News “We have everything that we need to win: we have the belief, we have the team,” says India captain India won the fourth Test by 157 runs at The Oval, taking a 2-1 series lead with one match to go. After the match, India captain Virat Kohli spoke to Michael Atherton, and said On this, and the second Test win at Lord’s, both being among India’s best-ever winsThe best…
Report Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav all contributed too, as England lost 4 for 6 on the final afternoon to decisively swing the match India 191 (Thakur 57, Kohli 50, Woakes 4-55) and 466 (Rohit 127, Pujara 61, Thakur 60, Pant 50, Woakes 3-83) beat England 290 (Pope 81, Woakes 50, Umesh 3-76) and 210 (Hameed 63, Burns 50, Umesh 3-60) by 157 runs Jasprit Bumrah‘s devastating reverse-swing,…
News The South Africa allrounder of the 1940s and 1950s was the oldest living Test cricketer in the world Former South Africa allrounder John Watkins died in Durban on Friday after being infected with Covid-19 ten days ago, CSA said in a statement, adding that “he had been in failing health for some time”. He was the oldest Test player alive. An attacking middle-order batter and medium-pacer, Watkins made his…
Charith Asalanka has had an impressive start at a tough number to bat in © Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images It’s not often that a young Sri Lanka batter walks into the national team and begins to perform almost immediately, but seven innings into his career, this is what Charith Asalanka has been doing. A former Sri Lanka Under-19 captain, Asalanka began with scores of 0 and 3 in England, but has…
News “If you’re able to stick in there, then it is actually tough for them as well,” Nicholls says about the tough Dhaka tracks In the T20I series opener, New Zealand combusted to 60 all out – their joint-lowest total in the format. In the second match, they came within one hit of toppling Bangladesh. Then, in the third, which was played on the same pitch that was rolled out…
News Among the charges against him were failure to disclose corrupt approaches and obstruction of the ICC’s investigations UAE wicketkeeper-batter Ghulam Shabber has been banned from all cricket for four years, having been found guilty breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code on six counts. Shabber admitted to the breaches, and will next be eligible to play on August 20, 2025. Among the charges against him were failure to disclose corrupt approaches…
News Nitin Patel, the team physiotherapist who also went into isolation on Saturday, has returned a negative RT-PCR test Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar, the head coach, bowling coach and fielding coach of the Indian team respectively, have returned positive RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 on Sunday. This will prevent them from travelling to Manchester for the fifth and final Test of India’s tour of England, starting September 10…
Preview Neither team has won an ODI series in the last 18 months, but now have a chance to rediscover some consistency Neither of South Africa or Sri Lanka have won an ODI series in the last 18 months Big picture The tussle for a (perhaps temporary) spot in the automatic qualifying zone on the World Cup Super League table will be decided in the series finale on Tuesday…
News Saqlain Mushtaq and Abdul Razzaq have joined the team as interim coaches for the New Zealand series Waqar Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq had been appointed to their positions in September 2019, and still had a year left in their contracts Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis have stepped down from their positions as head coach and bowling coach of the national men’s team respectively. Misbah cited spending “considerable time away from…
News Pakistan’s T20I assignments will begin on September 25 with a five-match series against New Zealand, in Lahore Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah have both been included in Pakistan’s T20I squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand and England, as well as the 2021 T20 World Cup which begins in October. In a surprising move, though, opening batter Sharjeel Khan was left out of the 15-man squad completely,…