With the announcement of India’s T20I squad for the West Indies tour imminent, there have been reports of Virat Kohli being rested for the three-match series despite the lack of runs from him and the intense competition for the batting spots in the lead up to the World Cup later this year. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly believes Kohli “has got to find his way” to score runs again and former…
The first Test will be played from July 16 in Galle, followed by the second from July 24 in Colombo. The series will be part of the World Test Championship, in which Sri Lanka are placed third and Pakistan fourth. Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kamindu Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa…
The BBL will once again stretch into early February as it faces a “critical” season to rebound from the disruption of Covid-19, which has seen it at the centre of the rights dispute with Seven, as Cricket Australia prioritises the return of crowds to stadiums. Last season’s edition came to a conclusion across the Australia Day weekend at the end of January, but this time the final will be on…
Bangladesh 112 for 1 (Tamim 50*) beat West Indies 108 (Mehidy 4-29, Nasum 3-19) by nine wickets Bangladesh won the ODI series against West Indies, taking the second match with more than 29 overs to spare, bouncing back from losing the Test and T20I series. They made West Indies bat first and bowled out the home side for 108 in 35 overs. Bangladesh took less than 21 overs to reach…
Nottinghamshire 285 (Montgomery 80, Hameed 70, James 50, Hogan 4-47, Harris 4-65) and 19 for 1 need another 436 runs to beat Glamorgan 318 and 421 for 5 (Byrom 144, Northeast 105*, Lloyd 60) Centuries from Eddie Byrom and Sam Northeast put Glamorgan in the driving seat as they set Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire a formidable 455 to win in 105 overs at Sophia Gardens. Notts start Thursday 19 for…
Yorkshire 521 and 65 for 2 (Hill 33*, Overton 2-4) lead Surrey 515 (Burns 132, Foakes 86*, Amla 79, Bess 5-126) by 71 runs In the land of the Kiss-Me-Quick hat, Yorkshire and Surrey have been squeezing each other slow. In the first 263 overs of the match, Yorkshire strutted their stuff with 521 and Surrey winked back with 515. Both sides have scored at around four an over and,…
Northamptonshire 303 and 284 for 5 (Rickelton101*, Neesham 91) lead Kent 335 (Cox 72, Denly 63, Leaning 63, White 4-62, Sanderson 4-63) by 252 runs A tense final day could be in store in the LV= Insurance County Championship at Canterbury, where Northamptonshire lead Kent by 252, having reached 284 for 5 at stumps, aided by an unbeaten 101 from Ryan Rickelton. On a see-sawing day at the St Lawrence,…
D Siva Kumar, who was part of India’s Under-19 World-Cup winning squad in Malaysia in 2008, has been drafted into the USA squad to replace the injured Ali Khan at ongoing T20 World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. Ali was ruled out of the rest of the tournament after he suffered a broken forearm on the opening day of the tournament. Siva Kumar, 32, becomes the first of the wave of…
Warwickshire 217 and 212 for 9 (Burgess 58, Davies 46, Barker 4-23) lead Hampshire 370 for 9 dec (Holland 99, Dawson 92, Brown 72*, Hannon-Dalby 5-86) by 59 runs Bears old boy Barker is second in the Division One wicket-taking tally with 38 scalps this season but was forced to toil with Mohammad Abbas (three for 31), Liam Dawson (two for 38) and the rest of the host’s attack. Davies…
Derbyshire 283 (du Plooy 122, Dal 90, Rushworth 7-44) and 320 for 6 (du Plooy 134, Guest 116, Rushworth 4-44) lead Durham 296 (Mackintosh 51, Pettman 3-40, Thomson 3-48) by 316 runs Centuries from Leus du Plooy and Brooke Guest worked Derbyshire into a match-winning position on day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash against Durham. Du Plooy and Guest combined for a mammoth stand of…