News Captain also praises Jason Roy’s innings in straightforward run chase Eoin Morgan praised his bowlers for setting up England’s comprehensive victory in their T20I series opener by restricting India to a total that proved impossible to defend. The pace trio of Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Chris Jordan made life difficult for India’s batsmen,
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News Says India need to address the “lack of execution of the shots” they played India’s batsmen “weren’t aware enough of what we had to do on that kind of pitch,” Virat Kohli has said after the hosts managed a below-par 124 for 7 in their eight-wicket drubbing against England in the opening T20I in
News Pakistan name squads for the three formats for twin tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe Sharjeel Khan has made a comeback to the Pakistan T20I squad, for the team’s all-format tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe, after a gap of over four years, a period during which he was out of the game altogether
Report Laura Wolvaardt leads South Africa in Luus’ absence as the visitors make four changes in all with Trisha Chetty also injured South Africa chose to bowl vs India Standing-in for the ill Sune Luus, Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and opted to bowl in the third ODI against India Women in Lucknow. This is
Five years, four stress fractures, one bout of surgery and countless injections separate Reece Topley, the England rookie who took part in his side’s wide-eyed journey towards the final of the last World T20 in India in 2016, from the seasoned, 27-year-old pro whose career could yet come full circle as England’s latest T20I campaign
News The Bangladesh spin-bowling coach backs “experienced” Mehidy Hasan Miraz to make a difference Bangladesh’s spinners can make a big impact in the ODI series against New Zealand, according to their spin-bowling coach Daniel Vettori. The first of the three-match series is in Dunedin on March 20, and the visitors will also play three T20Is,
Colin de Grandhomme missed the entirety of New Zealand’s 2020-21 home summer © AFP Colin de Grandhomme is in a race to be fit for New Zealand’s tour of England in June, which includes two Tests against the hosts as well as the World Test Championship final against India, after deciding to undergo surgery on
News Uncapped New Zealander a like-for-like swap after the Australian makes himself unavailable for the entire 2021 season The Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed uncapped New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Finn Allen as a like-for-like replacement for Josh Philippe who has made himself “unavailable” for the entire IPL 2021. Allen, who had initially found no takers in
The Ageas Bowl has replaced Lord’s as the venue of the World Test Championship final © Getty Images The inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final, between India and New Zealand, will be held in a bio-secure bubble at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18 to 22. “The decision, taken by the ICC Board,
News The tournament will be contested as a three-match 50-over series between July 26 and 30 in Canada The Auty Cup featuring USA and Canada, the oldest rivalry in cricket dating back to the first international match played in New York in September 1844, is set to resume later this year after a four-year hiatus.
News Early day motion signed by former Labour shadow cabinet members including Jeremy Corbyn A group of MPs including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched a scathing attack on the ECB’s record on racial equality, claiming that institutional racism “is present at all levels of the game”. By tabling an early day motion (EDM)
News Sune Luus hopes the cricket world pushes the powers that be to organise more Tests for women Jhulan Goswami has welcomed the announcement of a Test match for India Women, likely during their tour of England in June-July, and thanked the BCCI for realising “that this format is also important for us”. The fixture
Kane Williamson has been troubled by the injury in the latter part of the season © Getty Images New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh due to an elbow injury. The small tear in his left elbow tendon has been troubling Williamson in the second half of
News South African-born allrounder was isolated 30 overs into one-dayer in Chattogram Ruhan Pretorius has revealed he was in “a bit of a weird space” after his positive Covid test result led Ireland Wolves’ first one-day game in Bangladesh to be abandoned after 30 overs, only for him to discover a day later that the
News Australia quick available to play across all formats in first county stint Derbyshire have signed Australia fast bowler Billy Stanlake as one of their overseas players for the 2021 summer. The 6ft 7in quick, who is capable of bowling at 150kph/93mph, will be available across all formats, subject to clearance. Stanlake, 26, was first
West Indies 134 for 7 (Simmons 26, Pooran 23, Sandakan 3-29) beat Sri Lanka 131 for 4 (Chandimal 54*, Bandara 44*, Allen 1-13) by three wickets Fabian Allen shone with both bat and ball, affecting the game at the start and finish, as the West Indies secured a hard-fought three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in
Sam Curran was granted an extended break, given the time he has spent in bio-secure bubbles © Getty Images Chris Silverwood has warned England may extend their controversial rest and rotation policy into the Ashes if Covid restrictions are still in place. Each of England’s all-format players has been given a break at some point
Natalie Sciver thoroughly enjoyed a first taste of international captaincy, saying her side made the job easy as she oversaw England’s 3-0 sweep of the T20I series against New Zealand. When Anya Shrubsole was ruled out with a knee injury, Sciver was handed the role of vice-captain for the tour, to glowing approval from regular