The PCB is set for a collision course with some of the biggest names in Pakistan cricket after deciding to refuse an NOC to Naseem Shah for the Hundred. ESPNcricinfo understands the PCB is likely to reject NOCs to several all-format players for upcoming franchise tournaments. While the Global T20 League in Canada has not
Joe Root says he is sad to see James Anderson retire but understands England’s decision to move on from the legendary fast bowler to plan for the next tour of Australia. Root has been along for most of the ride, playing 110 Tests with Anderson. He captained Anderson 46 times, the second-most behind Alastair Cook
Toss India opt to bowl vs Zimbabwe Tushar Deshpande, the Mumbai and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fast bowler, was handed a maiden international cap in India’s bid to seal the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Harare on Saturday. Shubman Gill called correctly for the fourth time in the series as India elected to bowl
England have added fast bowler Mark Wood to their squad for the second Test against West Indies, starting on Thursday in Nottingham. Wood’s last Test appearance came in India in March and he was not considered for Lord’s having only recently returned from playing at the T20 World Cup. “Once you come out of T20
Former India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has joined Trinbago Knight Riders as a mentor for Women’s Caribbean Premier League 2024. “It’s an honour to join such a quality franchise,” Goswami said in a statement shared by Knight Riders. “Knight Riders have done so well in India and around the world, and to join TKR Women
The day Alice Capsey turned 18, she walked towards a pod of journalists, delighted that she no longer needed a chaperone during interviews. She’d been doing these – accompanied – for a while and her team, Oval Invincibles, had just pulled off the highest successful run chase in the Women’s Hundred to defeat Northern Superchargers
Big picture: Both teams with work to do A series win will be on India’s mind when they take on Zimbabwe in the fourth T20I in Harare. They’ve had two fairly comfortable wins after a defeat in the series opener, but a few questions remain unanswered. The biggest pertain to their selection calls for the
James Anderson‘s Test career, spanning 188 matches over 21 years, came to an end where it had begun – at Lord’s – with a three-for in the second innings as England routed West Indies by an innings and 114 runs. “Obviously this morning was quite emotional with the two teams lined up and the reaction
“Dig deep. Don’t give up. Test cricket is tough.” Kraigg Brathwaite is not expansive with the bat. Ditto with words. But in those pithy sentences, the West Indies captain sent a clear message to his players to not lose heart despite being beaten in two days and an hour at Lord’s . Brathwaite admitted West
England 371 (Crawley 76, Smith 70, Root 68, Pope 57, Brook 50, Seales 4-77) beat West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-46) and 136 (Atkinson 5-61, Anderson 3-32) by an innings and 114 runs He said all he wanted to do was contribute to a win. James Anderson got his wish, though the Lord’s crowd were denied
Clive Madande, Brian Bennett and Johnathan Campbell, who are all part of the ongoing T20I series against India, are the new faces in Zimbabwe’s Test squad, which was named earlier today for the one-off fixture against Ireland later this month. Joylord Gumbie, who is yet to be capped in the format, is also in the
There are ambitions to host indoor Test cricket at a new stadium proposed in Hobart as part of a Tasmanian team joining the Australian Football League (AFL). The Tasmania Devils are due to become the AFL’s 19th team in 2028 and part of the deal is based around there being a new stadium constructed. It
England 142 for 4 (Capsey 67*, Dunkley 35) beat New Zealand 141 for 8 (Devine 58*, Bates 38, Ecclestone 4-25) by six wickets England mixed it up, put it in a test tube, found themselves under pressure and still came out with a win and an unassailable 3-0 lead in their T20I series against New
BBL officials remain hopeful that Australia’s Test players will be able to feature in the latter stages of the regular season in January although availability will come down to workloads after the five-Test series against India. With Australia due to tour Sri Lanka for two Tests from late January, players involved in that squad won’t
Dion Myers has said that time away from cricket has given him a broader perspective on his game and renewed energy for his second stint. The 22-year-old Zimbabwe batter had taken a break from cricket to pursue his university studies in the UK before returning to the international fold in the ongoing five-match T20I series
