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Play 00:49 Tim Paine: I haven’t had many worse days In the moments after India secured an unlikely draw at the SCG, Australia’s captain Tim Paine privately conceded to R Ashwin that he had made himself “look the fool” by calling the touring spin bowler a “d*******” and then following up by dropping his third

News Head coach insists Amir’s omission for Zimbabwe, New Zealand series was a unanimous, performance-related decision Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested that Mohammad Amir “made up” the circumstances surrounding his retirement from international cricket. Amir said that “enough is enough” in December, citing “mental torture” in his decision to quit international cricket, but Misbah said on Monday

News Ashwin batted 128 balls in partnership with Hanuma Vihari to script one of India’s great rearguards Despite four Test centuries to his name, R Ashwin, who returned battered and bruised from the barrage of short-pitched bowling at the SCG on Monday to help India draw the third Test, said his undefeated 128-ball 39 was

News “I had a call last night from the BCCI secretary and he confirmed we are good to travel to Brisbane on Tuesday,” CA interim CEO Nick Hockley After much uncertainty, the final Test at the Gabba will go ahead after India confirmed they would travel to Brisbane. Over the last couple of weeks, various

Dan Lawrence‘s England debut has always been a matter of when, not if. At the age of 17, he became the third-youngest batsman to make a hundred in County Championship history, taking a strong Surrey attack for 161 at The Oval, and he has been marked out as a coming man ever since. The best

News West Indies players will be allowed to train after a series of Covid-19 tests and three days of isolation in the hotel The 38-member West Indies contingent arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning to become the first international side to arrive in Bangladesh since the Covid-19 outbreak. The pandemic has already had a direct

Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the fourth day of the Sydney Test Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please

Report Earlier in the game, Colin Munro hit a half-century to help his team into what turned out to be an unassailable position Perth Scorchers 6 for 185 (Munro 50, Doggett 4-22) beat Sydney Thunder 168 (Billings 83, Richardson 4-24) by 17 runs Sam Billings‘ heroics in a thrilling chase ended in vain as AJ

Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 6.03pm local/12.33pm IST: Stumps  Getty

Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the third day of the Sydney Test Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please

News Dananjaya, who was banned for a year in 2019, was cleared by a panel that viewed footage of his new action Akila Dananjaya has been cleared to bowl in international cricket after an ICC “expert panel” concluded that the flex in his elbow is now within the permitted limit, following remedial work on his

Welcome to our live report of the second day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. 6.35pm local time/1.05pm IST: A tight last hour to

Sydney Thunder have had two of their home matches moved to Canberra © Getty Images Three BBL matches that had been set to be staged in Sydney have been moved to Canberra due to the ongoing border restrictions. The fate of the remaining matches in Sydney has not yet been decided but it remains probable

Report Rain had reduced the game to first 17 overs and then ten overs Brisbane Heat 3 for 115 (Lynn 48, Zampa 2-7) beat Melbourne Stars 5 for 110 (Larkin 35*, Steketee 3-25) by 18 runs (DLS method) Chris Lynn returned to his barnstorming best with a blistering 48 as the Brisbane Heat claimed their

Blazing a trail – Claire Polosak made history at the SCG Test © Ryan Pierse/Getty Images For the first time in 144 years of Test-match cricket, a woman – Australia’s Claire Polosak – has officiated in the longest format of the game, as the fourth or reserve umpire, in the third Test between Australia and

News The New Zealand quick has shattered several records in his first year, but refuses to be drawn into stats At the start of New Zealand’s home summer, Kyle Jamieson was just feeling his way into the side. The 6ft 8in quick towered over everyone else by the end of it, bagging 27 wickets in

News The Test career of Crawley’s mentor, Rob Key, serves as a cautionary tale Zak Crawley isn’t really the sort to go in for tubthumping, nor would he ever claim to be the one and only. But he has insisted he doesn’t want to be remembered as a “one-hit wonder” as he heads into England’s

News West Indies legend in the running as applications close on January 10 Sir Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies fast bowler, has applied for a coaching role at the ECB. ESPNcricinfo understands that Ambrose, who has the lowest bowling average of any man to take 400 Test wickets (20.99), has applied for the role