Long wait looms for Australia's next home women's Test

News The push has strengthened for more games in the format but the future is unclear Australia’s women could have to wait up to four years to play another home Test with the thrilling Ashes finish no silver bullet for more certainty on red-ball cricket. Sunday’s final hour in Canberra capped arguably the best women’s Test played, with all four possible results still on the table into the last over…

January 31, 2022
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Shan Masood, David Willey to the fore as Multan Sultans squeeze out six-run win

Report Quetta Gladiators came close via Iftikhar’s mighty blows, but fell just short in the end It was a game that was the length of a shoelace from going to a Super Over, but because Tim David ensured the shoelace in question didn’t touch the boundary rope, Multan Sultans sealed a scintillating six-run win against the Quetta Gladiators. For the first time this tournament, a side managed a successful defence…

January 31, 2022
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West Bengal government allows 75% attendance for India-West Indies T20Is

News As per a state government notification issued on Monday, a crowd of around 50,000 can be expected at Eden Gardens The West Bengal government on Monday allowed 75% spectator attendance for the upcoming three-match T20I series against the West Indies to be played at Eden Gardens, beginning February 16. As per a state government notification issued on Monday, “all indoor and outdoor sports activities will be allowed with 75…

January 31, 2022
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West Indies Women seal Super Over win in low-scoring thriller

Report Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews blasted 25 runs in the Super Over to ensure victory Deandra Dottin‘s career-best 150* on Friday could not beat the rain but her 19 off five balls in the Super Over sealed a rain-affect second ODI against South Africa. The main event was reduced to 41 overs a side and both teams were bowled out for 160 before Dottin and Hayley Matthews starred in…

January 31, 2022
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Can Afghanistan's spinners upset heavyweights England?

Tom Prest smashed an unbeaten 154 against UAE and is currently the second-highest run-getter in the tournament   Big Picture The first semi-final of the 2022 Under-19 World Cup will feature two teams, who in many ways, play just like their senior sides do. England are the side that bat aggressively, while Afghanistan have tied a web around other teams with their spinners. However, both teams have had largely different…

January 31, 2022
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West Indies building 'something special' – Jason Holder

News Player of the series against England says squad is strong ahead of India tour West Indies are building “something special” with their T20I side according to Jason Holder, who has said that the “strong togetherness within the dressing room” is something he has rarely felt before during his nine-year international career. Holder, who was named player of the series after icing West Indies’ win in Sunday’s decider against England…

January 31, 2022
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Shakib special helps Fortune Barishal overcome Khulna Tigers

Report Captain hits 41 off 27 and then backs it up with a spell of 4-0-10-2 as Khulna pace their chase all wrong Fortune Barishal 145 (Shanto 45, Shakib 41, Khaled 3-41) beat Khulna Tigers 139-6 (Yasir 57*, Mushfiqur 33, Bravo 3-40) by six runs How the match played out Fortune Barishal prevailed by six runs despite Khulna Tigers’ late onslaught, beating them twice in the space of three days….

January 31, 2022
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BPL governing council to launch investigation into Miraz captaincy row

News “This shouldn’t have become such a big incident. We will do a hearing shortly and ask both parties to attend it,” says chairman Sohel said that “Miraz, being a top player from the national team, shouldn’t have done this during the tournament”   Sheikh Sohel, the chairman of the BPL governing council, has said that they will investigate the captaincy row between Mehidy Hasan Miraz and the Chattogram Challengers’…

January 31, 2022
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Ricky Ponting: Virat Kohli was passionate about continuing as India's Test match captain

Ricky Ponting: There was a real focus placed on Test cricket by the BCCI when Virat took over   Virat Kohli‘s decision to relinquish Test captaincy took nearly everyone in the cricket world by surprise, with Ricky Ponting being more surprised than most because of a conversation the two had during the first half of IPL 2021, where Kohli spoke to Ponting about possibly giving up the white-ball captaincy but…

January 31, 2022
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Ranji Trophy league phase likely to take place from February 16 to March 5

News Teams to be spread across nine venues: Chennai, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, Rajkot, Cuttack, Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad. The league phase of the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy is likely to be played between February 16 and March 5. As per the plan devised by BCCI, the 38 teams that take part in the Ranji Trophy are likely to be spread across nine shortlisted venues. These venues include: Chennai, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, Rajkot,…

January 31, 2022
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