Liam Livingstone will miss Punjab Kings’ fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday but could arrive in India in time to make his comeback from injury against Gujarat Titans on April 13. Livingstone has not played a competitive match since making his Test debut for England against Pakistan four months ago in Rawalpindi, when he jarred his knee in the outfield. In recent weeks, he has also suffered a flare-up of…
When Shakib Al Hasan sent down the first over on the third day in Mirpur, there was a palpable feeling that the end of the Dhaka Test was just a matter of time. He had bowled menacingly on the second evening, registering figures of 7-2-11-2 and pairing up with fellow left-arm spinner Taijul Islam to knock over Ireland’s first four wickets in 6.3 overs. On Thursday, Shakib got the fifth…
Big picture Kyle Mayers was part of Lucknow Super Giants’ squad in IPL 2022 but didn’t get a game. Had Quinton de Kock not been on national duty, Mayers wouldn’t have started this season either. But now he has two swashbuckling half-centuries in two games to give Super Giants a happy headache. With de Kock available and having smashed a 44-ball 100 against West Indies recently, do Super Giants drop…
Will Jacks believes the hip flexor injury sidelining him at the start of the English season resulted from a relentless winter schedule. The Surrey allrounder picked up the injury on England’s limited-overs tour of Bangladesh in March, and is expected to be fit by the end of May, in time for Surrey’s T20 Blast campaign. Jacks made his way to Bangladesh via New Zealand, after he was released from the…
The BCB has appointed Nic Pothas, the former South Africa batter, as the Bangladesh team’s assistant coach for the next two years. He will link up with the squad in Chelmsford in May when they will play the three-match ODI series against Ireland. The board had announced recently that Bangladeshi coaches could also apply for the role, with only Mizanur Rahman Babul reportedly applying for the position. “I am honoured…
There will be no DRS system in place for this year’s 50-over World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe in June-July, but the ICC has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that there will be a third umpire monitoring run-outs. The absence of DRS mirrors the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, also held in Zimbabwe in March 2018, but is an improvement on the availability of a third umpire. In 2018, the third umpire was…
Ireland 214 and 93 for 5 (Tector 43*, Tucker 24*, Shakib 2-16, Taijul 2-32) trail Bangladesh 369 (Mushfiqur 126, Shakib 87, Mehidy 55, McBrine 6-118) by 62 runs Ireland reduced their deficit to 62 runs against Bangladesh, after an impressive first session on the third day of the Dhaka Test. The visitors were 93 for 5 at lunch, having survived 30 overs, losing just one wicket as opposed to the…
It remains unclear whether David Warner will be able to chart his own end in Test cricket or if the selectors will make the decision for him over the next few months. He appears locked in to line up in the World Test Championship final against India at The Oval in early June, but how much he features after that, including the Ashes, is less certain. There was no surprise…
Are Rajasthan Royals missing a trick by batting Shimron Hetmyer down the order? In their five-run loss to Punjab Kings on Wednesday, they sent Hetmyer out at No. 7 when they needed a stiff 77 from 36 in a chase of 198. Hetmyer took them close with his 36 off 18, bringing the equation down to 16 off the last over, but Tom Moody and Sanjay Manjrekar strongly feel Hetmyer…
Offspinner Todd Murphy has also been offered a contract after his outstanding start to Test cricket in India. Legpsinner Mitchell Swepson is the one active international player to lose his deal alongside the retired Aaron Finch. Perhaps surprisingly, opening batter Marcus Harris has earned a place on the list despite not playing Test cricket since the 2021-22 Ashes while Peter Handscomb and Matt Renshaw, who have both featured this year,…