Cricket

News Jhye Richardson is the frontrunner to come into Australia’s XI in Adelaide Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide due to the side strain he picked up in Brisbane with Jhye Richardson, the Western Australia quick, favourite to replace him. Hazlewood bowled on the fourth day at the

News KS Bharat wallops a match-winning 161 for Andhra while Nagaland crash to 48 all out against Tripura Venkatesh Iyer followed scores of 112 and 71 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this season with a dazzling 151, as Madhya Pradesh won a cliffhanger against Chandigarh by five runs. The blistering knock, which included 10 sixes

News Seamer says it wouldn’t be right to “kick up a stink” over decision as he prepares for pink-ball Test Despite his disappointment at being left out of the first Ashes Test, Stuart Broad says it wouldn’t be right to “kick up a stink” over the decision. England’s omission of vastly experienced seamers Broad and

News The trio, along with a non-coaching member, will be unavailable for the T20I leg of the Pakistan tour Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers are among four members of the West Indies touring party who have tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Pakistan on December 9. The trio, along with a non-coaching

News Karnataka beat Mumbai, Andhra win thriller against Jammu and Kashmir, and other action from the 50-over tournament Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s dazzling form continued, as the Maharashtra captain hit his third consecutive hundred in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22, comfortably sitting atop the run charts of the domestic one-day competition. Unlike in the first two games,

Report Sydney Sixers suffered a 44-run defeat in the rain-shortened match despite Josh Philippe’s 46-ball 72 Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 213 (Wade 93, Short 73*, Curran 1-46) beat Sydney Sixers 4 for 151 (Philippe 72, Paris 3-35 ) by 44 runs via DLS Wade, one of the architects of Australia’s title-winning 2021 T20 World Cup

Report Nathan Lyon finally claimed his 400th Test wicket as another calamitous collapse from the visitors handed the hosts a comfortable win Australia 425 and 1 for 20 (Harris 9*, Robinson 1-13) beat England 147 and 297 (Root 89, Malan 82, Lyon 4-91) by nine wickets The power went down at the Gabba and England

News Simon Kerrigan adds two more years to his deal at Northamptonshire Liam Livingstone has capped a breakout year by extending his contract with Lancashire to the end of 2024. An explosive batsman for club and country, 28-year-old Livingstone has been a mainstay in the Lancashire lineup across all three formats since his debut in

News Batter’s safety-first approach barely registered as a Test asset before his recall in August Dawid Malan has spent much of the past 12 months as the No.1-ranked batter in T20I cricket… and the No.1 bugbear for many England analysts, who believe that his calm, measured, safety-first approach to massive run-scoring is a counterintuitive approach

News Fellow allrounder Martin Andersson pens fresh deal with Middlesex to end of 2024 Keith Barker has signed a contract extension with Hampshire, keeping him at club until the end of the 2023 season. Barker, 34, has become a key member of Hampshire’s four-day side since joining from Warwickshire at the end of the 2018

News Elsewhere, Tamil Nadu trounce Karnataka, Yuzvendra Chahal chips in, Atharva Taide hits 164*, and more Highlights from the second day of the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy Gaikwad, Taide, Varma smash big hundreds Ruturaj Gaikwad continued to make a strong claim for a spot in the Indian ODI team, bagging his second century in two

News Star allrounder will be assessed overnight after hurting his knee while fielding Ben Stokes will be assessed overnight by England’s medical staff after picking up an injury on a chastening second day at the Gabba. Stokes appeared to suffer the injury to his knee when he chased a ball to the boundary in the

News The former captain took a mental health break following his resignation Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley would love to see Tim Paine return to the Test side, having defended his organisation’s handling of the former skipper’s demotion. Paine tearfully resigned as captain, three weeks out from the men’s Ashes. He initially planned to

News Tourists will use Pope-Buttler partnership as evidence their batting line-up can succeed in Australia England have no choice but to cling to the positives. A chastening opening day of the Ashes series at the Gabba saw them bowled out for 147 in 50.1 overs, which represented a recovery of sorts from 11 for 3,

News Attack believed to have taken place on Tuesday night near Sooriyawewa Stadium in Hambantota Two Sri Lanka Cricket groundstaff at the Sooriyawewa Stadium in Hambantota have died in what is believed to have been an elephant attack, the board confirmed. Not many details have been released with regard to the attacks, though it is

News They are unlikely to see much of Jhye Richardson but have signed Tymal Mills SquadAshton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly (replacement), Laurie Evans (England), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson (replacement) Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitchell Marsh, Tymal Mills (England), David Moody (replacement), Lance Morris, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Kurtis Patterson, Jhye

News Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation, with a new revenue distribution model mapped out The ongoing legal feud between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Television (PTV) has been settled outside of court, mediated by the Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s office. Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation. The revenue sharing

News Glenton Stuurman and Prenelan Subrayen are back in the mix too, while Sisanda Magala and Ryan Rickelton have earned maiden call-ups Duanne Olivier could make a Test comeback after an absence of almost three years after being named in a 21-player squad for the upcoming three-Test series against India. The squad includes two new