News Bangladesh’s head coach also wants the batters to put together substantial partnerships Bangladesh’s trend of dropping catches continued as they missed three straightforward chances in the second T20I against Afghanistan. Both Hazaratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani were reprieved on their way to a 99-run second-wicket partnership in Afghanistan’s chase of 116. Nasum Ahmed dropped
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News Prime Minister Morrison offers Warne’s family a state funeral The Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is set to be renamed the SK Warne stand in perpetuity following the sudden passing of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at aged 52. Warne passed away suddenly while on holiday in Thailand on Friday leading
Report South Africa are without regular opener Lizelle Lee for this fixture Bangladesh chose to bowl v South Africa In their first appearance at a 50-overs World Cup, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana chose to bowl first in the hope of exploiting early dampness in Dunedin. Sune Luus would have done the same, but South Africa
Report The visitors had slipped to 4 for 52 after Queensland had made quick runs South Australia 5 for 185 (Lehmann 76* trail Queensland 8 for 305 dec (Clayton 85, Peirson 65) by 120 runs South Australia’s Jake Lehmann hit a defiant half century to put the brakes on Queensland’s hopes of an unlikely Sheffield
Report Australia have named just the one specialist spinner in their XI, Nathan Lyon, while Pakistan have more options Toss Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat against Australia Josh Hazlewood has replaced Scott Boland as Australia resisted the temptation of fielding a second specialist spinner for the historic Test series opener against Pakistan,
News “What we need to do is be in that collective in each game, be consistent” Stafanie Taylor has called on West Indies to adapt their style if they are to convert their big-tournament T20 record into 50-over World Cup success. West Indies lost to South Africa by 96 runs and six wickets after winning
Report Afghanistan were reduced to 20 for 4 in the run chase, eventually folding up for 94 Bangladesh 155 for 8 (Litton 60, Afif 25, Farooqi 2-27) beat Afghanistan 94 (Zadran 27, Nasum 4-10, Shoriful 3-29) by 61 runs Nasum Ahmed‘s powerplay blitz with the ball ended Bangladesh’s eight-match losing streak in T20Is, as they
News Gardner forced to isolate for 10 days and will miss Australia’s first two World Cup matches against England and Pakistan Allrounder Ashleigh Gardner has tested positive for Covid and will miss Australia’s opening two World Cup matches against England and Pakistan. Cricket Australia confirmed on Thursday morning that Gardner had returned a Covid positive
News Three quicks and two spinners in prospect, but stiff challenge could await debutant at No.7 Pakistan are seriously considering giving a Test debut to Mohammad Wasim Jr at Rawalpindi, potentially as part of a five-man bowling attack. The home side’s preparations for the first Test of the historic series against Australia – the tourists’
News ESPNcricinfo understands that Chahar, who suffered a quadricep tear against West Indies, could take several weeks to heal Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions of the IPL, have been dealt a massive blow ahead of the 2022 season, as their premier pacer Deepak Chahar is set to miss a major chunk of, if not