India 421 for 7 (Rahul 86, Jadeja 81*, Jaiswal 80, Bharat 41, Axar 35*, Root 2-77, Hartley 2-131) lead England 246 by 175 runs India all but batted England out of the first Test as early as the second day, overhauling their 246 for a first-innings lead of 175 and three wickets still in hand. India began the day 127 behind, lost a wicket in the first over, but kept…
Shoaib Malik has left the BPL abruptly after playing just three games for his team Fortune Barishal. In a conversation with Sports 24, the Fortune Barishal owner, Mizanur Rahman, said that Malik’s contract was “till February 14”, by when the team would have played nine of their 12 league games. “He left after the third game, and told me that he wants to come back on February 6. We have…
UP Warriorz have brought in Sri Lanka allrounder Chamari Athapaththu as a replacement for England quick Lauren Bell, who has withdrawn from the upcoming edition of the Women’s Premier league (WPL). Athapaththu, the Sri Lanka captain, was surprisingly unsold during the WPL 2024 auction considering the kind of year she had in the 20-over format in 2023. She scored 470 runs in 16 T20Is last year at 31.33 at a…
Dinner Australia 24 for 4 (Khawaja 6*, Roach 3-13) trail West Indies 311 (Da Silva 79, Hodge 71, Sinclair 50, Starc 4-82) by 287 runs Kemar Roach rocked Australia’s revamped top-order in five overs of carnage, leaving them in all sorts of trouble at 24 for 4 at dinner after Kevin Sinclair scored an impressive half-century on Test debut to help West Indies post an imposing 311 on day two…
Australia could be without Alyssa Healy for the opening T20I against South Africa in Canberra on Saturday as she battles an illness Healy was expected to train with the side on Friday afternoon before a final decision was made on Saturday morning, but vice-captain Tahlia McGrath said the team wouldn’t let performance standards drop if Healy couldn’t get up for the contest. Related King remains sidelined from Australia’s T20I plans…
Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) have signed a “historic” four-year MoU to promote gender pay equity within West Indies cricket. A media release said that the MoU “outlines plans to achieve parity in international and regional match fees, international captain’s allowances, international team prize money and regional individual prize money for all West Indies cricketers by 1 October 2027.” The MoU aligns the performance…
Rachin Ravindra is set to add to his three Test caps after being named in the New Zealand squad for the two-Test series against South Africa that starts on February 4 in Mount Maunganui. Canterbury fast bowler Will O’Rourke, who is known as the clone of Kyle Jamieson, has been handed a maiden call-up albeit only for the second Test in Hamilton. From the Test squad that toured Bangladesh in…
After a rocky start, marred by a farcical abandonment in Geelong due to a dangerous pitch and the schedule being heavily impacted by bad weather, a shortened BBL season came alive in a throwback to its heyday. It built on the bounce back experienced last season following a difficult period for the BBL mired in successive Covid-19 affected seasons. The tournament appears in a good place, having eroded a negative…
Australia Women are looking to press on from their successful white-ball campaign in India during what allrounder Ellyse Perry describes as a “landmark” tour by South Africa. Having swept the three-match ODI series and beaten India 2-1 in T20Is over the New Year period, Australia will host South Africa in the first of three T20Is on Saturday in Canberra, the first time the sides will meet in the format outside…
India 301 for 7 (Musheer 118, Saharan 75, Riley 3-55) beat Ireland 100 (Forkin 27*, Tiwari 4-53, Pandey 3-21) by 201 runs A dominant India maintained their perfect start to the Under-19 World Cup, as a fluent century from Musheer Khan, followed by a four-wicket burst from fast bowler Naman Tiwari helped the team to a comprehensive victory against Ireland in Bloemfontein. After being asked to bat first, India posted…