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News Former Netherlands batter and long-time mentor Michael Swart passed on some advice about batting in the UAE Josh Inglis is on a journey into uncharted territory. He has never played for Australia. He has never even toured with Australia. He has never played cricket in the UAE, and the extent of his experience on

After the cut-and-thrust of his duel with Virat Kohli in this summer’s India series, James Anderson says that he is setting his sights on the main man in Australia’s line-up, Steven Smith, as he prepares to embark on his ninth Ashes campaign and his fifth tour Down Under. Smith proved to be England’s nemesis in

News The tournament will be played at two venues in Colombo and Hambantota The Lanka Premier League 2021 will begin on December 5 with the final set for December 23, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. The first match, which will be held at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo, will be between last year’s finalists

Earl Eddings has resigned ahead of the AGM © Getty Images Earl Eddings has resigned as Cricket Australia chairman and stepped down from the board just 24 hours out from Thursday’s Annual General Meeting. Eddings had been a director for 13 years and the chairman since 2018 following the resignation of the previous chairman David

David Warner would love to remain with Sunrisers Hyderabad next season, but he admits that might not happen, after being benched for their last five games of IPL 2021. He insists, however, that his fans will have plenty to look forward to in the “long time I have left”. Sunrisers removed Warner from the captaincy

News The left-arm spinner has a long association with Langer and said the coach has “100 percent” backing Ashton Agar would be “absolutely shattered” if subjected to the sort of public critique directed at Justin Langer, adding he is full of respect for Australia’s coach and his unwavering values. Player unease about Langer and his

News Says he will continue to play only for RCB as “my commitment is to this franchise till the last day I play the IPL” In an IPL captaincy tenure spanning 11 seasons – 2011 to 2021 – Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore in 140 games, winning 64 and losing 69 (plus three ties

News After spending four weeks with Punjab Kings in the UAE, Markram feels conditions are easiest for batting in Abu Dhabi, and most difficult in Sharjah South Africa’s batters will experience the best and the worst of run-scoring conditions in the UAE at the T20 World Cup, according to Aiden Markram. After spending the last

News A round-up of the highlights from pool stages of the domestic tournament, with all quarter-finalists now confirmed Dolphins and North West make up the final two teams in the CSA provincial T20 quarter-finals after the pool stages were completed in Bloemfontein. With the last eight now decided, the new hierarchy in South African cricket’s

News Head coach feels India have made significant gains in building the fast-bowling depth for next year’s World Cup After the England tour in July, India’s head coach Ramesh Powar had underlined how lack of support for Jhulan Goswami was one of the many problem areas. After the Australia series, India’s second tour in the

Preview Both teams have shown plenty of spark in the UAE, despite their captains misfiring with the bat Big Picture After two years of missing out due to an inferior net run rate (NRR), Kolkata Knight Riders are back in the playoffs, and have done it in barnstorming fashion in the second half of IPL

News “I know where I sit within the team and that’s why my training has been tailored towards getting used to that lower order.” Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade is preparing to bat in the middle-to-lower order in the T20 World Cup despite not yet receiving any indications from the selectors or captain Aaron Finch as

News The 21-year-old Sunrisers bowler had turned heads with his tearaway speeds in IPL 2021 Umran Malik, who turned heads with his tearaway speed in IPL 2021, has been asked to stay back in the UAE as a net bowler for the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. Umran had played

When Royal Challengers Bangalore bought KS Bharat for his base price of INR 20 lakh at the IPL 2021 auction, his T20 batting stats weren’t too flashy: an average of 17.80 at a strike rate of 106.10 in 48 games. He had been a more than competent wicketkeeper in domestic cricket and for India A,

News The former Zimbabwe captain and England men’s team coach joins Shaun Tait and Lance Klusener on the coaching staff Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe captain, has been named Afghanistan consultant for the T20 World Cup starting later this month. An Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) release said Flower, who oversaw England men’s’s title-winning 2010 T20

Royal Challengers Bangalore 166 for 3 (Bharat 78*, Maxwell 51, Nortje 2-24) beat Delhi Capitals 164 for 5 (Shaw 48, Dhawan 43, Siraj 2-25) by seven wickets What was essentially a dead rubber looked like slipping away from Royal Challengers Bangalore at 55 for 3 halfway into a chase of 165 against Delhi Capitals. But

News Mark Arthur and Martyn Moxon come under renewed pressure from former club captain Azeem Rafiq has questioned the on-going employment of Mark Arthur and Martyn Moxon by Yorkshire in light of a damning report into racism at the club. Yorkshire recently produced a summary of a report they had commissioned into the issue which

News The legspinner fills the spot vacated by Amelia Kerr who is unavailable this season Legspinner Poonam Yadav has joined the large group of India players who will appear at the WBBL by joining Brisbane Heat as their third overseas signing. Yadav, who helped bundle Australia out in the opening game of last year’s T20