News The owners of the Rajasthan Royals have bought a majority stake in the CPL franchise The IPL footprint in the CPL has expanded further with the owners of the Rajasthan Royals buying a majority stake in the Barbados Tridents, which will now be known as the Barbados Royals. The Royals Sports Group are the third IPL franchise to own a team in the CPL after Red Chillies Entertainment, owners…
News The teams had also faced off earlier in the year when Sri Lanka played two Tests in South Africa South Africa have confirmed their tour to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is during September. All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the series starting with the first ODI on September 2 and ending with the third T20I on September…
News The two, as well as Krunal Pandya and six other Indian cricketers, will stay back in Sri Lanka for the time being Yuzvendra Chahal and K Gowtham, part of the Indian contingent on tour to Sri Lanka, have been confirmed to have tested positive for Covid-19. The two were part of the eight players identified as immediate contacts of allrounder Krunal Pandya, who had tested positive on July 27….
News It is unclear yet if the two UK-bound players – Shaw and Suryakumar – will come back to India or fly directly to UK The Indian cricket contingent left the Sri Lankan shores on Friday after completing a six-match white-ball series but allrounder Krunal Pandya remained in mandatory isolation to recover from Covid-19. However, it couldn’t be confirmed whether the two UK-bound players – Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw…
News Coach credits inexperienced players for “spirit” and “enthusiasm” throughout 45 days in bio-bubble After a seven-wicket thrashing in the third T20I which ended in a series loss for a severely-depleted India XI, India coach Rahul Dravid felt that all that was needed was for the young batters to adapt to tougher pitches, also pointing to the unique set of circumstances that led to a very inexperienced batting line-up taking…
News Shanaka on chat with Dhawan: “We get advice from our former players too, but this was a chance to hear from a current player with a lot of experience” “What Shikhar has to say about making game plans, and situation handling is important for all of us to hear” – Dasun Shanaka Among the themes of India’s tour of Sri Lanka was the chumminess of the two sides…
Report Carter, Patel, Rashid the heroes with the ball as Eoin Morgan’s men come unstuck D’Arcy Short cashed in in the final set to give Trent Rockets a defendable total Trent Rockets 123 for 4 (Short 69*) beat London Spirit 116 (Carter 3-17, Patel 3-20, Khan 2-13) by seven runs Trent Rockets survived a late assault from Roelof van der Merwe and Blake Cullen to claim their third win…
Report Opening partnership add 243, as hosts crumble to 156 all out in reply Worcestershire 338 for 7 (Haynes 153, D’Oliveira 123) beat Essex 156 (Wheater 77, Cook 42, D’Oliveira 3-8) by 182 runs Jack Haynes and Brett D’Oliveira notched their maiden Royal London Cup centuries during a record first-wicket partnership as Worcestershire Rapids demolished Essex Eagles. Haynes was flawless in his maiden professional ton of 153 while his opening…
Edgbaston was sparsely populated for Warwickshire’s close-run win over Leicestershire © PA Photos/Getty Images Warwickshire 303 for 6 (Lamb 119*, Yates 72, Brookes 63) beat Leicestershire 296 for 9 (Patel 118, Swindells 69) by 7 runs A few years ago, before Andy Murray, it seemed that if you owned a pair of trainers and a tennis racket, there was a fair chance you’d be ranked in the British top ten…
Report Graham Clark hundred in vain as Scarborough plays host to four-wicket cliffhanger Gloucestershire 336 for 6 (Bracey 90, Charlesworth 87, Taylor 49*) beat Durham 335 for 4 (Clark 140, Lees 85, Worrall 4-58) by four wickets Jack Taylor performed heroics in the final over of Gloucestershire’s Royal London Cup clash against Durham at Scarborough, securing their first win in the competition of the 2021 campaign by four wickets. The…