Delhi Capitals can seal a spot in the playoffs with a win against Mumbai on Saturday © BCCI Big picture In 2014, Mumbai Indians sneaked into the playoffs in dramatic fashion (Aditya Tare loses his shirt, Rahul Dravid loses his cap, everyone loses their minds) despite starting the season with five straight losses. A season later, they began with four Ls in a row, and went on to win the…
News The ECB are due to present plans to players shortly ahead of naming a squad Tim Paine has declared the Ashes will begin on December 8 regardless of whether counterpart Joe Root is part of the tour, also giving Kevin Pietersen a clip for being the “expert on everything”. Uncertainty over England’s participation in cricket’s showpiece Test series has been a talking point through recent months, with the visitors…
Preview Punam Raut’s dismissal was a taking point when she walked despite the umpire saying not out Dinner India 231 for 3 (Raj 15*, Yastika 2*, Mandhana 127) vs Australia Smriti Mandhana reached her maiden Test century in the opening session of the second day of the day-night Test and finished with the highest Test score by a female batter in Australia as India continued to forge themselves a strong…
News Kwa-Zulu Natal Inland and Mpumalanga have been eliminated from Pool B of the CSA domestic T20 competition The biggest surprise in Pool B of the Provincial T20 Cup, the CSA’s domestic T20 competition, came from the skies as rain washed out one match entirely and severely reduced another to put a damper on proceedings in usually dry Bloemfontein. The Knights and the Titans, both first-division teams, will proceed to…
News “It was just a couple of positions that would make us a balanced side,” the head coach said of CSK’s return to the IPL playoffs From being the first team to be eliminated last season, Chennai Super Kings have turned around their fortunes in IPL 2021 by becoming the first to qualify for the playoffs. But according to head coach Stephen Fleming, the confidence and momentum taken from a…
News The wicketkeeper-batter is the club’s third overseas player Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh has joined the list of India players who will be part of the WBBL after joining Hobart Hurricanes. Ghosh, who played the three ODIs recently in Mackay where her attacking batting stood out, is the seventh member of the current touring party who are in Australia to link with the WBBL. Her signing completes Hurricanes’ squad although they…
Report Sindh only managed 150 after being sent in, despite an impressive half-century from Khurram Manzoor Khyber Pahktunkhwa 156 for 4 (Zaman 49, Farhan 45) beat Sindh 150 for 7 (Manzoor 54, Shakeel 32, Asif Afridi 2-20, Imran 2-24) by six wickets Fakhar Zaman (49 off 32) and Sahibzada Farhan (45 off 30) helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa trounce Sindh in a chase of 151, as their team completed the job with…