Cricket

Kotian is expected to fly to Melbourne on Tuesday following Ashwin’s sudden decision to retire at the end of the third Test in Brisbane. He is currently in Hyderabad as part of the Mumbai squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts on Thursday with the five-match series level

South Africa will find a way to “pull together” for the Champions Trophy 2025 after suffering their first ODI whitewash at home and without any more match practice with a full-strength squad ahead of the tournament, according to white-ball coach Rob Walter. After overseeing the 3-0 defeat to Pakistan, Walter has been left with an

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Pakistan Temba Bavuma chose to chase in a rain-delayed third ODI at the Wanderers, in a series already lost to Pakistan. In drizzly conditions, the start of play was pushed back 15 minutes and there is more rain forecast in the evening, which could mean an adjusted target

Toss West Indies opt to bowl vs India Hayley Matthews called correctly as West Indies elected to bowl in the first ODI against India as both sides look to build towards the upcoming 50-over World Cup in a little over ten months. Matthews’ decision stemmed partly from not knowing how the surface at the brand-new

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has introduced national contracts for an additional 30 female cricketers who are either uncapped or haven’t played for Bangladesh for some time. This is in addition to the 18 centrally-contracted women, and the newly-contracted players will get a monthly salary till June 2025. The contract system is similar to the

Karnataka 383 for 3 (Shrijith 150*, Aneesh 82, Dubey 65*, Juned 2-70) beat Mumbai 382 for 4 (Iyer 114*, Tamore 84, Mhatre 78, Dube 63*, Dubey 2-89) by seven wickets Playing only his third List A game, K Shrijith struck an unbeaten 101-ball 150 to lead Karnataka home in the second-highest successful chase in Vijay

Nathan McSweeney has spoken of his heartbreak at being dropped from the Australia Test squad after three matches against India but is determined to turn his mind towards pushing for a recall. McSweeney, who had never opened before playing for Australia A against India A in the game before the squad was selected for the

Australia 291 for 7 (Sutherland 105*, McGrath 34, Penfold 4-42, Carson 2-65) beat New Zealand 122 for 5 (Kerr 38, James 27, Garth 2-17) by 65 runs via DLS Captain Alyssa Healy made a successful return before Annabel Sutherland smashed her second consecutive century as Australia defeated New Zealand in a rain-affected second ODI at

Sri Lanka Cricket’s internal politics and administration is set for sweeping change after the board announced a drastic reduction in votes, from 147 to 60. What is remarkable is that this decision was made by the voting members, meaning the voting body has used their own votes to reduce the size of that very body

South Africa have suffered another bowling injury with Ottneil Baartman ruled out of the third ODI against Pakistan with a right knee problem. Baartman is the second bowler after Keshav Maharaj who’s injured in the ODI series and the sixth seamer this summer to be sidelined. Gerald Coetzee, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaad Williams and