News The teams had also faced off earlier in the year when Sri Lanka played two Tests in South Africa South Africa have confirmed their tour to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is during September. All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the series starting
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Report Carter, Patel, Rashid the heroes with the ball as Eoin Morgan’s men come unstuck Trent Rockets 123 for 4 (Short 69*) beat London Spirit 116 (Carter 3-17, Patel 3-20, Khan 2-13) by seven runs Trent Rockets survived a late assault from Roelof van der Merwe and Blake Cullen to claim their third win in
Report Hard-hitting 76 from 42 balls posts highest total of women’s competition so far Trent Rockets 151 for 4 (Priest 76) beat London Spirit 133 for 7 (Higham 2-12) by 18 runs Trent Rockets put runs on the board and got themselves points on the table with an emphatic win over London Spirit at Lord’s.
News He trusted his lower-order team-mates to play big shots if he took the game deep Bat long and take the game deep. These were the things Dhananjaya de Silva was telling himself during his match-winning 40 not out off 34 balls on Wednesday when he helped deliver Sri Lanka’s first T20I victory in six
Report Hasan Ali and debutant Mohammad Wasim impress for Pakistan with the ball No result West Indies 85 for 5 (Pollard 22*, Hasan 2-11, Qadir 1-6) vs Pakistan Incessant rain first reduced the first West Indies-Pakistan T20I to a nine-over shootout before eventually washing away the match. Pakistan had chosen to bowl first under cloudy
News The Originals had lined up Anrich Nortje as Ferguson’s replacement but the latter returned to fitness sooner than expected Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler, could make his Manchester Originals debut against Welsh Fire on Saturday after recovering from a side strain. Ferguson missed Yorkshire’s final two Vitality Blast group games after picking
Play 01:04 Mitchell Starc: Used wicket, we knew it would take turn Alex Carey‘s calm leadership was lauded by Australia coach Justin Langer after the 2-1 ODI series win over West Indies but he appears unlikely to retain the captaincy for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Australia need to decide on a stand-in for the
Report Death bowling proves decisive as Vince, de Kock, Whiteley threaten in chase Welsh Fire 165 for 4 (Bairstow 72, Duckett 53) beat Southern Brave 147 for 7 (Vince 40, Neesham 3-5) by 18 runs Led by a second consecutive half-century from captain Jonny Bairstow, Welsh Fire maintained their position as the surprise pace-setters in
Preview The availability of Gayle, Russell, Bravo and Pollard makes the hosts a terrifying proposition on paper Big Picture West Indies’ extended warm-up for the T20 World Cup continues apace, with Pakistan the latest side the defending champions will host ahead of the global event later this year. While there might be legitimate concern around
News He felt something click in the Sheffield Shield final and hopes to build on that this season Kurtis Patterson hopes having the New South Wales captaincy to focus on will help free up his batting as he searches for a return to the form that earned him two Test caps three seasons ago. Since