News Maxwell becomes the 13th Stars player to contract Covid-19 along with 8 staff members Melbourne Stars have confirmed captain Glenn Maxwell has returned a positive rapid antigen test for Covid-19 following their loss to Melbourne Renegades on Monday night. Maxwell has since undertaken a PCR test and is currently isolating while awaiting the result. Maxwell is the 13th Stars player to contract Covid-19 after 12 others and eight staff…
Report New Zealand bowled out for 169, leaving the visitors to chase 40 for a historic win against the world champions Innings New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) and 169 (Young 69, Taylor 40, Ebadot 6-46, Taskin 3-36) lead Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 39 runs Ebadot Hossain was at the forefront of a demolition job of New Zealand, as Bangladesh…
News But managing director of England men’s cricket warns against mass sackings as a solution Ashley Giles has apologised for England’s heavy Ashes defeat but warned against mass sackings as a solution, saying that “systemic change” is needed. Speaking to reporters in Sydney ahead of the fourth Test, Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, said “everything will be on the table” following an ECB investigation into the ongoing…
News The tournament was scheduled to start on January 13 at six cities across the country The BCCI has decided to put the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2021-22 on hold because of the rising Covid-19 cases in India. The domestic first-class competition was scheduled to start on January 13 at multiple venues across six cities: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum and Chennai. The Ranji Trophy was supposed to be held after…
News Former batter also opens up about how the pandemic and the split IPL in 2021 took a toll on him “I have no idea what will come next but I will take it one day at a time and see” He isn’t sure what the future holds in store for him but former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is confident that he will have a role to…
News Ratnayake will be assisted by former first-class batter Ruwin Peiris, who will be with the team as interim batting coach File photo – Rumesh Ratnayake (right) at a Sri Lanka training session in Karachi Former fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake has been appointed the Sri Lanka men’s national side’s interim coach for their three-ODI series against Zimbabwe, later this month. Sri Lanka have been without a head coach since…
News The 25-year-old batter was left out of their ODI and T20I squads to play Ireland and England after failing a fitness test Shimron Hetmyer has now been omitted from several West Indies squads on fitness grounds Shimron Hetmyer is letting himself and his international team-mates down by paying insufficient attention to his physical fitness, according to West Indies head coach Phil Simmons. Hetmyer has now been omitted from…
News The batter was given out caught behind, but replays suggested that the ball may or may not have carried to the wicketkeeper South Africa captain Dean Elgar and team manager Khomotso Masubelele met the match officials during the lunch break on the second day of the Wanderers Test to discuss the dismissal of Rassie van der Dussen. The batter had been given out caught behind off Shardul Thakur, off…
Report In a battle between last season’s finalists, Sydney Sixers suffered a 10-run defeat, failing to chase 144 Perth Scorchers 8 for 143 (Hardie 45, Kerr 4-32, Christian 2-14) beat Sydney Sixers 8 for 133 (Christian 73, Tye 3-17, Mills 3-29, Morris 2-25) by 10 runs In a battle between last season’s finalists – and winners of six of the 10 BBL titles – Scorchers showcased their mastery at defending…
Report South Africa slide from 88 for 1 to 102 for 4 to go to lunch on the second day 100 runs behind Lunch South Africa 102 for 4 (Petersen 62, Bavuma 0*, Thakur 3-8) trail India 202 by 100 runs Three wickets late in the first session from Shardul Thakur spoilt South Africa’s morning on the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg. Keegan Petersen‘s maiden half-century in…