South Africa have identified making Steven Smith play at the ball early as the key to keeping Australia’s most prolific batsman quiet in their three-Test series this summer. They are one of the few countries in the world who can claim to have found an answer for Smith through his career ahead of Saturday’s first
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Ashley Noffke, the former Australia allrounder, has won the race to become women’s head coach at London Spirit in the Hundred for the 2023 season. He was among the contenders to replace Lisa Keightley as England women’s coach and is understood to have been interviewed for that position, but was beaten to it by Jon
England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) and 275 (Brook 108, Duckett 79, Abrar 4-120) beat Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) and 328 (Shakeel 94, Imam 60, Wood 4-65) by 26 runs Raw pace in a raw match situation. It’s the weapon for which England have been crying out throughout their
Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the opening Test against South Africa due to the side strain he picked up last week but Australia captain Pat Cummins is on track to return at the Gabba. The selectors have named a 14-player squad for the Test which starts on Saturday in Brisbane with uncapped Lance
India’s captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the first Test against Bangladesh which starts on Wednesday, as he continues treatment for a thumb injury that he sustained earlier this week. A BCCI press release on Sunday said Rohit had met with a specialist in Mumbai, and is working towards being fit enough to
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite lamented that his team “didn’t show any fight” in Adelaide but believed that overall they had produced a successful year in Test cricket. They crashed to a 419-run defeat within the opening session of the fourth day, their heaviest runs defeat in Test cricket, having shown heart to take the
A humble Jack Leach was in disbelief at achieving 100 Test wickets, regarding the feat as more than he felt he’d ever achieve and something he did not think “would ever happen” on the day he became the 49th England bowler to pass the milestone. The left-arm spinner took 4 for 98 on the second
Less than a year after he captained India Under-19 to the World Cup triumph, 20-year-old Yash Dhull has been named captain of the Delhi Ranji team with 100-Test veteran Ishant Sharma and IPL star Nitish Rana in its ranks. Dhull will be one of the youngest ever to captain Delhi and that too in his
Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) trail England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) by 79 runs England surged into command of the second Test on the second morning at Multan, picking up Pakistan’s remaining eight wickets for 95 including a pre-lunch flurry of three for none in six balls, as Pakistan
IPL 2023 is likely to begin on April 1, while the inaugural season of the Women’s IPL is likely to be played from March 3 to 26 with both tournaments to be played in India. While the BCCI is yet to formalise the dates, it has earmarked a window for the WIPL with the tournament