Sunday, June 30, 2024

Dinesh Karthik named RCB batting coach and mentor

The wicketkeeper-batter had retired from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the IPL 2024 season

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RCB के बल्लेबाज़ी कोच और मेंटॉर होंगे दिनेश कार्तिक

RCB ने अपने औपचारिक सोशल मीडिया हैंडल से कार्तिक की नियुक्ति की पुष्टि की है

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All the Australia state squads for 2024-25

The men's and women's domestic lists for the upcoming season

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Dravid: India's T20 World Cup win a 'great testament to the fight in the team'

The India head coach lauds the players for fighting back from tricky situations, and played down talks of this being a redemption for him

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Saturday, June 29, 2024

'We fulfilled what the whole nation wanted' - India players react after winning T20 World Cup 2024

Here's how the players from the India team reacted after beating South Africa in the final

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Bumrah and Hardik script stunning comeback to lead India to T20 World Cup glory

South Africa needed 30 off 30 balls with six wickets in hand, to win their maiden World Cup title, and then India fought back

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Kohli retires from T20 internationals after winning World Cup title

He made the announcement after being named the Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup final

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Lauren Filer takes pride in economy after fast start to New Zealand series

Quick bowler wants role in World Cup but says control and variety will be key to success

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Kapp, Luus score fighting half-centuries after India post record total

Ghosh struck a quick 86 as India declared their first innings on 603 for 6

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Friday, June 28, 2024

India vs South Africa at the T20 World Cup final: all you need to know

Who have these teams beaten on their way to Barbados, when was the last time they won a global title, and, most importantly, what's the weather forecast for the final? This and more in ESPNcricinfo's FAQs

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Campbelle, Taylor, Matthews give West Indies 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka

West Indies' top-three batters controlled the chase of 142, easily securing the win despite the margin showing them earning victory with one ball left

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Player survey reveals T20 World Cup has closed gap on ODI World Cup

In the past five years, there has been a sharp increase in the proportion who consider the T20 World Cup to be the most important ICC event

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

India opt to bat on red-soil pitch; SA hand a Test debut to Annerie Dercksen

The hosts picked three spinners on a red-soil surface in Chennai

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Hurt the overwhelming feeling in Afghanistan camp after best-ever World Cup finish

"Whenever you lose a game like this, it's always going to hurt," Trott said after Afghanistan's semi-final exit

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Chris Silverwood resigns as Sri Lanka head coach

He had been appointed to the post in April 2022

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Markram: 'Bowlers have been incredible through the World Cup for us'

The South Africa captain said they were lucky to lose the toss, as they'd have also batted in the semi-final

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Muzumdar: 'Not a bad idea to have Test Championships for women'

"The players are ready and raring to go in the multi-day format; to adjust to that is a different story," Muzumdar says

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Afy Fletcher, Stafanie Taylor help West Indies draw level in rain-affected game

The legspinner picked up 4 for 28 before Taylor anchored the chase with an unbeaten 28 off 26 balls

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Jason Roy joins Northern Superchargers as Hundred replacement

Flintoff signs 2019 World Cup hero after Brydon Carse is ruled out through suspension

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Can Afghanistan continue their dream run against unbeaten South Africa?

It remains to be seen if Gurbaz, who hurt his knee against Bangladesh, is fit to play

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

David Warner's international retirement confirmed after Australia exit

Team-mates pay tribute to Warner after low-key final innings against India in St Lucia

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Monday, June 24, 2024

T20 World Cup 2024 semi-finals: India vs England, Afghanistan vs South Africa

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in the last game of the Super Eight stage to knock Australia out of the T20 World Cup

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Khawaja: Australia 'should be playing Afghanistan'

The Australia opener acknowledged the complex issues involved but said CA's stance was 'a little bit hypocritical'

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Athapaththu, Priyadharshani set up Sri Lanka's first T20I win over West Indies since 2015

The duo shared seven wickets between them to start the three-match women's T20I series with a win

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Powell: 'Good to see buzz back in Caribbean for cricket, we know how long it had died down'

The West Indies captain said to move up the rankings from ninth to third in a year was "tremendous work"

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

South Africa knock West Indies out to enter semi-final with nervy win

They survived a rain-reduced match and successfully chased a tricky target to book the spot in the semi-final

