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Australia’s previous visit to Bangladesh was cancelled due to security concerns © Getty Images Australia and Bangladesh are at odds over the timing and format of the tour tentatively scheduled for later this year after the previously planned visit by Steven Smiths’ team was scuppered due to security concerns. While the Future Tours Programme has Australia visiting Bangladesh in July for two Test matches as per the original 2015 plan,…

Kraigg Brathwaite made scores of 14, 42 and 5 in the recent ODIs against England © AFP West Indies have dropped opener Kraigg Brathwaite from their ODI squad to take on Pakistan. Carlos Brathwaite, who led West Indies in the four-match T20 series completed on Sunday but is set to depart for the IPL, also misses out on a series that is crucial to West Indies’ chances of automatic World…

A panel of experts chose Steven Smith’s 109 in Pune as the innings of the season © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Ravindra Jadeja has been voted the best player of India’s home season by both ESPNCricinfo’s readers and an expert panel consisting of ESPNCricinfo staff and three former India Test cricketers, Sanjay Manjrekar, Ajit Agarkar and Aakash Chopra. Jadeja, who averaged 22.83 with the ball and 42.76 with the bat over the…

Wahab Riaz: ‘We always try and bowl and attack them where we know they struggle a lot’ © AFP Pakistan registered a seven-wicket win in Port of Spain on Sunday to win the T20I series against West Indies 3-1. They also claimed their sixth victory in seven T20Is against West Indies in a little over six months; after sweeping them in the UAE in September, they have now won in…

Upul Tharanga, who has recently brought out a more explosive side to his batting, could be one of four men to partner Tillakaratne Dilshan at the top of the order © Associated Press After years of failing to find a partner for Tillakaratne Dilshan at the top of the order, Sri Lanka suddenly find themselves having a logjam at the top of the order. Niroshan Dickwella is unavailable for this…

Ravi Shastri felt the INR 2 crore that Grade A contracted India players like MS Dhoni receive were not up to the mark © Associated Press Former team director Ravi Shastri has issued heavy criticism of the recently revised payment structure for India’s cricketers. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators that now runs the BCCI had doubled the Grade A contracts from INR 1 crore to INR…

Gary Kirsten’s stint with the Hurricanes is the latest in a series of consultancy assignments he has taken up since resigning as Delhi Daredevils’ coach in 2015 © Associated Press Gary Kirsten has joined the Hobart Hurricanes as coach of Tasmania’s Big Bash League team for the next two seasons. Kirsten was chosen for the role by a panel including Ricky Ponting and David Boon. Having previously coached India and…

Match Facts Tuesday, April 4, 2017Start time 1900 local (1330 GMT) Bangladesh have lost their last seven T20Is © Associated Press Big Picture Bilateral T20Is can become meaningless when fitted towards the end of tours. Teams use these games to prepare for future endeavours and to give the players who had been confined to the bench some game time. As a result, not many of these matches are memorable. But…

Australia’s previous visit to Bangladesh was cancelled due to security concerns © Getty Images Australia and Bangladesh are at odds over the timing and format of the tour tentatively scheduled for later this year after the previously planned visit by Steven Smiths’ team was scuppered due to security concerns. While the Future Tours Programme has Australia visiting Bangladesh in July for two Test matches as per the original 2015 plan,…