Cricket

News ICC promise ‘thorough investigation’ after disturbances outside Dubai Stadium The ICC have asked the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to “undertake a thorough investigation” following crowd trouble caused by “thousands of ticketless fans” at Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Super 12s game in the men’s T20 World Cup in Dubai. The sides’ previous World Cup meeting, at

Report Russell helped West Indies defend 12 runs in the final over West Indies 142 for 7 (Pooran 40, Shoriful 2-20) beat Bangladesh 139 for 5 (Liton 44, Holder 1-22) by three runs Andre Russell‘s telling final over sealed West Indies’ first win of the T20 World Cup 2021, as they beat Bangladesh by three

News Quick raring to go during the best period of cricket he’s had in a “long, long time” In the 2015 ODI World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Milne had been sidelined from the semi-finals and the final with a heel injury, but six years later, the stars are aligning for him in the

News Pakistan’s interim head coach warned that Afghanistan would be dangerous opponents because of their “fearless” approach Saqlain Mushtaq, Pakistan’s interim head coach, would love it if his team got the opportunity to face India again, and beat them again, in the final of the T20 World Cup. He also feels more meetings between the

News Hard-hitting batter joins Naveen-ul-Haq at Grace Road for 2022 season Rahmanullah Gurbaz will join his fellow Afghanistan international Naveen ul-Haq at Grace Road next season, after signing for Leicestershire for their Vitality Blast campaign. Gurbaz, who turns 20 next month, scored a 37-ball 46 in Afghanistan’s 130-run victory over Scotland on Monday, including four

News Left-arm quick was struck in the nets two days before Sri Lanka game, but trained on match eve Australia aren’t concerned over the fitness of fast bowler Mitchell Starc ahead of their crucial T20 World Cup clash with Sri Lanka despite him copping a blow on the knee in the nets on Tuesday. Starc

News Left-arm seamer ruled out of T20 World Cup after suffering right shin injury West Indies have brought Jason Holder into their T20 World Cup squad as a replacement for the injured left-arm seamer Obed McCoy. McCoy, who played in West Indies’ opening fixture against England, has been ruled out of the rest of the

News SACA would like the team to adopt a uniform approach for the Black Lives Matter movement, but doesn’t want it to be forced The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) would like the national men’s team to take a uniform approach to taking a knee but has criticised Cricket South Africa (CSA) for mandating it,

News The allrounder has not been able to secure permission to cross borders Sydney Sixers have been left “a little bewildered” that they have been unable to secure permission for Erin Burns to join their squad in either Adelaide or Mackay which means she will miss the entire WBBL unless Sixers are able to host

News Rubel was part of the reserves’ list, and is now in the main team after the allrounder picked up a back injury Mohammad Saifuddin, the Bangladesh medium-pace-bowling allrounder, has been ruled out of the rest of the T20 World Cup because of a back injury. Rubel Hossain, the veteran quick, has been moved in

Preview Bangladesh may bring back Taskin, while England may not yet risk playing Wood after a niggle made him miss out against West Indies Big Picture Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills led the destruction before Adil Rashid ran through the West Indies lower order with extraordinary figures of 4 for 2. England bowled West Indies

News The left hander has fallen significantly down the pecking order of Australia’s batters Kurtis Patterson admits he got distracted by trying to push for a Test spot last summer but insists lessons from that can help reignite his push for a place in Australia’s middle order. The fight for Ashes spots will heat up

News Imesha Dulani, Sachini Nisansala complete the trio of teenagers in the 17-member squad Sri Lanka have finalised their 17-member squad for next month’s Women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, with 16-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne – a surprise inclusion when the squad was first announced earlier this month – retaining her place. Chamari Atapattu (capt)

Report The match was frequently interrupted by rain with the chase eventually trimmed to 27 overs Western Australia 4 for 167 (Marsh 80*) beat South Australia 6 for 193 (Weatherald 60) by six wickets (DLS method) Shaun Marsh struck an unbeaten half-century to guide Western Australia to a six-wicket win over South Australia in a

News The quick bowler’s first delivery set the tone against South Africa in a superb powerplay display After all the talk about which of Australia’s Test match quicks would miss out in their T20 World Cup opener against South Africa, the trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins played together in the format

Report Shaheen Shah Afridi set the tone for the night with a fiery opening spell in which he claimed both India openers Pakistan 152 for 0 (Rizwan 79*, Babar 68*) beat India 151 for 7 (Kohli 57, Afridi 3-31) by ten wickets In their 13th attempt in World Cups, Pakistan finally managed to beat India,

News Victorian government has announced further easing of Covid-19 restrictions over the coming months. There are hopes that a crowd of 80,000 could be allowed into the MCG for the Boxing Day Ashes Test after the Victorian government announced further easing of Covid-19 restrictions over the coming months. Melbourne has just emerged from a sixth

News Darcie Brown took the sixth hat-trick in WBBL history but Heat held on in a rain-reduced nail-biter Brisbane Heat 5 for 104 (Voll 31*, Brown 3-28) beat Adelaide Strikers 4 for 99 (Wolvaardt 54, Jonassen 2-17) by five runs (11 overs-a-side) Electrifying innings from Georgia Voll and Georgia Redmayne as well as some disciplined