England’s Ashes flops should focus on their game and let others do the talking | England women’s cricket team
BAhead of the second Women's Ashes T20 in Canberra on Thursday, England captain Heather Knight surprised many by suggesting her team intended to bring their “inner mongrel” to the match. There are so many qualities to this country's touring cricketers, but if the growl, snarl, snap, fang that this phrase suggests is one of them, […]
India v England: first men’s T20 cricket international – live | Twenty20
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature In other news, India is without multi-generational, multi-format talent Jasprit Bumrah due to injury. In fact, only four players in the current eleven started in last year's T20 World Cup final: SKY, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh. But India's […]
Jos Buttler says England boycott of Afghanistan fixture ‘not the way to go’ | England cricket team
Jos Buttler believes England should play Afghanistan in next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan, despite calls for a boycott over the Taliban regime's treatment of women. A group of more than 160 MPs this month signed a letter to England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Richard Gould to consider boycotting the match against Afghanistan […]
Australia v England: third Women’s Ashes one-day cricket international – live | Women’s Ashes
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 7 overs: Australia 31-2 (Healy 7, Mooney 4) England have no slips. This reflects Hobart's pitch being a bit sticky and stagnant. Just before his dismissal, Perry mistimed his lofted drive and went wide, only to clear just over mid-on. New […]
Having conquered the cricket world Pat Cummins must now bridge the generations | Cricket
Pat Cummins' post-series press conference, with a weary smile under his pink brim, after a hard-fought fifth Test victory over India and clinching the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a 3-1 margin. started with a juicy full toss. Question: “As a captain, do you think you're done playing cricket?'' asked the journalist. In a sense it was […]
Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day three – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 36 overs: India 150-7 (Washington 7, Siraj 3) Statistically speaking, Scott Borland takes most of his wickets in his first 12 balls. So it's a small miracle that Siraj steered two runs between slip and gully, tilting the ball on the […]
Women’s rights activists call for England to forfeit championship cricket match to Afghanistan
England's men's cricket team is scheduled to play Afghanistan in the group stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy on February 26. But women's rights activists are calling on England to relinquish its laurels to protest ongoing human rights abuses in Afghanistan. Published by Women's Rights Network (WRN) statement On Tuesday, it called […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day five – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 83rd over: Australia 233-9 (Lyon 41, Boland 14) India still has an almost new ball. Nathan Ryan has never played a Test half-century, but he might get a chance today. India starts with Siraj, breaks through the fourth cordon and gets […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day four – live | Australia cricket team
major events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 3rd over: Australia 8-0 (Constace 3, Khawaja 3) It was Bumrah's turn to beat Khawaja outside the off-stump, but again there was no edge. Indian bowlers need to bowl early. If Australia crosses 200 runs in this innings, the match will […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day three – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature As always, feel free to drop us an email. Let us know where you are and what you are doing during the quiet week of Christmas. share For me yesterday's story was the delivery from Cummins to the best Indian bat […]