News Australia opt to manage Smith’s ongoing elbow problem with rest. Meanwhile, legspinner Mitchell Swepson called into the squad to bolster the bowling stocks Steven Smith has been ruled out of Australia’s upcoming limited-overs matches with Pakistan due to discomfort in his previously troubled left elbow. Australia’s selectors believe they have enough batting in the
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News The board is planning to have five or six teams in the inaugural edition of women’s IPL but it will need AGM’s approval first The BCCI is planning to start the women’s IPL by 2023, board president Sourav Ganguly said on Friday, while the Women’s T20 Challenge, comprising four games, makes a return this
Australia’s Beth Mooney heaped praise on the “crafty” Bangladeshi attack, led by the “super impressive” Salma Khatun. This was after Khatun threatened to orchestrate an unlikely upset against title favourites Australia in a World Cup league fixture on Friday. Mooney made an unbeaten 66 to dig her side out from a precarious 70 for 5
The new season of the IPL, which has two extra teams, gets underway tomorrow. As usual, there will be a healthy number of Australians in action, some who were particularly eye-catching buys at the mega auction. Here’s who is lining up where. Prices are as of conversions on auction day or when retained Sean Abbott
News Bangladesh’s ODI captain was all praise for the allrounder’s decision to stay back for the third ODI in the face of a family emergency Shakib took the evening flight out of Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, shortly after Bangladesh clinched the ODI series 2-1 in Centurion. He is scheduled to land in Dhaka on Thursday.
News Franchise confirms that Dhoni will continue to represent them “this season and beyond” Ravindra Jadeja will lead Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming IPL 2022, after MS Dhoni, who has led the team since the first season of the tournament, in 2008 – bar the two years when the team was banned – announced
News The South Africa head coach says the batters lacked intent and belief South Africa’s head coach Mark Boucher has said that his side’s “fear of failure” played a role in their defeat in the ODI series against Bangladesh. Boucher repeated the phrase several times during the post-match press conference, adding that the team lacked
News Pakistan’s collapse, he suggested, came about because conditions were difficult for batters new to the crease Pakistan have a long history of collapses in Test cricket, and they added a new chapter on Wednesday, when they lost their last five wickets for just four runs – a new record – to hand Australia a
Report NSW’s hopes of reaching the Sheffield Shield final remain alive, thanks to a crucial unbeaten century from new captain Jason Sangha against South Australia. New South Wales 6 for 243 (Sangha 104*, Buckingham 3-59) against South Australia Jason Sangha marked his first-class captaincy debut with an unbeaten century against South Australia in Adelaide to
Jack Leach, England’s left-arm spinner, says he has been studying YouTube videos of Graeme Swann in a bid to hone his attacking instincts, after coming through an extraordinary workload in Barbados with a better understanding of his role within the team. Leach churned through 94.5 overs for his six wickets in last week’s second Test