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Report Late strikes from Central Punjab keep KP to 285 for 7 on opening day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 285 for 7 (Ghulam 76, Amin 75, Israrullah 61, Ali 2-57, Maqsood 2-49 v Central Punjab Half-centuries from Israrullah, Kamran Ghulam, and Adil Amin helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sail through the early exchanges on the opening day against defending

Play 02:42 Australia’s Test batting skills on the decline? Marnus Labuschagne started 2020 with a double-century against New Zealand at the SCG. What Australia would give for even half that when they take on India in Sydney next week with the Test series locked at 1-1. In many ways, Labuschagne is lower down Australia’s list

Josh Inglis and Mitchell Marsh celebrate Perth Scorchers’ win © Getty Images Perth Scorchers 3 for 147 (Roy 49, Inglis 44*, Marsh 38*) beat Adelaide Strikers 9 for 146 (Carey 82, Richardson 3-19) by seven wickets A sharp bowling spell from Jhye Richardson was backed up by a trio of brisk knocks from Jason Roy,

News Allrounder Kainat Imtiaz was recalled in the touring party of 17 for the three ODIs and T20Is each Pakistan have named Javeria Khan as the stand-in captain for the South Africa tour next month after regular captain Bismah Maroof pulled out for “family reasons”. A 17-women squad was announced for the three ODIs and

News Legspinner will miss the Melbourne Stars clash with the Hobart Hurricanes on January 2 Melbourne Stars legspinner Adam Zampa has been suspended for one match in the BBL after accepting a charge of using an audible obscenity during the Stars’ loss to Sydney Thunder on December 29. Zampa was charged by Cricket Australia with

Keeping Steven Smith quiet has been one of the key factors in India’s strong showing against Australia in their ongoing series, which is tied 1-1 after both teams registered eight-wicket wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. So tight have India been to him that he hasn’t crossed double digits yet, with scores of 1, 1*, 0

Hobart Hurricanes 150 all out (Malan 39, David 36, Mujeeb 5-15, Bartlett 2-22) beat Brisbane Heat 8 for 149 (Bazley 49*, Bryant 32, Meredith 3-21, Boland 2-18) by one run Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket went in vain as Hobart Hurricanes not only pulled off a one-run victory but also picked

Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive, and New South Wales health officials have insisted the SCG Test will be able to go ahead and be followed by the travel of teams, officials and broadcasters to Queensland for the final Test at the Gabba even as the current Covid-19 outbreaks in Sydney continue to spread

News ECB to appoint permanent staff member with player welfare brief England are set to recruit a dedicated staff member to look after their players’ mental wellbeing, in response to concerns about the consequences of having to spend extended periods in biosecure environments. England’s limited-overs tour of South Africa was cut short earlier this month,

News Hosts have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams South Africa have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams than this Sri Lankan one – albeit that their fight was dimmed through injury and not fault of their own – but they will still savour this victory like it was

News Australia have been bowled out for 191, 195 and 200 in three of their four innings so far this series Australia captain Tim Paine lamented his side’s ongoing batting woes after they sank to an eight-wicket defeat at the MCG against India, which put the series on an even footing at 1-1 with two

News Sri Lanka head coach on his side’s injury crisis and the difficulty of conditioning players for Test cricket Despite having made their highest ever total in South Africa, Sri Lanka have had an abysmal three days in Centurion, with Dhananjaya de Silva and Kasun Rajitha ruled out of the Test, and Lahiru Kumara also

News How, where and when to watch Australia vs India 2nd Test live match at 5.00 AM IST on December 29, 2020 India made big strides towards drawing level in the Border-Gavaskar series by establishing a big lead and then taking out Australia’s top order cheaply in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. India’s

No-one in the history of Australian cricket has waited longer for induction to the game’s hall of fame than the 152 years since Johnny Mullagh made his name as the outstanding member of the Aboriginal team that toured England in 1868. Mullagh’s belated induction to a hall of fame, that has until now been populated

News Allrounder gets through 16.5 overs on second day in absence of Kasun Rajitha and Dhananjaya de Silva Dasun Shanaka batted well with the tail to complete his first Test fifty on the second morning of the Centurion Test, and yet, his more significant contribution so far may have been with the ball. Shanaka is

Report While Gregory destroyed a vaunted top order, Bazley held his nerve to steer the team home after a collapse Brisbane Heat 6 for 152 (Heazlett 48, Short 3-18) beat Hobart Hurricanes 148 (Short 27, Gregory 3-22) by 4 wickets The fresh faces of Lewis Gregory and James Bazley helped the Brisbane Heat break through

News The opener is batting without problems but it his overall mobility that remains an issue after the groin injury David Warner is still struggling to regain his former dynamism after a groin injury, meaning he is a doubtful starter for the third Test of the series against India even as Australia feel his absence

News Seamer backs bowlers to improve after chastening opening day against Sri Lanka Wiaan Mulder, playing in his second Test 22 months after his debut, has assessed South Africa’s bowling performance as “a little bit shaky” and concluded that he doesn’t “think the guys are happy” with their efforts on day one of the Boxing