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News Middle order failing to fire, absence of three members of Test squad, Maxwell’s relatively late withdrawal hurt winless London Spirit Few pundits backed London Spirit for the title in the inaugural season of the men’s Hundred but nobody whose memory stretched as far back as 2008 was willing to write them off. Playing in

Report Mujeeb Ur Rahman grabbed 2 for 6 off his 20 balls after Willey’s 81* and 2 for 9 Northern Superchargers 155 for 3 (Willey 81*, Brook 28, Crane 1-19) beat London Spirit 92 for 9 (Morgan 27, Raine 3-20, Mujeeb 2-6) by 63 runs David Willey hit the highest individual score of the men’s

News England seamer says he struggled after calf problem forced him out of 2019 Ashes James Anderson has admitted he had to be talked out of retirement by his wife after a series of injury setbacks. Anderson managed just four overs in the 2019 Ashes after a recurrence of a calf injury ruled him out

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the two boards favour rescheduling the series for late 2022 or early 2023 The England white-ball tour of Bangladesh has been postponed, but not cancelled altogether, the BCB has said, adding that talks were on to slot it after the T20 World Cup, which ends on November 14. “Both the teams

Report Ben Duckett’s battling 65 in vain as Fire struggle against spin on slow surface Oval Invincibles 125 for 4 (Billings 40*) beat Welsh Fire 121 for 7 (Duckett 65, Curran 3-29) by six wickets Oval Invincibles’ bowlers set up a six-wicket win against Welsh Fire to boost them into third at the halfway mark

News Welsh Fire extend Jimmy Neesham’s contract in their absence Lungi Ngidi and Liam Plunkett have been ruled out of the rest of the Hundred through personal reasons and injury respectively, with Welsh Fire extending Jimmy Neesham‘s contract to cover the rest of the tournament in their absence. Ngidi, who joined up with the squad

Preview The home side are missing some senior figures but Australia’s batting line-up is uncertain Big picture Another opportunity awaits for these two teams to work on plans and players to press for selection ahead of the T20 World Cup. The series could not be much more condensed – five matches played across seven days

Report Tymal Mills also miserly as Spirit stumble despite highest Powerplay score of tournament Southern Brave 145 for 6 (Davies 50) beat London Spirit 141 for 7 (Inglis 55, Garton 2-30) by four runs A remarkable spell of death bowling from Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan saw London Spirit fall to a third defeat in

News Bangladesh head coach says he does not expect big turning tracks in his side’s bid to register their first T20I series win over Australia Bangladesh are looking for their first-ever T20I series win against Australia, but they won’t resort to big turners in order to achieve this. Head coach Russell Domingo said as much

News Trevor Hohns steps down having served collectively on the selection panel for 21 years George Bailey has been named the new chairman of selectors of the Australia men’s team following the retirement of Trevor Hohns. Bailey, who played 125 times for Australia, joined the panel in 2019 and takes on the top job ahead

Report Lynn makes run-a-ball 48, and Roy bats through for 53 not out, in low-scoring dogfight Northern Superchargers 128 for 4 (Lynn 48, Brook 47*) beat Oval Invincibles 127 for 6 (Roy 52*, Curran 34*, Rashid 3-13) by six wickets Harry Brook is the leading run-scorer in the men’s Hundred and his third vital contribution

News The Pakistan board has expressed displeasure at reports that its Indian counterpart is trying to prevent players from joining the tournament The PCB has expressed its displeasure over reports that the BCCI called ICC Full Members in a bid to prevent retired players from those countries from appearing in the Kashmir Premier League (KPL),

News ESPNcricinfo has learnt he was struck by a fast bowler, and will undergo a CT scan as a precautionary measure Pakistan batter Azam Khan was taken to hospital after suffering a blow to the head during training on Friday in Guyana. The 22-year old, who made his debut earlier this month against England, is

Tamil Nadu won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under Venkataramana’s predecessor D Vasu © NurPhoto/Getty Images M Venkataramana, the former India and Tamil Nadu offspinner, has been roped in as the state side’s new coach ahead of the 2021-22 domestic season, which sees the return of the Ranji Trophy. Venkataramana takes over from D Vasu,

News The teams had also faced off earlier in the year when Sri Lanka played two Tests in South Africa South Africa have confirmed their tour to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is during September. All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the series starting

News Shanaka on chat with Dhawan: “We get advice from our former players too, but this was a chance to hear from a current player with a lot of experience” Among the themes of India’s tour of Sri Lanka was the chumminess of the two sides even in difficult bio-bubble situations. Hardik Pandya went viral

Report Graham Clark hundred in vain as Scarborough plays host to four-wicket cliffhanger Gloucestershire 336 for 6 (Bracey 90, Charlesworth 87, Taylor 49*) beat Durham 335 for 4 (Clark 140, Lees 85, Worrall 4-58) by four wickets Jack Taylor performed heroics in the final over of Gloucestershire’s Royal London Cup clash against Durham at Scarborough,

News According to the terms agreed to between the two boards, the senior batter can’t enter the Dhaka bio-bubble now Bangladesh are unhappy with Mushfiqur Rahim‘s enforced absence from the Bangladesh squad for the upcoming T20Is at home against Australia, a direct result of the Covid-19 protocols demanded by Cricket Australia. The word “unfair” is