News They will serve as spin-bowling and batting consultant respectively Rangana Herath has joined Bangladesh as their spin-bowling consultant until the T20 World Cup, while Ashwell Prince will be their batting consultant during their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Both coaches will travel to Zimbabwe later this week to join the Bangladesh side for their series
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News Analysis The captain and chief selector have indicated there is plenty to play for over the next few weeks Australia’s tour squad to West Indies (and maybe onwards to Bangladesh) is missing a number of big names who have opted out, been rested, or are injured. That continues to disrupt preparations for the T20
Preview A fit Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa for the first time in T20Is, against a West Indies side stacked with superstars Big picture Things should get more interesting from here. After two Tests of one-way traffic, expect a closer contest between West Indies and South Africa as the two teams step up preparations
Liam Livingstone has enhanced his World Cup claims with two important displays © Getty Images Teams can take a squad of 33 players to cover 15 starting positions in rugby’s next World Cup, and 23 for 11 spots in football’s, but cricket diverges from the norm. England will take a 15-man squad to the T20
Multan Sultans 206 for 4 (Maqsood 65*, Rossouw 50, Gul 2-26) beat Peshawar Zalmi 159 for 9 (Malik 48, Muzarabani 2-26) by 47 runs In the final for the first time, Multan Sultans completed one of the great turnarounds in a franchise cricket season to lift their maiden title by comprehensively defeating Peshawar Zalmi in
Tony Palladino was released by Derbyshire at the end of 2020 © Getty Images Tony Palladino has launched a legal action against Derbyshire CCC, alleging wrongful dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of mental health. Palladino, who became something of a club legend as he carried the Derbyshire attack for season upon season with his
News Haider Ali has also been withdrawn from the tours of England and West Indies, and replaced by Sohaib Maqsood Peshawar Zalmi’s Haider Ali and Umaid Asif have been suspended from Thursday’s PSL final against the Multan Sultans after they admitted to charges of violating the tournament’s health and safety protocols by meeting people from
News Captain backs positive approach after batters get caught in two minds on final day Virat Kohli, India’s captain, says that his batters may need to take more “risks” in tough conditions to provide more support to their bowling attack. Kohli’s India were bowled out for 217 and 170 in their two innings in Southampton,
Multan Sultans have been the most successful team in the second leg of PSL 2021 © PSL Big Picture Given how unlikely it looked at various stages over the last few months, just to be at this stage now, the final of the sixth season of the PSL between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi, is
News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship The World Test Championship final has come down to the final day for Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. Here’s where the game stands coming into this, the reserve day. Tune in for ESPNcricinfo’s live updates