Cricket

Big Picture “You could say it’s David and Goliath, but David beat Goliath and hopefully that can work for us.” Andy Balbirnie has probably rehearsed that line hundreds of times and knows he will need to bring it out hundreds more but showed no sign of being worn down by the inevitable question of whether

Report Spinners dominate as Pakistan Women collapse from 60 for 2 to 120 all out West Indies Women 121 for 2 (Matthews 49, Kyshona Knight 39*) beat Pakistan Women 120 all out (Muneeba 37, Mohammed 4-27, Matthews 2-17) by eight wickets Hayley Matthews‘ all-round brilliance and Anisa Mohammed‘s four-for helped West Indies Women comprehensively beat

News Takudzwanashe Kaitano, meanwhile, was elated to have made the highest score by a Zimbabwe opener on debut Takudzwanashe Kaitano is the latest of 13 Test openers that Zimbabwe have tried in the last five years. On day three in Harare, he made 87, the highest score by a Zimbabwe Test opener, breaking Grant Flower’s

The Sri Lanka team had recently returned from England, where three players and four members of management of the England team had also tested positive © AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka men’s team analyst GT Niroshan has tested positive for Covid-19, one day after batting coach Grant Flower had also tested positive, forcing Sri

News The likes of Hetmyer and Pooran failed to fire in the T20Is against South Africa West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has pleaded for patience to be shown towards the team’s young batters as they try to build confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the 3-2 series defeat to South Africa, the first

News Lancashire seamer takes unexpected opportunity with new-ball strikes in England rout The message Ben Stokes delivered to England’s hastily-assembled ODI squad ahead of the series with Pakistan, which involved 18 players being called in at barely 48 hours’ notice, was that “everyone deserves to be here”, Saqib Mahmood said after his four-wicket haul helped

News The panel includes Justice Nimal Dissanayaka, a retired judge of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court SLC has formed a five-member panel to probe the incident in which three Sri Lanka players – Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis – breached the team’s biosecure bubble in Durham on June 27. The trio, who flew

News Few board members have yet seen the full internal review by PricewaterhouseCoopers The future of the suspended ICC chief executive Manu Sawhney looks set to be decided at an emergency board meeting on Thursday. Sawhney was suspended in March after a number of allegations – including of bullying – emerged against him following an

News Kyle Mayers and Kevin Sinclair have missed out on selection Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Roston Chase are set to make ODI comebacks during West Indies’ upcoming three-match series against Australia, which is set to begin on July 20 in Barbados. The trio had missed out on selection for the team’s last 50-overs assignment,

News Warwickshire spinner could play first match for England since 2014 after Covid reshuffle Danny Briggs is promising not to put too much pressure on himself as he makes a return to the England set-up that he admits he thought would never happen. It’s seven-and-a-half years since Briggs last played a T20I for England and

News Selectors recall uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac in 13-member squad Chinelle Henry has been rested for the first two ODIs against Pakistan Women as the West Indies Women selection panel recalled uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac as part of the 13-member squad for the first two of the five ODIs starting July 7. The other members

News Mickey Arthur reveals mixing with England after Bristol ODI with India series due to start in a week Sri Lanka’s ODI squad face an anxious wait for the results of their PCR tests on returning home, following a Covid-19 outbreak in the England squad after the final match of their tour in Bristol on

Dan Lawrence is among those who could make an ODI debut © Getty Images for ECB England have called up nine uncapped players including Zak Crawley, Will Jacks and Brydon Carse for their upcoming ODI series against Pakistan after the entire first-choice squad was forced to self-isolate two days before the first fixture in Cardiff.

Play 00:50 Paine open to Smith missing T20 World Cup for Ashes State batters should be “licking their lips” at the prospect of pushing for an Ashes batting spot according to Test captain Tim Paine with vacancies in Australia’s top order. ESPNcricinfo understands that more than half the Sheffield Shield, which is scheduled to return

Report Hampshire in total control as tail piles on runs before Keith Barker routs top order Surrey 42 for 4 (Barker 3-15) trail Hampshire 488 (de Grandhomme 174*, Organ 67) by 446 runs A magnificent 174 not out from Colin de Grandhomme put Hampshire in full control of the LV= Insurance County Championship Group Two

News Rain has limited tourists’ practice time ahead of England white-ball series Waqar Younis is confident that Pakistan’s bowlers can overcome indifferent preparations as well as a switch between extreme weather conditions as they get ready for the start of their white-ball series with England this week. Pakistan are due to play three ODIs, starting

Mitchell Starc will be a key figure in Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign © Cricket Australia via Getty Images Mitchell Starc is prepared to improvise to give himself the best chance of being ready for Test cricket amid a schedule crunch which is further complicated by the quarantine requirements in Australia. Starc is one of

News Both players said they didn’t have to face any hospitalisations or restrictions Chinelle Henry and Chedean Nation, the two West Indies Women players who collapsed on the field during their team’s second T20I against Pakistan Women, have recovered and are back with the team ahead of the third and final T20I. Both players had