Month: July 2021

News With Australia set to tour Pakistan in February-March next year, PSL looking at a likely window in April and May The PSL is facing a scheduling challenge for the 2022 season, as Pakistan hope to welcome a landmark home series against Australia in the window usually occupied by the T20 competition. The PSL has been conducted between February and March since its inception in 2016, but with Australia’s visit…

Preview Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje could slot back into the XI while William Porterfield might be retained as opener Paul Stirling and William Porterfield gave a solid start to Ireland in the first ODI   Big picture This series didn’t get the David and Goliath stereotype Andy Balbirnie joked about in the lead-up to the first ODI, but it did get another: rain. Only 40.2 overs were possible…

News “After looking at the pitch, I expected it to turn on the fourth or fifth day, which is why I decided to bat first” Mominul Haque – “Staying ahead in the first innings keeps you in the game for long”   Bangladesh needed eight batters to deal with the first day pitch in Harare, according to their captain Mominul Haque. The visitors eventually won the Test by 220 runs…

News Following her key role in India levelling the T20I series against England, allrounder says she has learnt to “read and handle situations” better Deepti Sharma, one of the chief architects of India’s eight-run win over England in the second women’s T20I, says she has got better at reading and handling difficult match situations and enjoys playing under pressure. Chasing 149, England were cruising with opener Tammy Beaumont (59) and…

Play 01:39 Mitchell Marsh: Australia won’t make excuses for West Indies loss Big Picture In the space of barely 24 hours this series is potentially one match away from being decided. Australia need to win to keep things alive, a position they found themselves in on the New Zealand tour which will give them some encouragement that a rebound is possible but West Indies’ confidence will be high after their…

Report Steve Patterson’s decision at the toss leads to long day in the field for the home side Lancashire 273 for 2 (Jennings 132, Davies 84) vs Yorkshire Nothing upstages a Roses match. Ask a good few Yorkshiremen of more mature years where they were on the afternoon when England won the World Cup in 1966 and they will inform you they were in enemy territory watching their side make…