News Batter will be given opportunity to “recharge batteries” after scoring 47 runs in eight innings Derbyshire have dropped their captain, Billy Godleman, from their T20 Blast side despite an injury crisis which has stripped the squad back to its bare bones. Godleman has captained in T20 since 2019, when Dominic Cork took over as their Blast coach, and led the side to their first-ever Finals Day that summer, but…
Report Taylor and Williamson calmly take the side home after India’s collapse New Zealand 249 (Conway 54, Williamson 49, Shami 4-76) and 140 for 2 (Williamson 52*, Taylor 47, Ashwin 2-17) beat India 217 (Rahane 49, Kohli 44, Jamieson 5-31) and 170 (Pant 41, Southee 4-48) by eight wickets Even the England weather couldn’t summon enough cruelty to break New Zealand hearts once again. Two years after they lost out…
Report Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening match of the T20I series against England in Cardiff Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs England Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening match of the T20I series against England in Cardiff. England captain, Eoin Morgan, admitted he would have bowled first anyway had he won the toss. England…
Multan Sultans have been the most successful team in the second leg of PSL 2021 © PSL Big Picture Given how unlikely it looked at various stages over the last few months, just to be at this stage now, the final of the sixth season of the PSL between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi, is a bit of a triumph. Not only did a resumption of the season look a…
News Peshawar Zalmi have taken the tough route to the final, and their captain now wants the players to just soak in the feeling of playing the big game Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik celebrate a wicket during their winning run through the business end of the tournament Wahab Riaz, captain of the Peshawar Zalmi, feels that after having soaked up all the pressure possible over the past 15…
Quinton de Kock and Devon Conway have signed for Southern Brave © Getty Images Devon Conway and Quinton de Kock have signed for Southern Brave as overseas replacements for Marcus Stoinis and David Warner for the inaugural season of the Hundred. The news sustains an incredible few months for Conway. The New Zealand batter only made his international debut in November but already has a double-century on Test debut at…
News Head coach says enough high-quality preparation is lacking away from international cricket West Indies coach Phil Simmons has acknowledged that his batters have work to do on their techniques after their 2-nil series defeat against South Africa. Not only did West Indies lose both Tests by significant margins inside four days, they also failed to cross 200 in any of their four innings. They were also bowled out for…
News Young allrounder Shamim Hossain the only new face in multi-format touring party Shakib Al Hasan has been away from international cricket for a variety of reasons in recent times Shakib Al Hasan has returned to Bangladesh’s Test and T20I squads, while Nurul Hasan‘s hot recent form in the domestic circuit has won him spots in all three squads for the tour of Zimbabwe later this month. Only one…
News Jason Holder slips from the perch, concedes top spot among allrounders to Ravindra Jadeja Quinton de Kock had scores of 141* and 96 in two of his three innings in the West Indies Quinton de Kock‘s 96 in the first innings of the second Test, after he scored 141* in the first, against West Indies has put him back in the top ten – at No. 10 –…
News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship The World Test Championship final has come down to the final day for Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. Here’s where the game stands coming into this, the reserve day. Tune in for ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our…