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News Finger and calf problems have disrupted his home season but he was still named T20I player of the year Ashton Agar is hoping to make up for lost time on the T20I tour of New Zealand having seen the majority of his home season wiped out by injury. Agar injured a finger and calf

News Teams split into Elite Groups A, B, C, D and E, and one Plate Group The Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic one-day competition in India, will take place from February 20 to March 14. The teams have been split into six groups, Elite A, B, C, D and E and the Plate Group. All

News He saw bone through the skin of his little finger in the first innings, but has picked up 3 for 12 in the second so far George Linde thought his season was over when he saw bone through the skin of his little finger while fielding in his follow through in Pakistan’s first innings

News Smith said there had been conversations with the coach in the weeks since the end of the India series Steven Smith has paralleled his evolving tale as a Test batsman, in which he emerged from a brief run of low scores against India to make the runs in Sydney and Brisbane that clinched his

News He said West Indies are confident of chasing down a decent total with “hungry” batsmen in their line-up West Indies believe that bowling out Bangladesh cheaply on the fourth day could get them to a stronger position later in the first Test in Chattogram. It would certainly the shift focus of the game towards

News He’s known for his high speeds and effective bouncers, but in the second Test, he also showed good discipline The trick to being a successful fast bowler in the subcontinent is not just express pace and good intent, but also to work with straighter angles. That’s what Anrich Nortje, who made his debut in

Report Temba Bavuma headlines morning session with spectacular direct hit to run Fawad Alam out Lunch Pakistan 229 for 7 (Faheem 54*, Yasir 0*, Nortje 3-48, Maharaj 3-75) vs South Africa South Africa took two wickets in the first six overs, a third with the second new ball and a fourth within ten minutes of

News Offspinner says he still has “aspirations to play for South Africa” after end of Kolpak status Simon Harmer has confirmed his hopes for a South Africa comeback after signing to play for the Titans in the domestic T20 competition. Harmer turned his back on international cricket when signing on a Kolpak deal with Essex

News At the start of a home season, Pant and Kuldeep are finally looking at a decent run in the Test side The 2018-19 India tour of Australia seemed like the start of the era of Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav. Pant ended the series with a century, becoming the only Indian wicketkeeper to have

News The Sydney Sixers wicketkeeper-batsman has followed up last season’s success with another outstanding campaign Josh Philippe believes he’s batting as well as he ever has ahead of the BBL final at the SCG on Saturday, with his form earning him the Player of the Tournament title, but is eager to develop into an all-format

This was one half-century he was always going to convert. From the moment Joe Root toddled out to bat in Nagpur – really, did old-school Yorkshiremen like Brian Close or Ray Illingworth, look as young as Root did that day even in their pre-natal scans? – it looked likely he would spend a decade and

Jordan said he hopes kids can draw inspiration from him © Getty Images England bowler Chris Jordan says he hopes that by being a positive presence at the highest level the game can serve as inspiration for young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Cricket, especially in England, is increasingly under-fire for

News Chief executive Nick Hockley said the planning for the Ashes would start very soon Any issues between Australia’s coach Justin Langer and his players need to be sorted out in-house as Cricket Australia reviews the performance of the Test team in the gap between now and next summer’s Ashes series against England, according to

Tim Paine won’t be leading his team out in South Africa next month © Getty Images A formal offer from Cricket Australia to play next month’s scheduled Test series in Australia was rejected by Cricket South Africa. CA’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley confirmed discussions of the Australia scenario as he explained why the “risk

News Jofra Archer insists he’s ready to go after his break with ‘a very long year’ ahead Ollie Pope looks set to be added to England’s Test squad in time to play the first Test of the series against India. Pope, the 23-year-old middle-order batsman, suffered a dislocated shoulder while fielding in the final Test

Mitchell Swepson has formed an impressive pairing with Marnus Labuschagne © Getty Images Colin Munro has said the Perth Scorchers will need to “take our egos out” of their batting when they come against Brisbane Heat in the BBL Challenger final on Thursday with the prize a place in the final against the Sydney Sixers.

News Sydney Thunder coach criticises ECB for not asking him about ‘matured’ star’s conduct during BBL England’s treatment of Alex Hales has been described as “really unfair” by Shane Bond. Hales has not played an international match for almost two years after being deemed to have shown a “complete disregard” (in the words of Eoin

News Left-arm spinner embraces pressure as he prepares for the “ultimate test” Jack Leach is promising to “cherish” every moment of the Test series in India despite knowing it represents the “ultimate” challenge. Leach returned to England’s Test team in Sri Lanka after an absence of 14-months during which he has admitted he both feared