Bangladesh 107 for 3 (Mominul 40*, Shanto 31, Akash Deep 2-34) vs India A start-stop drizzle meant there was no play on the second day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur. The whole ground remained under covers throughout the day. At times, three super soppers came out, running over the covers,
Month: September 2024
Lunch New Zealand 3 for 1 (Conway 2*, Peiris 1-1) and 88 (Santner 29, Jayasuriya 6-42, Peiris 3-33) trail Sri Lanka 602 for 6 dec by 511 runs Sri Lanka had a bash on a sunny morning, as New Zealand folded for 88, their lowest all-out Test total in reply to the hosts’ 602 on
Australia face a nervous wait on the fitness of allrounder Cameron Green after he was ruled out of the final two ODIs against England with a back injury. Green underwent scans after reporting soreness following the third ODI in Durham, where he bowled a spell of sustained short balls, and will undergo further assessment on
England 312 for 5 (Brook 87, Duckett 63, Livingstone 62*) vs Australia Harry Brook produced a sparkling innings after an Australian wicketkeeper was briefly the centre of attention at Lord’s, and Liam Livingstone hammered a thunderous 27-ball 62, as England racked up an imposing 312 for 5 in just 39 overs at Lord’s After a
A Bangladeshi fan at the centre of an alleged altercation at Kanpur’s Green Park on Friday ended up in a hospital. Robi, the Bangladeshi superfan, initially said he had been at the receiving end of some violence from other fans but retracted that claim from hospital later, saying he had been feeling unwell after suffering
Trinbago Knight Riders, the perennial pre-tournament favourites in CPL, have had an up-and-down season so far, but considering the number of challenges they’ve had to deal with, including injuries to Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, their captain Kieron Pollard isn’t too perturbed. While Bravo has called time on his playing career after a
South Africa chose to bowl vs Ireland South Africa rested their most experienced fast bowler Lungi Ngidi on a surface with a significant grass covering, fielding an attack with four seam and three spin options as they chose to bowl in the series opener against Ireland. Ottneil Baartman and Lizaad Williams are set to make
Kamindu Mendis became the fastest batter to 1000 Test runs in 75 years, as he hit an unbeaten 182 in Sri Lanka’s first innings against New Zealand in Galle. Having got there in 13 innings, Kamindu equalled Don Bradman’s pace to the milestone. The two of them are now third-equal fastest in Test history, with
There are rough days and then there are rough days, and then there is whatever it was that New Zealand endured on day two in Galle. The only thing that seemed to go right for them was the weather because if not for the persistent overcast conditions, it really would have been a day of
Aleem Dar will retire from all umpiring at the end of Pakistan’s current domestic season, ending a celebrated career that ran for nearly a quarter of a century. Dar, 56, had already stepped down from the ICC’s Elite Panel of umpires in March 2023 but as part of the International Panel was still eligible to
Victoria 240 for 7 (Harris 63, Swepson 3-38) beat Queensland 234 (Khawaja 57, Murphy 3-38) by six runs Three wickets to Test offspinner Todd Murphy and some nerveless catching from Victoria helped them to a thrilling six-run win at the Junction Oval after a brilliant cameo from Michael Neser almost stole the game for Queensland.
Lunch Bangladesh 74 for 2 (Shanto 28*, Mominul 17*, Deep 2-14) vs India Akash Deep struck twice on the first morning of the second Test in Kanpur to give India an early advantage before Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque added 45 in an unbroken third-wicket stand to make sure the game was in balance
Lunch Sri Lanka 402 for 5 (Kamindu 93*, Mathews 88, de Silva 44, Phillips 3-65) vs New Zealand The weather had darkened, and there was more turn on offer for the spinners, but Sri Lanka’s dominance continued just the same as they extended their first innings total to 402 for 5, at lunch on day
Former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo has ended his long and celebrated career at Chennai Super Kings, with whom he won four IPL titles in different roles. He has joined defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as mentor from the 2025 season. ESPNcricinfo learned that Bravo recently met with KKR CEO Venky Mysore during the
Bravo, 41 next month, is the leading T20 wicket-taker in history. He had previously called time on his international career in 2021, and stepped away from the IPL last year, as he began to move into coaching – in the last 12 months he has worked with Chennai Super Kings and the Afghanistan men’s team.
