Report India see clean through the optics to dominate England on opening day / night Stumps: India 99 for 3 (Rohit 57*, Rahane 1*) trail England 112 (Crawley 53, Patel 6-38) by 13 runs What do you see when you look at a pink ball? As Joe Root had indicated on the eve of the Ahmedabad Test, there’s not a lot of data to back up any preconceptions about day-night…
News Mohammad Rizwan and Fawad Alam accept their upgrades after a PCB performance review Mohammad Hafeez has rejected a Category C PCB contract. ESPNcricinfo understands Hafeez’s reason for declining the contract is that he was unhappy at being offered the lowest grade of contract. While Hafeez has been without a central contract since 2019, in 2020 he was offered Category A match fees for any game he played for Pakistan…
News CSA director of cricket wants to “ask some hard questions of Australia and challenge them” for postponed tour South Africa were in India in March 2020, but returned home following the lockdown South Africa are hopeful of playing against India “a number of times” in the next cycle of bilateral series, and several exchanges between the two sides are on the verge of being signed off, according to…
News Updates, analysis and colour from the first day of the third Test Welcome to day one of our live report of the third India-England Test from Ahmedabad. 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 2.30pm: England win the toss, changes galore…
News Scans revealed a rare stress fracture in his C6 vertebrae meaning an extended period on the sidelines for the legspinner Queensland and Australia legspinner Mitchell Swepson looks set to miss the remainder of Australia’s domestic summer after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his neck. Swepson missed Queensland’s Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup matches against Tasmania after developing neck pain in the back end of the BBL season….
News The offspinner won’t head to Hampshire in the off-season but still holds out hope of a WTC final There aren’t many firsts left in professional cricket for Nathan Lyon. But after bringing up 100 Tests against India he faces the prospect of a full five-month pre-season in Australia ahead of next year’s Ashes for the first time in his professional career. Lyon had the opportunity to head to Hampshire…
New Zealand were better in all departments in the opening match © Getty Images Big Picture Australia will need to rebound quickly in the second match of the series having been played off the park at Hagley Oval. It looked good at the start when they claimed three wickets inside the powerplay, but Devon Conway‘s masterful 99 lifted New Zealand to a hefty total and then they claimed four wickets…
News Her replacement in the squad is the uncapped Canterbury seamer Gabby Sullivan New Zealand bowling coach Jacob Oram (L) helps Lea Tahuhu off the field after she sustained a hamstring injury late in the game New Zealand pace bowler Lea Tahuhu has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against England with a hamstring injury and is in doubt for the T20Is that follow. Tahuhu…
Mitchell Starc will miss the Sheffield Shield following the passing of his father © Getty Images Mitchell Starc and Steven Smith have withdrawn from the New South Wales squad to face Victoria in the Sheffield Shield at Bankstown Oval starting on Thursday. Starc will miss the game following the passing of his father Paul on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Starc’s wife Alyssa Healy also withdrew from New South…
News A strong season of ratings for the Australia-India series and BBL appears to have weakened the position of the free-to-air network The Australia-India Test series provided strong ratings for both television networks Seven West Media are entitled to a broadcast rights fee discount of as little as A$5 million from Cricket Australia due to changes in the schedule due to Covid-19, according to the independent arbitrator demanded by…