Cricket

News The season was curtailed last month after an outbreak of Covid-19 among a number of players The PCB will outsource the management of its bio-security protocols to an international firm when the sixth season of the PSL resumes in June. The dates for the resumption have now been finalised, with the league restarting on

News The New Zealand offspinner took all the pace off the ball during a spell that included three wickets in an over Australia’s depth and confidence again shone through as they secured a 3-0 ODI series victory over New Zealand, to keep their record run going, but there was a glimpse at a potential weakness

It’s day two of IPL 2021! Today we have MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings taking on Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals in Mumbai. We’ll see the likes of Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur facing off against R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Marcus StoinisYou can also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here.Click here for the full

Report Leigh Kasperek picked up three wickets in five balls to boost New Zealand, but in the end it wasn’t enough Australia 149 for 7 (Healy 46, Kasperek 3-24) beat New Zealand 128 for 9 (Schutt 2-22, Wareham 2-25) by 21 runs Before this match, in the several hours of waiting created by persistent showers

News Says the plan was to give him time to settle in before going after the bowling The Royal Challengers Bangalore batted Glenn Maxwell at No. 4 in their chase against the Mumbai Indians specifically to give him a chance to settle in before going for his shots. Captain Virat Kohli said as much after

News South Africa’s T20I side is without a number of first-choice players, some because of injury and some because of the IPL It was just two months ago that Heinrich Klaasen, freshly recovered from a debilitating bout of Covid-19 at the time, was leading a second-string T20I side out in Pakistan. He is in the

Preview The Capitals, meanwhile, will be without their death-overs duo of Nortje and Rabada Big picture All that time watching and idolising MS Dhoni, now Rishabh Pant will have to find a way to knock him down and beat his team. After a rocky start, India’s next-gen wicketkeeper has done so well no one is

South Australia’s chairman Andrew Sinclair has responded to his New South Wales counterpart John Knox’s opposition to a second term for the Cricket Australia chair Earl Eddings, writing to ask for greater clarity as to why the largest state association is eager for change at the top of the game’s governance. Last month, Knox sent

News Pakistan coach happy with Babar Azam’s progress as captain, says he’ll improve further with experience In the three ODIs against South Africa, Pakistan’s strategy to extract maximum firepower from the middle order remained a theory until Hasan Ali, from the late-middle order, showed a glimpse of what can be with his 32 off 11

News There are 30 matches scheduled to be played in these two series of the league The remaining two series of the men’s World Cup Challenge League A, which forms the pathway to qualify for the World Cup 2023 scheduled in India, have been rescheduled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. There are 30 List A

News ‘Throughout the tournament, our batsmen did well, especially Fakhar [Zaman] and Imam[-ul Haq]’ Amid all the other accolades that Babar Azam and Misbah-ul-Haq will invite for their cricketing careers, what happened at SuperSport Park today led to a record that binds the two men together in a rare accomplishment. The 17-run win in the

News Ballance concussed in the nets while Salt suffers foot injury after cycling accident Freak injuries have ruled Gary Ballance and Phil Salt out of the opening round of the County Championship season, which begins on Thursday. Ballance, the Yorkshire batsman who played 23 Tests for England, will miss the fixture against Glamorgan against Headingley

Preview South Africa have seven different faces in their side, five necessitated by players leaving for the IPL TossSouth Africa chose to bowl vs Pakistan South Africa have seven different faces in their side – five necessitated by players leaving for the IPL, one though injury and one a decision made on form – as

News RCB will be Maxwell’s fourth IPL team since 2012 That Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Glenn Maxwell will represent his fourth franchise in IPL 2021 points to his inherent inconsistency in the tournament, according to Gautam Gambhir. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Gambhir – who briefly captained him at Delhi Daredevils in 2018 – has said that Maxwell

News The former India wicketkeeper, who is part of Mumbai Indians’ coaching staff, is asymptomatic Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More, who is part of the Mumbai Indians’ coaching set-up, has tested positive for Covid-19. More, who is a talent scout as well as wicketkeeping consultant with Mumbai, has isolated himself in Chennai, where the defending

Report Jon Holland took his match haul nine wickets but Victoria could not set up a run chase South Australia 333 (Head 76, Kerber 55, Holland 5-82) and 9 for 329 (Hunt 127, Lehmann 62, Holland 4-90) drew with Victoria 365 (Harper 106) Henry Hunt‘s exceptional rearguard innings to conclude a strong season at the

The Australian season has not quite finished, but there is an extensive list of players who are headed overseas to the IPL – some continuing their deals from last season, some moving franchises, and others either fresh to the tournament or returning after a gap. Dan Christian (Royal Challengers Bangalore) “Old blokes win stuff,” is

News The Delhi Capitals’ coach hopes that has changed “because if we can get the best out of him, he could be a superstar player” Ricky Ponting has been witness to Prithvi Shaw‘s fluctuating form from close quarters ever since his appointment as coach of Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2018. And the Australian’s