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The inside-out shot over extra cover, especially when someone of the calibre of Kuldeep Yadav is ripping it, can be a difficult shot to execute. Teja Nidamanuru, the Netherlands middle-order batter, hit one such shot as part of his six sixes on his way to an enterprising 39-ball 54, the top score for Netherlands in

Archer has not played competitively since the IPL, where he suffered a recurrence of an elbow stress fracture while representing Mumbai Indians. After 18 months out of the game with elbow and back injuries, he made his comeback in January and featured in four ODIs and three T20Is across England’s tours to South Africa and

Barely 12 hours after ending their dismal World Cup campaign with a 93-run win over Pakistan, England named fresh ODI and T20Is for a tour to the Caribbean in December. The bilateral touring schedule waits for nobody. Jos Buttler has been retained as captain in both white-ball formats. He is one of only six players

David Willey signed off from his international career by taking his 100th ODI wicket in England’s win over Pakistan in Kolkata – then revealed he had considered pulling out of the World Cup as late as the day that the team flew to India at the end of September. Willey announced before England’s defeat to

Australia 307 for 2 (Marsh 177*, Smith 63*, Warner 51) beat Bangladesh 306 for 8 (Hridoy 74, Shanto 45, Zampa 2-32, Abbott 2-61) by eight wickets Australia’s aversion to chasing has disappeared ahead of a semi-final with old foes South Africa after a statement innings of 177 not out from Mitchell Marsh at No.3 helped

WBBL clubs are facing the prospect of being robbed of marquee English players for the competition’s final due to a scheduling clash. England named their squad for a looming multi-format series in India on Friday night, with nine WBBL players included ahead of the first T20 on December 7. The majority of those will be

Warwickshire have announced that Will Rhodes has stepped down as club captain after five seasons in the role. Rhodes, 28, helped the club to claim a County Championship and Bob Willis Trophy double in 2021. Warwickshire were briefly in contention once again last season but only won one in six between May and September before

Big picture: Pakistan chasing the almost impossible So here we are: one last time in the group stages at Eden Gardens, and for both of these sides – almost certainly – one last time at this World Cup. As title defences go, it was an all-timer of a disaster for England, comparable not just with

Henry Nicholls has been accused of breaking New Zealand Cricket’s code of conduct after being reported by umpires for ball-tampering in a domestic first-class match. TV footage of the Plunket Shield match between Nicholls’ Canterbury and Auckland this week appeared to show Nicholls brushing the ball against a helmet during a change of ends. “Nicholls

One of the reasons why Glenn Maxwell‘s hardly-believable double-century against Afghanistan in Mumbai is being billed as the greatest ODI knock of all time is because of how he was suffering from back spasms and severe cramps in the lower half of his body, and he still managed to hit a total of 21 fours