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News According to the terms agreed to between the two boards, the senior batter can’t enter the Dhaka bio-bubble now Bangladesh are unhappy with Mushfiqur Rahim‘s enforced absence from the Bangladesh squad for the upcoming T20Is at home against Australia, a direct result of the Covid-19 protocols demanded by Cricket Australia. The word “unfair” is

Report Hasan Ali and debutant Mohammad Wasim impress for Pakistan with the ball No result West Indies 85 for 5 (Pollard 22*, Hasan 2-11, Qadir 1-6) vs Pakistan Incessant rain first reduced the first West Indies-Pakistan T20I to a nine-over shootout before eventually washing away the match. Pakistan had chosen to bowl first under cloudy

Report Michael Hogan’s four-for not enough as Glamorgan let several winning positions slip Somerset 180 for 7 (Green 87, Hogan 4-33) beat Glamorgan 179 for 9 by one run New Somerset List A captain Ben Green produced a match-changing innings to lead his side to a thrilling one-run Royal London Cup win over Glamorgan at

News Starc moves up as many as 10 places to reach eighth among ODI bowlers Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has leapfrogged Afghanistan’s new T20I captain Rashid Khan to be ranked career-best No. 2 among T20I bowlers. The ICC rankings list is led by South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi, who has a 72-point advantage following impressive returns

Play 01:04 Mitchell Starc: Used wicket, we knew it would take turn Alex Carey‘s calm leadership was lauded by Australia coach Justin Langer after the 2-1 ODI series win over West Indies but he appears unlikely to retain the captaincy for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Australia need to decide on a stand-in for the

Report Openers scored maiden List A ton to seal straightforward chase in rain-affected game Warwickshire 207 for 2 (Pollock 103*, Yates 60) beat Derbyshire 200 for 9 (Hudson-Prentice 51*, Bethel 3-32) by eight wickets (DLS method) Ed Pollock‘s maiden List A century led Warwickshire to their first Royal London One-Day Cup win of the season

News Eight close contacts of the allrounder, all from the Indian contingent, are in isolation Krunal Pandya has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the second T20I between Sri Lanka and India, scheduled for Tuesday evening, to be pushed back by a day. Pandya’s positive test result came not too long before the scheduled start of

Report Stunning turnaround against Superchargers as Stokes drops a match-turning clanger Trent Rockets 134 for 8 (Hales 40*) beat Northern Superchargers 132 (Simpson 42, Brook 38, de Lange 3-22, Rashid Khan 3-31) by two wickets Alex Hales sparked into life in the absolute nick of time, to swipe an extraordinary victory from the jaws of

Report Shimron Hetymer returns for the home side in place of Jason Mohammed West Indies won the toss and decided to bat against Australia Dan Christian will play his first ODI in more than seven years – and his first List A game in four – as one of three changes for Australia in the

News Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan are also nursing injuries, while Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim are out of contention Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman remain the main injury worries for Bangladesh ahead of their T20I series at home against Australia, which begins on August 3, but chief selector Minhajul Abedin expects the two

Kurtis Patterson led the side towards the end of last season © Getty Images Kurtis Patterson has been named New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield captain, taking over permanently from Peter Nevill who held the role for three years. Patterson captained the side at the end of last season when Nevill was absent for the birth

Report Munsey century in vain as Kent have victory ripped from grasp by seventh-wicket stand Worcestershire 323 for 7 (Leach 88, Haynes 77) beat Kent 322 for 7 (Munsey 108, Finch 84) by three wickets Captain Joe Leach and Ed Barnard powered Worcestershire Rapids to a dramatic three-wicket victory with a record-breaking seventh-wicket stand against

News CA optimistic Finch, who was ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s West Indies and Bangladesh tours, will be fit in time for the world tournament Aaron Finch could be in a race to be fit for the 2021 T20 World Cup as he faces knee surgery after being ruled out of the remainder

News Northern Superchargers understood to be lining up Dane Vilas as cover Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of Northern Superchargers’ first three games of the Hundred as he continues to suffer symptoms of concussions following a sickening blow to the head during the final stages of the PSL. Du Plessis suffered the initial

Report India batter seals home side’s comeback after falling to 19 for 4 inside the Powerplay Northern Superchargers 131 for 4 (Rodrigues 92*) beat Welsh Fire 130 for 8 (Matthews 30, Smith 3-14) by six wickets A sublime innings from Jemimah Rodrigues carried Northern Superchargers to a six-wicket victory over Welsh Fire in their opening

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the venues in the UAE were rendered unavailable because of the IPL The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka instead of in the UAE, as originally planned. The series, which is the first bilateral contest between the two

Australian players leave the ground after the match was called off © AFP No further positive Covid-19 tests have been reported inside the bubble of the West Indies-Australia series with talks now underway as to whether the ODIs will be able to resume. The second ODI was suspended moments before play was due to begin

Report Eve Jones top-scored for the home side but a total of 128 was never quite enough London Spirit 132 for 7 (Dattani 34, Burns 2-15) beat Birmingham Phoenix 128 for 6 (E Jones 47, Dottin 2-28) by three wickets London Spirit overcame a late clatter of wickets to scramble to a three-wicket win with