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News The NZ contingent will undergo a three-day in-room quarantine before starting to train, but they are not inclined to play a practice match The New Zealand contingent arriving in Dhaka on August 24 will have most of the elements of the bio-secure environment that the BCB provided Australia with, according to chief executive Nizamuddin
News Sri Lanka batter unlikely to be ruled out of the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa at home Sri Lanka batter Kusal Perera has tested positive for Covid-19 and will now have to isolate for at least ten days. The development should not, at this stage, rule him out of the limited-overs series against
News The 36-year old qualifies to play for them immediately, by first descent, since his father was born in Namibia Former South Africa allrounder David Wiese is aiming to play in a second T20 World Cup, five years after his first, and for a different country. Wiese is in line to represent Namibia, and qualifies
News Pakistan created two chances to dismiss Kemar Roach, who eventually went on to hit the winning runs, but they shelled both Having played one of the protagonists in an epic Test match, that really could have gone either way, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam was left to wonder what if. What if they hadn’t lost
Report Pakistan go to lunch on the third day 20 runs in front with eight second-innings wickets in hand Lunch Pakistan 217 and 56 for 2 (Abid 31*, Roach 2-8) lead West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Holder 58, Afridi 4-59, Abbas 3-43) by 20 runs Pakistan made short work of the West Indies tail before
News Former captain still insists that team can win the T20 World Cup if all first-choice picks are fit and healthy Ricky Ponting has questioned the depth in Australian cricket after the poor T20 results on the recent tours of West Indies and Bangladesh but believes the team can still challenge for the World Cup
Report Qualifiers for knock-out phase won’t be known until all the contenders have played their final matches Birmingham Phoenix 166 for 6 (Livingstone 50, Hammond 38*) beat Trent Rockets 150 for 9 (Mullaney 49, Brown 3-27) by 16 runs Birmingham Phoenix added a first away win to their 100 percent home record to climb above
News South African plans to return home and then head to CPL; Dane Vilas to continue as his replacement Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of this year’s men’s Hundred after failing to recover adequately from the concussion he suffered at the PSL two months ago. Dane Vilas will stay on as his replacement.
News Australia’s white-ball captain is expected to take 8-10 weeks to recover Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has undergone knee surgery with the recovery expected to take eight to 10 weeks as he aims to be fit for the T20 World Cup. Finch missed the recent Bangladesh tour having suffered cartilage damage ahead of the