Play 00:56 Phil Simmons: West Indies’ sense of unity comes from a hunger to win Big Picture As for a number of sides, one-day series have been few and far between for these two teams since Covid-19 struck. For both it will be just their third series under the World Cup Super League and in
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News Nepalese legspinner awaiting clearance to play for Oval Invincibles Sandeep Lamichhane is a doubt for the opening games of the Hundred due to visa issues. Lamichhane, the Nepalese legspinner, is due to play for Oval Invincibles in the competition on a £60,000 deal but his availability is now uncertain. He had also been due
News Legspinner hopes performances against Pakistan prove he can play alongside Adil Rashid at T20 World Cup Matt Parkinson has admitted he was “gutted” to be left out of England’s white-ball squads at the start of the summer and that he hopes his performances throughout Pakistan’s tour can prove he can play in the same
Report She scored an unbeaten 19-ball 28 before claiming her maiden five-wicket haul 34-over match: Pakistan Women 190 for 8 (Ali 39, Sohail 34, Sana 28*) beat West Indies 171 (Cooper 40, Dottin 37, Sana 5-39) by 22 runs (DLS method) A sparkling all-round display from Fatima Sana helped Pakistan Women finish their tour of
News Karunaratne, who top-scored in the first ODI, said the fact that most of the batting order had got starts was encouraging Although none of Sri Lanka’s batters hit a half-century in the first ODI, the team has the ability to put up scores that will challenge India – something beyond 300. This was what
Report Sanju Samson was ruled out with sprained ligament in his knee Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the first ODI against India – new captain Dasun Shanaka citing the Khettarama ground’s history of favouring teams that batted first. Both teams handed debuts
News The pair speak about trust, communication, and their telepathic understanding between the wickets Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have now put on 429 runs as a T20I first-wicket partnership, at an average of 53.62 and a run rate of 9.36 per over. That’s the highest average of all 46 pairs that have opened for
News Limited-overs captain says no chats with team management in England about player selection have happened yet Competition for the opening slot is a good thing, and the Sri Lanka tour will be a step towards narrowing down on a few options ahead of the T20 World Cup, according to India’s stand-in captain Shikhar Dhawan,
News Chance to ‘reset’ during self-isolation another driving force behind 42-ball milestone, Livingstone says Liam Livingstone has credited a session in Bristol’s indoor school with Paul Collingwood and Marcus Trescothick and the opportunity to “reset” during 10 days of self-isolation as the driving forces behind his record-breaking 42-ball hundred for England in Friday’s first T20I
Boucher – “We knew from the start that if we don’t rock up here in these conditions, which they know well, we’ll be found out” © Sportsfile via Getty Images The pressures of being in a bio-bubble amid unrest in South Africa is taking its toll on the national team, who shared the three-match ODI