News Bangladesh series will be his last Tests before finishing with ODIs later in the season Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson share a moment after making New Zealand World Test Champions Ross Taylor has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the current home season with the upcoming series against Bangladesh being his last Test cricket before he finishes with the ODIs against Australia and…
News A family member has become the seventh positive case in the England touring squad England head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Test in Sydney after being forced to isolate for 10 days due to a family member becoming the seventh Covid-19 case within the touring party. Covid cases started to emerge in the England camp on December 27, the second day of the Boxing Day Test, with…
Report He becomes the first batter to score three centuries in a BBL season Hobart Hurricanes opener Ben McDermott has become the first player in BBL history to crack successive centuries, firing his side to a comprehensive 85-run win against Melbourne Renegades. The powerful right-handed opener clattered nine sixes and as many fours in a stunning knock of 127 from 65 balls at the Docklands Stadium on Wednesday night. It…
Report South Africa are under the pump on a pitch offering plenty of help South Africa 197 and 94 for 4 (Elgar 52*, Bumrah 2-22, Siraj 1-25) need a further 211 runs to beat India 327 and 174 (Pant 34, Rabada 4-42, Jansen 4-55) India’s irresistible seam attack worked their way around a stubborn Dean Elgar and left the visitors six wickets away from victory at SuperSport Park. In pursuit…
News Mumbai will be captained by Prithvi Shaw and open their campaign against Maharashtra on January 13 Arjun Tendulkar, the son of former India batter Sachin Tendulkar, has been included in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad. Arjun, the 22-year-old fast bowler, had broken into Mumbai’s squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last year, and made his senior debut against Haryana, returning figures of 1 for 34 from three overs….
News “He’s got a great cricket brain and I think his record as England captain is actually pretty good.” Root will become England’s most experienced Test captain during the fourth Test in Sydney, going clear of Alastair Cook by leading them for the 60th time, but despite his own record-breaking year with the bat, his side has lost nine of their last 12 Tests and have been thrashed in six…
News Starc overtakes Stokes to move to fifth place among allrounders Scott Boland with the Mullagh Medal for Player of the Match after the Boxing Day Test Boland was named the Player of the Match after he helped Australia win the MCG Test – by an innings an 14 runs – on the third day and retain the Ashes with a 3-0 lead. Pat Cummins, the only bowler above…
Report Chasing just 106, Sixers were lurching at 8 for 47 before Abbott capped his remarkable performance with a match-winning 37 Sydney Sixers 8 for 106 (Abbott 37 not out, Dwarshuis 23 not out, Wildermuth 2-18, Bazley 2-19) beat Brisbane Heat 105 (Wildermuth 27, Abbott 4-31, Dwarshuis 2-13, Kerr 2-18) by two wickets Sean Abbott produced heroics with bat and ball while also taking a blinder of a catch as…
News Elsewhere, Sunzamul Islam’s 11-wicket match haul powered North Zone to a six-wicket win against East Zone A drawn game between Central Zone and South Zone took both sides to the Bangladesh Cricket League final. Centuries from Amite Hasan, Towhid Hridoy and Zakir Hasan helped South Zone take a 13-run first-innings lead after Central Zone made 481. Hridoy top scored with 122, striking 13 fours and four sixes in his…
News Opener hints he might stay for another Ashes tour while also targeting victory in India Australia opener David Warner has hinted that he might want another crack at winning an Ashes series in England in 2023. Warner turned 35 in October during the T20 World Cup when he was player of the tournament in Australia’s triumph and he will be nearing 37 by the time the next away series…