n a boost for India, premier allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is likely to resume playing and will feature in Saurashtra’s final round of Ranji Trophy starting January 24. The match will be against Tamil Nadu and will be played in Chennai. Jadeja had to abort the Asia Cup in the UAE last September to undergo surgery on his right knee. Currently at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, Jadeja is winding…
Ross Adair, playing only his second international game, stroked a 47-ball 65 to help Ireland to a six-wicket victory against Zimbabwe, and level the three-match series going into the decider in Harare on Sunday. Chasing 145, Ireland made a steady but sedate start, as Adair and Andy Balbirnie added 48 for the first wicket. Two quick wickets from Ryan Burl looked to give Zimbabwe a way back into the game,…
Big picture In 26 attempts across formats, Sri Lanka have never won a bilateral series in India. If you look at it through that lens, Sunday’s ODI in Thiruvananthapuram is inconsequential, with India having already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead. However, in a World Cup year, the teams would like to utilise every opportunity they get. India will be looking to fine-tune their strategy and XI. Should their top three…
Melbourne Renegades 162 for 7 (Harper 51, Wells 44) beat Melbourne Stars 156 for 7 (Clarke 59) by six runs Melbourne Renegades conjured a rousing comeback victory to seriously dent crosstown rival Melbourne Stars’ already slim finals chances in a tense contest at a roofed Marvel Stadium. Chasing 163, Stars were cruising after an 88-run opening partnership between Joe Clarke and Tom Rogers. They still appeared well in the box…
Rishabh Pant is unlikely to play any cricket for most of 2023 and is set to miss a slew of marquee tournaments including the IPL which will be played in India. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the medical update given to BCCI on Pant, who survived a car crash on December 30, lists the wicket-keeper batter has torn all three key ligaments in his knee, two of which were reconstructed in…
Brisbane Heat 154 (Labuschagne 46, Conway 3-36) beat Adelaide Strikers 137 for 9 (Short 39, Bazley 3-30) by 17 runs Brisbane Heat revived their struggling BBL season and spoiled the returns of Travis Head and Alex Carey with a 17-run victory over Adelaide Strikers in sweltering conditions. After being sent in, under-pressure Heat mustered a modest 154 in temperatures nudging 40 degrees celsius at the Adelaide Oval. But they bowled…
Prithvi Shaw‘s record-breaking 379 against Assam hogged the headlines in the fifth round of the Ranji Trophy. Also making news were Bengal’s win against Baroda after conceding a first-innings lead, Punjab’s own version of Bazball and Delhi’s Nos. 10 and 11 putting up a rescue act. Mukesh Kumar‘s match-haul of 7 for 99 backed up by unbeaten half-centuries from Sudip Kumar Gharami and captain Manoj Tiwary in the fourth innings…
Mashrafe Mortaza key in Sylhet’s impressive start Away from the controversies, new franchise Sylhet Strikers did all the running in the first week, winning all four of their matches. Mashrafe Mortaza, who has led three different franchises to four BPL titles, was key to the team’s success. He has been the team’s leading wicket-taker so far, with seven wickets in four games. Mohammad Amir, predictably, did well, but so did…
Adam Zampa will reassess his future in red-ball cricket after being left “flat” by his omission from the Australia Test squad to tour India next month. Zampa had been told he was a strong chance of making the trip but the selectors opted to retain Mitchell Swepson as the legspinner after he toured Pakistan and Sri Lanka last year. Zampa played his first first-class match in three years when he…
In a possible hint towards the future direction India will take in the shortest format, the selectors have left Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli out of the T20I squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand. KL Rahul is also not in the squad, and while the BCCI put his absence – and that of Axar Patel, from both the ODI and T20I legs of the series – down…