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Report Derbyshire slip to opening-day defeat as Livingstone marries judgement to his talent Lancashire 171 for 4 (Livingstone 94*) beat Derbyshire 168 for 7 (Reece 59, Parkinson 3-28) by six wickets A few white-tailed sea eagles were reintroduced to the Isle of Wight recently and a similarly admirable project has resulted in the globally endangered

News Tuesday’s hearing was attended by captain Shakib and the CCDM chairman among others The BCB has decided to issue a notice to Mohammedan Sporting Club about their June 4 biosecure bubble breach during the ongoing Dhaka Premier League, following a hearing held on Tuesday. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) chairman Kazi Inam

Few players have married skill and longevity to quite such staggering effect as James Anderson, who stands to overtake Alastair Cook as England’s most-capped Test cricketer this week, if selected for his 162nd appearance against New Zealand in the second Test at Edgbaston. But, as he reflected on his 18-year journey from a raw but

Dhananjaya Lakshan was among the breakout stars of the inaugural LPL © AFP Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama, and allrounders Dhananjaya Lakshan, Charith Asalanka, and Ishan Jayaratne are the surprise entrants to Sri Lanka men’s 24-member squad for the limited-overs tour of England. Although Sri Lanka have again insisted on picking young players, omitting Angelo Mathews,

News Captain of defending champions handed possible T20 World Cup chance Dan Christian, captain and inspiration of defending T20 Blast champions the Notts Outlaws, has pulled out of the group stages on the eve of the tournament after winning an international recall at the age of 38. Overseas withdrawals from England’s flagship T20 tournament are

News Unnamed player was under 16 at the time of offensive social media posts More historic tweets of a discriminatory nature from a player involved with the England men’s squad have emerged. A day after the ECB announced the suspension of Ollie Robinson pending a disciplinary investigation, Wisden.com published tweets from another player within the

Report Earlier, Klaassen and van Beek picked up three wickets each to bundle out Ireland for 163 Netherlands 166 for 6 (Myburgh 74, O’Dowd 36, Singh 3-29) beat Ireland 163 (Tector 58, Dockrell 40, Klaassen 3-23, van Beek 3-29) by four wickets Fred Klaassen and Logan van Beek picked up three wickets each before Stephan

News Boult is out of isolation “three or four days earlier than expected,” coach Gary Stead says Trent Boult is firming as a chance to play the second Test against England at Edgbaston starting June 10, having previously only been inked in for the World Test Championship final against India. Boult joined the New Zealand

The County Championship now takes a break for a month as the T20 Blast takes over the domestic scene, so here’s a recap of how the Australians have go so far Matches: 1; Runs: 40 | Wickets: 2Abbott had his season ended after one game when he suffered a hamstring injury against Gloucestershire on debut.

News Azam’s rise has also been accompanied by constant talk around his fitness levels and weight Pakistan’s long, ongoing search for power-hitting options in their middle order has now landed on Quetta Gladiators’ Azam Khan. Pakistan have struggled for firepower in their middle order, in part because the top-order form of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan

News Southee picked up five of the eight England wickets to fall on the fourth day Tim Southee said New Zealand had not given up on the possibility of forcing victory at Lord’s, despite a day being lost to rain. The visiting side have made the running in the first Test, with Southee’s six-wicket haul

News Temperatures in Multan have touched over 40 degrees over the past week Rising summer temperatures have led to the PCB shifting a training camp of Pakistan Women from Multan to Karachi. Last week, ESPNcricinfo had highlighted how big a challenge the extreme weather – where temperatures have hovered over 42 degrees Celsius – would

Report Sparks maintain 100% winning record in impressive style Central Sparks 224 (Jones 55, Davies 45, Glenn 40, Taylor 3-22) beat Southern Vipers 104 (Wyatt 61, Arlott 5-29, Wong 3-18) by 120 runs Emily Arlott took four wickets in an over including a hat-trick as Central Sparks thrashed defending champions Southern Vipers by 120 runs

News No official BCB word yet on reduction of his ban, but he played a Dhaka Premier Division match on Saturday Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain, banned in November 2019 for five years for slapping a team-mate during a first-class match, played in a Dhaka Premier Division game on Saturday, despite there being no official

News Cruel blow for seamer who worked hard to return from stress fractures in his back Reece Topley could miss England’s entire white-ball summer after sustaining a side strain. Topley, the left-arm seamer, suffered the injury while playing for Surrey’s second XI against Essex on Wednesday. He later underwent a scan which suggested he will

News Ismail Dawood equally unimpressed by ECB comments, but governing body rejects allegations of ‘institutional racism’ John Holder has dismissed ECB comments claiming he has withdrawn his claim of racial discrimination against them as “disingenuous” and vowed to never work for the organisation again. Holder and Ismail Dawood had launched a legal challenge against the

News Haris Sohail is back in ODI squad while Imad Wasim has been included for T20Is against England and West Indies Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah have returned to Pakistan’s Test squad for the two-match series against West Indies. Yasir Shah‘s inclusion, however, remains subject to fitness, with the PCB saying that the legspinner is

Sean Abbott works one to the off-side © Getty Images Sean Abbott‘s spell with Surrey in county cricket has ended after just one match with the allrounder suffering a hamstring injury against Gloucestershire. Abbott scored 40 and took 2 for 5 in his first match for the club but did not take the field on