News Vinuja Ranpul’s 5 for 10 in vain for Sri Lanka Afghanistan 134 (Hadi 37, Noor 30, Ranpul 5-10) beat Sri Lanka 130 (Wellalage 34, Sami 2-33) by four runs In a low-scoring thriller between two Asian sides, it was Afghanistan who pipped Sri Lanka to set up an Under-19 World Cup semi-final date with England. Defending 134, Afghanistan were on top in the second innings when Sri Lanka were…
News The injury-hit club have had their final bid for the Australia batter rejected Steven Smith will not play in the Big Bash League final after another request to make him available for selection was rejected by Cricket Australia. Besieged by injuries and Covid-19 cases in their playing group, the Sixers made a third appeal for Smith to be able to play in Friday night’s final against the Perth Scorchers….
Report An overcast day offered more encouragement for the pace bowlers England 38 for 2 trail Australia 337 for 9 dec by 299 runs Australia made early inroads on an overcast second day in Canberra after Katherine Brunt had completed a five-wicket haul before the home side declared. It was the third five-wicket bag of Brunt’s career as Australia could only add 10 runs to their overnight tally with Meg…
Report Kings collapse after breezy Sharjeel knock to finish with below par total Multan Sultans 126 for 3 (Rizwan 52*) beat Karachi Kings 124 for 5 (Sharjeel 43, Tahir 3-16) by seven wickets There was split opinion on whether the opening ceremony of this year’s Pakistan Super League fell flat, but there was universal congruity that the opening match certainly did. A drab, one-sided contest saw Mohammad Rizwan’s Multan Sultans,…
News Captain missed third match after experiencing pain during England’s warm-up Eoin Morgan, England’s white-ball captain, has been ruled out of the remainder of England’s T20I series against West Indies in Barbados, after sustaining a low-grade quadriceps injury. Morgan sat out England’s 20-run defeat in Wednesday’s third match, with Moeen Ali stepping in as his deputy, after feeling pain in his right quad during the pre-match warm-up. An ECB statement…
News Former spinner takes over from Vikram Solanki, alongside Jim Troughton and Azhar Mahmood Batty, 44, retired last season after a lengthy career as an offspinner that included nine Tests for England between 2003 and 2016. He was Surrey’s captain in the T20 Blast in the two seasons prior to his retirement, and had since been serving as an assistant coach from the club across all aspects of the professional…
News “The operations team is working on whether we can do the league stage next month and complete the rest of the tournament later” BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal on Thursday said that the board intends to hold the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 in two phases after they were forced to postpone the premier first-class competition due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. “We are exploring the possibility of staging…
News Fifty on T20I debut as new boy embraces England’s winning mentality Harry Brook, Phil Salt and George Garton were all making their T20I debuts in Barbados Phil Salt says there was plenty for him to savour despite finishing on the wrong end of a high-scoring defeat in the third T20I in Barbados, after marking his debut in the format with a hard-hitting half-century, on the island where he…
News Decision effectively rules him out of T20 World Cup 2022, but he’ll reconsider if team’s circumstances become difficult Tamim Iqbal has made himself unavailable from T20Is for the next six months, effectively staying out of contention for the T20 World Cup later this year. Tamim, however, said that he could reconsider this decision if the BCB asks him again before the World Cup, although he doesn’t believe it will…
News He will be in isolation at home for a week and will miss Quetta Gladiators’ first four matches Quetta Gladiators allrounder Shahid Afridi has tested positive for Covid-19, and has been ruled out of the PSL for at least a week, which will make him miss Gladiators’ first four matches. This is the second time that Afridi has tested positive for Covid-19, with the first instance being back in…