Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Niki Prasad to lead India in Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025

It's almost the same squad that won the Asia Cup in Malaysia recently

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Finch calls for Renegades move unless Marvel surface improves

The outfield for the ground's first game of the BBL season came in for significant criticism with the tournament boss saying it was "presented poorly"

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Monday, December 23, 2024

Shafali continues to knock on India's door with 197 for Haryana

Her second hundred in this year's senior women's One-Day Trophy took Haryana into the semi-final

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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Coach Walter after home whitewash: SA will 'shine through' in Champions Trophy

Apart from poor recent form, South Africa also have a slew of injured bowlers to deal with

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All-round Sutherland and quick-scoring Gardner lead Australia to ODI series win

Good efforts from Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr went in vain as Australia continued their winning momentum

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Hard-hitter Jacobs gets maiden New Zealand call-up for Sri Lanka T20Is

Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra and Will O'Rourke also return to the white-ball squads after being rested for the Sri Lanka tour

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West Indies bowl; India hand debut to Rawal

India captain Harmanpreet has returned to the starting XI after missing the two T20Is due to a knee niggle

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Konstas won't overthink Bumrah challenge as MCG debut looms

The 19-year-old is the favourite to come in at the top of the order for the Boxing Day Test

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Mitch Owen's maiden T20 century topples powerhouse Perth Scorchers

Hobart Hurricanes bounced back from their record low in the opening game with a clinical display

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Afghanistan bowl, hand debut to fast bowler Bilal Sami

Zimbabwe brought in Gumbie, Masakadza; while Farooqi was rested for left-arm quick Fareed

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Friday, December 20, 2024

Sutherland's 78-ball century overwhelms NZ in rain-hit ODI

Sutherland became the first batter to hit consecutive ODI centuries from No.5 and lifted Australia to an imposing 291 for 7

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Glamorgan bring in Asitha Fernando for first Championship block

Sri Lanka seamer was leading wicket-taker on recent tour of England

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Rinku Singh to captain UP in Vijay Hazare Trophy

He has not captained a state team at senior level before, and is also working on his bowling to become a more rounded cricketer

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Konstas handed Boxing Day Test call-up as changes loom for Australia

The 19-year-old opener is now in the frame for a debut in Melbourne with Australia set to make changes to their struggling top order

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Zimbabwe bowl first in second ODI, hand debut to Maposa

Afghanistan remained unchanged from the first game, which was washed out after only 9.2 overs

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'No regrets' about retiring, says Ashwin on return to Chennai

"I don't think Ashwin the cricketer is done, I think only Ashwin the Indian cricketer called time."

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Konstas makes his presence felt as selectors mull Test squad

The 19-year-old is in fine form while Australia's incumbent openers are struggling against India

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'We're not going to take any risk' - Rohit on Shami's fitness for Australia

India captain says "it's high time somebody from NCA talks about him, where he is rehabbing"

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Rain has final say as Australia, India draw at the Gabba

Australia and India conjured up the most intriguing of what-ifs in the 22 overs that were possible on the fifth day

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Mahedi, Taskin help Bangladesh defend 129 to claim series

A combined bowling effort followed a powerful cameo of 35 off 17 from Shamim Hossain

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Rain likely to help India on final day in Brisbane

A total of 98 overs can be bowled on the final day, but only 192 have been bowled across the first four days of this Test

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Tim Southee: 'It's exciting. It's sad ... but life moves on'

The fast bowler finished as the highest wicket-taker in international cricket for New Zealand

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Monday, December 16, 2024

Stokes on his workload: 'I ain't holding back'

The England captain will have a scan on Wednesday morning after missing the final day's play in Hamilton

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Australia's quicks rattle India on stop-start day in Brisbane

India need 195 more runs to avoid the follow-on with six wickets in hand

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Stokes leaves field with a suspected recurrence of hamstring injury

An ECB update at tea stated Stokes will not return to the field for NZ's second innings

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Rashid Khan back in Afghanistan Test squad for Zimbabwe series

The squad includes seven uncapped players, including Sediqullah Atal and Ismat Alam

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West Indies bowl; India hand Saima Thakor T20I debut

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said she would have liked to bowl first as well

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Cooper Connolly extends Scorchers' dominance over Stars on opening night

Chasing 147, Scorchers were in trouble at 37 for 3 before Connolly and captain Ashton Turner combined for a match-turning 68-run partnership

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Bumrah bags five but Head, Smith tons flatten India

The lack of depth in India's attack showed as the day went on as Head and Smith added 241 in 302 balls

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England bat first, Cross injury hands MacDonald-Gay debut

Cross fails to recover in time from back spasms as Surrey seamer wins first Test cap

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Clear-minded Patidar leads MP to SMAT final with his sixes

Having been retained by RCB for IPL 2025, the MP captain hopes to carry his confidence into his batting and leadership

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Khawaja, McSweeney steady for 13.2 overs before rain ruins day one of Gabba Test

Asked to bat first at the toss, Australia's openers ensured they did not lose a wicket against the new ball in brief spell of play

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Richard Gould: Hundred equity sale can future-proof county cricket for '20-25 years'

ECB chief executive confident that process can be game-changing if money is spent well

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Stoinis: BBL power surge makes it hard to develop middle-order talent

Australia's middle-order veteran understands the entertainment aspect of the power surge but feels it is hindering the development of players

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Top Men's Hundred salaries to rise by 60 percent in 2025

Smaller increase for women's top earners, as ECB seek to stave off threat from overseas leagues

