Mashrafe Mortaza to step down as captain after Zimbabwe ODIs

9:37 AM GMT Mashrafe Mortaza has said that the third ODI against Zimbabwe on Friday will be his last as captain. His announcement comes after the BCB president Nazmul Hassan, prior to the ODI series, had said that they would look for a new captain after this series. Mortaza, however, has said that he will continue as a player. Mortaza led Bangladesh to the semi-final of the 2017 Champions Trophy…

March 5, 2020
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Ashes planning starts now for Mo Bobat as Lions tour provides pointers for success

8:07 AM GMT As England’s Test squad assembles for their tour of Sri Lanka – in the wake of a multi-format tour of South Africa, with a home Test summer looming ever larger on the horizon, and with back-to-back T20 World Cups offering a more immediate route to further global glory, it would be easy to park the ECB’s other stated ambition for the current four-year cycle – victory in…

March 5, 2020
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Knew from day one we would have to win all league games – Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur in action ahead of the final league game of the Women’s T20 Challenge  7:49 AM GMT Harmanpreet Kaur revealed that India had paid particular attention to the importance of topping the group stage at the World Cup because it would be the deciding factor in the case of a washed out semi-final which proved to be the case against England in Sydney. India opened their tournament with a…

March 5, 2020
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'Hope there's going to be a rule change' – Heather Knight gutted after rain knocks England out

7:22 AM GMT England captain Heather Knight hoped that the semi-final washout which dumped her “gutted” team out of the T20 World Cup would lead to a rule change to ensure there were reserve days for future events. As had looked likely all day – and for much of yesterday – their semi-final against India was abandoned shortly after 4pm with heavy rain falling at the SCG. There were glum…

March 5, 2020
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Cameron Bancroft dropped from Western Australia Shield team

March 5, 2020

Cameron Bancroft walks off after being dismissed against Tasmania © Getty Images Cameron Bancroft has been dropped from Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield side to face Queensland after a horror run of form this summer. Bancroft, 27, has scored just 158 runs from 13 Shield innings this season at an average of 13.16 with a highest score of 30. He will make way at the top of the order with Sam…

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India into maiden Women's T20 World Cup final after washout

5:29 AM GMT Match abandoned India v England India were through to their first ever Women’s T20 World Cup final after torrential Sydney rain washed out any hopes of even a truncated contest against England, a side they had never beaten in T20 World Cups in five attempts. This now leaves India with the delicious prospect of playing in front of a packed MCG crowd on March 8, also celebrated…

March 5, 2020
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'I didn't do anything different' – Tamim Iqbal on his historic 158

Tamim Iqbal walks off after breaking his own record for highest ODI score for a Bangladesh batsman  3:00 AM GMT Tamim Iqbal‘s record-breaking 158 against Zimbabwe eased some of the pressure that had been on him since his return to international cricket from a self-imposed hiatus last year. During the course of the innings, Iqbal also became the first Bangladesh batsman to reach 7000 ODI runs, apart from breaking his…

March 5, 2020
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PSL games to go ahead in Karachi as scheduled amid coronavirus fears

4:49 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Sindh provisional government has ruled out moving PSL games out of Karachi amid fears of the coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, there have been five cases of the virus in Pakistan so far, including three in Federal Areas and two in Karachi, where a school has been shut down till March 13. It is understood that the PCB was willing to abide by any…

March 4, 2020
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BCCI to hold selectors accountable

2:47 PM GMT For the first time ever, the BCCI has given the nod for the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to review the performance of the selectors annually. The move, the CAC believes, will enhance the overall quality of Indian cricket, with the selectors becoming more accountable. The CAC, which met in the last two days, had picked former India left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi and former India fast bowler Harvinder…

March 4, 2020
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