News Sachin Tendulkar, Yusuf Pathan, and S Badrinath had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 Irfan Pathan has become the fourth player to test positive for Covid-19 from among those who played in the recently concluded a T20 tournament that pitted former players from India, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, South Africa and Sri Lanka against each
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The Temba Bavuma era of white-ball cricket begins later this week, with a series against Pakistan which is intended to kickstart South Africa’s next three World Cup campaigns. Bavuma has been appointed until 2023 and will be in charge for two T20 World Cups and a fifty-over one, and while it is too early to
Pathum Nissanka will be looking to build on his magnificent debut hundred © RANDY BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images Big picture After a first Test that had started with a patented Sri Lankan batting collapse that almost anyone who had been watching them play cricket over the past few years could have predicted, here we are somehow entertaining
Jos Buttler, England’s stand-in captain, says he is proud of the manner in which his side stayed true to the values that won them the 50-over World Cup at Lord’s two years ago, despite succumbing to a thrilling seven-run defeat in the ODI series decider against India in Pune. Faced with a stiff target of
News The two teams will play three T20Is and two Tests from April 21 Pakistan will play three T20Is and two Tests in Zimbabwe immediately after their white-ball tour of South Africa, and it has now been confirmed that all the fixtures will take place in a bio-secure bubble in Harare behind closed doors. The
Report The visitors also handed out maiden T20I caps to left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bat first against Bangladesh in the first of the three-match T20I series in Hamilton. “It was a great one-day series but
News No other Full Member has sent an age-group team on tour since the start of the pandemic last year Pakistan will become the first country to resume age-group level tours since the start of the pandemic. The Under-19 team will tour Bangladesh next month for a series of five one-day matches and a four-day
News Fast bowler suffered cut to hand in January that will now require an operation Jofra Archer is set to undergo a surgical procedure on his right hand next week, having also received another injection in his elbow after being ruled out of England’s ongoing ODI series in India. The news means his participation in
News Analysis There are pace bowlers to keep an eye on and the superb Amelia Kerr Australia will return to action for the first time in almost six months with another Trans-Tasman battle against a struggling New Zealand side. The main focus for the next 12 months will be one-day cricket ahead of the World
News Virat Kohli says India managing allrounder’s workload with six Tests to come in England India might be looking at a Test return for Hardik Pandya during the six Test matches in England later this year. As India were comprehensively beaten even after putting 336 on the board, Pandya’s absence from the bowling crease remained