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News He had been with the BBL side for three seasons and would have earned another deal Shane Bond has opted not to seek a new contract as head coach with Sydney Thunder at the BBL to ensure he is able to spend an extended period of time at home amid the ongoing challenges caused

News Shaw’s onslaught came against KKR’s Shivam Mavi Prithvi Shaw became the first batter to hit six fours in the first over of a T20 innings when he achieved the feat against Kolkata Knight Riders‘ fast bowler Shivam Mavi on Thursday in Ahmedabad. Before Shaw’s record, the most number of fours struck in the opening

News Umpire has previously stood in final of Women’s World T20 in Antigua Langton Rusere, the Zimbabwean umpire, made history in Harare on Thursday, after becoming the first Black African to stand in a Test match. Rusere, 35, stood alongside South Africa’s Marais Erasmus, as one of the on-field umpires for the first Test between

News There were concerns the pair could be stranded after the government’s suspension of flights from India Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have managed to leave India after pulling out of the IPL. Zampa and Richardson, team-mates for Royal Challengers Bangalore, were expected home in Australia later on Thursday, a spokesman for the Australian Cricketers’

News The tournament will be played across four centres from June 4 to July 4 The BCCI has given the green signal for the fifth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), the state’s premier franchise-based T20 tournament, to be held in a bio-secure environment from June 4, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)

Russell Domingo talks to Mominul Haque and Tamim Iqbal © AFP via Getty Images Bangladesh need a change in mindset to push towards winning Test matches rather than be satisfied with draws, their head coach Russell Domingo has said. The result of the first Test in Pallekele – the first draw in 29 Tests played

News It is understood BCCI officials have internally acknowledged the several logistical challenges during the second wave of Covid-19 The BCCI is likely to postpone the fourth edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge owing to the potential unavailability of overseas players in the wake of restrictions imposed by several countries on travel to and from

The CPL was the first of the major franchise tournament to resume operations since the start of the pandemic © Getty Images The 2021 Caribbean Premier League will be hosted entirely at Warner Park in St. Kitts, beginning on August 28. The 33-match tournament will allow fans to attend at up to 50% capacity of

News Says teams are not playing to win, but for “something far more important, humanity” The BCCI has told the eight teams in the IPL that they will not just be playing to win this time, but for something “much more important…humanity.” Reassuring the franchises that everyone’s safety was the priority, the BCCI also confirmed

Edgbaston will host the women’s T20 event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games © Getty Images Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, England and a nation from the Caribbean have all qualified for the women’s event 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Women’s cricket will feature at the Games for the first time, and cricket for

The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will conduct a replacement draft for the six teams to complete their squads ahead of the resumption of the 2021 edition of the tournament, which had been suspended after 14 matches following a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staffers. The remainder of the tournament will be played

News Cricket in South Africa will continue to be run by CSA once the new memorandum is adopted in next 48 hours Cricket South Africa has potentially avoided being derecognised and defunded by the country’s sports ministry after agreeing to adopt a new Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will include a framework for a majority

News It wasn’t the best of weeks for Australian players at the IPL with some being dropped and a couple of costly errors playing parts in defeats Cummins goes for plenty, scores a few Pat Cummins made a bigger impact with the bat this week than the ball. Off 7.5 overs in the two games

News ESPNcricinfo understands that two other Australian cricketers have told their franchise that they want to go home Andrew Tye, the Rajasthan Royals fast bowler, flew back home to Australia on Sunday citing “personal reasons”, his exit coming even as India battles a severe wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, with over a million positive cases

Report The Royal Challengers brought in Saini to go hard at the batsmen with his pace in the middle overs Toss Chennai Super Kings chose to bat vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni opted to bat in the day game in Mumbai citing “heat” as one factor and the pitch potentially

News KKR captain says his side ended up “40 short” in the six-wicket loss to the Royals Eoin Morgan has called for better intent and more clarity from his Kolkata Knight Riders’ team-mates, following their fourth loss in five games in IPL 2021. Speaking after the six-wicket defeat to the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede,

The aggregate batting average on this Pallekele pitch can only be compared to the 1997 Test at the R Premadasa Stadium, in which Sri Lanka posted a world-record 952 for 6. After seeing his bowlers suffer for three days, Sachin Tendulkar called it unfit for Test cricket. Depending on how much more is scored in

News Kumara’s exit leaves Sri Lanka with only three frontline bowlers for the second innings Seamer Lahiru Kumara will not bowl again in the ongoing series against Bangladesh after picking up a hamstring injury while fielding on day three, in Pallekele. MRI scans on Friday evening confirmed the presence of the injury. He had bowled