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News “I think we are capable of improving on this, but we shouldn’t be too worried by it.” Bangladesh felt comforted by their 26-run win over Oman on Tuesday but it was a lot of hard work, according to Shakib Al Hasan. He said that Bangladesh turned the corner through the spells of Mahedi Hasan

News Coach also keen to persist with top three of Nissanka, Perera and Chandimal Two quicks capable of bowling faster than 145kph, one allrounder who gets up into the high 130s range, a spanking new mystery spinner who is yet to be decoded, and a world No. 2 legspinner with a killer googly. These are

Report Western Australia built a lead of 116 but time is running out for a positive result Western Australia 238 for 3 for 130 lead Tasmania 252 by 116 runs Tasmania’s Lawrence Neil-Smith was subbed out of the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia after failing a concussion test, but it mattered little after rain

Marcus Stoinis is building back to full fitness © ICC/Getty Images Allrounder Marcus Stoinis believes he is back to full fitness and will be available to bowl in Australia’s next T20 World Cup warm-up game on Wednesday against India after playing as a batter only in the three-wicket win over New Zealand on Monday night.

News Allrounder left field during England’s seven-wicket defeat to India, will be assessed in 24 hours Liam Livingstone is a doubt for England’s opening fixture of the men’s T20 World Cup against West Indies on Saturday after suffering a finger injury during their first warm-up match against India in Dubai. Livingstone was injured while dropping

Report Tasmania edged into a lead but a number of their batters didn’t convert starts Western Australia 238 and 1 for 42 lead Tasmania 252 (Neil-Smith 60, Webster 53*, Cartwright 4-23 Allrounder Hilton Cartwright produced the goods with the ball after star Western Australia quick Jhye Richardson was cut down by injury during the Sheffield

News Captain says Mushfiqur Rahim dismissal was “turning point” as small chase got out of hand Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah, frustrated with their shock six-run defeat at the hands of Scotland, said that they failed to bat aggressively throughout the 141-run chase. However, he still believed that Bangladesh could turn around from this messy start, particularly

Netherlands don’t want to be known as “one-off wonders” who occasionally knock over a Full Member at the World Cup and then retreat to the margins of the game. They want “to go up against the big boys,” in the words of their coach, Ryan Campbell, “and show to the world that Netherlands cricket is

Report PNG’s captain said batting first gave his side the opportunity to enforce scoreboard pressure on Oman Toss Oman chose to bowl vs PNG Zeeshan Maqsood won the toss and hosts Oman will bowl first against PNG in the opening game of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. PNG captain Assad Vala said he would

News “I’m going stick to my strengths of the death and not worry too much about what others are doing.” It’s been a lengthy wait for everyone between men’s T20 World Cups – five years – but it’s been even longer for Mitchell Starc who missed the 2016 event due to injury. He has played

Bhuvneshwar Kumar might have endured a rough time at IPL 2021 – his economy rate of 7.97 was his worst in a season – but India captain Virat Kohli has brushed off concerns around his form in the lead-up to the Men’s T20 World Cup. In the UAE leg of the IPL, Bhuvneshwar managed just

News Says his side has the variety and depth to deliver; thinks young Pathum Nissanka can “make this tournament his own” Sri Lanka may have had a horror year in terms of squad building and preparation, and the biggest tests undoubtedly lie ahead, but that has failed to dull captain Dasun Shanaka‘s optimism ahead of

News Suggests that Super Kings ought to retain players who can form their core “for the next ten years”, but quips that he’s not quite done yet MS Dhoni has not shut the door on continuing with Chennai Super Kings beyond IPL 2021, though he said that the final decision would be taken keeping in

Report Uthappa and Moeen played their parts with the bat too, before Shardul Thakur and Co cut through KKR’s middle Chennai Super Kings 192 for 3 (du Plessis 86, Moeen 37*, Narin 2-26) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 165 for 9 (Gill 51, Iyer 50, Thakur 3-38, Hazlewood 2-29) by 27 runs Chennai Super Kings made

News He is the fourth high-profile name in the coaching set-up to leave since Ramiz Raja took over as PCB chairman Grant Bradburn has stepped down as the head of coaching at PCB’s high-performance centre (HPC) “to pursue further coaching opportunities”, the PCB said on Friday. “It has been an honour and privilege to serve

News The South Africa captain hopes to open the batting along with Quinton de Kock in the T20 World Cup Temba Bavuma will have his first “live net” on Friday as he continues his recovery from a broken thumb, sustained in Sri Lanka last month. He expects to pass the fitness test to play in

News Captain wants team to bring smiles to his countrymen who have endured a tough fight with covid-19 Papua New Guinea may be first-timers at the T20 World Cup, but captain Assad Vala spoke of their ambition of making it out of the competition’s first round and make their appearance in this tournament a habit.

News The batter featured in five matches in the recently concluded National T20 Cup Northern batter Zeeshan Malik has been provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) under the provisions of its anti-corruption code. The PCB has opened an investigation against the player pertaining to article 4.7.1 in its code that covers a wide