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Naib after historic win against Australia: 'Our journey starts now'

"Thank god we at last beat Australia," the Afghanistan allrounder said after his 4 for 20

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How Gulbadin Naib's four-for took down Australia for historic win

He was the wrecker-in-chief with the big wickets of Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins

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Cummins makes history with back-to-back hat-tricks: 'Remembered this one'

The Australia fast bowler joined a small group of players to have taken two T20I hat-tricks

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Samad Fallah retires from professional cricket

The left-arm swing bowler is Maharashtra's highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy

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T20 World Cup 2024 scenarios: What do South Africa, England and West Indies need to make the semis?

Group 2 of the Super Eight stage is headed for a three-way race for the semi-final spots, with two matches to go

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Friday, June 21, 2024

Chase, Hope help West Indies thump USA for NRR boost

West Indies' net run rate is now miles ahead of South Africa's and England's in their Super Eight group

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Maxwell in focus as Afghanistan await Australia in spin-friendly Kingstown

Another defeat would put Afghanistan on brink of elimination, while victory for Australia would set them up beautifully for a semi-final spot

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India to tour South Africa for four T20Is in November 2024

The T20Is were the ones postponed when India toured South Africa in 2021

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Labuschagne's stunning catch is one for the ages

The Australia batter pulled off an incredible piece of fielding in the T20 Blast

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Warner leads Australia's charge after the Zampa-Cummins show

An impressive bowling performance set the stage and Australia were always well ahead amid the rain

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Cummins takes first hat-trick of T20 World Cup 2024

The three wickets were spread across two overs in the death overs

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Salt and England batters take West Indies down with ease

Defending champions drill co-hosts with aggressive top-order batting, winning with 15 balls to spare in Gros Islet

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Injured Brandon King a doubt for remainder of WI's T20 World Cup

He suffered a side strain while batting during the game against England and was forced to retire hurt

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Rachel Slater leads the rout as Diamonds crush Thunder

Left-arm seamer takes 3 for 12 as hosts run riot at Durham

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Hayden expects short-of-runs Kohli to 'work out what to do' in the Caribbean

Ian Bishop on Jasprit Bumrah: "He has developed variations and knows better than most bowlers when to use his variations"

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Eathan Bosch joins Essex for four County Championship fixtures

Fast bowler arrives at Chelmsford with county competing for the title

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South Africa opt to bowl; De Ridder and Reddy make debuts

Nadine de Klerk, who had missed the first ODI with illness, was back for South Africa

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Dilhari and Gunaratne sparkle as Sri Lanka take unassailable 2-0 lead

Sri Lanka won with 172 balls to spare after bowling West Indies out for 172

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Gambhir interviews for India head coach position

The former India opener met the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee on Tuesday

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Warner on sandpaper 'flak': 'Great to go out knowing I'm not going to cop it anymore'

While admitting it was "inevitable" he would be remembered for Newlands 2018, he hoped "real cricket tragics" would see him as "someone who tried to change the game"

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Heather Knight: 'Our best chance to inspire is to win big competitions'

England captain believes her players have become 'smarter' while sticking to aggressive mantra

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Monday, June 17, 2024

Hasaranga refuses to blame pitches, scheduling for Sri Lanka's early exit

"Even the other team has to play on the same pitch, and it's our job to change the way we play."

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Sybrand Engelbrecht retires from international cricket

The Netherlands batter signed off with a spectacular catch against Sri Lanka

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WI and Afghanistan look to protect unbeaten records in last clash before Super Eight

Pitches in St Lucia have been friendlier to batters than most in this World Cup, with three totals of 180 or more in four innings so far

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Engelbrecht downplays superhero save after setting social media on fire

The leaping effort at deep midwicket has been viewed more than a million times on Instagram reels alone

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Starc to media: Hazlewood's comments 'blown out of proportion by you lot'

Also says he is not a fan of pre-seeding teams, which could potentially now force three table-toppers in one Super Eight group

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Nepal head coach Monty Desai: 'We are building our story, not spoiling anyone else's party'

Desai wants his team to play against Bangladesh imagining they have a chance to qualify for Super Eight

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'Just seemed like the right time' - Wiese retires from international cricket

