After the cut-and-thrust of his duel with Virat Kohli in this summer’s India series, James Anderson says that he is setting his sights on the main man in Australia’s line-up, Steven Smith, as he prepares to embark on his ninth Ashes campaign and his fifth tour Down Under. Smith proved to be England’s nemesis in
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News The tournament will be played at two venues in Colombo and Hambantota The Lanka Premier League 2021 will begin on December 5 with the final set for December 23, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. The first match, which will be held at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo, will be between last year’s finalists
Earl Eddings has resigned ahead of the AGM © Getty Images Earl Eddings has resigned as Cricket Australia chairman and stepped down from the board just 24 hours out from Thursday’s Annual General Meeting. Eddings had been a director for 13 years and the chairman since 2018 following the resignation of the previous chairman David
News The pair picked up six wickets between them to restrict Papua New Guinea to 96 for 8 Ireland 99 for 2 (Balbirnie 42*, Campher 42*) beat PNG 96 for 8 (Vala 32, White 3-10, Young 3-15) by eight wickets Ireland were too strong for Papua New Guinea, registering an eight-wicket win as the sides
News Northern looked to have KP on the ropes, but wayward bowling at the death cost them a place in the final Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 161 for 5 (Farhan 53, Iftikhar 45*) beat Northern 156 for 8 (Zeeshan 29, Arshad Iqbal 3-35) by 5 wickets Sahibzada Farhan‘s half-century followed by a blistering 17-ball 45* from Iftikhar
David Warner would love to remain with Sunrisers Hyderabad next season, but he admits that might not happen, after being benched for their last five games of IPL 2021. He insists, however, that his fans will have plenty to look forward to in the “long time I have left”. Sunrisers removed Warner from the captaincy
West Indies will continue showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement © Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images West Indies will continue to take a knee before their matches at the men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in a stand against racism, their captain Kieron Pollard has said. West Indies’ players and support staff have
News The West Indies captain, meanwhile, hopes to have “a fit Andre Russell” during the tournament Sunil Narine produced one of the IPL’s best-ever individual performances in Monday’s eliminator but West Indies will resist the temptation to parachute him into their squad for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup ahead of the ICC’s deadline on
News They join Umran Malik in the net bowlers’ list; teams have until October 15 to finalise their squads Avesh Khan and Venkatesh Iyer have been asked by the BCCI to stay on in the UAE after the completion of the IPL to join Umran Malik as net bowlers for the Indian team during the
News de Villiers feels playing without pressures of captaincy will free up Kohli going forward Virat Kohli‘s stint as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, spanning 11 seasons came to an end on Monday with his team bowing out of IPL 2021 in the eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders. Earlier, he also announced he will