A cushion of over 200 runs to defend in a T20 game can be a double-edged sword. While it certainly puts the chasing team under pressure, it could also induce bowlers into taking it easy – or the opposition taking the game head on with little to lose. Alyssa Healy did just that, giving UP
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Michael Vaughan‘s lawyer has said “due process” was denied to his client, and “sent on holiday” in the ECB’s investigations into charges that he made racist comments to four Asian and British-Asian players in 2009. Christopher Stoner KC, representing Vaughan, called the investigation “wholly and woefully inadequate” on the final day of the Cricket Discipline
In the last Test series in New Zealand, both sides very clearly went all-out for victory, because that is their Test-match identity. Sri Lanka can perhaps have claimed to have pioneered Bazball, before Baz was even a thing – the likes of Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya having blazed through the late 90s. But
Quetta Gladiators 168 for 6 (Guptill 86*, Sarfaraz 29, Shamsi 2-20) beat Karachi Kings 164 for 6 (Rossington 69, Imad 30*, Aimal 2-26) by four wickets For the second time this season, Karachi Kings were on the cusp of victory against Quetta Gladiators, only to watch as Martin Guptill wrenched it violently out of their
West Indies’ Hayley Matthews was unsold in the first round of the WPL auction, which was held just at the start of the Women’s T20 World Cup, before Mumbai Indians picked her up in the accelerated round. Surprising as it was, you could attach a logic to it. Matthews was leading a West Indies side
A new dossier of evidence has come to light that is expected to cast doubt on the validity of Yorkshire’s guilty plea at the ongoing racism hearings, amid claims that Lord Patel – the outgoing chair – was unduly influenced by the ECB during his time in the role. Following negotiations with the ECB, Yorkshire
Islamabad United 183 for 8 (Munro 63, Ashraf 39*, Umaid 3-37) beat Quetta Gladiators 179 for 6 (Najibullah 59, Nawaz 52, Farooqi 3-25) by two wickets Islamabad United beat Quetta Gladiators by two wickets in a seesawing game to confirm qualification for the last four for the seventh time in eight seasons. Half-centuries from Mohammad
Ricky Ponting believes David Warner missed the ideal time to retire from Test cricket after his double-century against South Africa at the MCG and suggested the World Test Championship final might be a one-off chance for him to prove he should play the Ashes. His double hundred in his 100th Test at the MCG came
Yash Dubey, fresh off a first-innings century, started positively with a couple of fours but had his off stump cartwheeled by Mukesh. Aman Solanki joined Harsh Gawli, who was looking solid, and the two put up a 49-run stand for the fifth wicket. Solanki punished the odd overpitched deliveries, and the tiring pacers were removed
Sam Curran has hailed the competition for places among England’s white-ball seam attack as Jos Buttler’s squad builds towards the defence of their 50-over World Cup title in India later this year. Curran took 4 for 29 in the second ODI against Bangladesh on Friday, including a devastating burst of 3 for 19 in five