin-bowling allrounder took 2 for 19 to help knock West Indies out of the T20 World Cup. “He’s a gem and he’s a superstar in

News Bangaldesh skipper admits shortcomings, but has no plans to step down Mahmudullah insisted that he would neither retire nor step down as captain in the aftermath of a T20 World Cup in which his Bangladesh side squeezed through their first-round group – despite losing to Scotland – before losing all five of their Super

News Former captain also says coach Russell Domingo “should be held accountable” for the team’s elimination in the Super 12s The Bangladesh players’ inability to handle the BCB’s criticism was a factor in their T20 World Cup blowout. That’s the view of former captain Mashrafe Mortaza, who said that the board could have shown more

News Need to protect net run-rate became key ahead of clash with New Zealand After losing a flurry of early wickets in a steep chase of 211 against India, Afghanistan had to veer away from their original approach and protect their net run-rate, ahead of what could be a virtual quarter-final against New Zealand this

News Former India captain will take over from the New Zealand series starting November 17 Rahul Dravid will succeed Ravi Shastri as head coach of the national men’s team after the ongoing T20 World Cup in the UAE. Dravid will take charge from the upcoming home series against New Zealand, starting November 17. “It is

News Hobart Hurricanes are down in seventh with just five games to play Sydney Sixers 4 for 141(Gardner 51, Perry 47) beat Hobart Hurricanes 7 for 110 by 31 runs Ellyse Perry fell just short of a birthday half-century but it mattered little as Sydney Sixers powered their way to a 31-run WBBL victory over

Report Pakistan ticked several boxes as they wrapped up a fourth win in four games at the T20 World Cup Pakistan 189 for 2 (Rizwan 79*, Babar 70) beat Namibia 144 for 5 (Wiese 43, Williams 40, Imad 1-13, Hasan 1-22) by 45 runs With one foot in the semi-final already, and having an opportunity

News Australia very much in the fray but their NRR is against them, while West Indies have left themselves a mountain to climb South Africa’s dominant win over Bangladesh have made them serious contenders for a semi-final spot, from Group 1, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are now out of the race. Here is how

News Assistant coach McDonald says 4-1 loss in Bangladesh is fresh in the mind but hopes experience will put them in good stead Australia are expecting a trial by spin against Bangladesh despite their top-order collapse to England’s seamers on Saturday night in Dubai. Australia’s semi-final hopes hang in the balance after their net run-rate

News Former Kent and England seamer was diagnosed more than two decades ago Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has died at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour more than two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, Kent said they was devastated to learn of Igglesden’s

Big picture Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan have not lurched from crisis to catastrophe, and are not furiously mapping out probability trees, calculating net run rates, and praying that other teams help them sneak into the next round via the back door? Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan are not

With 28 matches played the group stage of this year’s tournament is halfway through. Here’s a rundown of how things with just six points separating top from eighth Melbourne Renegades (7 matches, 5 wins, 11 points) Form (most recent first) WWWWNLW Season so farA fantastic turnaround to date from last season’s seventh-placed team and they

News Coach Pierre de Bruyn calls Afghanistan defeat an “icebreaker” after winning run comes to abrupt end After notching up three successive wins against Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland, Namibia couldn’t quite keep up with Afghanistan’s intensity on Sunday, losing by 62 runs. It is only going to get tougher for them as they next run

News Bangladesh allrounder ruled out until further review after picking up left lower hamstring strain Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s remaining matches in the T20 World Cup because of a hamstring injury. Shakib has not recovered sufficiently from the injury he picked up in his left leg during the game against

News A recap of the latest action from the WBBL with all the teams again in action on Sunday Sydney Thunder 6 for 146 (Mandhana 50) beat Hobart Hurricanes 8 for 109 (du Preez 41, Deepti 3-13) by 37 runs Defending champions Sydney Thunder completed a weekend resurgence to kickstart their season with a second

News Captain admits England “dominated us from the start” but remains confident in side’s ability Aaron Finch has insisted that Australia are “a very good team in T20 international cricket” despite their eight-wicket hammering against England in Dubai on Saturday night, but he recognised that the scale of their defeat – with 50 balls to

Report Pathum Nissanka’s 58-ball 72 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s hat-trick go in vain as Sri Lanka lose their second game South Africa’s chase veered, almost stalled, and threatened to careen off a cliff – particularly when Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a T20I hat-trick to go with the ODI one he took on debut. But, in the end,

Report The left-arm spinner came into the match with just nine first-class wickets Queensland 6 for 487 dec (Labuschagne 136, Renshaw 120*, Khawaja 119) and 1 for 132 dec (Labuschagne 60*) beat Tasmania 182 (Kuhnemann 5-60) and 341 (Jewell 90, Kuhnemann 5-107) by 96 runs Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann completed the first ten-wicket haul of