Cricket

News Former India opener says it’s “sad” that he has to take the step to deny the “baseless” allegations A day after resigning as Uttarakhand head coach because of “interference in team selection”, former India opener Wasim Jaffer has denied allegations – reportedly levelled against him by senior officials of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU)

News Off-spinner produced an up and down performance in first Test Chris Silverwood insists he is “not worried” about Dom Bess, despite an up and down performance from the off-spinner in the first Test in Chennai. Bess claimed five wickets in the match and contributed 59 with the bat across the two innings. But he

News Formal announcements to be made once tour dates are confirmed by the boards Following news that Australia will tour Bangladesh ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury has said that they will also host England and New Zealand. He, however, said that formal announcements will only be made once

News The decision to promote Cummins to the captaincy of the 50-over side came following discussions by the Board of Cricket NSW Australia’s vice-captain Pat Cummins will get his first taste of captaincy in professional cricket as he was named New South Wales captain for the upcoming Marsh Cup. The decision to promote Cummins to

News Appointment comes just days before Vijay Hazare Trophy after wrangling between CIC and MCA A day before the squad is picked for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, Mumbai have appointed a new head coach in former allrounder Ramesh Powar. Powar, the former Mumbai and India offspinner, replaces former Mumbai batsman Amit Pagnis,

News “We’ve executed the gameplan brilliantly and to finish in the manner we have done today is really pleasing” Joe Root has hailed the work ethic of his England side while warning that they must continue to improve after taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series in Chennai. England enjoyed a “fantastic five days”

News The team’s head coach said their poor fielding cost them about 150 runs in the second Test alone South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has identified lack of mental application and diminished match awareness as the two main reasons for the poor batting and fielding that led to the Test team’s 2-0 defeat in

CSA has written to the ICC asking it to consider means of redress for less wealthy nations to make up for financial losses when tours do not take place as scheduled. The communication came as a response to Cricket Australia’s decision to indefinitely postpone a three-Test series that was due to be played in South

Report Opener and Temba Bavuma add 84 for unbroken fourth-wicket stand after Hasan Ali’s double-strike Lunch South Africa 201 and 219 for 3 (Markram 100*, Bavuma 44*, Hasan 2-46) trail Pakistan 272 and 298 (Rizwan 115*, Linde 5-54) by 151 runs Aiden Markram scored his fifth Test century, and first since March 2018, to keep

News CWI arranged for Clarke to congratulate his son in a Zoom call ahead of the post-match press conference One of the many people watching Kyle Mayers bat on his dream Test debut was his father Shirley Clarke, who was up all of Sunday night following the match in Chattogram. As a special surprise, CWI

News Bangladesh captain rues absence of Shakib, concedes spinners could have bowled better lengths Ramifications, analysis and criticism will be the predictable aftermath of Bangladesh’s three-wicket loss against West Indies in the Chattogram Test. But at the forefront of Bangladesh failing to defend a target of 395 in the fourth innings was the lengths bowled

News Finger and calf problems have disrupted his home season but he was still named T20I player of the year Ashton Agar is hoping to make up for lost time on the T20I tour of New Zealand having seen the majority of his home season wiped out by injury. Agar injured a finger and calf

News Teams split into Elite Groups A, B, C, D and E, and one Plate Group The Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic one-day competition in India, will take place from February 20 to March 14. The teams have been split into six groups, Elite A, B, C, D and E and the Plate Group. All

News He saw bone through the skin of his little finger in the first innings, but has picked up 3 for 12 in the second so far George Linde thought his season was over when he saw bone through the skin of his little finger while fielding in his follow through in Pakistan’s first innings

News Smith said there had been conversations with the coach in the weeks since the end of the India series Steven Smith has paralleled his evolving tale as a Test batsman, in which he emerged from a brief run of low scores against India to make the runs in Sydney and Brisbane that clinched his

News He said West Indies are confident of chasing down a decent total with “hungry” batsmen in their line-up West Indies believe that bowling out Bangladesh cheaply on the fourth day could get them to a stronger position later in the first Test in Chattogram. It would certainly the shift focus of the game towards

News He’s known for his high speeds and effective bouncers, but in the second Test, he also showed good discipline The trick to being a successful fast bowler in the subcontinent is not just express pace and good intent, but also to work with straighter angles. That’s what Anrich Nortje, who made his debut in

Report Temba Bavuma headlines morning session with spectacular direct hit to run Fawad Alam out Lunch Pakistan 229 for 7 (Faheem 54*, Yasir 0*, Nortje 3-48, Maharaj 3-75) vs South Africa South Africa took two wickets in the first six overs, a third with the second new ball and a fourth within ten minutes of