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Report Tasmania were reduced to 3 for 59 during the morning session but did not lose another wicket Tasmania 3 for 182 (Wade 82*, Doran 50*) vs Western Australia Matthew Wade, rain and then bad light frustrated Western Australia’s attempts to make the running in a match they need to win to reach the Sheffield

Imam-ul-Haq was one of two set batsmen to fall quickly as Pakistan stuttered © AFP/Getty Images It should’ve been far more comfortable than it ultimately was but given Pakistan’s records in chases such as the one they faced at Centurion, it is an achievement they eventually overcame two distinct phases of panic after two set

News Rival Anand Sanasie along with Calvin Hope withdrew from the the election race Ricky Skerritt and his deputy Kishore Shallow are set to be elected for a second term to lead the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board. The development comes after the rival pair of Anand Sanasie and Calvin Hope announced on April 1

Gloucestershire’s dressing room is a scene of celebration. It’s September 2019, and a rain-affected draw against Northamptonshire in the final round of County Championship fixtures has ensured both sides’ promotion to Division One. With the two squads arm in arm, spraying champagne for the cameras, seamer David Payne leads the chant of “We are going

News The home side have not won a one-day series against Australia since 1999 Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand’s stand-in captain, hopes they are able to “unleash” fast bowler Lea Tahuhu on Australia in the Rose Bowl one-day series. Tahuhu, who remains one of the quickest bowlers in the game, has been out of action since

News Up to seven additional players or support staff will be permitted at senior ICC events Teams at senior ICC events, starting with the 2021 T20 World Cup, will be allowed to take up to seven additional players or support staff, as part of the governing body’s ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year,

News The allrounder is working her way back at international level but has an outstanding record in the 50-over format Meg Lanning expects Ellyse Perry to play a more significant role in the ODI series against New Zealand than she did in the T20Is, but also stressed the importance of building a varied attack around

Chadd Sayers has been one of South Australia’s finest bowlers © Getty Images Chadd Sayers, the South Australia seamer who earned one Test cap for Australia, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of the season. Sayers, 33, will play his final game when the Redbacks take on Victoria in Melbourne over

Alex Carey avoided being dismissed in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, when he caught his helmet as it fell towards the stumps © Getty Images The ECB are hopeful that a tweak to their playing regulations for this season’s County Championship may prompt a change to the game’s laws, after it was deemed that batsmen

“It is important not to allow boardroom disputes to trump player welfare.” – Nathi Mthethwa © Gallo Images/Getty Images South Africa’s sports’ minister Nathi Mthethwa has issued a second ultimatum in six months to CSA’s Members’ Council and threatened intervention into the body if it cannot adopt a memorandum of incorporation (MOI) that promotes good

News Vaccination passports being considered as clubs focus on getting crowds back into venues The domestic game is expected to report combined losses in excess of £100 million by the time all 18 first-class counties have published their accounts at the end of April, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket.

News At 23, Pant will become the fifth youngest captain in the IPL Rishabh Pant has been appointed Delhi Capitals’ captain for the 2021 IPL. The development comes in the wake of Capital’s regular captain Shreyas Iyer being ruled of the season after he dislocated his left shoulder during the ODI series against England. This

News Australia’s bowlers almost turned the game around but New Zealand’s lower order came through Beth Mooney believed Australia’s bowlers could close out the second T20I in Napier, but conceded the visitors had been under par with the bat on a surface where they were not able to significantly accelerate. Despite only having 129 on

Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s participation in this year’s IPL will be decided later this week, following a bizarre incident prior to England’s tour of India, in which he dropped a tropical fish tank in his bath and suffered a cut middle finger on his right hand.

News In white-ball cricket, Pakistan have held their own and could enjoy the conditions on offer In the shadow of their Test record – 0-6 since 2010 and 1-10 since the turn of the century – Pakistan’s competitive white-ball performances in South Africa can often go by unnoticed. Under Misbah-ul-Haq‘s captaincy, they were the first

It would not be this cricket season without Covid-19 making a late reappearance. After the WNCL final was briefly caught up in the fallout of the new community outbreak in Brisbane, the last rounds of the Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield, with finals berths up for grabs, will now try and avoid the ramifications. So

Jos Buttler, England’s stand-in captain, says he is proud of the manner in which his side stayed true to the values that won them the 50-over World Cup at Lord’s two years ago, despite succumbing to a thrilling seven-run defeat in the ODI series decider against India in Pune. Faced with a stiff target of

News BCCI asks ICC Cricket Committee to re-open discussion on soft signals Non-neutral umpires will continue to officiate in international cricket, with the ICC deciding to extend the Covid-19 regulations it put in place last year till July 2021. That is one of the key recommendations of the ICC Cricket Committee, which has been approved