Cricket

News Wong turned down a holiday in Italy to replace Shabnim Ismail at Sydney Thunder, while Smith adds international experience to a young Melbourne Stars attack Sydney Thunder have signed 19-year-old England quick Issy Wong while Melbourne Stars have recruited left-arm orthodox spinner Linsey Smith for the upcoming WBBL. Wong was an extremely late addition

News Coach says CSK’s slowdown was due to the challenging conditions, “not lack of intent” Chennai Super Kings, in their three-wicket defeat to Delhi Capitals, got to 48 for 2 by the end of the powerplay, but then slowed down so much towards the middle that they did not score a single boundary for the

News England fly out to Oman with half of World Cup squad already in situ at the IPL When England were beaten by West Indies in the final of the 2016 World T20, Eoin Morgan was the only player in their side who had made an appearance in the IPL. Five years later, the squad

News Warm-up matches and the DRS are also key elements that need to be available The argument that women’s Tests should be played over five days was given further weight by the day-night match at Metricon Stadium while Australia coach Matthew Mott suggested the points awarded for the game may need adjusting. With nearly 100

News “The longer you go without contributing a significant score, the closer you are to actually contributing. And that’s coming from experience” Being an overseas captain of an IPL team is not an easy job. The moment you start to struggle, debates start if it is tenable to have an overseas captain because you are

Report Punjab Kings’ qualification hopes hanging by a thread – they need to win their final game, and then have plenty of results go their way Royal Challengers Bangalore 164 for 7 (Maxwell 57, Padikkal 40, Henriques 3-12) beat Punjab Kings 158 for 6 (Agarwal 57, Rahul 39, Chahal 3-29) by six runs Virat Kohli‘s

Report Veteran’s 85* singlehandedly took Central Punjab to 168 before Sindh collapsed to fall behind on DLS Central Punjab 168 for 8 (Malik 85*, Shehzad 35, Raees 4-33, Abrar 3-39) beat Sindh 110 for 6 (Sharjeel 36, Qasim 3-20, Gul 2-15) by 12 runs (DLS method) Shoaib Malik singlehandedly carried Central Punjab through the second

News The Australia opener was full of praise for the displays of Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar When Meghna Singh beat Alyssa Healy‘s outside edge with her first ball in international cricket, during the first ODI in Mackay, India seemed to have discovered in her outswinger a key piece in their long-unresolved pace

Report Mumbai Indians bowlers drag the game to the last over with regular strikes before going down Delhi Capitals 132 for 6 (Iyer 33*, Ashwin 20*, Coulter-Nile 1-19) beat Mumbai Indians 129 for 8 (Suryakumar 33, Avesh 3-15, Axar 3-21) by four wickets Mumbai Indians threatened to defend 129 on a sluggish Sharjah track, but

Report Sharjeel Khan’s 64 off 43 balls helped Sindh post 176 Sindh 176 for 7 (Sharjeel 64, Shakeel 28) beat Northern 62 for 3 (Nawaz 27) by three runs via DLS method A spell of rain soaked up Northern’s hopes allowing Sindh to post a three-run victory under DLS method in the National T20 Cup,

Punjab Kings 168 for 5 (Rahul 67, Agarwal 40, Chakravarthy 2-24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 165 for 7 (Iyer 67, Tripathi 34, Arshdeep 3-32) by five wickets Punjab Kings kept their playoff hopes well and truly alive by punishing Kolkata Knight Riders for their off-colour fielding effort. Mayank Agarwal made a quickfire 40 after an

News Seven no-balls from Southern Punjab highlighted the ill-discipline in a bowling attack that never seriously threatened to defend 174 Balochistan 176 for 2 (Bangalzai 50, Sohail 47*, Yamin 1-28) beat Southern Punjab 174 for 9 (Maqsood 54, Junaid 3-29, Umaid Asif 3-30) by eight wickets An ill-disciplined bowling performance from Southern Punjab saw Balochistan

News Kwa-Zulu Natal Inland and Mpumalanga have been eliminated from Pool B of the CSA domestic T20 competition The biggest surprise in Pool B of the Provincial T20 Cup, the CSA’s domestic T20 competition, came from the skies as rain washed out one match entirely and severely reduced another to put a damper on proceedings

News Veteran T20 star cites bubble fatigue, wants to “refocus on helping the West Indies in the T20 World Cup” Punjab Kings have announced that Chris Gayle will be leaving the IPL bio-bubble due to bubble fatigue. Having just arrived from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) bubble, Gayle said he was looking to mentally refresh

News Australian opener joins from Leicestershire on all-format, two-year deal Gloucestershire have billed the signing of Marcus Harris, the Australian opener, as a “big statement of intent” after convincing him to join on an all-format, two-year contract as an overseas player. Harris, 29, spent the 2021 summer playing for Leicestershire in the County Championship and

Report There are four points available for winning the Test – the first time the teams have met in the format since 2006 Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Six players will make their Test debuts in the day-night clash at Metricon Stadium with Australia and India facing each other in the format for

Report Rajasthan Royals looked good for a big score with Evin Lewis going strong, but his wicket triggered a terminal collapse Rajasthan Royals 153 for 3 (Maxwell 50*, Bharat 44, Mustafizur 2-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 149 for 9 (Lewis 58, Jaiswal 31, Harshal 3-34, Shahbaz 2-10, Chahal 2-18) by seven wickets Rajasthan Royals were in

News The Delhi seamer has started training with the squad after completing the mandatory quarantine Mumbai Indians have drafted in Delhi seamer Simarjeet Singh as a replacement for the injured Arjun Tendulkar in the ongoing UAE leg of the IPL. According to a media release from the franchise, the 23-year old has started training with