There will be a total of 74 matches played in IPL 2025, the same as the last three seasons. That number, though, is ten less than the 84 matches listed by IPL in 2022 when the media rights for the 2023-27 cycle were sold. In the tender document for the new rights cycle, the IPL
Josh Hull, the Leicestershire left-arm seamer, has been ruled out of England men’s Test tour of Pakistan with a quad injury. Hull, 20, picked up the niggle during his debut in the final Test of the summer against Sri Lanka at the Kia Oval. At the time, the ECB felt there was time for him
Lalit Modi, the founder and architect of the Indian Premier League, has accused the ECB of being “disconnected from reality” in their ambitions for the Hundred, after leaking the board’s confidential financial projections for the tournament, and its valuations of each of the eight teams. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Modi
BCB president Faruque Ahmed has said that the board cannot guarantee Shakib Al Hasan the security he has asked for, to play the Dhaka Test against South Africa in October. Earlier today, Shakib had said that that Test will be his last. Shakib said that he wants to play his final Test at home, provided
“The senior players need to take responsibility because they have played a lot of cricket in Galle,” Sri Lanka batting coach Thilina Kandamby had said ahead of the second Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Three hundred and six runs later – 240 off the bats of Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews
Developing as an all-formats, all-conditions bowler is a work in progress for Matthew Potts. At this juncture, he is halfway through gauging how that is coming along, with a fortnight of white-ball action set to make way for a month with the red. Friday’s fourth ODI at Lord’s is an opportunity to square the series
Sussex tightened their grip at the top of the table while Yorkshire edged closer to promotion at the expense of Middlesex, after a complete washout on the opening day of the final round of fixtures in Division Two of the County Championship. With promotion already sealed and a 20-point cushion at the top, Sussex need
Big picture: Another stern test awaits Bangladesh Bangladesh came into this series riding on the high of winning 2-0 in Pakistan. It peaked when they had India 144 for 6 in the first innings in Chennai. But then India once again showed why they are arguably the strongest home side in Test history and went
Big Picture: Ashes comeback redux? Here we go, then. After finding themselves 2-0 down through a combination of hubris, inexperience and self-sabotage, Harry Brook’s bucks got themselves on the board up in Durham – from here on it’ll be Bazballs to the wall as they look to emulate last summer’s rip-roaring Ashes comeback (with the
An inspection by the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department has found that one of the stands at Green Park stadium is unsafe, and the state officials have advised the stadium authorities not to fill it up to capacity. On Tuesday, a delegation from the PWD along with members of the engineering department at Harcourt Butler
There is some uncertainty around the conditions that the second Test between India and Bangladesh will be played in with representatives from both teams admitting that they didn’t know which pitch will be used. “To be honest, I don’t know which surface we are going to play on yet,” India batting coach Abhishek Nayar said
Shakib Al Hasan has said that the Dhaka Test against South Africa in October will be his last. Speaking to the media ahead of the Kanpur Test against India, he also said the 2024 T20 World Cup, which was in June, was his final T20 assignment for Bangladesh, meaning his only international appearances going forward
LunchSri Lanka 102 for 1 (Chandimal 60*, Karunartne 40*, Southee 1-30) vs New Zealand With strikingly different approaches, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal gave Sri Lanka a positive start in the second Test, putting together a century stand for the second wicket before lunch in Galle. Chandimal was the more aggressive of the two and
Lions 263 for 9 (Daniyal 65*, Taha 47, Yamin 46, Ubaid 3-46, Amin 2-35, Sadaqat 2-50) beat Stallions 251 (Yasir 39, Khushdil 3-40, Daniyal 3-59) by 12 runs An all-round show from Ahmed Daniyal and a three-wicket haul from Khushdil Shah helped Lions keep their campaign alive, as they held on for a 12-run victory
Private investment into the Hundred may not be finalised by next year if the right bids and suitors are not found, according to Vikram Banerjee, director of business operations at the England & Wales Cricket Board, and the man tasked with selling off stakes in The Hundred franchises. The ECB announced at the start of
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