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Stoinis, 34, has been consistent in his statements about his contract situation and his desire to still play international cricket beyond the T20 World Cup. He said back in January he understood why he had been left out of Australia’s ODI squad to face West Indies. He has been in constant communication with McDonald and

Lucknow Super Giants 213 for 4 (Stoinis 124*) beat Chennai Super Kings 210 for 4 (Gaikwad 108*, Dube 66) by six wickets and three balls remaining “Fortress Chepauk,” proclaimed a huge banner in CSK colours in the stands. By the end of the contest, though, Lucknow Super Giants had breached it to hand Chennai Super

Cricket West Indies have named a number of strong list of T20 specialists in their 15-member ‘A’ squad that will tour Nepal for five T20s later this month. Fabian Allen, Johnson Charles, Mark Deyal, Andre Fletcher, Obed McCoy and Hayden Walsh are all part of the side, which will be led by Roston Chase, who

Sunil Narine has ruled himself out of a recall to West Indies’ squad for the forthcoming T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA, insisting that “that door is now closed” despite his stellar form for Kolkata Knight Riders at the IPL. Narine, 35, is currently leading the tournament’s MVP standings after a remarkable run

Ireland will stage a ‘home’ white-ball series against South Africa in Abu Dhabi later this year, a decision their board’s chief executive Warren Deutrom described as a “creative” way to help overcome “current infrastructure constraints”. They will also host a home men’s Test match for the second time in their history in July, when they

New Zealand’s win over Pakistan in the third T20I has raised familiar questions around Pakistan’s approach to T20 cricket, with Babar Azam defending Pakistan’s batting performance and rejecting suggestion that a middle-overs slowdown played a part in his side’s defeat. This, even as Shadab Khan stressed that T20s needed “impactful innings” – something Pakistan lacked

Gujarat Titans 146 for 7 (Tewatia 36*, Gill 35, Harshal 3-15) beat Punjab Kings 142 (Prabhsimran 35, Brar 29, Sai Kishore 4-33) by three wickets The first 11 overs of Gujarat Titans’ spin won them the match, essentially. Before Rashid Khan came on to bowl the fifth over, Punjab Kings were going nicely, at 42

Durham 244 and 397 for 5 dec (Bedingham 138, Borthwick 75, Robinson 67*, Clark 50*) beat Worcestershire 184 (Libby 61, Potts 3-40) and 272 (Libby 50, Coughlin 4-45, Potts 2-57) by 185 runs Durham are celebrating their first victory of the season after defeating Worcestershire by 185 runs with a day to spare in the

Match details Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd; W4, L2) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (10th; W1, L6)Kolkata, 1530 IST (1000 GMT) Big picture – Narine vs RCB With five defeats in a row, and just two points from seven games, RCB are fighting for survival. They are at the bottom of the points table and a defeat

Sunrisers Hyderabad 266 for 7 (Head 89, Shahbaz 59*, Abhishek 46, Kuldeep 4-55) beat Delhi Capitals 199 (Fraser-McGurk 65, Pant 44, Natarajan 4-19, Reddy 2-17, Markande 2-26) by 67 runs It would have been the highest total in the history of the IPL if it had happened last season, but on Saturday night in Delhi,