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Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen and Megan Schutt are the core of one of the greatest Australian Women’s sides yet to take the field. Their quality has helped the national team to victories at each of the past two T20 World Cups and dominant runs of victories in bilateral series,

Joe Root believes a seam-orientated third Test could prove to be to England’s advantage and leaves them in “a great position” at the halfway stage of the series. While Root, England’s captain, was adamant the pitch in Ahmedabad would provide assistance to spin bowlers at some stage, he also suggested the fact that the game

News Robin Uthappa and Sachin Baby makes fifties as Kerala go to eight points Fast bowler S Sreesanth was among the heroes for Kerala as they beat Uttar Pradesh by three wickets to register their second win in two games in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The fast bowler took 5 for 65 as Kerala bowled

Report Tasmania bowled out for 237 after Stanlake picked up a career-best 4 for 24 Queensland 6 for 238 (Khawaja 93, Ellis 3-39) defeated Tasmania 237 (Silk 77, Stanlake 4-24) by four wickets A blistering Billy Stanlake spell and another Usman Khawaja masterclass guided Queensland to a four-wicket Marsh Cup win over Tasmania at Bellerive

Islamabad United 151 for 7 (Gregory 49*, Brathwaite 2-23) beat Multan Sultans 150 for 8 (Rizwan 71, Wasim 3-29) by three wickets Lewis Gregory dragged Islamabad United across the line in their season opener against Multan Sultans in Karachi with 49 not out from 31 balls to seal a three-wicket win with six balls to

News The India batsman also touched on how the team is managing the pressure of trying to make the WTC final Rohit Sharma, the India opener, spoke to the media on Sunday, three days ahead of the third Test against England in Motera. He touched upon the “twilight period” during pink-ball Tests, World Test Championship

News “We’re waiting for the final dates, but the ideal scenario is to be available and around for all that cricket” New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has admitted that potentially missing the Test matches against England in early June due to complete the IPL is not his preferred option but that it’s another case of

Report Iqbal picked up 3 for 16 before Clarke’s 23-ball 46 reduced the chase to a formality Karachi Kings 126 for 3 (Clarke 46, Nabi 30*, Hasnain 2-18) beat Quetta Gladiators 121 (Gayle 39, Iqbal 3-16, Maqsood 2-21) by seven wickets Last year’s win was no fluke, and this year’s title defence is no surrender.

Cheteshwar Pujara isn’t ruling out the possibility of a short county stint this summer, as preparation for India’s tour of England in August, while also insisting he’s keen to prove himself in the shortest format after finding an IPL team in Chennai Super Kings after a gap of seven years. Pujara was picked up at

Report Marnus Labuschagne helped form the key partnership of the day as the visitors ran down 310 in Hobart Queensland 275 (Burns 171, Webster 4-50) and 7 for 310 (Khawaja 115*, Labuschagne 78) beat Tasmania 332 (Jewell 140, Doggett 4-88) and 252 (Doran 55, Silk 51, Bartlett 4-59) by three wickets Usman Khawaja made a

Alex Hales says that his axing from England’s World Cup squad on the eve of their triumphant campaign in 2019 was a “sickening” experience, but insists he is in a better headspace two years on from the incident, and is still determined to earn a shot at international redemption after establishing himself as one of

News Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal says it’s unfathomable IPL will move out this year The IPL is mulling the possibility of conducting the entire league stage of the 2021 season in Mumbai before moving to Ahmedabad for the knockouts. This is according to Parth Jindal, co-owner of the Delhi Capitals, during a chat with

News “For me, it’s about how can I learn, how can I grow, and focusing on trying to do the job for the team at that time” Kyle Jamieson had originally planned to sleep through the IPL auction, like Jimmy Neesham, but then woke up at around midnight in Christchurch to watch the Royal Challengers

At the 2021 IPL auction, why did franchises break the bank to buy Chris Morris, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson and to an extent the uncapped pair of K Gowtham and Riley Meredith? ESPNcricinfo analyses the reasons. Chris Morris for INR 16.25 crore (USD 2.23 million approx.) to Rajasthan Royals It is not a

News Immediate return to tournament for allrounder after he was released by RCB last year Moeen Ali has ended a difficult week in India on an unequivocal high, after being picked up for Rs 7 crore (US$959,000) by Chennai Super Kings at the IPL auction. The price tag is almost four times the figure that

News The batsman injured his shoulder on Test debut and the decision has been taken to undergo surgery Australia Test batsman Will Pucovski‘s domestic season is over and he is set to be sidelined for up to six months to undergo reconstructive surgery on his injured right shoulder. Pucovski, 23, suffered the injury on his

News Briggs, whose last T20I came in 2014, joins Will Jacks and Tom Helm as non-travelling reserves Danny Briggs has moved a step closer to an international recall more than seven years after he last represented England. Briggs, the left-arm spinner, is the highest wicket-taker in the history of English domestic T20 cricket but played

252 players will compete for the seven remaining overseas spots in next week’s draft for the men’s Hundred, with Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Shakib Al Hasan and David Warner among those to have put their names forward for selection. The Hundred, the ECB’s new 100-ball competition, will finally launch in