Markhors 284 for 9 (Ghulam 113, Rizwan 51, Ashraf 4-50, Hamza 2-26) beat Dolphins 192 (Asif 50, Shakeel 41, Imran 3-28, Agha 3-34) by 92 runs Kamran Ghulam‘s second century in three outings, backed by three wicket-hauls from Mohammad Imran and Salman Agha handed Markhors their third consecutive win, as they beat Dolphins in Faisalabad. The win helped them consolidate their lead at the top of the points table. It…
Essex 232 (Snater 69, Miles 4-58, Barnard 3-72) beat Warwickshire 78 (Rhodes 29, Snater 5-13, Porter 3-15) and 114 (Briggs 51, Porter 6-36) by an innings and 40 runs Essex completed a crushing innings-and-40 runs Vitality County Championship win over Warwickshire inside five sessions at Edgbaston. Warwickshire’s top-order was blown away by the visiting seamers on the second morning, just as it had been on the first, to set up…
Big Picture After a T20 series where the view was longer-term to 2026, a number of big names were missing and the decider was washed out on a horrid day in Manchester, it feels like this upcoming five-match ODI series – yes, old-school and, yes, probably overkill – has a little more immediate relevance with an eye on next year’s Champions Trophy as some key multi-format players return. Related Australia’s…
Big picture: Can Bangladesh achieve another first? It is time for India to dust the cobwebs off their whites as a long Test season beckons. Having not played a Test match in more than six months, they will now play ten in the next three-and-a-half, starting with Bangladesh’s visit for a two-match series. It is no secret that India is one of the toughest destinations for any team, and Bangladesh…
Toss South Africa chose to bat against Afghanistan Aiden Markram, captaining in place of an ill Temba Bavuma, asked Afghanistan to chase in their first ODI against South Africa outside of World Cups. The teams will play three matches in Sharjah, which is hosting its 250th ODI. South Africa have identified Afghanistan’s bowling as their strongest suit and will have to negotiate the return of Rashid Khan, who has not…
Suryakumar Yadav has been cleared by the National Cricket Academy to play in the final round of 2024-25 Duleep Trophy, beginning in Anantapur on Thursday. He will replace Sarfaraz Khan in the Abhimanyu Easwaran-led India B, who take on the Shreyas Iyer-led India D. Sarfaraz is part of India’s Test squad, which takes on Bangladesh in a two-Test series starting in Chennai on Thursday. Suryakumar had been withdrawn from the…
India are in the middle of a fundamental change and it is partly because of Jasprit Bumrah. Ahead of his first Test series in charge, Gautam Gambhir touched on how he’s started to have an effect far beyond just his cricket. “It has not happened many times in India where we started talking about the bowler,” Gambhir said. “I think it has always been about batters, batters and batters. India…
ESPNcricinfo has learned that Ponting has signed a multi-year contract with Punjab, a franchise with multiple owners. Ponting, it is understood, will take the final call on the rest of the coaching staff. There is no clarity yet on who remains on the books from the coaching unit from last year: Trevor Bayliss (head coach), Sanjay Bangar (head of cricket development), Charl Langveldt (fast-bowling coach), Sunil Joshi (spin-bowling coach). Ponting…
Bangladesh have dropped experienced allrounder Rumana Ahmed for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in one of five changes to the squad that had played in the Asia Cup in July. But there was a first call-up for uncapped top-order batter Taj Nehar. Also among those selected, there was a recall for Sobhana Mostary, Shathi Rani, Fahima Khatun and Disha Biswas. Twenty-year-old allrounder Biswas, who had played in the Under-19…
Australia captain Alyssa Healy says there will be no experimentation with their side as they plan to put out their best XI in the upcoming three-match series against New Zealand who are hoping to bounce back from the nightmare tour of England as both sides prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Australia’s women have not played an international series since the start of April where they experimented quite a…