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News Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa can withdraw funding and no longer officially recognise CSA as the governing body of cricket Cricket South Africa will face intervention from the country’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa after failing to agree on a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will set out the blueprint for a majority independent board on

News Updates, colour and analysis with ESPNcricinfo’s match-day blog Tonight we have Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians facing off against David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad. We’ll have the likes of Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, the Pandya brothers and Jasprit Bumrah against the likes of Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. If this blog

News However, the head coach cautions against knee-jerk reactions following the 1-3 T20I series defeat against Pakistan Head coach Mark Boucher has accepted “a massive amount of responsibility,” for South Africa losing eight out of their 11 series in his time in charge so far but believes the national men’s team is “on the right

Report Marnus Labuschagne finally fell for 192 after an innings that lasted nine hours New South Wales 143 and 5 for 140 (Bartlett 3-31) trail Queensland 389 (Labuschagne 192, Abbott 4-71) by 106 runs Queensland were on the brink of claiming the Sheffield Shield after another dominant display left New South Wales struggling to avoid

News “The way Fakhar performed stood out obviously, but I think we should pay credit to the bowlers, too” It might have hung in the balance for longer than was necessary, but that made Pakistan’s T20I series win in South Africa all the more pleasing for captain Babar Azam. When Mohammad Nawaz smacked a six

Report Visitors unchanged; hosts bring in Bjorn Fortuin and Wiaan Mulder for Beuran Hendricks and Pite van Biljon Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs South Africa With Pakistan looking to add the T20I series trophy to the one they won for the ODIs on this tour of South Africa, Babar Azam won the toss asked

Welcome to our live report for the opening day of the Sheffield Shield final between Queensland and defending champions New South Wales at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. Join us for updates throughout the day. *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local.

News The Delhi Capitals coach also says his bowlers bowled “a few too many slot balls” to Chris Morris R Ashwin bowled the seventh, ninth and 11th overs of the chase. He conceded 14 runs and no boundaries. He had two left-hand batters to bowl at. Neither of them enjoys a favourable match-up against Ashwin.

Preview With Ngidi and Behrendorff unavailable, the Super Kings could turn to Tahir for wicket-taking bite Big picture The Chennai Super Kings have built their empire on the mostly slow and spin-friendly pitches of the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where they found ways to control the pace of the fast-moving format. In 2018, their “Dad’s Army”

News Allrounder Kimmince played 16 ODIs and 44 T20Is after making her Australia debut in 2008 Fast bowler Darcie Brown has been handed her first Cricket Australia contract in the one change from last year’s list replacing Delissa Kimmince who has announced her retirement. Brown, 18, made her Australia debut in T20Is and ODIs on

News Williamson nearing full fitness, confirmed Bayliss after the match The last over of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s six-run win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad had Harshal Patel bowl a full toss over the waist, the second time he had done so during the match. An animated David Warner was seen gesturing in the dugout, wondering

Report The series is level at 1-1 after South Africa bounced back from a defeat in the first game Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs South Africa Pakistan have opted to field first after winning the toss at SuperSport Park in the third T20I. The series is level at 1-1 after South Africa bounced back

One of the most famous sporting victories of recent history was the curse-breaking campaign of the 2016 Chicago Cubs to win the Major League baseball club’s first World Series in more than a century. It was built largely upon a formula of marrying up a young and dynamic batting and fielding line-up to a seasoned

News Updates, colour and analysis with ESPNcricinfo’s match-day blog Tonight we have Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians facing off with Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders. We’ll have the likes of Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard against the likes of Shubman Gill, Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik. If this blog doesn’t load for you, click

Big Picture It’s been a good beginning for the Royal Challengers Bangalore to IPL 2021, winning a hard-fought encounter against defending champions Mumbai Indians on the opening day. They looked like they had the chase well in hand, before letting it slip away and needing AB de Villiers to haul it in for them. In

News Home advantage does not carry quite the same weight as it used to do The final act of the Australian season starts on Thursday with the Sheffield Shield final between Queensland and New South Wales at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. New South Wales are aiming to defend the title awarded to them last

Amidst the current panic about over rates and T20 matches extending beyond four hours, the second T20I between South Africa and Pakistan was over well within three. And yet, despite it’s brevity, it’s difficult to imagine George Linde will play another international match that provides as much gratification as this one did. Not only did

Here come the Rajasthan Royals and the Punjab Kings. It’s the likes of Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler taking on the likes of KL Rahul, Chris Gayle and Mohammed Shami. If this blog doesn’t load for you, click here.You can also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here.Click here for the full live scorecard. Sidharth