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Steven Smith and South Africa. Rightly or wrongly, that nation will forever be associated with Australia’s best batter since Sir Donald Bradman. But it’s not just Cape Town and Sandpapergate that link Smith and South Africa together. It is no secret that South Africa have caused Australia’s batting savant more trouble than any other of

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Gary Ballance has agreed a two-year contract with Zimbabwe Cricket, which should see him playing international cricket for the country of his birth five years after he played the last of his 23 Tests and 16 ODIs for England. Ballance, 33, was this week released from his contract with Yorkshire – with the stipulation that

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has accused his country’s cricket board of double standards and making David Warner the “scapegoat” in its messy handling of his captaincy ban following the ball-tampering scandal. Four years after the scandal, Warner is still living with the leadership ban while accomplice Steve Smith happens to lead Australia in the

My family is more important to me than cricket. Over the course of the past nearly five years since the events that occurred during the Third Test in Cape Town, even with all the humiliation and attacks that they have had to endure, I have enjoyed the unwavering support and love of my wife Candice

File photo of Peter Handscomb.© AFP In-form batter Peter Handscomb is aware it will be difficult to find a spot in an “impressive” Australian Test squad but said he is still hoping to earn a place for the India tour with his “weight of numbers”. The 31-year-old, who last played red-ball cricket almost four years

Eighteen-year-old opening batter Shafali Verma will lead India at the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa early next year. She will be one of two senior India players at the event apart from wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh. Shweta Sehrawat, who is currently leading the Under-19s in a five-match T20 series against a New

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Lunch Pakistan 298 for 3 (Imam 121, Shafique 114, Babar 28*, Shakeel 0*, Leach 2-102) trail England 657 by 359 runs Three wickets to spin put England back in control on the third morning after centuries to Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq had laid down a roadblock on their Rawalpindi rampage. Having resumed on

Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Day 3 Live: Tagenarine Chanderpaul was dismissed for 51 runs.© AFP Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Day 3 Live:West Indies are seven down against Australia after losing wickets of Kraigg Brathwaite, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Jermaine Blackwood, Joshua Da Silva and Shamarh Brooks. Pat Cummins had

Lunch England 174 for 0 (Crawley 91*, Duckett 77*) vs Pakistan An imposing opening partnership by Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett had England positively cruising at lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Crawley threatened to reach a century within the first session, scoring at an impressive rate to

England’s cricketers, including skipper Ben Stokes, have been struck down with a suspected stomach bug on the eve of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, despite the touring party bringing their own chef. A ceremony Wednesday for the two captains to unveil the series trophy was postponed to give Stokes time to recover. “Several

When Australia won the T20 World Cup in 2021, there was feeling that they had finally secured that one global trophy that had long eluded them. But the reality is there is another trophy, albeit newly created, that quite literally slipped through their fingers in 2021. Australia missed the 2021 World Test Championship final because

Maharashtra opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad was at his blistering best in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final against Uttar Pradesh and his unbeaten 220-run knock helped his side post 330 runs on the board in the allotted fifty overs. However, the best part of his knock came in the penultimate over of the innings as he

Afghanistan will play their home games in the UAE over the next five years. An agreement was signed between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), firming up the deal. As part of the agreement, Afghanistan will play UAE in a three-match T20I series in each of the five years. The

India’s marquee pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has been out of action since the September 2022, is on his way to making a full recovery. Bumrah has had a few injury struggles this year, and it was right before the T20 World Cup that the news of him being sidelined for a lengthy period broke. The

Big picture The stakes are obviously huge as the eighth edition of the WBBL culminates on Saturday at North Sydney Oval. Sydney Sixers are looking to reclaim their status as the WBBL’s powerhouse, while Adelaide Strikers are striving for redemption after a heartbreaking loss in last year’s decider against Perth Scorchers. Sixers dominated the early

Harbhajan Singh feels someone like Ashish Nehra must be part of India’s T20 coaching setup as he knows the shortest format perhaps better than current head coach Rahul Dravid. Nehra retired from the game in 2017 and earlier this year coached Gujarat Titans to the title on their IPL debut. “In T20 format you can