It was only apt that a Sri Lankan fast bowler sealed a 2-0 series win in Chattogram. When Lahiru Kumara yorked Khaled Ahmed, it was 11.15am local time on the final day. It was always going to be a quick end to the game after Sri Lanka took seven of Bangladesh’s fourth-innings wickets on the fourth day. Kumara finished with a four-wicket haul to take their fast bowlers’ tally for…
Lucknow Super Giants’ Shivam Mavi has been ruled out of IPL 2024 with an injury. In a video posted by the franchise on Instagram, Mavi, without specifying the nature of the injury, said: “I will miss [the tournament] a lot. I had come here after an injury and had thought I would play matches for my team and do well. But unfortunately, I will have to leave because I have…
India Women’s five-match T20I tour of Bangladesh will start on April 28, including three day-night matches. Sylhet will host all five matches. The three day-night games will be played in the main stadium, and the two day games will be held at the outer venue. The day-night games will start at 6.30pm local time and day games at 2pm. India will see this series as a preparation for the 2024…
Mustafizur Rahman is a doubtful starter for Chennai Super Kings’ next IPL game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Friday. It is understood that the left-arm seamer has returned to Bangladesh to sort out his visa, along with the rest of the travelling contingent, for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which will be hosted by the West Indies and the USA. The T20 World Cup will kick off on June…
Sri Lanka 531 (Kusal 93, Kamindu 92*, Karunaratne 86, Shakib 3-110) and 157 for 7 dec (Mathews 56, Mahmud 4-65) beat Bangladesh 178 (Zakir 54, Asitha 4-34) and 318 (Mehidy 81*, Mominul 50, Kumara 4-50, Kamindu 3-32) by 192 runs Despite some dogged resistance from Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sri Lanka needed just a little over an hour on the final morning to take the last three Bangladesh wickets and secure…
Mayank Yadav has played only two IPL games but the conversation has already started if he should be part of India’s squad for the T20 World Cup in June. On his IPL debut on Saturday, Mayank picked up 3 for 27 against Punjab Kings and was named the Player of the Match. During his spell, he clocked 155.8kph, the fastest delivery of IPL 2024. Three days later, against Royal Challengers…
Tim Robinson, the newest member of New Zealand’s T20I squad, has a pretty simple outlook when it comes to the format. “I love hitting sixes,” he said, something that started in the backyard as a kid and has now carried him to the brink of an international debut against Pakistan. Robinson only has 20 domestic T20 matches under his belt but, until injury struck, was putting together an impressive Super…
Allrounder Michael Bracewell will captain New Zealand on their T20I tour of Pakistan as he makes his return to international cricket after the injury while uncapped batter Tim Robinson is in line for a debut. Bracewell hasn’t played for New Zealand since March last year after suffering a ruptured right achillies playing for Worcestershire in the T20 Blast in June then a broken finger. He recently took a career-best 8…
While some Australians are at the IPL as they prepare for the T20 World Cup in June, several of the red-ball specialists and fringe Test players are heading to England for the start of the County Championship season. Australia will not play Test cricket again until the home summer starts in late November. Here are some of the more prominent Australian names to keep an eye on England over the…
Two Player-of-the-Match awards in his first two IPL games, the most deliveries north of 155 kph in the IPL, and the fourth fastest delivery (156.7 kph) in the history of the league – Mayank Yadav, Lucknow Super Giants’ 21-year old tearaway, is already in elite territory after his match-winning spells against Punjab Kings on Saturday and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Tuesday. His searing spell of 3 for 14 in four…