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Lucknow Super Giants 177 for 3 (Stoinis 89*, Krunal 49*, Behrendorff 2-30) beat Mumbai Indians 172 for 5 (Kishan 59, Bishnoi 2-26) by 5 runs Mohsin Khan missed the first half of IPL 2023 with a shoulder injury. In fact, Lucknow Super Giants’ head coach Andy Flower had “written him off” for the season. Still,

Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the English summer, including the Ashes, after the ECB confirmed a recurrence of the stress fracture in his right elbow. Concerns about Archer’s fitness were raised earlier this month when he flew home early from his IPL stint with Mumbai Indians, having already taken time out of the

Gujarat Titans 188 for 9 (Gill 101, Sudharsan 47, Bhuvneshwar 5-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 154 for 9 (Klaasen 64, Shami 4-21, Mohit 4-28) by 34 runs Gujarat Titans stormed to a top-two finish for the second time in a row with a 34-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on Monday. With 18 points from

With four hard-earned wickets and a pugnacious 20 from 10 balls, Mark Adair came close to being Ireland’s hero in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh at Chelmsford. However, he admitted that a handful of “poor decisions” with the bat had denied his side a share of the series in their final World Cup

Abdul Rahman, the 21-year-old uncapped medium fast bowler, has earned a recall to Afghanistan’s ODI squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka early next month. It’s a strong squad with most of the regulars, including some players who are currently at the IPL – Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi –

James Anderson is a doubt for England’s first Test of the summer, starting against Ireland on June 1, after confirmation that he had suffered a “minor strain to his right groin” while playing for Lancashire. Anderson did not participate any further in the County Championship game against Somerset at Old Trafford after returning figures of

Kolkata Knight Riders 147 for 4 (Rana 57*, Rinku 54, Chahar 3-27) beat Chennai Super Kings 144 for 6 (Dube 48*, Conway 30, Narine 2-15, Varun 2-36) by six wickets Kolkata Knight Riders tripped Chennai Super Kings in their last home game of the league season, out-spinning them and out-batting them on a tricky Chepauk

Test cricket will return to the WACA in Perth, with the Australia women’s team set to face South Africa for the first time in the format as part of their multi-format series early in 2024. It will be one of three Tests Australia will play in nine months following the Ashes encounter in June and

Rajasthan Royals Played 12, Points 12, NRR 0.633Rem mat: RCB (h), PBKS (a)Rajasthan Royals returned to winning ways with a spectacular performance against Kolkata Knight Riders after five defeats in their previous six games, but they have little room to relax. If they lose to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, the maximum points they can

Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the third ODI against Ireland on Sunday. Shakib suffered a finger injury during Friday’s second game in Chelmsford. The incident took place when Shakib dropped George Dockrell’s catch off Mehidy Hasan Miraz in Ireland’s innings. He however batted during Bangladesh’s chase, making 26 with five boundaries. Shakib

Andrew Balbirnie, Ireland’s captain, said that Harry Tector has all the attributes to become “one of the greats of Irish cricket”, after lighting up a damp afternoon in Chelmsford with a career-best 140 from 113 balls against Bangladesh. Tector’s innings was not quite enough to set his team up for victory, with Najmul Hossain Shanto‘s

It was arguably his most incredible shot en route to his maiden IPL hundred, against Gujarat Titans on Friday. But for Suryakumar Yadav, it was effortless because of “lots and lots of practice” before the game. In the 19th over of the first innings bowled by Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar stepped away to the leg side

England Test head coach Brendon McCullum believes international boards, including the ECB, would be “completely naive” to assume their stars would turn down longterm franchise contracts. Recent reports have suggested that IPL teams are in talks with a number of English cricketers to sign annual deals. Given their investments across other tournaments such as the

The roster for the UAE series, which will form part of the preparations for the qualifiers and will be played in Sharjah, also includes four uncapped players – left-hand batter Alick Athanaze, as well as allrounders Kavem Hodge, Dominic Drakes and Akeem Jordan. “Paul is a three-dimensional player, who can bowl the new ball effectively,

Rajasthan Royals 151 for 1 (Jaiswal 98*, Samson 48*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 8 (Venkatesh 57, Chahal 4-25, Boult 2-15) by nine wickets Having restricted KKR to 149 for 8 after choosing to bowl, Royals chased down their target in just 13.1 overs, lifting their net run rate from an already healthy 0.388

The PCB’s hybrid model solution to the Asia Cup will see four out of 13 matches being played in Pakistan with the rest – including the final – to be played at a neutral venue, which could be the UAE. Najam Sethi, the board head, told BBC’s Stumped podcast that he was still hopeful of

Australia have retained their No. 1 spot in the ICC men’s ODI team rankings following the annual update that dropped results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all matches completed since May 2020. With 118 rating points, Australia are two points clear of second-placed Pakistan after the update, which weights matches completed before May 2022

Played 11, Points 10, NRR 0.388Rem mat: KKR (a), RCB (h), PBKS (a) Played 11, Points 10, NRR -0.079Rem mat: RR (h), CSK (a), LSG (h) Both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders are identically placed with 11 points from 10 games, but in terms of momentum, they are at very different places in their