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The role of the batting coach was Younis Khan’s first full-time appointment with the PCB since his retirement in 2017 © Getty Images The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and batting coach Younis Khan have mutually agreed to part ways ahead of Pakistan’s overseas tours of England and West Indies. Khan began his role in November

Report Zazai’s 77 gave Zalmi’s middle-order enough of a buffer to see off a tricky chase Peshawar Zalmi 176 for 5 (Zazai 77, Perera 2-10) beat Karachi Kings 175 for 7 (Babar 53, Irfan 2-21) by five wickets Karachi Kings batted first, setting Peshawar Zalmi a chase, a target that Hazratullah Zazai seemed to made

News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day four of the World Test Championship final, and Virat Kohli’s India need to play a bit of catch up with Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – if the weather allows. A recap of day three. Stay tuned for

News Analysis Devon Conway’s seamless elevation brought the first half-century of the final It took until 6pm on the third day at Southampton for the first fifty of the World Test Championship final to be posted, and not entirely surprisingly – even in a contest featuring a handful of the most iconic batters of the

Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. Those in the US can watch

News All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the Pakistan contingent arrives on June 23 Pakistan Women will travel to the Caribbean for three T20Is and five ODIs, with their A team set to shadow the senior side for an additional six matches. All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the

Wiaan Mulder ran through West Indies’ lower order © AFP/Getty Images Not only did Wiaan Mulder finish the second day of the second Test against West with South Africa’s best bowling figures, but he also picked up a very expensive bar bill. Mulder called “keg ball” on the first delivery of the West Indies’ innings,

Report Kyle Mayers and Kemar Roach end with three wickets apiece Lunch South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Elgar 77, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) vs West Indies Quinton de Kock fell four short of a second successive century in the series and Kagiso Rabada scored a 23-ball 21 to take South Africa to a shade

Report The spinner took out half-centurions Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma Lunch India 171 for 3 (Verma 63, Sharma 54) and 231 (Verma 96, Mandhana 78, Ecclestone 4-88, Knight 2-7) lead England 396 for 9 dec. (Knight 95, Dunkley 74*, Beaumont 66, Rana 4-131, Sharma 3-65) by six runs Within seconds of Katherine Brunt taking

Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch believes it will be difficult for those players who have withdrawn from the tours of West Indies and Bangladesh justifying a return to the IPL when the competition resumes in September. He confirmed that it had been part of long-term planning to rest David Warner and Pat Cummins from the

Report Veteran allrounder becomes first Englishman to 250 wickets and 5000 runs in T20 Nottinghamshire 152 for 6 (Patel 64*, van Beek 3-22) beat Derbyshire 150 for 6 (du Plooy 58*, Reece 56, Patel 2-14) by two runs Veteran allrounder Samit Patel took the starring role as Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Derbyshire by two runs to

News Allrounder steps down from 50-over format but will continue in Tests and T20Is Kevin O’Brien, the Ireland allrounder whose record-breaking hundred stunned England at the 2011 World Cup, has announced his retirement from the 50-over format. O’Brien, 37, will carry on playing at Test and T20I level, but has chosen to bow out of

Report Karachi Kings were given a scare at the death by James Faulkner and Tim David, but held on to keep their qualification hopes alive Karachi Kings 176 for 5 (Azam 54, Guptill 43, Rashid 2-25) beat Lahore Qalandars 169 for 7 (Hafeez 36, David 34, Ahmad 2-19) by seven runs There was almost a

News England batter reflects on “crazy day” as hosts hit back after Shafali Verma fireworks Two debutants, two excellent Test innings, but Sophia Dunkley said her unbeaten half-century was more about putting England in a good position on the second day of their match against India. Dunkley, the first black woman to play Test cricket

News Dawid Malan set to miss Yorkshire’s next Blast game as he manages Achilles problem England will wait for the result of scans on Jonny Bairstow‘s right ankle before deciding on whether to call up a replacement batter for their T20I squad to play Sri Lanka. Bairstow suffered the injury while batting for Yorkshire on

Steven Smith will spend time getting his elbow right ahead of the T20 World Cup © Getty Images Australia will again have uncertainty over Steven Smith‘s elbow heading into a major tournament after he was ruled out of the tours to West Indies and Bangladesh. Smith has suffered a recurrence of the problem he had

Shan Masood hit 73, and provided early impetus to the Multan Sultans’ innings © PSL Multan Sultans 183 for 5 (Masood 73, Charles 47, Khurram 2-26) beat Quetta Gladiators 73 (Weatherald 19, Tahir 3-7, Imran 2-13) by 110 runs A fluent half-century from Shan Masood, who hit 73, and a fantastic bowling and fielding display

News He had suffered a concussion while fielding, following a collision with his Quetta Gladiators’ team-mate Mohammad Hasnain Quetta Gladiators’ Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the rest of PSL 2021. He will be flying back to South Africa on Wednesday night. du Plessis had suffered a concussion during the match against Peshawar