Play 01:39 Mitchell Marsh: Australia won’t make excuses for West Indies loss Big Picture In the space of barely 24 hours this series is potentially one match away from being decided. Australia need to win to keep things alive, a position they found themselves in on the New Zealand tour which will give them some
News Opener could have represented West Indies thanks to Barbados upbringing West Indies supporters have probably become accustomed to losing players to England. Jofra Archer was a key part of England’s World Cup side, after all, while Chris Jordan has been an integral member of the T20 team for several years. But Phil Salt, too,
News “When we get into such good positions, we have to get them by the throat and we have to finish them off” Donald Tiripano has said that he is ready to take up the challenge of batting higher up the order, after he frustrated Bangladesh with a 144-ball 52 coming in at No.5 in
News Senior batsman has got NOC and is available for selection for his home team immediately Sheldon Jackson, the domestic veteran, is set to return to Saurashtra, the team he won the Ranji Trophy with in 2019-20. After the Ranji win, Jackson moved to Puducherry as a professional player. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Jackson
News Batting coach Grant Flower and team analyst GT Niroshan were described as being in a “stable” condition Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers will be allowed to come out of isolation on Sunday, after everyone remaining in the national squad returned negative PCR results. This only goes for the players however; coaches and support staff will
Report Mehidy Hasan Miraz andf Taskin Ahmed pick up two wickets each after Bangladesh drop three catches on day five Lunch Zimbabwe 276 and 176 for 7 (Tiripano 27*, Miraz 3-52, Taskin 3-54) need another 301 runs to beat Bangladesh 468 and 284 for 1 decl (Shanto 117*, Shadman 115*) Bangladesh are closing in on
News T20 stalwart reveals he taught Edwards the slower variation that dismissed Finch in the chase Dwayne Bravo is the second-most capped player in T20 history – his international captain Kieron Pollard is well ahead at the top – and there were examples of that wealth of experience dotted throughout West Indies’ hugely impressive performance
Report Hetmyer, Bravo and Russell starred with the bat for the hosts as Australia fell in a heap for the second night running West Indies 196 for 4 (Hetmyer 61, Bravo 47*) beat Australia 140 (Marsh 54, Walsh Jr 3-29) by 56 runs A superbly constructed century partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Dwayne Bravo was
News Fast bowler regrets his own efforts couldn’t save series as England seal 2-0 lead Pakistan’s top order batting is supposed to be their strength in white-ball cricket but over the course of the last two ODIs it has become the cause of a chastening series loss. In Cardiff on Thursday they were reduced to
News Zimbabwe captain says he wanted to send a message to his batsmen that the pitch was still good Captain Brendan Taylor hopes his swashbuckling 92 inspires the rest of his Zimbabwe teammates to salvage a draw on the fifth day against Bangladesh. Taylor struck 16 fours in his 73-ball bonanza but got out with
Big Picture “You could say it’s David and Goliath, but David beat Goliath and hopefully that can work for us.” Andy Balbirnie has probably rehearsed that line hundreds of times and knows he will need to bring it out hundreds more but showed no sign of being worn down by the inevitable question of whether
News “It was always going to be useful to give our bowlers more time to get Zimbabwe bowled out” Najmul Hossain Shanto has said that Bangladesh went for quick runs on the fourth day to give his team’s bowlers ample time to bowl Zimbabwe out in the fourth innings. Shanto and Shadman Islam both struck
News Captain backs allrounder Andile Phehlukwayo to come good against Ireland South Africa are relishing the opportunity to practice playing under pressure as they build towards the 2023 ODI World Cup. They currently lie in last place on the Super League points table, but have played the joint-fewest matches, and have another 21 fixtures (seven
‘The field placements and the work we have been putting in as a team, we are getting more results out of them day by day’ – Harmanpreet Kaur © Getty Images Harmanpreet Kaur has described Harleen Deol‘s stunning catch to dismiss England’s Amy Jones in the first T20I on Friday as a “brilliant” effort that
Report Ben Stokes makes his 100th ODI appearance in the rain-shortened second ODI Pakistan chose to bowl vs England Pakistan have opted to field in the second ODI against England at Lord’s in conditions which England captain, Ben Stokes, described as “lovely to bowl in.” Pakistan have kept faith in the same side which lost
