Report Half-centuries for both openers as well as captain Joe Root underpin solid start to tour England XI 251 for 4 (Lees 65, Crawley 62, Root 54, Charles 3-88) vs CWI President’s XI A glimpse of the future? Or another false dawn? At the close of play on day one of England’s warm-up against the
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News Fast bowler becomes ninth Pakistan player to sign county contract for 2022 Hasan Ali will play county cricket for the first time in his career after signing a contract with Lancashire for six County Championship fixtures. Hasan, 27, was the third-highest Test wicket-taker in 2021 with 41 wickets at 16.07 and is the ninth
News Rauf is yet to play a Test but was in the running for selection after injuries to Hasan Ali and Faheem Ashraf Pakistan have been dealt another blow ahead of the first Test against Australia with Haris Rauf testing positive for Covid-19. He has been put in isolation for now and is likely to
Report South Africa are five wickets away from squaring the series and will bowl a minimum of 62 more overs Lunch New Zealand 293 & 180 for 5 (Blundell 44*, de Grandhomme 10*) need another 246 runs South Africa 364 & 354 for 9 by 246 runs Devon Conway fell eight runs short of a
News The batter, who was signed by Gujarat Titans, has cited the challenge of staying in the tournament bubble for an extended period England batter Jason Roy has pulled out of IPL 2022 citing the challenge of staying in the tournament bubble for an extended period. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Roy, who was signed by
News “Shakib had given letter saying he won’t be available to play Tests for six months. Scenario has changed since he won’t be playing IPL,” says BCB official Shakib Al Hasan will sit down with BCB president Nazmul Hassan “within the next couple of days” to discuss his Test plans, according to cricket operations chairman
Report New Zealand took the second new ball just before lunch and lost a review as well Lunch South Africa 364 & 232 for 7 (Verreynne 76*, Rabada 2*) lead New Zealand 293 by 303 runs South Africa achieved their goal of setting New Zealand a target of at least 270 in the first session
Lahore Qalandars 180 for 5 (Hafeez 69, Brook 41*, Afridi 3-19) beat Multan Sultans 138 (Khushdil 32, Shaheen 3-30, Hafeez 2-23) by 43 runs Lambasted, lampooned and laughed for so long, Lahore Qalandars are Pakistan Super League champions. You aren’t reading the PSL table upside down, but looking at the redemption arc of a franchise
News “We may be young in terms of age but being senior or junior shouldn’t be an excuse” One of the biggest takeaways for Bangladesh in their ODI series win over Afghanistan has been the contributions from multiple players, not just the seniors. Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das and Taskin Ahmed all put
Report South Africa took just two wickets on a surface that continues to offer something for the quicks under cloudy skies Lunch New Zealand 253 for 7 (de Grandhomme 103*, Southee 3*) trail South Africa 364 (Erwee 108, Wagner 4-102) by 111 runs Colin de Grandhomme‘s second Test century and a 133-run sixth-wicket stand with