Play 01:00 Ashes won’t force Steven Smith to miss T20 World Cup – Andrew McDonald David Warner has conceded that he rushed back too soon during the Test series against India following the groin injury he suffered during the ODIs. Warner made himself available for the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane when he was clearly significantly hampered by the injury and it has since meant another lengthy rehab….
Preview Australia need England to level the series 2-2 in Ahmedabad to qualify to play New Zealand Australia will hope England can secure victory over India in Ahmedabad which would give them WTC final spot England will have some unusual support in their final Test against India with Australia, perhaps through gritted teeth, hoping their arch rivals can secure victory to give them a place in the World Test…
News Prospect of drawn series in India leaves England with ‘loads to play for’, captain says Joe Root believes England would have achieved something “phenomenal” if they win the final Test against India. Although the possibility of winning the series, or reaching the final of the World Test Championship, has gone, Root is adamant that winning in Ahmedabad – and therefore securing a 2-2 draw in the series – would…
News Wicketkeeper-batsman, who initially rejected contract extension, is awarded a Benefit Year Ben Cox has agreed terms to keep him at Worcestershire until the end of the 2023 County season. Cox initially rejected an offer to stay with the club beyond the 2021 season, but Worcestershire announced on Tuesday that he had agreed a two-year contract extension. Cox, who made his debut for Worcestershire as a 17-year-old schoolboy in 2009,…
Report United could field only two overseas players due to Covid-related absences but they still came out on top Islamabad United 157 for 4 (Stirling 56, Nazir 34, Mahmood 2-29) beat Quetta Gladiators 156 for 7 (Sarfaraz 54, Ashraf 3-11, Ali 2-23) by six wickets Islamabad United won the toss, and, yes, Islamabad United won the game. While that continues to be the story of this year’s Pakistan Super League,…
Zak Crawley admits that England may need to be more proactive as a batting unit to overcome another spin-friendly surface in Ahmedabad this week, but he’s confident that a reversion to red-ball cricket may remove some of the challenges associated with last week’s pink-ball Test – particularly those posed by the left-arm spinner, Axar Patel. Patel, who now has 18 wickets at 9.44 in his two-Test career, dismissed Crawley twice…
Edgbaston hopes to be able to bring crowds back for the New Zealand Test in June English cricket looks set to be the major beneficiary of a £300 million government bail-out for summer sport, when Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils the Budget on Wednesday. The news will come as a major boost to the ECB, which announced losses in excess of £100 million in 2020 after the sport bore the…
Dale Steyn opted out of the IPL this year © BCCI Dale Steyn said he turned his back on the world’s most lucrative T20 league, the Indian Premier League, because he found the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Sri Lankan Premier League (LPL) were “slightly more rewarding”. The South African fast bowler, who is currently in Pakistan with the Quetta Gladiators franchise, said he believed the excessive emphasis on…
News Natalie Sciver and Heather Knight also gained, as did NZ’s Amelia Kerr, Brooke Halliday and Hannah Rowe Tammy Beaumont has achieved a career-best No. 1 ranking among batters England opener Tammy Beaumont has jumped five spots to become the top batter in the women’s ODI rankings following a fruitful tour of New Zealand. England beat the hosts 2-1 in the recently concluded series, which also helped allrounder Natalie…
Report The Redbacks lost 9 for 76 after being on course to haul down a huge target at the WACA Western Australia 5 for 369 (Green 114, Marsh 113, Worrall 2-62) beat South Australia 356 (Head 142, Nielsen 110, Guthrie 2-55) by 13 runs Cameron Green and Travis Head traded spectacular centuries at the WACA but it was a South Australia collapse that decided the game as Western Australia secured…