Month: March 2022

News Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma among Indians who move up in women’s rankings Amelia Kerr finished the series against India with 353 runs, the highest among both sides   New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr rode on her impressive performances in the recently concluded ODI series against India, climbing five places up to No. 17 among batters, while also rising four spots to sit at the same position among bowlers. The…

News Says Australia’s spirits remain high despite an online threat against Ashton Agar Steven Smith needs to get through Australia’s first training session of the tour to guarantee his availability for the first Test   As he prepares for the final hurdle in his recovery from concussion, Steve Smith hopes a long-awaited Test tour abroad can help shrug off an “odd couple of years” and rekindle his vintage form during…

News Smriti Mandhana leads Indian batting effort again, just two days after retiring hurt when she was struck by a Shabnim Ismail bouncer India Women 258 (Mandhana 66, Deepti 51, Bhatia 42, Fraser 2-24) beat West Indies Women 177 for 9 (Campbelle 63, Matthews 44, Vastrakar 3-21, Meghna 2-30) by 81 runs India Women beat West Indies Women in their second warm-up fixture ahead of the Women’s World Cup, and…

News After losing two of four home Tests, and the series in India, the defending Test world champions are precariously placed on the WTC table After a run of 17 Tests at home without a loss, NZ have lost two in four in 2022   In a Test match that Tom Latham feels was “even stevens” for the first three days, South Africa’s batting on the fourth day proved to…

News The game will now be a three-day contest starting on Thursday with extended hours for the remainder of the match Organisers have abandoned the first day of play in the Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and South Australia at the Gabba due to Brisbane’s floods. The match was scheduled to begin on Wednesday but Cricket Australia, Queensland Cricket and Stadiums Queensland agreed play on the first day would not…

Report South Africa are five wickets away from squaring the series and will bowl a minimum of 62 more overs Lunch New Zealand 293 & 180 for 5 (Blundell 44*, de Grandhomme 10*) need another 246 runs South Africa 364 & 354 for 9 by 246 runs Devon Conway fell eight runs short of a fourth Test century, in just his seventh match, as New Zealand’s strong resistance showed its…