Cricket

Report He and Nkrumah Bonner put up a 100-run seventh-wicket stand before Embuldeniya made a key breakthrough for Sri Lanka Lunch West Indies 125 for 7 (Joshua 54, Bonner 42*) and 230 need another 219 runs to beat Sri Lanka 386 and 191 for 4 dec Joshua da Silva dragged himself to a hard-earned half-century,

Report Jamie Overton smashes last two balls for six each to make it five wins out of five Team Abu Dhabi 124 for 4 (Salt 56, Overton 20*) beat Delhi Bulls 121 for 4 (Shepherd 39*) by six wickets It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster year for Phil Salt. After breaking his foot in

News With stories mirroring those of cricket nuts across the subcontinent, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja are on the brink of realising their dreams Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja, the newest faces in Bangladesh’s Test squad, might have taken very different paths to the top, but taped-tennis-ball cricket, ubiquitous in cricketing

News Lizaad Williams also ruled out because of an intercostal muscle strain, Junior Dala has been added to squad Lungi Ngidi has been forced to withdraw from South Africa’s squad for the three-match ODI series at home against Netherlands after testing positive for Covid-19. “He is well and in good spirits,” a CSA statement on

Bangla Tigers 91 for 1 (Charles 36) beat Chennai Braves 90 for 6 (Perera 26, Howell 2-22) by nine wickets On a night where most batters struggled on a much slower and trickier wicket in Abu Dhabi, Johnson Charles and Hazratullah Zazai of the Bangla Tigers made it look like they were playing on a

News On a pitch that offered substantial assistance, Sri Lanka’s spin-bowling coach felt his bowlers were somewhat overeager Sri Lanka’s young trio of frontline spinners has taken seven wickets between them and seemingly put the team in a strong position in the opening Test against West Indies. But spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge thinks they could

Report The England vs England Lions three-day match is Stokes’ first game of cricket since July England 0 for 98 (Hameed 53*, Burns 39*) vs England Lions Rain and some impressive batting from England’s openers delayed Ben Stokes‘ low-profile return to cricket before next month’s Ashes opener at the Gabba. The England allrounder arrived at

Deccan Gladiators 113 for 1 (Kohler-Cadmore 51*, Banton 44) beat Delhi Bulls 112 (Rossouw 48, Russell 3-17) by nine wickets In a match which featured established internationals like Eoin Morgan, Mohammad Hafeez and Andre Russell, it was instead the uncapped Tom Kohler-Cadmore who was the man to watch with a blistering unbeaten 51 off 19

News Nawaz pulled out of his stance really late after a Mahmudullah delivery that hit the stumps Mahmudullah “trusted” umpire Tanvir Ahmed’s decision to signal a dead ball when Mohammad Nawaz pulled out from his stance at during the tense concluding moments of the third T20I. The passage was part of a dramatic last over

News “Going forward, we will definitely keep an eye out for him,” India’s T20 captain says of Venkatesh Iyer With the 2022 T20 World Cup just 11 months away, India’s captain for the format, Rohit Sharma, wants the new players who featured in the team’s 3-0 series win over New Zealand to be given a

Team Abu Dhabi 99 for 6 (Overton 33*, Hasaranga 4-12) beat Deccan Gladiators 97 for 9 (Smith 34) by four wickets With five needed off the last ball, Danny Briggs was facing a man who had yet to bowl a ball in the tournament, never mind the innings itself. He duly hit Anwar Ali for

Report India rested Rahul and Ashwin, and picked Kishan, while New Zealand brought in Ferguson for Southee Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma won his third straight toss, with India opting to bat this time to “challenge themselves against conditions”, presumably dew, in the third and final T20I at Eden Gardens.

Report Visitors pick Shannon Gabriel ahead of Kemar Roach, and play three spinners in Jomel Warrican, Rahkeem Cornwall and Roston Chase Sri Lanka have won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bat first on a Galle surface which often becomes a spin bowler’s dream as the Test wears on. West Indies have a debutant. Jeremy

News The duo put on a match-winning unbeaten stand of 94 off just 32 balls to get Deccan Gladiators’ campaign off to a winning start “To bat with someone like him just gives you so much confidence and freedom to just go and try and express yourself.” Those were the words of 25-year-old Tom Moores,

News Seamer tore knee cartilage in training on the Gold Coast, will also maiden BBL stint at Perth Scorchers Brydon Carse has been ruled out of England Lions’ tour of Australia after suffering a serious knee injury at training. Carse, the 26-year-old Durham seam bowler, tore the cartilage in his right knee during a practice

Harshal Patel doesn’t think he’s very talented. His study of his bowling action has led him to conclude it’s biomechanically imperfect: he has “massive lateral flex at the point of delivery” which means the height from which he bowls – and consequently the bounce he could get – is reduced. The action is a greater

Report Gayle and Paul Stirling smash 97 in five overs together as Team Abu Dhabi get off to a flyer Judging by the way Gayle helped to get Team Abu Dhabi’s campaign off to a flyer on Friday evening at the Zayed Cricket Ground, he seems a man who, even at the age of 42,

News Full text of de Villiers’ retirement video Before he announced his retirement from cricket on Friday, AB de Villiers issued a short speech, which was put out by Royal Challengers Bangalore, the IPL franchise he joined in 2011. Seemingly emotional, de Villiers declared he is now “half Indian and half South African” thanks to