Allrounder ends career with 54 T20Is and 15 ODIs to his name

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Spotlight on NZ transition after Boult confirms this will be his last T20 World Cup

Only three members of New Zealand's squad will be below 30 by the time the team returns home

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Australia expecting significant spin threat in Super Eight

India, Afghanistan and most likely Bangladesh will be their opponents in the next stage

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Shamsi: 'We've been put under pressure every game and stood up to it'

Shamsi says SA will have to rely more on spin than pace in the Caribbean leg of the T20 World Cup

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Nepal captain Paudel calls for more exposure against big teams

He says Nepal were "very close but a little far" after coming within two runs of beating South Africa

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SA women begin new era in India with focus on ODI World Cup qualification

India will be aiming to rediscover their ODI form after drawing the series in Bangladesh and losing to Australia

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Sophia Dunkley earns England recall for New Zealand ODIs

Batter answers coach's challenge to rediscover her form on domestic circuit

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Uganda eye bright finish against knocked-out New Zealand

Having stumbled to 39 all out against West Indies, Uganda will hope to end their tournament on a high

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Farooqi: 'Whatever I am doing with the new ball, that is my skill'

Farooqi has led Afghanistan's charge in the T20 World Cup, moving the ball both ways to have the batters in trouble

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Rocky Flintoff signs first Lancashire contract aged 16

Teenage batter following in footsteps of father Andrew, who spent his career at Lancs

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Afghanistan eye Super Eight spot against nearly-men PNG

New Zealand will be cheering for PNG as their Super Eight hopes hinge on PNG beating Afghanistan

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Melbourne Stars get first pick in BBL overseas draft

The club will hope for a better outcome than last season when their platinum selection Harry Brook withdrew

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'He timed it beautifully and got his match-up' - Williamson and Powell laud Rutherford

Williamson suggests it may not be the end of the road yet for NZ's golden generation

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Hobart Hurricanes get first pick in WBBL overseas draft

Clubs can sign one player outside of the draft on a multi-year deal and up to four overall

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Marsh: Zampa is 'probably our most important player'

Despite the loss, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus looked on the positive side, saying "these big games are always gold dust"

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Rusty New Zealand in danger of early exit at the hands of West Indies

Hosts West Indies will be looking to continue their winning run at the first ever T20 World Cup game in Trinidad

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'Assess the situation and conditions' - SL bowling coach Aqib Javed's advice before Nepal encounter

With two defeats in New York and Dallas, Sri Lanka now arrive in Florida to take on Nepal in a game they cannot afford to lose

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Monday, June 10, 2024

Paudel: Sri Lanka are under more pressure than us

"If you look at this tournament, there have been many ups and downs. So, more than us as a team, the pressure is on the Test-playing nation"

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Smooth-sailing Australia look to cement Super Eights berth

A dominate display against England has left Mitchell Marsh's team sitting comfortably

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John Blain calls for Cricket Scotland inquiry after being cleared of racist behaviour

Retired Scotland seam bowler had been accused of making racial slur by former team-mates

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Wade escapes fine after argument with umpire in win over England

He was given a reprimand and a demerit point after an argument over a dead ball not being called

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Trinbago Knight Riders sign Tim David and Jason Roy for CPL 2024

They have also retained a host of their experienced domestic players like Russell, Pollard, Narine and Bravo

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Lamichhane lands in West Indies, will play Nepal's last two World Cup league games

The ICC is yet to release a statement about whether his addition to the Nepal squad has been approved

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Sunday, June 9, 2024

A battle between in-form bowlers and brittle top orders

South Africa have played two games on the tricky New York pitches and know the conditions better than Bangladesh do

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Emily Arlott hat-trick powers Central Sparks to victory

Bowler hits winning runs to seal tense chase, as 16-year-old Corteen-Coleman takes three

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Georgia Adams stars with bat and ball as Vipers ride out the Storm

Filer, Wellington, Knight star for Storm but skipper prevails for hosts

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'It's about constant work' - Ultra-modernist Akeal Hosein swings out Uganda

The left-arm spinner counts swing/drift among his main tools in T20 cricket

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Saturday, June 8, 2024

Diamonds end losing run as Sparks chase fizzles out

Armitage-Kalis stand sets up visitors for winning total despite clatter of wickets

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Can spirited Uganda challenge the mighty West Indies?

