Cricket

News Two years on from the inaugural Hundred draft the England allrounder is in the form of his life There were raised eyebrows when Birmingham Phoenix used their first pick of the Hundred’s inaugural draft in October 2019 to sign Liam Livingstone, but with the tournament finally underway nearly two years on, it looks like

Report Originals fall short as Sunil Narine’s variations stifle chase on used surface Oval Invincibles 145 for 8 (Billings 49) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 7 (Brathwaite 37) by nine runs Oval Invincibles emulated their women’s team on Wednesday’s opening night of the Hundred, as they scrapped a route to victory in the men’s curtain-raiser

Report Jadeja scored his second half-century of the match Indians 311 (Rahul 111, Jadeja 75, Miles 4-45) and 192 for 3 dec (Jadeja 51, Agarwal 47, Vihari 43*, Carson 2-64) drew with County Select XI 220 (Hameed 112, Yadav 3-22, Siraj 2-32) and 31 for 0 (Libby 17*, Hameed 13*) Ravindra Jadeja made his second

News This will be Australia’s first tour to Bangladesh since 2017 The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have confirmed that Australia will arrive in Dhaka on July 29 to play five T20Is against Bangladesh, from August 3 to 9. Australia will comply with local health regulations by being quarantined in their hotel rooms for three days

Play 01:05 Alex Carey: Starc, Hazlewood put on a clinic in the first 10 overs Big Picture Australia continue to look much more at home in the 50-over format than the T20 game, which has pretty much been the way over the last year. Their strength on this tour lies in the bowling department and

News Oval Invincibles captain excited by new format and opportunities for young players to learn Sam Billings has challenged Jason Roy and Will Jacks to emulate Brendon McCullum’s famous 158 not out on the opening night of the IPL when they open the batting for Oval Invincibles together in the first men’s fixture of the

Report Away from the impending thrills of the Hundred, Cumbria’s homespun youngsters take on Lancs Lancashire 383 for 7 (Jennings 103, Wells 86, Vilas 82, Jones 56*) beat Cumbria 174 (Boyce 107, Wells 3-16) by 209 runs And so we have returned to Sedbergh. For a few days this week at least, one of cricket’s

Play 01:18 Carey excited by captaincy opportunity in Finch’s absence Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies The coin fell Alex Carey’s way in his first match as Australia captain with the visitors also handing out three debuts in the opening ODIs while West Indies have parachuted legpsinner Hayden Walsh Jr

News Veteran Surrey allrounder played 22 times for England, including three Tests in 2003 Rikki Clarke, the veteran allrounder who won two Test and 20 ODI caps for England, has announced he will retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2021 season. Clarke, 39, won three Championship titles in a stellar county career

Report Zimbabwe brought in Ryan Burl and Donald Tiripano in place of Richard Ngarava and Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to field first in the third ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare. It’s the first time that Iqbal has won the toss in the series. The visitors

News Finch’s knee injury will be assessed on a day to day basis during the series Alex Carey has been named Australia captain for the first ODI against West Indies in Barbados with Aaron Finch ruled out due to the knee injury he aggravated during the last T20I. Finch’s injury will be assessed on a

Report Kevin O’Brien, who has now retired from ODIs, will be looking to overturn a period of poor form in T20Is Ireland choose to bowl vs South Africa Kevin O’Brien was included in the Irish team to face South Africa in the first T20I meeting between the two sides. O’Brien had announced his retirement from

Preview Captain Tamim Iqbal’s knee injury remains a concern for Bangladesh Big picture Zimbabwe would be hoping they can take away at least 10 points from the ODI series against Bangladesh, while the visitors wouldn’t want to slip up like they did against Sri Lanka in May. This is a critical time in the ICC

News The return of his pairing with Yuzvendra Chahal paid dividends for India Among the eleven Indians who took the field against Sri Lanka in the first ODI, perhaps none had a greater point to prove than Kuldeep Yadav. The left-arm wristspinner has not been part of India’s first-choice XI in limited-overs formats recently, and

Preview The two countries meet for the first time in the shortest format with a global event looming not far off Big Picture After a first last week – when Ireland beat South Africa in an ODI for the first time – there’s another coming this week. The two teams will face off in the

Report Ryan Burl and Timycen Maruma ruled out due to injuries; Bangladesh unchanged Zimbabwe choose to bat vs Bangladesh Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor decided to bat first in the second ODI against Bangladesh in Harare. However, his counterpart Tamim Iqbal said it was a good toss to lose. Taylor’s decision was based on the fact

Lancashire 131 for 6 (Wells 30, Croft 26*) beat Yorkshire 128 for 7 (Root 32, Ballance 31, Wood 4-20) by four wickets Those in charge of recording Roses folklore, pens and pads to the ready please. Joe Root, as a stand-in Yorkshire captain, was at the centre of one of the most debatable acts of

Preview Buttler is expected to return to the side for the hosts, and Bairstow is fit despite bruising his finger Big picture Phew, wasn’t that fun? After a three-hour bonanza of six-hitting that felt like a blur later, Pakistan justified their reputation of being predictably unpredictable, seeing off a near full-strength England side with a