News Philpott played eight Tests before becoming a notable coach Former Australia legspinner and coach Peter Philpott has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with illness. Philpott’s eight Tests came in the span of less than a year from March 1965 to January 1966. In a five-Test series against West Indies he took 18 wickets then he claimed his career-best 5 for 90 at the start…
News “When he comes off like today, it’s very difficult to stop him,” says captain Morgan after Buttler’s 32-ball 71 against Australia Buttler had made nine runs off his first ten balls, watching Jason Roy take the attack to Australia’s new-ball bowlers, when he skipped down the pitch and launched Ashton Agar over long-off over his head. That shot made everything click: from then on he was in the zone,…
News A recap of the latest action from the WBBL with all the teams again in action on Sunday Sydney Thunder 6 for 146 (Mandhana 50) beat Hobart Hurricanes 8 for 109 (du Preez 41, Deepti 3-13) by 37 runs Defending champions Sydney Thunder completed a weekend resurgence to kickstart their season with a second victory in two days as they dominated Hobart Hurricanes. Smriti Mandhana provided the foundation for…
News Captain admits England “dominated us from the start” but remains confident in side’s ability Aaron Finch has insisted that Australia are “a very good team in T20 international cricket” despite their eight-wicket hammering against England in Dubai on Saturday night, but he recognised that the scale of their defeat – with 50 balls to spare – leaves them with two “must-wins” against Bangladesh and West Indies in their last…
News If selected, he will finish with 75 T20I appearances, to go with six Tests and 114 ODIs Asghar Afghan holds the record for most wins by a captain in T20Is, one more than MS Dhoni’s mark of 41 Asghar Afghan, the 33-year-old former Afghanistan captain who is a part of his country’s squad at the ongoing T20 World Cup, has announced his decision to retire from all formats…
Report England are on the brink of a semi-final spot at the T20 World Cup England 126 for 2 (Buttler 71*) beat Australia 125 (Finch 44, Jordan 3-17) by eight wickets Never mind the Ashes, Australia’s T20I team was reduced to rubble in Dubai, as England maintained their hot streak in the T20 World Cup Super 12s. Chris Woakes produced another incisive display of fast bowling in the powerplay before…
Fantasy Tips Your fantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between Afghanistan and Namibia Match 27: Afghanistan vs Namibia, Abu Dhabi Fantasy XI: Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Craig Williams, David Wiese, Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq Captain: Rashid KhanIn his last 15 T20I games against teams that are outside the top ten in the ICC rankings, he has taken a…
Fantasy Tips Your fantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between India and New Zealand Match 28: India vs New Zealand, Dubai Fantasy XI: Devon Conway, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Daryl Mitchell, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Ish Sodhi, Varun Chakravarthy Captain: Virat KohliIn his last eight games in Dubai, he has four 50-plus scores and has accumulated 363 runs at an average of…
News Selector calls for better pitches back home and looks forward to better performance in 2022 Habibul Bashar: We have to improve in the powerplay, especially, if we want to do well in T20s Poor batting at both ends of the innings cost Bangladesh heavily in the T20 World Cup, according to selector Habibul Bashar. After losing their first three matches in the group stage against Sri Lanka, England…
News The retention window for the eight older franchises is from November 1 to 30, while the window for the two new ones is from December 1 to 25 If one of the eight older franchises retains four players, they will be debited a total base amount of INR 42 crore The salary purse for the IPL 2022 auction has been set at INR 90 crore per team, an…