Angelo Mathews has had long-standing hamstring and calf troubles © Getty Images Angelo Mathews is likely to be unavailable for Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa, thanks to the hamstring injury he sustained during Colombo Kings’ Lanka Premier League semi-final. Just arrived in SA and watched commentary of the @LPLT20 on @ESPNcricinfo…well done @GalleGladiators but
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News Starc’s bowling will provide ample rough stuff outside the right-handers’ off stump, a key consideration given India lack the left-handers Lyon has feasted on of late Nathan Lyon will welcome Mitchell Starc‘s return into the Australian camp on Monday following compassionate leave ahead of the Test series against India. More specifically, he will welcome
Galle Gladiators 151 for 8 (Rajapaksa 33, Lakshan 31*) beat Colombo Kings 150 for 9 (Bell-Drumond 70, Sandakan 3-32) by 2 wickets How the game played out Three wins, six losses, LPL finalists. The Galle Gladiators are the first team to qualify for the final of the Lanka Premier League, coming out victors in a
Report Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill stroke fifties as Indians stretch lead to 472 Indians 194 and 386 for 4 (Vihari 104*, Pant 103*) lead Australia A 108 by 472 runs India’s batsmen capped off their preparations for the Adelaide Test with a sedate hundred for Hanuma Vihari and a swashbuckling one for Rishabh Pant.
Trent Boult got into rhythm quickly after New Zealand made West Indies follow on © Getty Images West Indies 131 (Blackwood 69, Southee 5-32, Jamieson 5-34) and (f/o) 73 for 2 (Campbell 26*, Brooks 19*, Boult 2-34) trail New Zealand 460 by 256 runs Having taken only two wickets in his first three innings of
News “I was feeling very weak,” Iqbal posted on his official Facebook page Tamim Iqbal will undergo tests on Sunday after he fell ill during Fortune Barishal’s Bangabandhu T20 Cup match against Beximco Dhaka on Saturday. Iqbal didn’t take the field during Barishal’s defence of 193, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz deputising. Iqbal later wrote on
TNCA chief Rupa Gurunath felicitates Abhinav Mukund and Dinesh Karthik © K Sivaraman A conflict of interest notice has been issued against former BCCI president N Srinivasan’s daughter Rupa Gurunath, who is the president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). BCCI ethics officer Justice DK Jain, who has issued the notice based on a
Henry Nicholls with a controlled pull shot that ensures the ball stays down © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 422 for 8 (Nicholls 160*, Wagner 48*, Gabriel 3-93, Joseph 3-109) vs West Indies Henry Nicholls moved past 150 and found excellent lower-order support from Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner as New Zealand pushed towards a
News Hampshire left-arm seamer hopes to be an example to other gambling addicts Chris Wood, the Hampshire left-arm seamer, hopes that other gambling addicts will use his example to reach out for support, after being handed a two-month suspended ban following an investigation by the ECB’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) into his betting activities. Wood, who
News A gap in the quick bowler’s schedule has opened up to allow him to head to Australia Melbourne Stars have re-signed Pakistan quick Haris Rauf on the day of the Stars’ first match of the season against the Brisbane Heat in Canberra. The Stars had initially ruled out the possibility of Rauf returning to