The ECB has appointed Neil Killeen as England men’s elite fast bowling coach. Killeen, 47, ends a 30-year association with his home county, Durham, to take the role which has been vacant since November when Jon Lewis was appointed head coach of the England Women’s team. From January 18, Killeen will work across the England men’s pathway programmes, focusing on developing and preparing the next generation and those next-in-line. The…
Toss: New Zealand opt to bat vs Pakistan New Zealand won the toss in the second ODI and opted to bat first in their quest to square the three-match series after losing the first ODI on Monday. The visitors beefed up their spin attack, bringing in legspinner Ish Sodhi and pairing him up with fingerspinners Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell. They also have another fingerspin-bowling option in Glenn Phillips. Henry…
Prithvi Shaw has made the second-highest Ranji Trophy score of all time. The opener, resuming on an overnight score of 240, began the second day of Mumbai’s Group B match against Assam in ominous manner, scoring 139 runs off 99 balls before he was out for 379. Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, who scored an unbeaten 443 for Maharashtra against Kathiawar back in December 1948, continues to hold the record for the highest…
Sri Lanka had put India in after winning the toss but Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill seized the momentum for the hosts with a 143-run stand in just 19.4 overs. Virat Kohli then scored his 45th ODI hundred to help India post a daunting 373 for 7. Related Kohli’s 45th ODI hundred powers India to victory Rohit Sharma withdraws run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka Kohli: ‘The game remains simple, desperation…
Mitchell Starc has been officially ruled out of the first Test against India in Nagpur but has still been named Australia’s 18-man touring squad for the four-Test series on Wednesday which features four spin options including uncapped Victoria offspinner Todd Murphy. Starc suffered a finger tendon injury during the Boxing Day Test against South Africa and was ruled out of the third and final Test of the series in Sydney….
Play every game like it’s your last game, and be happy about it. That’s what Virat Kohli learned during his lean phase with the bat. Between November 2019 and September 2022, Kohli didn’t score a single international hundred. He ended the drought with his first T20I hundred during the Asia Cup last year, and now has two in his previous two ODI innings, the latest one coming against Sri Lanka…
While the BCB release did not pinpoint a specific incident, all three players were involved in an argument just before the start of the second innings. There was to-and-fro between Barishal opener Chaturanga de Silva and Rangpur captain Nurul shortly before Barishal’s chase got underway. Nurul had changed his bowler – from left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan to offspinner Mahedi Hasan, after learning that left-hander de Silva would take strike. But…
India captain Rohit Sharma defused a potentially controversial situation by withdrawing a run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka, despite the Sri Lanka skipper being well out of his crease at the non-striker’s end in the first ODI in Guwahati. The incident occurred in the final over of the game, when Mohammed Shami ran in to bowl but broke the stumps at the non-striker’s end before delivering the ball, with Shanaka out…
The PCB’s talks with former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur for a new stint as head coach or consultant of the men’s team have not worked out. The PCB, via a statement, said that Arthur’s long-term contract with Derbyshire meant he couldn’t take the head coach role right away and conversations over consultancy proved “difficult to materialise for various reasons on both sides.” Arthur was Pakistan’s head coach from 2016…
Adelaide Strikers 202 for 4 (Lynn 69*, Kellepotha 2-32) beat Melbourne Renegades 182 for 6 (Harper 63, Agar 2-26, Short 2-26) by 20 runs Chris Lynn smashed his third straight half-century in a domination of Melbourne Renegades as Adelaide Strikers recorded a 20-run victory. Strikers claimed early wickets to derail Renegades’ chase and leapfrog to third on the BBL ladder with their fifth win of the season. Chris Lynn’s hot…