India head coach Rahul Dravid doesn’t want to “make the mistake” of letting the ODI series scoreline of 1-1 take the focus away from looking at the “bigger picture” as India build towards the 2023 World Cup at home this October-November. Dravid meant the team is willing to strike a balance between providing opportunities to
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Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs India West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl in the second ODI against India at Bridgetown on Saturday. They made two changes to the side that lost the opener by five wickets, with Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty coming in for Rovman Powell and Dominic Drakes.
Stumps England 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110) lead Australia 295 by 377 runs Saturday at The Oval was never going to be quiet. After Australia had tried and failed to quieten the crowd here on day two of this fifth Ashes Test, England turned the
Stuart Broad has announced that the ongoing fifth Test of the Ashes series will be the last match of his professional career. Broad made his decision “at about 8.30pm” on Friday evening, and informed his long-standing team-mates James Anderson and Joe Root of his decision before play on Saturday morning, and was understood to be
Worcestershire 406 and 316 for 8 dec (Libby 117, Waite 62, van Meekeren 5-73) beat Gloucestershire 301 (O Price 115, Pennington 3-39) and 311 (J Taylor 98, Hammond 64, Pennington 4-63, Finch 4-83) by 110 runs Worcestershire’s seamers demonstrated admirable resolve to forge a dramatic late victory over Gloucestershire on the final day of an
Ajinkya Rahane has pulled out of a stint with Leicestershire following his recall to India’s Test team. He was expected to link up with the team for the One-Day Cup next month, but will instead take a short break from cricket. India’s next World Test Championship (WTC) assignment, though, is only in December-January, a two-match
Stuart Broad said he had been told by umpire Kumar Dharmasena that if zing bails had been in use for the Ashes Steven Smith would have been given out on the second day at The Oval, but he was comfortable with the borderline decision having gone Smith’s way. What could be a vital moment in
James Anderson has reiterated he is in no mood to retire from international cricket, despite his meagre returns in the Ashes series to date, and insists he’s not far away from regaining his best form. Anderson has so far claimed five wickets at 74.80 in his four appearances in this series, and with his 41st
West Indies 297 (Charles 66, Holder 56, Netravalkar 3-53, Taylor 3-53, Phillip 3-56) beat United States Of America 258 for 7 (Gajanand 101*, Mayers 2-30, Joseph 2-68) by 39 runs West Indies left no doubt as to who is the big brother in the Americas region, coasting past USA in the first ever ODI between
Rashid Khan, who was rested for the one-off Test in Mirpur, has been named in Afghanistan’s squad for the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, which starts July 5. There was no place, however, for Noor Ahmad, who was a part of Afghanistan’s squad in their last 50-over assignment, against Sri Lanka. Izharulhaq Naveed, the legspinner