Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs England Babar Azam won the toss and opted to chase in the seventh and final T20I of the series against England. With the teams currently level at 3-3, Lahore’s third encounter will be the decider. Pakistan made three changes to the XI that was beaten comprehensively on Friday night, with Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf – the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker on either side…
Toss South Africa opt to bowl v India In front of a sold-out Guwahati crowd at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and, expectedly, chose to bowl against Rohit Sharma’s India. South Africa made one change, adding an extra pacer to their attack with right-arm seamer Lungi Ngidi replacing left-arm wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi. India remain unchanged from their eight-wicket win in Thiruvananthapuram. Rohit said…
Batter Rajat Patidar and fast bowler Mukesh Kumar have received their maiden India call-ups for the three ODIs against South Africa. With India slated to travel to Australia on October 6, no one from India’s T20 World Cup squad is part of the ODI squad. Shikhar Dhawan will lead the side while Shreyas Iyer has been named vice captain. The three-match series gets underway on October 6 in Lucknow. Team:…
New South Wales 7 for 302 (Litchfield 107, Wilson 101) beat Western Australia 244 (Piparo, Darke 51, Brown 3-60) by 58 runs Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia Wilson struck their maiden WNCL centuries as New South Wales put their early campaign back on track with a second victory in three days over Western Australia. The pair added 195 for the second wicket, a New South Wales record, which put the home…
New Zealand Women 108 for 4 (Bates 54, A Kerr 21, Fraser 1-13) beat West Indies Women 107 for 5 (Knight 42, Jensen 3-24, Carson 2-12) by six wickets Hayley Jensen‘s three wicket-haul and Suzie Bates‘ half-century helped New Zealand beat West Indies by six wickets on the penultimate ball of a low-scoring second T20I at North Sound and level the five-match series 1-1. After putting West Indies in, New Zealand restricted…
The “disrespect” that was directed at Jamaica Tallawahs spurred the team to go all the way and clinch the CPL title, their captain Rovman Powell has said. Not many gave Tallawahs a chance to qualify for the playoffs, let alone make the final, and despite losing key personnel at various stages, they rallied to beat favourites Barbados Royals in the final on Friday. “I think adjectives are inadequate in describing…
Big picture Every time an even number of games have been played in this series, Pakistan and England have found themselves level. After six intoxicating and wildly entertaining games, neither side has been able to pull clear, and you suspect the final game have would been a decider no matter how many matches this series was played across. That is unusual in a sense because no matter how difficult it…
Big picture With two-thirds of this series still to be played, it’s fair to assume that this is the sentiment prevailing among most of India’s cricket-consuming public. You can’t blame them, because a: it’s Jasprit Bumrah, b: there’s a World Cup around the corner, and c: information about his injury has been scant and shrouded in a noirish fog. But two T20Is still remain, for both India and South Africa,…
Rest Of India 205 for 3 (Sarfaraz 125*, Vihari 62*, Unadkat 2-47) lead Saurashtra 98 (Jadeja 28, Mukesh 4-23, Malik 3-25) by 107 runs Medium pacer Mukesh Kumar rattled Saurashtra with some high-quality swing bowling before Sarfaraz Khan continued his dream run with an attractive hundred to put Rest of India in the driver’s seat on the opening day of the Irani Trophy match here on Saturday. At stumps, Sarfaraz’s…
Forty-eight hours after the first reports of Jasprit Bumrah‘s back injury, there is still no clarity on the extent and seriousness of it with India coach Rahul Dravid saying they are waiting on expert opinion. Bumrah and India are racing against the clock with the T20 World Cup just around the corner. The team leaves for Australia on October 6 and will play their first match of the tournament two…