Report The match has been shortened to a 45-overs-a-side contest because of a rain-delayed start in misty Wellington West Indies’ pace bowlers will be expected to make early inroads in overcast conditions Toss West Indies Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women West Indies won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in a World Cup semi-final reduced to 45 overs per side because of a rain-delayed start…
News “A no-ball wicket and a dropped catch [off a no-ball], and a total of six wides cost us this game.” Little went right for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening game of IPL 2022, against Rajasthan Royals, but according to their head coach Tom Moody, it was four no-balls in the first five overs that cost them the game. The first of those no-balls came in the opening over of…
Report Become the first team to defend a total in IPL 2022 with Krishna’s new-ball burst swamping Sunrisers Rajasthan Royals 210 for 6 (Samson 55, Padikkal 41, Malik 2-39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 149 for 7 (Markram 57*, Washington 40, Chahal 3-22, Krishna 2-16) by 61 runs Rajasthan Royals became the first team to successfully defend a total in the 2022 IPL in grand style. Their batters – led by captain…
Preview Knight Riders will come into this game with confidence, having displayed their bowling might in their season opener Big picture Brendon McCullum in purple. Mike Hesson in red and gold. Two men who orchestrated New Zealand’s rise as a white-ball force during their inspirational run to the 2015 ODI World Cup final will find themselves on opposite sides as Kolkata Knight Riders take on Royal Challengers Bangalore. Then there’s…
News Rapid return to international coaching for former England assistant in wake of Ashes Graham Thorpe has been named as the new head coach of the Afghanistan men’s team, following his departure from the England Test set-up in the wake of this winter’s Ashes. Thorpe, who played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, was announced by the Afghanistan Cricket Board as the full-time replacement for Lance Klusener, who…
News Unlike in international cricket, batters are sure to face a lot of spin in the IPL, making it a crucial shot, the former India coach says It’s great that Virat Kohli is using his feet against the spinners, but he must start playing the sweep more often, and “with freedom”, to make it tougher for the opposition, Ravi Shastri has said. “The thing I liked most about Virat was…
News Broadcast and digital rights between 2023-27 up for grabs Eyeing a windfall of close to INR 50,000 crore, the BCCI on Tuesday floated the media rights tender for the next five IPL seasons starting 2023. An e-auction will be held for the first time since IPL’s initiation to determine the new winner, board secretary Jay Shah said. “With two new teams, more matches, more engagement, more venues, we are…
News Sri Lanka-born spinner escaped Boxing Day tsunami before moving to England as child Thilan Walallawita has been granted British citizenship after two seasons as an overseas player Thilan Walallawita, Middlesex’s Sri Lanka-born left-arm spinner, will be able to compete during the 2022 county season as a home-registered player, after finally being granted British Citizenship. As a child Walallawita, now 23, escaped the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, which decimated…
Say what you like about the World Test Championship table, but it doesn’t half concentrate the mind. There England are, rooted to the foot of the standings having won a miserable 12.5% of the available points in their three series to date for the 2021-23 cycle, and not even the asterisk attached to the incomplete series with India can provide any mitigation. This team really is producing the worst Test…
Report Hosts hand ODI debuts to Mahmood and Wasim; Swepson and Ellis debutants for Australia Pakistanchose to bowl vs Australia Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against a shorthanded Australia in the series-opening ODI in Lahore, as both teams return to the 50-over format after lengthy absences. Missing a host of stars from their historic Test series victory, Australia have been further depleted after spinner Ashton Agar and…