News West Indies and South Africa will tour India for limited-overs matches, while New Zealand and Sri Lanka will play two Tests and three T20Is each India are set to host New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa over the next nine months as part of the 2020-21 home season. These tours were all part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2018-23 cycle, but the final…
Preview Two teams with exceptional batting muscle will look to clamber out of the mid-table spots when they meet in Dubai KL Rahul and Sanju Samson will want to guide their team out of the mid-table muddle Big picture Bowling should come with a warning label. Kids, don’t try this at home. Or anywhere. You’ll just get smashed. Again and again and again. There is no mercy here. As…
News Sadler will eye short-form revival after disappointing white-ball season Northamptonshire have appointed John Sadler as their new head coach after David Ripley stood down following a decade in the job. Sadler joined Northants as assistant coach ahead of the 2020 season following two years in the same role at Leicestershire, where he had previously worked as the club’s second-team coach. He also spent three seasons at Derbyshire as batting…
News Some senior cricketers stand to earn almost double of what they did previously Pay hikes have been announced across the board for India’s domestic cricketers The BCCI has announced pay hikes for India’s domestic cricketers, male and female, while also promising a “50 per cent match fee as compensation” for the Covid-19-affected 2019-20 season. The decisions were taken at the Apex Council meeting on Monday. Senior men’s cricketers…
News He has batted in 191 innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore, scoring 6076 runs at an average of 37.97 and strike rate of 130.41 Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batter and current captain, is set to become the first player in IPL history to feature in 200 matches for a single franchise, when his team takes on Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi on Monday night. Kohli, who has…
News “Some days back she got a hit on the thumb and she is not available,” coach Powar said on match eve Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s vice-captain in the longer formats, has been ruled out of the first ODI against Australia scheduled for Tuesday. She sustained a thumb injury a few days ago, said head coach Ramesh Powar, and that a call on her availability for the second ODI will be…
News Analysis It is already accepted that Meg Lanning’s team has enviable depth and they are likely to need it over the next year Eyes in the prize(s): there are host of trophies up for grabs in the coming months It’s one of sports many clichés that players don’t look too far ahead and only take each match as it comes. So let’s do it on behalf of Australia….
Report West Indies held their nerve in the very first women’s ODI to go into a Super Over Deandra Dottin, Superstar. West Indies 192 for 5 (Williams 78, Matthews 48, de Klerk 3-33) tied with South Africa 192 for 7 (Lee 61, Brits 48, Grimmon 4-33) West Indies won the one-over eliminator Deandra Dottin has always been a headliner and she provided further proof of it on Sunday in…
Report Visitors chase down 178-run target against Scotland with five deliveries to spare Zimbabwe 180 for 4 (Shumba 66*, Madhevere 43) beat Scotland 177 for 4 (Munsey 54, Berrington 44) by six wickets A rapid half-century from Milton Shumba – the first of his T20I career – powered Zimbabwe to a six-wicket victory against Scotland in Edinburgh. Set 178 for the win, Zimbabwe chased down the target with five deliveries…
News “Obviously one of my top innings till now because of the pressure we were in; the senior batters returned to the pavilion so I had to grind it.” One of the things IPL teams take pride in is giving opportunities to the next big player. Ruturaj Gaikwad was that next big player last year for Chennai Super Kings. Then everything went wrong for them. Gaikwad himself came down with…