DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das hit centuries and shared a record stand to turn the tide for Bangladesh in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Monday after a disastrous start. At stumps, Liton was unbeaten with a career-best 135 with Mushfiqur on 115, his second hundred in as many innings, as […]
Ravichandran Ashwin once again proved his utility with the bat when his team needed it the most as Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets to finish the IPL league phase in top-2 here today. Ashwin remained unbeaten on 40 off 23 balls as Rajasthan chased down 151 with two balls to go, […]
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka drew the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday after Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella hung on for the visitors in a vital seventh-wicket stand of 99. On the fifth and final day the two teams settled on a draw 45 minutes before the scheduled close of play with Sri Lanka […]
LONDON: Matthew Mott has been appointed as the new head coach of the England limited-overs side, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday. The 48-year-old Australian has signed a four-year agreement and will take charge when England face The Netherlands in a three-match ODI series next month. Mott had been in charge of the […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is mulling over the national team’s participation in a tri-nation series in New Zealand involving the hosts and Bangladesh ahead of October’s ICC T20 World Cup, which is set to be played in Australia. The PCB has been formally approached by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) for the series, which […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition added Rs2 billion to the country’s cricket board’s reserves, its spokesperson told reporters here on Friday. The edition, held earlier this year, was the first in the PSL’s history to be staged fully in Pakistan with matches held in Karachi and Lahore. The 2022 PSL was also […]
LONDON: Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been appointed head coach of England’s Test team, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Thursday. McCullum replaced Chris Silverwood who left the role in February after England were thrashed 4-0 in the Ashes in Australia, with Paul Collingwood stepping in as a caretaker coach. McCullum, 40, […]
LONDON: Pakistan wicket-keeper/batter Mohammad Rizwan wishes to have focus and concentration levels of his County team-mate Cheteshwar Pujara as he looks to improve as a red-ball cricketer. Pujara has made a strong case for a Test comeback with two hundreds and as many double hundreds in his campaign for Sussex in County Championship Division 2. […]
BRIDGETOWN: The West Indies on Monday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against Netherlands and Pakistan with Jason Holder, Shimron Hetmyer, and Evin Lewis missing out on selection in what will be the start of Nicholas Pooran’s reign as their new white-ball captain. West Indies will tour Netherlands and Pakistan to play […]
After crushing Mumbai Indians with a 52-run win, Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer said he is not totally satisfied with the victory and would want to maintain this form in the upcoming games. Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul was undone by clinical Kolkata Knight Riders as they defeated Mumbai Indians by 52 runs in their IPL […]