England 256 (Sciver 85, Selman 3-29, Matthews 3-56) beat West Indies 105 (Matthews 28, Ecclestone 3-9, Sciver 2-16) by 151 runs Nat Sciver was in the runs – again – and the wickets as England wrapped up a 3-0 sweep of their ODI series with West Indies in Antigua. Sciver, the player of the match and the series, scored her second half-century in three games since making her comeback on…

Defending IPL champions Gujarat Titans’ head coach Ashish Nehra has said that the side will look to rope in a fast bowler at the auction, to be held in Kochi on December 23. “Even if you win, still you make a few changes as per needs,” Nehra told reporters on Friday. “We might need a fast bowler. In a small auction, you make changes as per requirements. We are no…

IPL 2023 is likely to begin on April 1, while the inaugural season of the Women’s IPL is likely to be played from March 3 to 26 with both tournaments to be played in India. While the BCCI is yet to formalise the dates, it has earmarked a window for the WIPL with the tournament set to start a week after the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup final, which is…

Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia won the toss and opted to bowl in the first of the five-match women’s T20I series against India, in Mumbai on Friday. With the injured fast-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar out of the series, India handed Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani an international debut. Sarvani was the leading wicket-taker in the Inter-State Women’s T20s, with 17 strikes at an average of 5.70 and…

Ben Duckett described Abrar Ahmed as “basically a legspinner who has a good googly” and hinted that England will look to go even harder against him in the second innings, after the Pakistan debutant took 7 for 114 in 22 overs on the first day in Multan. Duckett, who made 63 off 49, was the second of Abrar’s seven victims and scored 25 runs off the 18 balls he faced…

The probability of Indian captain Rohit Sharma returning for the Bangladesh Test series could be receding with the selectors asking Bengal captain and opener Abhimanyu Easwaran to join the national squad in Chattogram. Easwaran is currently in Sylhet, leading India A who finished a two-match red-ball tour against Bangladesh A on Friday. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Bangladesh are eyeing a maiden ODI series sweep against India, and as a result, will not rest players or drop their intensity for the final game, according to their fielding coach Shane McDermott. The home side sealed the ODI series by winning the second game by five runs in Dhaka, but McDermott said that the team has learned enough lessons in the last two years not to put their guard…

Big picture What more can you ask for from a three-match series, eh? A one-wicket win in the first match, a last-ball result with only one wicket remaining in the second, and every possible twist and turn on the way to those two finishes. It’s a pity that the same team won both games, and that the series finale will be a dead rubber, but do not rule out more…

Bangladesh A 252 and 187 (Shadman 93, Saurabh 6-74, Umesh 2-34, Saini 2-54) lost to India A 562 for 9 dec (Abhimanyu 157, Jayant 83, Bharat 77, Saurabh 55, Pujara 52, Saini 50*, Musfik 3-129, Murad 3-145, Sumon 2-119) by an innings and 123 runs Saurabh Kumar spun Bangladesh A out to give India A an innings-and-123-run win in the second and final four-day match in Sylhet. The Indians completed…

South Africa batter and former captain Mignon du Preez has announced her retirement from all international T20 cricket. She had already said she was stepping away from the longer formats after the one-day Women’s World Cup earlier this year, and now she’s retiring from T20 internationals, bringing the curtain down on a South Africa career that spanned just short of 16 years. Du Preez, 33, will continue to be available…