Cricket

News Vaccination passports being considered as clubs focus on getting crowds back into venues The domestic game is expected to report combined losses in excess of £100 million by the time all 18 first-class counties have published their accounts at the end of April, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket.

News At 23, Pant will become the fifth youngest captain in the IPL Rishabh Pant has been appointed Delhi Capitals’ captain for the 2021 IPL. The development comes in the wake of Capital’s regular captain Shreyas Iyer being ruled of the season after he dislocated his left shoulder during the ODI series against England. This

News Australia’s bowlers almost turned the game around but New Zealand’s lower order came through Beth Mooney believed Australia’s bowlers could close out the second T20I in Napier, but conceded the visitors had been under par with the bat on a surface where they were not able to significantly accelerate. Despite only having 129 on

Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s participation in this year’s IPL will be decided later this week, following a bizarre incident prior to England’s tour of India, in which he dropped a tropical fish tank in his bath and suffered a cut middle finger on his right hand.

News In white-ball cricket, Pakistan have held their own and could enjoy the conditions on offer In the shadow of their Test record – 0-6 since 2010 and 1-10 since the turn of the century – Pakistan’s competitive white-ball performances in South Africa can often go by unnoticed. Under Misbah-ul-Haq‘s captaincy, they were the first

It would not be this cricket season without Covid-19 making a late reappearance. After the WNCL final was briefly caught up in the fallout of the new community outbreak in Brisbane, the last rounds of the Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield, with finals berths up for grabs, will now try and avoid the ramifications. So

Jos Buttler, England’s stand-in captain, says he is proud of the manner in which his side stayed true to the values that won them the 50-over World Cup at Lord’s two years ago, despite succumbing to a thrilling seven-run defeat in the ODI series decider against India in Pune. Faced with a stiff target of

News BCCI asks ICC Cricket Committee to re-open discussion on soft signals Non-neutral umpires will continue to officiate in international cricket, with the ICC deciding to extend the Covid-19 regulations it put in place last year till July 2021. That is one of the key recommendations of the ICC Cricket Committee, which has been approved

Report Tom Curran was left out by England after Virat Kohli lost his third loss in a row in the series Toss England opt to bowl vs India England won the toss in the third and final ODI of the series, with stand-in captain Jos Buttler sending India in to bat for the third match

Report The visitors also handed out maiden T20I caps to left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bat first against Bangladesh in the first of the three-match T20I series in Hamilton. “It was a great one-day series but

News She contends she was allegedly passed over for the job of South Africa women’s team manager because of her sexuality and nationality Former England World Cup-winning captain and current Titans team manager Karen Smithies is suing Cricket South Africa (CSA) for discrimination after she was ruled out of contention for a job allegedly because

Report Victoria, led by stand-in captain Elyse Villani, suffered a 112-run loss chasing a mammoth 318 Queensland Women 317 for 8 (Redmayne 134*, Hinkley 53, Garth 3-45) beat Victoria Women 205 (Garth 48, Sutherland 42, Harris 4-35, Mills 3-36) by 112 runs Captain Georgia Redmayne‘s unbeaten 134, Mikayla Hinkley‘s 53, and ten wickets between Grace

News Analysis There are pace bowlers to keep an eye on and the superb Amelia Kerr Australia will return to action for the first time in almost six months with another Trans-Tasman battle against a struggling New Zealand side. The main focus for the next 12 months will be one-day cricket ahead of the World

News New Zealand allrounder to arrive for group stage after completion of IPL Jimmy Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, is to join Essex for this summer’s Vitality Blast. The 30-year-old will arrive in England following on from the IPL and is set to be available throughout the group stage. Neesham’s previous involvement on English soil

Report Dawid Malan replaced the injured Sam Billings as the visitors looked to square the series Toss: England opt to bowl vs India England chose to bowl again, in their must-win second ODI against India, in Pune. This time it was stand-in captain Jos Buttler who called correctly at the toss, reckoning that the “pitch

Report Bangladesh have swapped a seamer for a seamer with Rubel Hossain replacing Mohammad Saifuddin New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh New Zealand opted to bat first as they aimed to wrap up a series sweep against Bangladesh in Wellington with the Basin Reserve hosting its first ODI since 2018.

News He is likely to be out of action for a few months, with surgery scheduled on his left shoulder In a setback to both the player and the Delhi Capitals, Shreyas Iyer is set to miss the entire IPL 2021. ESPNcricinfo understands that Iyer, who is the Capitals captain, will undergo surgery to his

Mohammad Mithun’s sparkling 73* at a strike rate of 128.07 has pleased Bangladesh’s batting coach © AFP/Getty Images According to Bangladesh’s batting coach Jon Lewis, opening himself up to play more on the leg side allowed Mohammad Mithun to play better as the batsman turned a corner with his sparkling 73* in the second ODI