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Rabada, Klaasen, Miller, Maharaj, Shamsi back as South Africa name strong ODI squad

18-year-old Kwena Maphaka is the only uncapped player in the squad that will play Pakistan in three ODIs

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Fractured toe puts Anrich Nortje out of T20Is against Pakistan

Uncapped seamer Dayyaan Galiem has been added to South Africa's squad for the two remaining matches

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Mitchell Marsh 'ready to bowl as much' as Australia need him to in Brisbane

"Right now, the back is feeling as good as it has felt," Marsh says ahead of the Brisbane Test against India

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Hardik, Meriwala combine to knock out Bengal

Shahbaz Ahmed waged a battle with the bat in a tall chase but ran out of partners in the end

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Brook goes past Root to become the No. 1 Test batter in the world

Travis Head and Temba Bavuma among batters and Pat Cummins and Matt Henry among bowlers to have moved up this week

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Venkatesh Iyer's all-round effort guides MP to semi-final

Gaud and Harpreet also contributed to the 174 chase as MP entered their first SMAT semis since 2010-11

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

India opt to bowl with two changes, Australia retain XI

Priya Punia sustained an injury on her left knee during the second ODI and was unavailable for this game

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Sai Sudharsan undergoes surgery for sports hernia

After the surgery in London, Sai Sudharsan put out an Instagram post saying "will be back stronger in no time"

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ICC bans former assistant coach of Pune Devils in Abu Dhabi T10

Sunny Dhillon was charged in September 2023 and is the latest to be banned from the Pune Devils franchise

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South Africa women pick Tumi Sekhukhune and retain strong core for England Test

The fixture starting on Sunday is South Africa's first home Test since 2002

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Mooney: Voll has taken to international cricket 'like a duck to water'

Voll has filled the vacancy left by the injured Alyssa Healy magnificently, showing strong form ever since her strong showing in her debut WBBL season

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Monday, December 9, 2024

South Australia claim thrilling final-ball win over Tasmania

South Australia have pulled off a final-ball, two-run win over Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield, in one of the tightest games in the competition's history

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BCCI appoints Devajit Saikia as board's acting secretary

The secretary's position had been left vacant after Jay Shah took over as the ICC chair from this month

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Sunday, December 8, 2024

Super sub Boland could make way again as Hazlewood's recovery gains progress

Hazlewood missed the Adelaide Test due to a side strain, but he has "ticked every box so far this week"

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WPL 2025 auction - Full list of 120 players

A maximum of 19 slots are to be filled, including five for overseas players

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Saturday, December 7, 2024

Rohit Sharma says 'door very much open' for Mohammed Shami to join Test squad in Australia

The India fast bowler has not played for India since November last year

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Siraj: It's a lie that Head only said 'well bowled' to me

India fast bowler contradicts Australian batters comments from press conference

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Paterson's three wickets in one over derails Sri Lanka

But contributions from a number of their top-order batters have taken Sri Lanka to within 40 runs of South Africa's first-innings total by lunch on day three

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Peirson, Bartlett put Queensland's first Shield win in sight

Peirson made 82 and Steketee added 48 not out after Bartlett took 5 for 32 as Victoria crumbled with the bat

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Australia to play three Tests during 2025 tour of West Indies

The two boards have agreed to add an extra match to the original schedule

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Friday, December 6, 2024

O'Neill and Perry take five each for Victoria

Duo snared five wickets apiece to skittle Queensland for 172 at the MCG while Matt Renshaw made 59

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Harry Brook rates innings-turning hundred as 'favourite so far'

Aggressive 91-ball century saves England from early collapse as NZ wobble in reply

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Baroda's 349 for 5 breaks world record for highest T20 total

They also shattered the record for most sixes in a T20 innings

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India opt to bat; Voll and Sadhu debut in series opener

Voll to open with Litchfield, while Punia and Deol also get a game at the top for India

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Pink-ball-ready Rahul will 'try and face up to whatever comes my way'

"Quicks will get a bit out of it, spinners will be able to get height and bounce, but also important for us to get some partnerships in," says the curator about the pitch

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Konstas confident he's ready to play Test cricket

The 19-year-old made a superb century against the Indians in Canberra to further his case

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Zimbabwe bat first against Pakistan in a bid to draw level

Both teams went unchanged for the game that was played on the same surface as the first T20I

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Urvil Patel continues to churn out sixes and centuries

Saurashtra followed up their 266 for 6 against Baroda with 235 for 5 against Tamil Nadu

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Marsh 'hopefully right and ready to go' but questions around bowling remain

If Marsh is unable to offer overs in Adelaide, not having a genuine fourth-seamer could be a gamble for Australia

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Monday, December 2, 2024

Scott Borthwick takes up player-coach role at Durham

Club veteran steps down as captain after four seasons in charge

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'It's everything I've dreamed of' - Bethell eager for more after Test taste

Jacob Bethell continued his serene start to life in an England shirt by hitting the winning runs in Christchurch

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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Saurashtra continue ascent, Karnataka knock out Tamil Nadu, Punjab stay on the edge

Baroda felt Hardik's absence while Naman Dhir continued to impress in the fifth round of SMAT 2024

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Uncertain Australia walking a tightrope in Adelaide

There could be significant ramifications for an ageing side if the Adelaide Test doesn't go well

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Jay Shah begins term as ICC chair with Champions Trophy venue decision imminent

At 36, he is the youngest ICC chair and he was elected unopposed in August

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Suryakumar to play remaining Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy games and Vijay Hazare Trophy

It is expected that Shreyas Iyer will, however, continue to lead the side

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