Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first in their opening match of the T20 World Cup, in Cape Town. Bangladesh made substantial changes to the XI that lost in Queenstown to New Zealand, in December. Captain Nigar Sultana was relieved of the gloves, however, with Shamima Sultana keeping wickets on this occasion. This was Bangladesh’s first official match in this…
Comilla Victorians 130 for 6 (Narine 39, Mosaddek 27*, Rubel 3-33) beat Sylhet Strikers 125 (Shanto 38, Mushfiqur 29, Russell 2-22) by four wickets Defending champions Comilla Victorians made it to their fourth BPL final after trouncing Sylhet Strikers by four wickets in Qualifier 1 in Mirpur. Strikers will now face Rangpur Riders, who beat Fortune Barishal in the afternoon’s Eliminator, in Qualifier 2 on Tuesday. Sylhet would rue missing…
After making his Test comeback in Bangladesh in December last year following a gap of 12 years, Unadkat was part of India’s Test squad for the first two Tests of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. He did not feature in the XI in the first Test of the series in Nagpur, which India won by an innings and 132 runs inside three days. The second Test will be played…
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs India Bismah Maroof called correctly as Pakistan elected to bat in their Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 opener against India in Cape Town on Sunday. Maroof hoped her side could put up a formidable total and defend later on a surface she described as dry. They were spin heavy, fielding as many as three frontline options in Nida Dar, Nashra Sandhu and Sadia…
Saurashtra 527 (Vasavada 202, Jackson 160, Kaverappa 5-83) and 117-6 (Vasavada 47*, Koushik 3-32, Gowtham 3-38) beat Karnataka 407 (Agarwal 249, Sakariya 3-73) and 234 (Jose 109, Sakariya 4-45) by four wickets Saurashtra are fast establishing themselves as one of the most consistent domestic teams. Next week in Kolkata, they will have an opportunity to add the Ranji crown to their trophy cabinet, alongside the Vijay Hazare Trophy they won…
The third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will not be played in Dharamsala because the venue is not ready to host the match. The BCCI is yet to finalise the new venue but Indore and Rajkot are reportedly the frontrunners. A final decision is expected to be taken soon. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the BCCI took the decision to move the fixture out of the…
Rangpur Riders 172 for 6 (Shamim 71, Talukdar 29, Khaled 2-23) beat Fortune Barishal 170 for 3 (Mehidy 69, Mahmudullah 34, Shanaka 2-23) by four wickets Rangpur Riders kept themselves in the hunt for a place in the BPL final after beating Fortune Barishal in Eliminator by four wickets. They will now face the losing side from Qualifier 1, starting later this evening. The match went down to the wire…
Bengal 438 (Majumdar 120, Gharami 112, Kartikeya 3-95) and 279 (Majumdar 80, Pramanik 60*, Jain 6-103, Kartikeya 3-63) beat Madhya Pradesh 170 (Jain 65, Shubham 44, Akash Deep 5-42) and 241 (Patidar 52, Pramanik 5-51) by 306 runs Bengal avenged last season’s semi-final loss to Madhya Pradesh in style as they beat the defending champions by 306 runs in Indore to book a place in the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy final….
The drive to Mount Maunganui from Hamilton takes barely a session, through the lush greens and postcard backdrops you’d associate with New Zealand. But on Sunday the vistas were blurred by the first winds and driving rains ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle’s visit to the North Island at the start of next week. Preparations ahead of the opening Test on Thursday at Bay Oval are set to be severely hampered, with…
Australia’s training plans for the day after the Nagpur Test ended have been scuppered after the ground staff at the VCA Stadium watered the centre and practice pitches overnight despite a request from the visitors to use the facilities on Sunday. Australia’s team management asked the VCA ground staff if they could leave the centre wicket and training pitches up in order for players to train on Sunday afternoon. But…