India B 134 for 2 (Mayank 36, Parag 27*, Saini 2-36) trail India A 321 (Musheer 181, Saini 56, Akash Deep 4-60, Khaleel 2-54) by 187 runs Until last week, Navdeep Saini hadn’t touched a red ball for over seven months. He was hoping to ease himself into the season with a steady diet of white-ball cricket courtesy of the Delhi Premier League (DPL). But when the Duleep Trophy call-up…
Toss Scotland chose to bowl vs Australia Scotland opted to bowl after winning a delayed toss as they look to come back from a thumping defeat in the first T20I. Foggy conditions at The Grange forced the toss to be pushed back by half an hour. On Wednesday, Australia romped home in their chase of 155 with 62 balls to spare. Scotland reacted by making as many as five changes…
Matt Walker will leave Kent at the end of the season after seven years as men’s head coach. Walker, who had a 16-year playing career with the county, was promoted in 2017 to replace Jimmy Adams, having been assistant coach at the club, a position he had held since 2014. During his time in charge, the 50-year-old enjoyed limited-overs success in the form of the 2021 Vitality Blast and the…
Afghanistan have named three uncapped players – opening batter Riaz Hassan, offspin allrounder Shamsurrahman and pacer Khalil Ahmed – in their 16-member squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand in Greater Noida, starting on 9. In Rashid Khan’s injury-forced absence, Zahir Khan and Zia-ur-Rehman will lead the spin attack. Rashid had not featured in Afghanistan’s previous Test as well, against Ireland in February-March. Fast Bowler Naveed Zadran, who picked…
India D 164 and 206 for 8 (Padikkal 56, Iyer 54, Suthar 5-30) lead India C 168 (Indrajith 72, Rana 4-33, Saransh 2-16) by 202 runs Manav Suthar and Harshit Rana stood out on the second day in Anantapur, which also belonged to the bowlers. In all, 14 wickets fell in 78.2 overs with India D closing out the day with a lead of 202. Counterattacking fifties from Shreyas Iyer…
Rahul Dravid has been formally announced as Rajasthan Royals’ new head coach for a multi-year term, and he said it was the “ideal time” to “take on another challenge” after guiding India to the T20 World Cup title in June this year. “I am pleased to be returning to the franchise I have called ‘home’ for a number of years in the past,” Dravid said in a statement, having captained…
A hamstring injury sustained in the Hundred has denied Nathan Ellis the opportunity to nail down a spot in Australia’s T20I side, ruling him out of the rest of their series against Scotland and the eight subsequent white-ball games in England. Ellis was targeting the Scotland series as a rare chance to lead Australia’s attack, with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins rested and Josh Hazlewood out with a calf niggle….
Imagine being a frontline spinner from a country that is known to produce world-class fast bowlers. Imagine then touring a tough place like India and grabbing a historic ten-wicket haul in only your 11th Test. Now imagine still not becoming a frontline spinner for your team and getting to feature in only five of the next 19 Tests your team goes on to play. That’s the life of left-arm spinner…
Each of the five sides at the Champions One-Day Cup – Pakistan’s newer, flashier version of the domestic 50-over competition – will be captained by Pakistan internationals. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Haris have been announced as captains of the side they represent, taking charge of the Lions, Wolves, Panthers, Dolphins and Stallions respectively. Haris’ captaincy of the Stallions – chosen by the team’s…
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bowl first under heavy skies in the third and final Test at The Kia Oval, where England are seeking a clean sweep of the series. After heavy showers in parts of London and Surrey early in the morning, play was set to begin on time with complete cloud cover and…