Play 01:50 ‘Arun knows these boys better than I do’ – Shastri After the protracted saga preceding his own appointment as the new India coach, Ravi Shastri is eager for the focus to shift to his players and their cricket. Speaking ahead of India’s departure for Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Shastri provided a peek into the kind of coach he might be, placing the credit for a team’s success squarely…
Rangana Herath’s match haul of 11 wickets was central to Sri Lanka’s four-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test at Khettarama © AFP Rangana Herath has leapfrogged R Ashwin to be ranked as the No. 2 bowler in Tests, following his match haul of 11 wickets against Zimbabwe in the one-off Test at Khettarama. Herath claimed his eighth ten-wicket haul and also passed the tallies of Waqar Younis (373),…
R Ashwin fields off his own bowling © BCCI India offspinner R Ashwin has waded into controversy by comparing Chennai Super Kings’ return to the IPL fold to Manchester United’s recovery from the horrific plane crash at Munich in 1958, in which 23 people including eight of their footballers died. The Super Kings finished their two-year suspension from the IPL on July 14 and will be back in the competition…
Play 03:46 What exactly is the Cricket Australia-ACA pay dispute? Negotiations between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association are continuing at a snail’s pace but the damage has already been done, the former Test paceman Mitchell Johnson has said. Talks between the two warring parties – including the chief executives James Sutherland and Alistair Nicholson – resumed in Melbourne on Wednesday with time fast running out to avoid major…
Play 06:25 Chopra: India will need a good start, like they got against England India have a “50-50” chance of beating defending champions Australia in the Women’s World Cup semi-final on Thursday, an opinion the former India captain Anjum Chopra insists isn’t merely the “hope” of a positive outcome. Chopra has been closely following the fortunes of Mithali Raj’s team as a commentator, but concedes Australia’s superior experience and pedigree…
Gloucestershire 138 for 9 (Cockbain 40) beat Kent 130 (Smith 3-28, Perera 3-31, Howell 2-12) by eight runsScorecard Thisara Perera took three wickets [file picture] © Getty Images Gloucestershire moved level on points with south group leaders Hampshire after beating NatWest T20 Blast rivals Kent Spitfires by eight runs in a low-scoring thriller in Canterbury. Michael Klinger’s unbeaten side fielded tigerishly and caught superbly to defend a modest total of…
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Play 01:15 Mark Butcher on England’s issues in the top six Gary Ballance has been ruled out of the third Investec Test against South Africa at the Kia Oval after fracturing his left index finger. Ballance was struck on the finger by a short ball from Morne Morkel on the fourth and final day of the Trent Bridge Test. He went for an X-ray on Monday night and was told…
Andrew Strauss and Tom Harrison hold regular meetings with PCA representatives © PA Photos There is presently no likelihood of English cricket suffering the sort of conflict currently being experienced in Australia, according to the chief executive of the PCA, David Leatherdale. While the relationship between players and board has descended to an all-time low in Australia, Leatherdale is quietly optimistic that the next pay deal for players in England…
England 221 for 8 (Taylor 54, Knight 30, Luus 2-24 Khaka 2-28) beat South Africa 218 for 6 (Du Preez 76, Wolvaardt 66) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Sarah Taylor helped England nudge ahead early in their chase © Getty Images England progressed to their fifth World Cup final but not before South Africa gave them a mighty scare in Bristol. England nearly paid the price for switching off….