Tim Southee has conceded there’s no guarantee he will captain New Zealand’s next set of Test matches when they head to the subcontinent for to face Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and India later in the year. It means New Zealand’s 13-year winless streak in Tests against Australia is set to extend while their 31-year drought at
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Pat Cummins has praised the ability of different players in the Australia side to stand up when the team needed it after they conjured a remarkable run chase in New Zealand to take the series 2-0. Australia were in huge trouble on the third evening at 34 for 4 chasing 279 and then at 80
Australia 256 (Labuschagne 90, Henry 7-67) and 281 for 7 (Carey 98*, Marsh 80, Sears 4-90) beat New Zealand 162 (Hazlewood 5-31, Starc 3-59) and 372 (Ravindra 82, Latham 73, Cummins 4-62) by three wickets Alex Carey produced a brilliant knock under pressure to crush New Zealand’s bid for a famous victory as Australia ran
Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer might have failed to snap their lean runs with the bat in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy final for Mumbai, but Shardul Thakur has placed his trust in them to return to form. Rahane and Iyer scored 7 apiece as Mumbai scored 224 at Wankhede Stadium, with Thakur
Brendon McCullum admits India exposed flaws in England, forcing them to play “timid” cricket, and says refinement and some tough conversations will be on the agenda in the aftermath of their 4-1 defeat. The fact that this was the first series loss of McCullum’s reign did not lead the head coach to sugarcoat his assessment
Kolkata Knight Riders have brought in Phil Salt as a replacement for Jason Roy for IPL 2024 after Roy pulled out citing “personal reasons”. Having remained unsold in the latest auction after representing Delhi Capitals last year, this will be Salt’s second season in the IPL. He was acquired by KKR at his reserve auction
Australia slumped to 34 for 4 in pursuit of the target of 279. Lyon had been padded up as the nightwatcher yet again but was not required after Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh steered Australia to stumps without any further loss. But they still need 202 runs to win with just six wickets in hand
“I’m very happy for him,” Mendis said. “With the World Cup around the corner, it’s great to have many of our bowlers in such form. He’s been playing in franchise leagues for some time – he played well in South Africa [SA20] as well – I think that’s also why he was able to give
The 4-1 series win also helped India overtake Australia at the top of the ICC’s Test rankings and they will remain No. 1 even if Australia beat New Zealand in Christchurch. India are also the top-ranked ODI and T20I side at present. India had slipped to fifth place in the WTC points table after losing
Cricket Australia is set to allow Big Bash clubs to sign overseas talent to multi-year deals before the draft, in a bid to stop players leaving the competition before finals. In a significant shake up, clubs will be able to agree a pre-draft multi-year offer with one overseas player. That deal will include a requirement
New Zealand 162 and 372 (Ravindra 82, Latham 73, Cummins 4-64, Lyon 3-49) lead Australia 256 by 278 runs Pat Cummins bowled superbly on a sedate Hagley Oval surface as Australia dismissed New Zealand after tea on day three. Australia need 279 runs to win the second Test and clinch the series 2-0. A half-century
Big picture – Vidarbha vs Mumbai is domestic workhorses vs domestic superstars Is the Ranji Trophy really the finishing school for those aspiring to wear the India cap? This question has been raised several times recently, at least in the aftermath of most big selection meetings for the Test team. Then again, look at those
Karachi Kings 179 for 7 (Vince 42, Irfan 35, Abbas 2-23) beat Lahore Qalandars 177 for 5 (Shafique 55, Zaman 54, Mahmood 2-27) by three wickets Shoaib Malik hit a boundary off the last ball to give Karachi Kings a three-wicket victory in a must-win game against two-time champion Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super
The PCB has sounded out former Australian allrounder Shane Watson as one of its prime contenders for the head coaching role of the men’s national side. The side currently does not have a head coach and wishes to find a candidate for the top job before New Zealand visits Pakistan for a white-ball series in
India, led by five-wicket hauls from Kuldeep Yadav and R Ashwin in the two innings, and an all-star batting display led by centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, crushed England by an innings and 64 runs to win the series 4-1 in Dharamsala. Here is what Ashwin, who was playing his 100th Test, and
