Andrew Strauss, England’s interim director of cricket, believes that the absence of Stuart Broad and James Anderson in the Caribbean will encourage other members of England’s Test team to assume leadership roles, and thereby provide more “options” for the incoming regime, as and when a new head coach and permanent MD are appointed later this
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Report Dhaka needed 11 off the final over, and Shuvagata slammed Thisara Perera for back-to-back sixes off the first two balls Minister Group Dhaka 131 for 5 (Mahmudullah 34, Jahurul 30, Perera 2-39) beat Khulna Titans 129 for 8 (Raza 64, Sunny 2-15, Omarzai 2-25) by five wickets How the match played outShuvagata Hom struck
News Skipper ‘sticks up for his mates’ in a statement saying Langer leaves a ‘significant legacy’ but the players needed ‘a new style of coaching and skill set’ moving forward Test captain Pat Cummins has defended Australia’s players following significant criticism in the wake of coach Justin Langer‘s resignation. Cricket Australia issued a lengthy statement
News Robin Uthappa not in Kerala squad due to injury, Sanju Samson expected to join once fit Indian Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has opted out of Bengal’s Ranji Trophy squad for “personal reasons”. Saha, who is 37, did not expand on the exact reasons to ESPNcricinfo. It could not be confirmed whether the Indian selectors
News The duo have been under scrutiny because of lack of big scores in Tests of late The experienced duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are set to feature in the upcoming Ranji Trophy after being under the scanner in Test cricket for the last couple of years. Pujara was named in Saurashtra’s squad,
News The allrounder was due to be one of the travelling reserves and has been replaced by Heather Graham Rising star Hannah Darlington has withdrawn from Australia’s women’s ODI World Cup squad, citing mental health and wellbeing reasons. Selected as a reserve for the tournament in New Zealand, Darlington has made herself unavailable — as
Report They climbed to third position in the BPL by handing a 15-run defeat to Sylhet Sunrisers Khulna Titans 182 for 3 (Soumya 82*, Mushfiqur 62*) beat Sylhet Sunrisers 167 for 6 (Anamul 47, Mosaddek 38*) by 15 runs How the match played out Khulna Titans climbed to third position in the BPL by handing
News The BCB, though, is confident he will be available for the upcoming white-ball series against Afghanistan Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out of the rest of the BPL because of a back injury, according to the Sylhet Sunrisers. Taskin didn’t play the last two matches for the franchise because of the injury but the
Report The home side finished the Karachi leg of the tournament with a night to forget Islamabad United 177 for 6 (Stirling 39, Shadab 34, Jordan 2-36) beat Karachi Kings 135 for 9 (Nabi 47*, Shadab 4-15) by 42 runs The PSL is halfway through, and Karachi Kings have one foot out of the tournament.
News England allrounder, who retired from Tests last year, says coaching changes were inevitable after poor Ashes Chris Silverwood, the sacked England head coach, is a “good guy” who looked after his players’ best interests, Moeen Ali says. Speaking after Silverwood, his assistant, Graham Thorpe, and head of men’s cricket Ashley Giles were removed from