Report The pair added 226 runs for their unbroken third-wicket stand, having batted together for 79.3 overs Bangladesh 378 for 2 (Shanto 155*, Mominul 107*, Fernando 2-75) vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh completed four achievements by lunch on the second day against Sri Lanka. They moved to 378 for 2 in an otherwise circumspect session in which they added 76 runs. But this was part of their plan all along. On…
News “We have that responsibility to make sure that he’s got the support he needs and we hope that his family recovers quickly” MS Dhoni‘s parents, back in his hometown of Ranchi, have tested positive for Covid-19 and were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday. Dhoni has chosen to stay on with the Chennai Super Kings for their IPL 2021 campaign, and Stephen Fleming, the team coach, confirmed that the…
News KKR captain Morgan said that from 31 for 5 in the chase, he didn’t expect the game to go so close MS Dhoni felt that he couldn’t really do much as the fielding captain when Andre Russell and Pat Cummins were putting the Chennai Super Kings bowlers to the sword in a high-scoring thriller at the Wankhede Stadium. “It’s quite easy (to keep calm) in a game like this…
News “But he obviously has to go and have a scan at some point,” Warner said of Natarajan’s knee issue T Natarajan‘s knee issue is keeping him out of action at IPL 2021, but he has not left the bubble to have a scan yet as that would mean he would need to quarantine for seven days to re-enter the team’s bubble. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner said as much…
News Governing body’s analysis finds no evidence of suspicious betting patterns in Championship games Players are still allowed to use their phones in the dressing room during County Championship fixtures The ECB have decided to allow players to keep their phones during County Championship matches despite the development of online streaming. It was anticipated that recent improvements in the quality and availability of counties’ live streams would see all…
News Allrounder feared he had cancer until tests came back negative, but his recovery is still expected to take several weeks Sikandar Raza will be out of action for an indefinite period after suffering an infection on his bone marrow, which was suspected to be cancerous at one stage. Following surgery on April 2 to remove the tumour, he has been cleared of serious illness but the recovery period is…
News Bangladesh’s centurion is looking forward to making an even bigger score against Sri Lanka in Pallekele Najmul Hossain Shanto’s maiden Test century couldn’t have come at a better time Many would’ve been surprised at seeing Najmul Hossain Shanto’s name in the Bangladesh team sheet in Pallekele. He had averaged 11.14 in seven innings against West Indies after the coach and captain publicly backed him to be their No….
Report Chennai Super Kings bring in Lungi Ngidi for Dwayne Bravo Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl vs Chennai Super Kings Eoin Morgan won the toss and chose to bowl first at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, a venue where chasing teams have had much more success than they have had in Chennai, where the Knight Riders played their first three matches. Both teams made changes in keeping with the…
Big picture AB de Villiers is in form. Glenn Maxwell is thriving. A hard-hitting team somehow found a way to adapt to the slowest pitch in the IPL. When Chennai provided even the slightest hint of a batting track, Royal Challengers Bangalore racked up 29 boundaries against a pretty decent bowling team. Imagine the damage they can do at a place like Wankhede. An unbeaten start to the tournament with…
Jonathan Trott retired as a Warwickshire player in 2018 © Getty Images Jonathan Trott has returned to Warwickshire as a batting consultant for the men’s squad. Trott, who retired in 2018 with a haul of 18,662 first-class runs and more than 12,000 more in List A and T20 cricket, performed a similar role for England during their winter tour of the subcontinent, before Marcus Trescothick’s appointment as the full-time batting…