Ben Stokes made a tentative return to bowling for Chennai Super Kings on Monday night, but insists that his “main priority” is ensuring he can “fulfil my role as fourth seamer” in this summer’s Ashes series. Stokes has been managing an injury in his left knee for a considerable period of time and received cortisone
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After his impressive debut series in India, where he started with a seven-wicket haul in Nagpur, Murphy was one of the new names on this year’s list. Partly he may have benefited from the additional four deals that could be handed out under the new MoU, but it was also acknowledgment for answering one of
Kolkata Knight Riders 204 for 7 (Thakur 68, Gurbaz 57, Willey 2-16) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 123 (du Plessis 23, Varun 4-15, Suyash 3-30) by 81 runs Eleven-and-a-half overs into Kolkata Knight Riders’ return to Eden Gardens, it seemed they were looking at a long, painful IPL ahead. Having lost the first match, they were
Meredith was with Mumbai last season as well, when he was bought at his base price of INR 1 crore (USD 133,000 approx.). He played eight games, taking eight wickets at an economy of 8.42 as Mumbai finished at the bottom of the points table. He was released ahead of the auction for the 2023
Ireland 214 and 93 for 5 (Tector 43*, Tucker 24*, Shakib 2-16, Taijul 2-32) trail Bangladesh 369 (Mushfiqur 126, Shakib 87, Mehidy 55, McBrine 6-118) by 62 runs Ireland reduced their deficit to 62 runs against Bangladesh, after an impressive first session on the third day of the Dhaka Test. The visitors were 93 for
Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s ODI captain, is set to miss the World Cup in India later this year after being diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after he was injured in his first IPL match of the season for Gujarat Titans. Williamson returned to New Zealand in recent days where
Bangladesh got their runs at a rate of 4.58 per over. They were similarly rapid in the white-ball leg of the tour as well, with Siddons saying that this is all part of a plan. “I think we have been building to that for a while now. Of course, we are playing against Ireland, so
Lunch Bangladesh 170 for 3 (Shakib 74*, Mushfiqur 53*, Adair 2-18) trail Ireland 214 by 44 runs Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim completely dominated Ireland on the second morning of the Dhaka Test. They added 130 runs for the third wicket stand in the first session of the day, with the Bangladesh captain Shakib
USA are heading back to the World Cup Qualifier for the first time since it was known as the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland after securing a 25-run win over Jersey in their final round-robin match at the CWC Qualifier Play-off in Namibia. Defending a total of 231, USA fast bowler Ali Khan propelled his
Before the Dhaka Test, Harry Tector played just a single first-class match in four years. He didn’t feel too nervous coming into this game, admittedly not as much as he thought he would, but enough to keep him awake to the challenge at hand. Ireland’s long gap from Tests was the overriding theme on the