The Test starts on November 22 at Perth’s Optus Stadium while the IPL auction will take place in Jeddah over two days on November 24-25, which has caused some conflict for three IPL coaches – Vettori, Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer, who are in Perth to either coach or commentate. Vettori is one of the rare coaches in world cricket that holds a permanent assistant role with an international team…
Toss Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bat first in the third and final T20I. Salman Agha, who captains the side in place of Mohammad Rizwan, who missed out today, is looking to avoid an Australian clean sweep after the hosts won the first two T20Is. This game, being played in Hobart, is the final contest of…
Doug Bracewell, the New Zealand seamer, has been suspended for one month by the country’s Sports Tribunal for “the presence and use” of cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine. Bracewell “was provisionally suspended without opposition” on April 11 this year following an “adverse analytical finding” from an in-competition test on January 13 at the Super Smash match between Wellington Firebirds and Central Stags in Wellington, the tribunal said in a statement….
Queensland 291 (Renshaw 121) and 225 for 5 (McDermott 59*, Peirson 44*, Meredith 3-39) drew with Tasmania 461 (Weatherald 186, Doran 101) Queensland held on for a draw on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match against a Tasmania side that dominated from the outset. The hosts were in dire straits on Monday’s final day at Allan Border Field until Ben McDermott and wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson combined for an…
Kane Williamson has paid tribute to the “incredible” career of his close friend Tim Southee after the pace bowler announced he would retire from Tests after the England series. The careers of Williamson and Southee have run side-by-side from junior and Under-19 level through domestic cricket into to all formats for New Zealand with the pair playing their 100th Tests together against Australia earlier this year, although Williamson made his…
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Cameron Bancroft, 9.4 ov), 2-49 (Sam Fanning, 15.2 ov), 3-74 (Hilton Cartwright, 24.4 ov), 4-93 (Jayden Goodwin, 31.6 ov), 5-109 (Ashton Turner, 36.2 ov), 6-115 (Ashton Agar, 40.3 ov), 7-126 (Joel Paris, 45.5 ov), 8-146 (Joel Curtis, 53.4 ov), 9-156 (Brody Couch, 57.5 ov), 10-167 (Cameron Gannon, 59.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies England have won the toss and chosen to field in the fifth and final T20I of their West Indies tour in St Lucia. The hosts will be looking to back up their consolation victory less than 24 hours ago at the same venue while England, who already sealed the series by winning the first three games, want to make it 4-1. The…
The PCB has said there will be no change of Test match coach for one more series, with Jason Gillespie taking charge of the upcoming two Tests against South Africa. The board has not confirmed him for any engagements beyond that tour, though he does have a contract with the PCB that runs till 2026. Over the past few days, multiple local reports indicated that Gillespie’s time with Pakistan cricket…
Carl Hopkinson and Richard Dawson, two key members of England’s white-ball backroom staff, will leave their roles at the end of the current tour of the Caribbean, in preparation for Brendon McCullum’s arrival as the new head coach across all three formats. Hopkinson, England’s long-standing fielding coach, joined the men’s set-up in 2018 and was involved in each of England’s most recent victories in ICC global events; the 50-over World…
Rohit Sharma will not be available to lead India in first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which starts on November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Rohit, who stayed back home for the birth of his second child, will join the India squad ahead of the second Test, which is a day-night match starting on December 6 in Adelaide. While Rohit had communicated to the…