Cricket

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

News Gladiators pick England batter Dan Lawrence as a reserved supplementary pick, while Zalmi roped in Pakistan quick Sohail Khan in that category Karachi Kings have snapped up English batter Ian Cockbain for the upcoming PSL season. In a heavily English-centric PSL replacement draft, Cockbain, 34, was signed as a substitute for fellow countryman Tom

News Rhodes had served as Bangladesh head coach for just over a year between 2018 and 2019 Comilla Victorians have appointed Steve Rhodes, the former Bangladesh men’s national team head coach, as their technical advisor for the 2022 Bangladesh Premier League. This will be Rhodes’ first assignment, in Bangladesh or elsewhere, after he was removed

News The captain believes Australia are building a side that can compete in all conditions Australia are confident a dominant Ashes series win can start “something big” as they hunt the away wins required to become the best Test side in the world. Pat Cummins enjoyed a dream start to his captaincy career, securing a

Report The hosts chased down Zimbabwe’s total with eight balls to spare thanks to several contributions with the bat Sri Lanka (Nissanka 75, Chandimal 75) 300 for 5 beat Zimbabwe 296 for 9 (Ervine 100) by five wickets Zimbabwe’s batters gave their side a healthy chance. On a flat Pallekele track, the openers put on

News Melbourne Stars, Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers lose key signings, with Rashid Khan also departing for Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat were left frustrated by Fakhar’s withdrawal in particular after Heat signed the opener on December 31 as a replacement player for injured Englishman Tom Abell, but he only managed to play one game for

Big picture Where not so long ago, bilateral ODI series in T20 World Cup years lacked context, the ODI Super League has helped bring some importance to these fixtures. Neither Sri Lanka nor Zimbabwe are particularly well-placed on the table. Sri Lanka have 42 points, which puts them at seventh and could easily be pushed

Report Bowlers, Al-Amin shine as Central beat South by six wickets after bowling them out for 163 Central Zone 164 for four (Al-Amin 53 not out, Mizanur 39, Ahmed 3 for 32) beat South Zone 163 all out (Pinak 35) by six wickets Central Zone completed a domestic double after they trounced South Zone by

News Australia has only six teams in its premier first-class competition, meaning opportunities for outsiders are limited Tom Harrison, the ECB’s chief executive, has sent a formal proposal to Cricket Australia encouraging it to involve young English players in the Sheffield Shield. Harrison, who arrived in Australia as the inquest into another Ashes drubbing for

News South Africa coach lauds his team for playing “the pressure moments pretty well” For Mark Boucher, the toughest thing about watching South Africa’s chase against India was that there was nothing he could do about it. “As a player, you feel like the buck can stop with you. As a coach, your hands are

News While ICC’s match officials had a word with the Indian team management, there was no official code of conduct breach charge levelled against India Virat Kohli and his India team-mates have been spoken to about the DRS bust-up on the third day of the Newlands Test by the ICC match officials, although no formal

News While Wood has already submitted his paperwork for the auction, Root is clear he would do so only if it doesn’t detract from his Test commitments Joe Root and Mark Wood are among the England players who are weighing their potential involvement in the 2022 IPL, with players required to submit their paperwork for

The parliamentary committee investigating the issue of racism in English cricket says that the sport must commit to “cleaning up its act” in order to qualify for future government funding, following the publication of its report in the wake of Azeem Rafiq‘s allegations at Yorkshire. Rafiq, the former Yorkshire allrounder, told ESPNcricinfo in an interview

News Indian players appeared to suggest SuperSport, the South Africa broadcasters of the series, manipulated the pictures A number of India players, captain Virat Kohli among them, have made public their displeasure about the South Africa broadcasters, SuperSport, for what they suggested was a home-side bias with respect to the camera work and use of

News Local coaches to look after Bangladesh’s pace department temporarily Ottis Gibson has decided not to renew his contract as Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach. The 52-year old, who completed his two-year contract with the BCB this month, is set to join the Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Multan Sultans from the start of their campaign on

News England captain weighing up IPL auction involvement with deadline looming Joe Root has publicly backed Chris Silverwood to keep his job as England coach despite their heavy Ashes series defeat, suggesting that he had been let down by his players. Silverwood has maintained since his promotion from bowling coach to head coach in October

News According to Islamabad police, his name was removed from the FIR after the alleged victim retracted her earlier statement All charges against Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah, who was named in a case concerning the alleged rape of an underage girl, have been dropped. According to Islamabad police, Yasir’s name was removed from the First