West Indies 79 for 6 (Athanaze 22, Anderson 2-11, Stokes 2-25) and 121 trail England 371 (Crawley 76, Smith 70, Root 68, Seales 4-77) by 171 runs England need four more wickets to secure an innings win over West Indies inside three days, after James Anderson, Gus Atkinson and Ben Stokes shared six wickets on
“I do not wish to place excuses to condone our below-par performance, but also wholeheartedly believe that the Bangladesh game was very close and we should have been able to pull through [Bangladesh won by two wickets, with six balls remaining]. If so, circumstances and the fortunes for our nation would have been very much
India 182 for 4 (Gill 66, Gaikwad 49, Jaiswal 36, Raza 2-24, Muzarabani 2-25) beat Zimbabwe 159 for 6 (Myers 65*, Madande 37, Washington 3-15, Avesh 2-39) by 23 runs At the end of it all, India took a big step towards winning the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with a 23-run win in the
England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs West Indies James Anderson will bowl the first ball in his last international match, after Ben Stokes won the toss and put West Indies into bat in the first Test of the English summer at Lord’s. Stokes’ decision prompted cheers from the Wednesday-morning crowd, who
Fast bowler Adam Milne has joined Kane Williamson and Lockie Ferguson in declining a contract and Blair Tickner has dropped out of the 20 players. Ravindra was a breakout star of the 2023 ODI World Cup where he made 578 runs and then scored his maiden Test century against South Africa in Mount Maunganui which
Gautam Gambhir will be India’s next head coach, succeeding Rahul Dravid, who ended his tenure after overseeing India’s victorious T20 World Cup 2024 campaign. BCCI secretary Jay Shah made the announcement via X (formerly Twitter). Gambhir’s first assignment in charge will be a white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, comprising three ODIs and three T20Is, later
Andrew Strauss has called for James Anderson to receive a knighthood as the England legend prepares for his 188th and final Test cap at Lord’s this week. As Test cricket’s most productive pace bowler with 700 career dismissals at 26.52, and England’s most capped cricketer, “Sir Jimmy” seems a foregone conclusion. Strauss is one of
The fallout from Pakistan’s disappointing T20 World Cup campaign has claimed its first victims, with Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq both sacked as selectors from the national side. Razzaq, who was appointed to the selection committee for both the men’s and women’s side just weeks ago, will no longer serve as a selector for the
Kraigg Brathwaite says that West Indies’ stunning victory over Australia in Brisbane is “history” as his team turns its attention to Wednesday’s first Test against England at Lord’s. However, he hopes that the confidence gleaned from that performance in January will help lift an inexperienced line-up as they prepare for another tough test of their
Ben Stokes says that England’s evolution as a Test team has to begin in this summer’s home series against West Indies, because he wants to be able to lead a team into the 2025-26 Ashes tour in 18 months’ time that can “not just compete with Australia, but beat them”. Speaking at Lord’s on the
India 85 for 0 (Mandhana 54*, Shafali 27*) beat South Africa 84 (Brits 20, Vastrakar 4-13) by 10 wickets The highs of two compelling batting performances in the T20Is gave way to a timid end during a tough all-format tour for South Africa in Chennai on Tuesday. On the same surface where they made 189
Ben Stokes is excited to put his knee troubles behind him and reprise his role as an allrounder when England’s Test summer begins at Lord’s on Wednesday. The first Test against West Indies will see England step into a new era with James Anderson retiring after his 188th cap. The XI also features two debutants
Big picture: Anderson enters the end-game It’s been an emotional week already for the grand old men of British sport. At Wimbledon on Thursday, Andy Murray unleashed the waterworks as he bade farewell to Centre Court, with a final acceptance that his flesh was now too weak to sustain his indomitable spirit. By contrast, that
Aamer Jamal‘s injury-blighted stint with Warwickshire has come to an early end after his fitness struggles limited him to three appearances across formats during a six-week spell in county cricket. Jamal joined Warwickshire in April after his omission from Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad opened up his availability, and he went straight into their side
Rohit made his international debut – in an ODI against Ireland – under Dravid’s captaincy. The pair combined as captain and coach to end India’s ICC title-drought by winning the T20 World Cup 2024. They won the competition undefeated, after coming close in the ODI World Cup at home last year, when they lost to
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