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Shaheen Afridi was relentless on the first day but Kane Williamson held New Zealand together © Getty Images A “mature” Shaheen Afridi was left “disappointed” with Pakistan’s fielding on day one of the Mount Maunganui Test, as the team dropped three catches against New Zealand, failing to take full advantage of their decision to bowl

News Fast bowler will play for Southern Punjab in the 2021 One-Day Cup, which begins on January 8 Fast bowler Aaron Summers is set to make history by becoming the first Australian to take part in domestic cricket in Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo understands the 24-year old will play for Southern Punjab in the 2021 One-Day Cup,

Fantasy Tips Fantasy suggestions for the 15th game in BBL 2020-21 Dec 26: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars, Carrara Pro Tip: In the BBL 09 matches at this venue, spinners averaged 18.16 and pacers 25.81. We’ll suggest adding as many spin options in the XI as possible. Our XI: Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell,

News Rahane says he had a conversation with Kohli after running him out in Adelaide One bad hour. Two good days. Back yourselves to keep doing the same things that brought you those two good days, and avoid that bad hour. That is the import from India’s stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who picked an XI

News Wade will be after a strong display either to hang on to his opener’s spot or return to the middle-order berth currently occupied by Green Boxing Day’s MCG colosseum, limited capacity or not, looms as a vital stage for Matthew Wade and Cameron Green as they look for breakthrough performances as part of Australia’s

News With Ngidi and Stuurman nursing niggles, Nortje could have a big role to play with the new ball Stereotypical as it may be, the question had to come up. Is South Africa’s plan against Sri Lanka to attempt to bounce them out based on the (these days outdated) assumption that batsmen from the subcontinent

News Board to seek views of states during SMA on conducting further domestic tournaments In a positive development for India’s domestic cricket, the BCCI has not yet given up on hosting the Ranji Trophy despite the Covid-19 pandemic severely affecting the calendar. Recently the BCCI announced it would be conducting the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Pat Cummins revealed he has at times been guilty of making hurtful “one liners” to players of colour © Getty Images Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine and vice-captain Pat Cummins have admitted to spending most of their professional lives in blissful ignorance of racism in the society around them. Cummins revealed he had at times

News ECB respond to latest government advice after update from health secretary England’s tour of Sri Lanka will proceed as planned on January 2, according to the ECB, in spite of the UK government requiring any person who has been in South Africa in the past fortnight to quarantine immediately, due to the discovery of

News ICC “haven’t been interested in working with us on a fair outcome,” says players’ body chief executive The Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA) has begun legal proceedings against the ICC, claiming that the latter’s use of player image rights is not fair. That has looked the likely outcome of the dispute for some

News The opener has not recovered from injury but also can’t enter Australia’s biosecure hub alongside Sean Abbott David Warner has been formally ruled out of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG and alongside Sean Abbott is recuperating separately away from the main Australian squad after their arrival into Melbourne to avoid being trapped

News Neither player entered tour bubble ahead of Sri Lanka series after two Covid positives detected Beuran Hendricks and Keegan Petersen have been withdrawn from South Africa’s Test squad to play Sri Lanka. Neither player entered the tour bubble when the playing group convened on Saturday, after two positive Covid-19 results were detected last week.

Report The experience of Callum Ferguson guided the Thunder over the line Sydney Thunder 3 for 156 (Ferguson 61*, Davies 36, Behrendorff 1-32) beat Perth Scorchers 5 for 152 (M Marsh 52*, Bancroft 34*, Cutting 1-16) by seven wickets An eye-catching debut from Ollie Davies and a notable comeback by Adam Milne were two of

News It is looking as though Australia will have an unchanged side for the second Test David Warner is unlikely to be fit for the Boxing Day Test which means the decision on who will make way when he returns is set to be delayed until the third game of the series in the New

December 21, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Ajaz Patel recently recovered from a calf injury © AFP Ajaz Patel has been left out of New Zealand’s Test squad for the upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand despite recovering from a calf injury. New Zealand instead leaned towards the all-round abilities of Mitchell Santner, who retained his place

News Chairman writes to Smith and Boucher saying South Africans should show “the world that all of us are together in opposing racism at every turn” Cricket South Africa’s interim board has expressed concern over the men’s national team’s response to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement but maintains it will not compel the squad

News All the news snippets in the run-up to the 2020-21 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Tamil Nadu opening batsman M Vijay has pulled out of the upcoming edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament citing “personal reasons”, while K Vignesh, the medium-pacer, was not up for selection after testing positive

Report The Sixers plundered 125 off their last 10 overs following a superb opening spell from Dan Worrall Sydney Sixers 5 for 177 (Christian 50, Hughes 46*, Worrall 2-12) beat Adelaide Strikers 7 for 139 (Wells 36, O’Keefe 2-8, Manenti 2-23) by 38 runs A blistering 15-ball half-century by Dan Christian, the second-fastest in BBL