Lauren Bell is relishing her chance to join England Women’s next generation of fast bowlers as attention turns to the ODI leg of the multi-format series with South Africa. Bell finds herself at the forefront of England’s succession planning, forming part of a new-wave pace attack with Issy Wong during the recent drawn Test, which kicked off the series in Taunton last month. Both impressed sufficiently there to hold their…
Toss England chose to bowl vs India Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bowl in the second T20I at Edgbaston as England look to stay alive in the three-match series. India wanted to bat first anyway, their captain Rohit Sharma said. The hosts made two changes, bringing in David Willey and handing a debut to fast bowler Richard Gleeson. Willey came in after leading Yorkshire to the semi-final…
Big picture West Indies winning the T20Is against Bangladesh at home last week was good news for their fans, but the style and chutzpah coming back is what they want as the tour goes into the ODI leg from Sunday. Bangladesh have had a forgettable tour so far, having lost both the Tests and T20I series 2-0. They will also be playing the ODI series without their superstars Shakib Al…
India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has signed as player-cum-mentor of domestic team Tripura for the 2022-23 domestic season, thereby officially ending a first-class stint of almost 15 years with Bengal. Saha signed on the dotted lines in Agartala on Friday, and is likely to be named captain. Saha had been in talks with Tripura for over a month. Things were formalised once he was handed a no-objection certificate by the Cricket…
Play in-form players, don’t go by reputation only, and prepare to make tough calls even if it happens to be someone of the stature of Virat Kohli: this is essentially Kapil Dev’s message to India’s selectors as they build towards this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. “Play in-form players when you have loads of options,” Kapil told ABP News. “You can’t just go by reputation, but you have to…
LunchSri Lanka 8 for 0 trail Australia 364 (Smith 145*, Labuschagne 104, Jayasuriya 6-118) by 356 runs Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 6 for 118 on his Test debut to lead a Sri Lanka fightback on the second morning in Galle as Australia lost their last five wickets for 35 with Steven Smith left unbeaten on 145. The second morning’s play took place against the backdrop of major anti-government protests…
Australia are the current T20 World Cup champions and have not lost a T20I series this year. But less than 100 days out from their home title defence starting there is a one major question hanging over their squad. How do they fit Tim David into a settled winning team? David has represented Singapore, but is eligible and keen to play for Australia and has spoken with Australia’s chairman of…
कुछ दिन पहले ही भारत और इंग्लैंड के बीच बर्मिंघम में ही पटौदी ट्रॉफ़ी का पांचवा टेस्ट खेला गया था। इसके बाद वहां फिर से टी20 सीरीज़ का दूसरा मैच खेला जाना है। इस सीरीज़ के पहले मैच को भारत ने एकतरफ़ा जीता था। उस मैच को उन्होंने 50 रन के अंतर से मेज़बान टीम को हराया था। पांचवें टेस्ट में मिली हार के बाद भारतीय टीम के कुछ खिलाड़ियों…
Steven Smith‘s closest batting ally has warned the floodgates could open again after he broke his 18-month Test century drought against Sri Lanka. Smith went to stumps unbeaten on 109 at the end of day one in Galle, helping put Australia in control of the second Test after a 134-run stand with Marnus Labuschagne. Without a century since January 2021, Smith was back to his classic best on Friday in…
Lancashire 162 for 3 (Croft 76*, Vila’s 51) beat Essex 161 for 5 (Pepper 36) by seven wickets Lancashire blitzed a 161 target to beat Essex by seven wickets with 26 balls remaining and set up a blockbuster Roses semi-final with Yorkshire at next Saturday’s Vitality Blast Finals Day. The arch-rivals will meet at Edgbaston after playing out two North Group thrillers earlier this summer; a tie and a one-run…