News Delhi Capitals have only seven overseas players in their squad, of which five weren’t available for their opening game File photo: Mitchell Marsh did not feature in IPL 2021 and had played just one game in the 2020 edition before being injured An injury to Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh in Pakistan has added to Delhi Capitals’ worries for the availability of their overseas players. Marsh was already going…
News Cameron Green will be his replacement for the opening ODI on Tuesday in Lahore Mitchell Marsh hasn’t played for Australia since his memorable performance in the T20 World Cup final last year Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh is expected to be ruled out of Australia’s white-ball leg of their Pakistan tour after suffering a hip injury at training. Emerging star Cameron Green is set to be his replacement for…
News Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan lead calls for change of leadership England’s defeat on the Spice Isle was Root’s 26th in 64 Tests as captain since his appointment five years ago, meaning that only two men in Test history – Stephen Fleming (27) and Graeme Smith (29) – have overseen more defeats. While Root said he had “spoken quite enough on the subject” in his post-match press conference and insisted…
Report RCB’s slow start proved the difference between the sides, even if du Plessis made up for it during his 57-ball 88 Punjab Kings 208 for 5 (Rajapaksa 43, Dhawan 43, Agarwal 32, Siraj 2-59) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 205 for 2 (du Plessis 88, Kohli 41*, Karthik 32*) by five wickets Punjab Kings’ new-look explosive batting made a splendid debut as they chased down Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 205 with…
News Claims England made “big improvements” and played some “brilliant cricket” despite defeat to West Indies Joe Root has insisted that he retains the backing of England’s Test players and wants to continue in the job as captain, despite defeat in the Caribbean extending their run without a series victory to five – a sequence unequalled in their history. England came into the Grenada Test looking to build on encouraging…
Report England bowled out for 120 inside an hour on fourth morning in Grenada Innings break England 204 and 120 (Mayers 5-18) lead West Indies 297 (da Silva 100*) by 27 runs West Indies will need 28 runs to win the third Test in Grenada, and with it the Botham-Richards Trophy, after Kemar Roach prised out England’s remaining two wickets inside an hour’s play on the fourth morning in St…
Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav celebrate after dragging Delhi Capitals to an unlikely win Delhi Capitals 179 for 6 (Lalit 48*, Axar 38*, Shaw 38, Thampi 3-35, M Ashwin 2-14) beat Mumbai Indians 177 for 5 (Kishan 81*, Rohit 41, Kuldeep 3-18, Khaleel 2-27) by four wickets Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel stunned Mumbai Indians as Delhi Capitals pulled off a come-from-behind four-wicket win at the Brabourne Stadium on…
News Fast bowler expected to be out of action until May at the earliest after successful procedure Mark Wood, the England fast bowler, has undergone elbow surgery in London to address an “impingement issue” that caused him to pull out of both the ongoing West Indies tour and the IPL. Wood pulled up injured midway through the drawn first Test in Antigua, and was subsequently flown home early after complaining…
News South Africa’s batting is starting to hit top gear at the business end of the World Cup Mignon du Preez: “I think it’s not how you started the tournaments, but how you finish it” South Africa’s batting is starting to click at the business end of the World Cup, thanks largely to a resurgence in form for Mignon du Preez, who scored her first fifty of the tournament…
Fantasy Tips Fantasy XI recommendations for the IPL 2022 game between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants March 28: Gujarat Titans v Lucknow Super Giants, Wankhede Stadium Safe XI: KL Rahul (capt), Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rashid Khan, Avesh Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Ravi Bishnoi (vice-capt) Captain: KL RahulNo surprises here as the IPL’s leading run-scorer in the last three seasons, Rahul,…