News Liton had spoken to Bangladesh’s new batting coach about wanting to curb his tendency to throw away his wicket when set Liton Das may have ended up five runs short of a maiden Test century, but he overcame one mental barrier during his day-one innings in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, according to Bangladesh’s new batting coach Ashwell Prince. Das was among three batters to cross fifty and help…
News Captain puts focus on enjoyment amid extraordinary circumstances of early England recall You didn’t think Ben Stokes would turn England down in their hour of need, did you? He is not, by any means, at full fitness. And he does not, by any means, have a full strength squad at his disposal. But when the cry for help came through, late on Monday night, he was happy to answer…
News Captain says PCB and ECB have assured the team of safety following a Covid-19 breakout in England team Pakistan’s players were not worried about continuing their white-ball tour of England after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in the England camp and despite a rising wave of infections through the country. England’s entire first team squad was forced to isolate after seven players and management staff tested positive for Covid-19,…
Report Swindells shares 200 stand with Ed Barnes, unbeaten on 83, before weather closes in Leicestershire 475 for 7 (Swindells 171*, Barnes 83*, Ackermann 67) drew with Somerset 461 for 9 declared (Conway 88, van der Merwe 76, Davey 75*, de Lange 75, Davies 65) Harry Swindells advanced his career-best first-class score to 171 not out as Leicestershire’s LV= Insurance County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton ended in a…
News Warwickshire spinner could play first match for England since 2014 after Covid reshuffle Danny Briggs stands to play his first England game since 2014 after his call-up to the squad Danny Briggs is promising not to put too much pressure on himself as he makes a return to the England set-up that he admits he thought would never happen. It’s seven-and-a-half years since Briggs last played a T20I…
News West Indies allrounder added to boost push towards knockout phase Kyle Mayers, the West Indies batting all-rounder, will play for Birmingham Bears in the last three games of the Vitality Blast group stage. Mayers, who scored an unbeaten double-century on Test debut in February, played his first T20I in New Zealand last year after impressing for Barbados Tridents in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with 222 runs. He…
News He is believed to be unhappy over treatment meted out by SLC during the contracts standoff Under the new SLC central contracts, Angelo Mathews was set to take a hefty pay cut Angelo Mathews has informed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) he is considering retirement, after turning down the tour contract for the forthcoming series against India. Mathews, 34, in understood to be disillusioned at the treatment he and…
Preview All-new line-up presents opportunities for host players but question marks for visitors Big Picture Well, that escalated quickly. It’s only been a matter of days since the soggy denouement to England’s third and final ODI against Sri Lanka – a match that had begun amid rumours of a few fresh faces in the ranks, but had continued with a solitary change to the line-up and another win-toss-and-bowl display, as…
News Angelo Mathews declines to sign; he and several other senior players who are not part of the LOI set-up left without contracts for now Angelo Mathews is the only member of a group of 30 that was offered the tour contract for the India series who has declined to sign it Sri Lanka’s men’s limited-overs cricketers have signed tour contracts that cover the forthcoming series against India. But…
News David Willey and Tom Curran also move up after impressive returns against Sri Lanka Chris Woakes averaged 7.66 and had an economy rate of just 2.30 in the ODIs against Sri Lanka Chris Woakes has achieved a career-high third spot among ODI bowlers after picking up six wickets in two games against Sri Lanka last week. Woakes, who won the match award for his 4 for 18 in…