Rahul Dravid is hoping for an “all-round review involving coaches and players” to address key issues relating to the Ranji Trophy specifically and domestic cricket in general. Dravid was responding to a query on what the board can do to address concerns, like the one raised by Shardul Thakur about just three-day gaps between Ranji
England were outplayed by the better team since winning the first Test against India – that was Ben Stokes’ assessment of his side’s 4-1 series defeat, delivered well inside three days of the final match in Dharamsala. Faced with a first-innings defict of 259, England were bowled out for 195 in their second as India
Play domestic cricket, score runs and force the selectors to pick you again. This is India head coach Rahul Dravid‘s simple message to Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, on whom there has been much spotlight over the past two months for their decision to skip domestic cricket. Both Kishan and Iyer were not considered for
The BCCI has announced a “Test Cricket Incentive Scheme” that will increase a player’s match fee by 300% if he features in more than 75% of the Tests played during a season. “This scheme is not only designed to encourage players to engage in the purest format of the sport but also addresses the evolving
India 477 (Gill 110, Rohit 103, Padikkal 65, Sarfaraz 56, Bashir 5-173) beat England 218 and 195 (Root 84, Ashwin 5-77, Bumrah 2-38) by an innings and 64 runs It ended in an avalanche of wickets in the foothills of the Himalayas, as England’s bid to scale the heights on their tour of India descended
After winning a series in which injuries, player unavailability, workload management and general transition forced India to give out five debuts – their joint-equal highest after their very first series – India’s coach has reserved special praise for the selectors, who, Rahul Dravid said, “pushed and challenged” the team management to play new options. At
Bangladesh chose to bowl against Sri Lanka Bangladesh unchanged, while Sri Lanka have made three changes. Avishka Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka are out, with Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva and Nuwan Thushara coming in. The series is tied at one-all with all to play for in the third game. Bangladesh: 1 Litton Das (wk),
Tanveer Sangha still wants to become a three-format bowler for Australia, as the spinner prepares to play his first Sheffield Shield match in almost two years. Sangha will turn out for New South Wales against Queensland on Monday, marking his first red-ball game for his state since March 2022. In the time since, the legspinner
Marnus Labuschagne says he never felt in any danger of losing his place and believes Australia’s revamped batting line-up is going to succeed despite another innings that was propped up by one individual performance among failures elsewhere. He also defended the shot option of wicketkeeper Alex Carey who popped up another catch in the ring
James Anderson scaled new heights in the foothills of the Himalayas on Saturday morning, as he became the first seam bowler to claim 700 Test wickets, against India in Dharamsala. The moment came in the fourth over of the third morning, as Anderson induced Kuldeep Yadav into a thin edge to the keeper for 30,
By a distance Sri Lanka’s fastest bowler, as he breached 150kph on occasion, Pathirana had had a mixed series. He had leaked 56 runs in his four overs in the first T20I, but took 2 for 28 from 3.4 overs in the second. Sri Lanka have looked to use him largely at the death.
Tea New Zealand 162 & 43 for 1 (Williamson 25*, Latham 13*, Starc 1-15) trail Australia 256 (Labuschagne 90, Starc 28, Henry 7-67) by 51 runs Matt Henry claimed a seven-wicket haul to claw New Zealand back into a fast-moving second Test at Hagley Oval before Kane Williamson made an attractive start against Australia’s formidable
Peshawar Zalmi 196 for 8 (Babar 53, Hosein 4-23) beat Quetta Gladiators 120 (Shakeel 24, Shahzad 2-15, Ayub 2-20) by 76 runs Babar Azam and Saim Ayub upstaged Akeal Hosein‘s hat-trick as Peshawar Zalmi thumped Quetta Gladiators by 76 runs and booked a playoff spot in the Pakistan Super League on Friday. Gladiators’ batters fumbled
Allrounder Aaron Hardie has been passed fit for Western Australia’s vital Sheffield Shield clash against Victoria in Melbourne from Monday where the winner will face Tasmania in the final. Hardie has been sidelined since facing Tasmania in Hobart in mid-February where he suffered a minor calf injury. He had been due to join Australia’s T20I
Jeetan Patel, England’s spin coach, praised Shoaib Bashir for his skill and tenacity after he overcame a pre-match bout of sickness to claim four first-innings wickets during another marathon spell in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Patel also vowed to keep supporting Bashir’s career progression once this England tour is over, in the wake of
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