Play 00:41 KL Rahul’s stats in the IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman KL Rahul will miss IPL 2017 with a shoulder injury he sustained during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. According to a source from within the team, he will soon be travelling to London to undergo surgery. It is understood that Royal Challengers had been looped in on Rahul’s situation and were prepared for his imminent injury-enforced exit from the tournament….
Play 01:56 Shoaib Malik: ‘Pressure is on West Indies now’ Shadab Khan has taken to international cricket in style. The 18-year old legspinner’s statistics after only two matches for Pakistan read seven wickets at an average of 3, a strike-rate of 6.8 and an economy rate of 2.6. And the opposition he dismantled is not at all happy. West Indies coach Stuart Law thought his batsmen “gifted” some wickets away…
Play 00:41 KL Rahul’s stats in the IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman KL Rahul will miss IPL 2017 with a shoulder injury he sustained during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. According to a source from within the team, he will soon be travelling to London to undergo surgery. It is understood that Royal Challengers had been looped in on Rahul’s situation and were prepared for his imminent injury-enforced exit from the tournament….
Mashrafe Mortaza wants his boys to keep playing aggressive cricket © Getty Images Bangladesh have recently won two Tests against teams they had never previously beaten, made the knockouts of the World Cup in 2015, won six of their seven most-recent home ODI series, and have unearthed match-winning young bowlers, so it is time to take aim at the next frontier, captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said. His goal: to consistently…
Sri Lanka cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has singled out Dhananjaya de Silva and Danushka Gunathilaka as players the side may do well to invest in © AFP Sri Lanka’s inconsistent selection has had a “big effect” on the present state of the ODI team, cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has said, ahead of the third ODI against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka have rifled through 41 players – five higher than any other…
Sri Lanka cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has singled out Dhananjaya de Silva and Danushka Gunathilaka as players the side may do well to invest in © AFP Sri Lanka’s inconsistent selection has had a “big effect” on the present state of the ODI team, cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has said, ahead of the third ODI against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka have rifled through 41 players – five higher than any other…
Khalid Latif returned home even before he had played a game for Islamabad United this season © Getty Images Khalid Latif, the Pakistan batsman charged with six breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption code during the PSL in February, appeared before a three-member tribunal in Lahore on Friday, a week after skipping the first hearing citing ill health. Latif and his legal team agreed to the PCB’s adopted timelines, with a…
Match Facts April 1, 2017Start time: 0930 local (0400GMT) Kusal Mendis, who hit his maiden century in Dambulla, has shown signs of his desire to be a leading batsman in world cricket © AFP Big Picture Sri Lanka would have felt hard done by after rain ruined the second ODI, when they put up a total of 311. No team had ever won a 50-over game on the island after…
Mashrafe Mortaza wants his boys to keep playing aggressive cricket © Getty Images Bangladesh have recently won two Tests against teams they had never previously beaten, made the knockouts of the World Cup in 2015, won six of their seven most-recent home ODI series, and have unearthed match-winning young bowlers, so it is time to take aim at the next frontier, captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said. His goal: to consistently…
Adam Milne has only recently returned to action after almost a year out © IDI/Getty Images New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne is in discussions to play in this season’s NatWest T20 Blast as an overseas player. Milne’s agent has confirmed that, while a number of clubs were interested in signing the 24-year-old, he has only entered into talks with two, one of which ESPNcricinfo understands is Kent. The signing…