News Singh said he had to listen to his body after a bout of Covid-19 left him feeling weak Former India fast bowler Pankaj Singh, 36, has retired from all forms of cricket, thereby ending his professional career that spanned nearly 17 years. Singh said he had to listen to his body after a bout
Nat Sciver has attributed her match-winning 27-ball 55 in England’s win in the rain-affected first T20I against India to her “boundary-oriented” approach on a pitch that had their openers struggle for fluency early in their innings. “[It] Felt good. I wasn’t thinking about the speed of it,” Sciver said after hitting the joint-fastest T20I fifty
News Aaron Finch bemoans Australia’s lack of a calm head in the chase Hayden Walsh Jr has put his performance in the opening T20I in St Lucia in the top tier of what he has achieved in his career after helping turn around a contest Australia “could have walked” in what has been a difficult
Report Spinners dominate as Pakistan Women collapse from 60 for 2 to 120 all out West Indies Women 121 for 2 (Matthews 49, Kyshona Knight 39*) beat Pakistan Women 120 all out (Muneeba 37, Mohammed 4-27, Matthews 2-17) by eight wickets Hayley Matthews‘ all-round brilliance and Anisa Mohammed‘s four-for helped West Indies Women comprehensively beat
News ESPNcricinfo has learned that he informed his team-mates at the end of day three in Harare Mahmudullah has announced to his Bangladesh team-mates that he has retired from Test cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that he made the announcement shortly after the end of the third day’s play of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in
News Takudzwanashe Kaitano, meanwhile, was elated to have made the highest score by a Zimbabwe opener on debut Takudzwanashe Kaitano is the latest of 13 Test openers that Zimbabwe have tried in the last five years. On day three in Harare, he made 87, the highest score by a Zimbabwe Test opener, breaking Grant Flower’s
News “I think everyone knows there is a big gulf in the teams. But we do have match-winners,” he says about facing South Africa Andy Balbirnie has said there will be “no excuses” if his Ireland team fail to qualify for the 2023 World Cup, after a slow start to the Super League campaign which
News The tournament was originally scheduled to run from July 30 to August 22 The Lanka Premier League has been postponed until at least late November, thanks largely to competing cricket tournaments or series being scheduled for the original window. The second edition of the LPL was supposed to run from July 30 to August
Preview Pakistan need to regroup even as rain forecast swirls around second ODI Big Picture It’s a week short of two years since England played an ODI at Lord’s, and barring a 500-plays-500 tie, it’s hard to see how Saturday will match their last outing there. The euphoria on London’s streets in the past two
News One of five men to debut in nine-wicket win over Pakistan hopes opportunity could lead to World Cup selection Lewis Gregory believes England’s success in the first ODI of the series against Pakistan demonstrates the depth of talent within the county game and the strength of domestic competitions. And Gregory, one of five men
News The coach admitted reports of unrest over his coaching style in recent months hurt him Australia coach Justin Langer said he was hurt and confused by some of the things he read about his style of working but remains keen to lead the side and get an extension when his current contract runs out
News The likes of Hetmyer and Pooran failed to fire in the T20Is against South Africa West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has pleaded for patience to be shown towards the team’s young batters as they try to build confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the 3-2 series defeat to South Africa, the first
Preview West Indies lost 3-2 against South Africa and need better returns from their middle order Big Picture Australia are back in action. While most other major nations have been playing over the last few months, this will be the men’s side first time in the field since early March in New Zealand. It marks
News Lancashire seamer takes unexpected opportunity with new-ball strikes in England rout The message Ben Stokes delivered to England’s hastily-assembled ODI squad ahead of the series with Pakistan, which involved 18 players being called in at barely 48 hours’ notice, was that “everyone deserves to be here”, Saqib Mahmood said after his four-wicket haul helped
News The pair exchanged heated words during the second over of the day’s play Taskin Ahmed has said he decided against ceding any ground to Blessing Muzarabani during the duo’s heated mid-pitch face-off on day two in Harare, as a protest against what he saw as sledging from Zimbabwe’s players. The incident took place in
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