India vs England: India’s opening likely to be the weak
NEW DELHI: India’s opening batting lineup, thin on form and experience, includes an out-of-form Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, who hasn’t played a Test since two years, and Abhimanyu Easwaran, whose inclusion as a standby opener has already raised eyebrows. Either Agarwal or Rahul will get to open with Rohit Sharma after Shubman Gill’s availability for…
Williamson pulls out of the ‘Hundred’ to manage elbow injury
LONDON: New Zealand’s world champion skipper Kane Williamson has withdrawn from ECB’s inaugural edition of the ‘Hundred’ due to his recurrent elbow injury which also forced him to miss a Test match against England last month. Williamson had a GBP 80,000 (USD 110,000) contract with Birmingham Phoenix and had stayed back in the UK after…
Inaugural WTC champions New Zealand return home with ICC mace
AUCKLAND: The triumphant New Zealand cricket team on Saturday returned home after outplaying India in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship in Southampton. However, the team’s inspirational skipper Kane Williamson and a few others were not part of the group that landed here on Saturday morning. While Wlliamson stayed back to play The…
Would love for Shafali to give us head starts consistently,
BRISTOL: Indian skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday said the team is counting on debutant Shafali Verma to provide them “head starts” consistently but asserted that the side has enough batting depth to rebuild the innings incase the teenager fails. The flamboyant teenager, known for her attacking style of play, is set to make her ODI…
3rd T20I: England wrap up series win over Sri Lanka
SOUTHAMPTON: England won the final Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka in handsome fashion with a dominant 89-run victory, giving the hosts a 3-0 series sweep in Southampton on Saturday. Chasing 181 to win after England’s openers stitched together a century stand, Sri Lanka collapsed and lost wickets at regular intervals as fast bowler David Willey…
Shafali Verma: Explosive opener Shafali Verma given licence to go
At the fag end of an epic career, Mithali Raj has reached another big milestone. June 26 saw the Indian Test & ODI captain become just the second international cricketer after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar to complete 22 years in international cricket. However, on the eve of the first ODI against England at the Bristol…
1st T20I: Evin Lewis powers West Indies to eight-wicket win
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada): Evin Lewis led a rampaging assault by the West Indies as they made a mockery of a potentially tricky target of 161 in an eight-wicket victory with five overs to spare in the opening fixture of their five-match T20 series against South Africa on Saturday. SCORECARDIn a performance which emphasised the vast…
Faiz Fazal, Atharva Taide miss chance to score big in
NAGPUR: In-form Vidarbha openers Faiz Fazal and Atharva Taide wasted an opportunity to capitalize on a good start which led to poor outings for their respective outfits in the Irish Cricket leagues on Saturday. Playing for Lisburn Cricket Club, Faiz (24; 28b, 4×4) was looking in great touch before he got out. Once the last…
Alleged misbehaviour by PCB official led to Younis Khan quitting
KARACHI: Alleged misbehaviour of a Pakistan Cricket Board official with Younis Khan led to the former captain quitting his batting coach position with the national team ahead of the England tour. A highly reliable source close to the PCB told PTI that Younis wanted to join the team’s bio-bubble few days later and that conversation…
Eoin Morgan impressed with England’s bowling performance in T20I series
SOUTHAMPTON: After defeating Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series, England captain Eoin Morgan hailed his side’s bowling performance in all three games. Dawid Malan fired a sensational fifty before David Willey picked three wickets to help England defeat Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the third and final T20I on Saturday. England swept Sri…