Uganda beat PNG for their first World Cup win but the co-hosts will present them with a much stiffer challenge at the Providence

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Friday, June 7, 2024

Mustafizur, Rishad, Hridoy dazzle in Bangladesh's tight two-wicket win over Sri Lanka

Thushara's 4 for 18 made lift difficult for Bangladesh, but Mahmudullah's experience saw them through

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Rashid after Afghanistan's win: One of our greatest T20 performances

Williamson admits "it's very frustrating" to start the tournament with such a big loss

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Warner on Wood and Archer: 'Just have to use their pace'

The Australia opener could be facing England for the last time as his career draws to a close

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Michael Leask: 'Why can't we top the group at the end?'

Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus felt his team had enough runs but lacked intent in the field

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka meet with Super Eight implications

Placed in a tight group, both these teams will be desperate for a win in order to progress in the T20 World Cup

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Williamson: 'Afghanistan have one of the better bowling attacks in the T20 World Cup'

The New Zealand T20I captain feels Afghanistan are a "highly skilled team" with a number of threats

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St Lucia Kings sign Heinrich Klaasen and Noor Ahmad for CPL 2024

Kings have 12 confirmed players for the season and will have five spots to fill at the draft in July

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'Our batters let us down' - PNG captain Assad Vala after defeat to Uganda

Vala wants PNG to pick their "energy, determination and attitude" with Afghanistan and NZ up next

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

All-round Stoinis stars as Australia overcome early wobble

David Warner also helped revive the innings after a slugglish start against a spirited Oman side

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New ownership takes charge of LPL's Dambulla franchise

Under DeSilva holdings, the franchise will be known as Dambulla Sixers

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Ponting: You want 'natural winners' like Warner at World Cups

Australia have a successor line up in Jake Fraser-McGurk but Warner will leave "really big shoes" to fill

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Australia begin quest to unite silverware across all formats

Eyes will be on the pitch and weather in Barbados with Oman looking to make life uncomfortable

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Shaheen Afridi in talks with Canada's Global T20 after pulling out of the Hundred

Matt Henry has been confirmed as his replacement for Welsh Fire

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Trott welcomes NRR boost after Afghanistan's rout of Uganda

Despite the heavy defeat, Uganda captain takes heart from their comeback with the ball in the death overs

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Green confident of 'plugging holes' with versatile role for Australia

The allrounder may not make the Australia XI initially but could potentially squeeze Marcus Stoinis out of the side

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Monday, June 3, 2024

New Zealand battle rain and jetlag ahead of crunch World Cup opener

Coach Gary Stead hopes the team's late start to the tournament will enable them to learn about conditions

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Sunday, June 2, 2024

'We carry a whole country's hopes on our backs," says Uganda captain Brian Masaba

The match against Afghanistan will be their first in a World Cup, be it T20 or ODI

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Rashid: We have the kind of batting line-up that can chase down even 200

The Afghanistan captain says they are no longer reliant only on their spinners

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Do newbies Uganda have the spunk to challenge star-studded Afghanistan?

On paper, Afghanistan look far stronger, but Uganda have reached here the hard way and will want to make a big impression

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Under new captain Aqib Ilyas, Oman take on Namibia in a battle of equals

In a recent five-match T20I series, Namibia had beaten Oman but only just, winning 3-2

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Saturday, June 1, 2024

Shoriful Islam splits webbing on bowling hand in warm-up game

Bangladesh need to wait for another two days to know if he'll be ready for their World Cup opener on June 7

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Jones, Gous' spectacular show hands USA opening win

The pair made a mockery of the 195 chase with a 131-run partnership at a run rate of 14.29

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Santner on T20 World Cup prep: It's been a chaotic kind of start

New Zealand opted against warm-up matches because of the staggered arrival of their players

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USA vice-captain Aaron Jones on rivalry with Canada: 'Has been going on for years and years'

Says USA not complacent going into the T20 World Cup curtain-raiser, despite having recently beaten Canada 4-0 as well as stunned Bangladesh

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Pooran hopes to rekindle 'special feeling' of 2012 and 2016

He believes this West Indies unit includes a number of match-winners who can bring home another world title

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