India 150 and 172 for 0 (Jaiswal 90*, Rahul 62*) lead Australia 104 (Bumrah 5-30, Rana 3-48) by 218 runs After a frenetic start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India gained control of the first Test after openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul ground down a labouring Australia attack in improved batting conditions at Optus Stadium. Jaiswal closed in on a brilliant century and finished 90 not out, while a resolute…
England 249 (Crawley 94, Johal 3-25) lead Prime Minister’s XI 136 (Reddy 60, Carse 4-48) by 113 runs Zak Crawley hit 94 and Brydon Carse took four wickets as England stretched their legs on the first day of action on their tour of New Zealand. After opting to bowl, England dismissed the Prime Minister’s XI shortly after lunch, with Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse sharing the wickets. They…
Tilak, 22, headed into the domestic T20 competition on the back of consecutive hundreds in South Africa – 107 not out in Centurion followed by an unbeaten 120 in Johannesburg. With his knock for Hyderabad, he became the first Indian male cricketer to have a 150-plus score in T20s. Kiran Navgire, who now plays for Maharashtra, had scored an unbeaten 162 playing for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior…
Alyssa Healy has been ruled out Australia’s upcoming women’s ODI series against India with 21-year-old Georgia Voll called up to her first international squad following some stunning domestic form. Healy will miss the three-match home ODI series against India that starts on December 5 in Brisbane due to a knee injury and her availability for the following series against New Zealand in New Zealand remains unknown. Voll has been added…
India were bowled out for 150 after opting to bat first in Perth but captain Jasprit Bumrah ensured they still finished on top. In an excellent display of fast bowling, Bumrah ran through the Australian line-up, finishing with figures of 5 for 30 to bundle them out for 104. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary recorded his wickets: 2.3 Bumrah to McSweeney, OUT, Much tighter call. Bumrah’s questions to his fielders…
Melbourne Renegades 137 for 1 (Matthews 60*, Molineux 42*) beat Sydney Thunder 133 (Molineux 4-23) by nine wickets Melbourne Renegades crushed the Sydney Thunder by nine wickets to take top spot on the WBBL ladder. Thunder were bowled out for 133 in 19.1 overs with Renegades spinner Sophie Molineux snaring 4 for 23 at Melbourne’s Junction Oval. Renegades then raced to the target from 14.2 overs with opener Hayley Matthews…
West Indies 250 for 5 (Louis 97, Athanaze 90, Taskin 2-46) vs Bangladesh Mikyle Louis and Alick Athanaze both suffered the heartbreak of falling in the nineties on the first day of the Antigua Test against Bangladesh. Otherwise, the West Indies pair did enough to make the opening day of the series theirs. The 140-run fourth wicket stand between the pair revitalised West Indies’ innings, adding pace to the overall…
The ICC Board will convene next week for an emergency meeting to discuss the fate of the 2025 Champions Trophy. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the single-point agenda for the meeting, which is likely to be held on November 26, is to reach a consensus on whether a hybrid model should be adopted for the tournament with matches being spread between Pakistan, the host country, and a second overseas venue, which…
The current international schedule is about as logical and rational as you would expect from a process run under the auspices of the ICC. Sri Lanka finished a home ODI series against New Zealand on Tuesday and will start a Test in Durban on Wednesday. Bangladesh went from facing Afghanistan in the UAE to a playing tour match in the West Indies inside a week (and then starting a Test…
Temba Bavuma has opened up about battling “mental demons” as he has recovered from a second elbow injury, and a fourth major niggle, in the last two years – all of which kept him out of crucial international games. “It’s definitely has played in my mind. When you’re injured and you start in a rehab process, it’s always tough,” he said in Pretoria, where South Africa are involved in a…