Virat Kohli is open to the idea of taking a break from cricket to “rejuvenate” himself mentally and get himself out of the lean patch he has been going through of late. At the same time, Kohli said he was going through the “happiest phase” of his life and he was “batting well” despite struggling
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New Zealand coach Gary Stead is confident that Kane Williamson will be able to bounce back from his IPL struggles in the Test series against England next month, but the first match of the series may come too soon for Trent Boult. Williamson left the IPL early to return home for the birth of his
Central Sparks 170 for 6 (Wong 42, Davidson-Richards 2-27) beat South East Stars 136 (Smith 41, Potts 4-36, Wong 1-14) by 34 runs Issy Wong starred with bat and ball as Central Sparks beat holders South East Stars by 34 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup at Guildford. Wong, renowned for her quick bowling, excelled
Umran Malik needs to be given a central contract “straightaway” by the BCCI, in the opinion of Ravi Shastri, who also believes Malik will be “a handful” in first-class cricket and has the potential to even be part of the Indian Test set-up subject to him being put on the development pathway by Indian cricket
New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr will return to Brisbane Heat for next season’s WBBL after missing last year’s campaign due to her break from the game to manage her mental health. Legspinner Kerr has taken 31 wickets in 30 matches for Heat with an outstanding economy rate of 5.80 and will be able to resume
Six months after the resignation of CEO Iain Higgins, USA Cricket is facing more uncertainty in leadership with board chairman Paraag Marathe also stepping down. USA Cricket board member Venu Pisike told ESPNcricinfo that this is all part of an agreement: Marathe’s resignation in return for Pisike and fellow board member Srini Salver dropping a
Bangladesh will play a T20I tri-series in New Zealand, likely in September-October, as part of their build-up to this year’s T20 World Cup, BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus has confirmed, adding that Pakistan are likely to be the third team, and the series is going to be held in Christchurch. Before reaching New Zealand,
Former England captain Charlotte Edwards has been named Sydney Sixers’ new WBBL head coach as the club looks to turn around three seasons of poor results. Edwards, who is also coach of Southern Vipers in county cricket and has been an Adelaide Strikers assistant coach for five seasons, replaces Ben Sawyer who has been in
Delhi Capitals 159 for 7 (Marsh 63, Sarfaraz 32, Livingstone 3-27) beat Punjab Kings 142 for 9 (Jitesh 44, Thakur 4-36, Axar 2-14, Kuldeep 2-14) by 17 runs Mitchell Marsh produced a masterful half-century in severely difficult conditions for run-scoring. He was so good in judging when and whom to attack, to the point that
Matthew Mott, the Australia women’s head coach, has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to become England men’s white-ball coach, and is likely to be appointed later this week. ESPNcricinfo understands that Mott has been preferred by the interview panel over former England allrounder Paul Collingwood, who was the primary contender having stood in