Cricket

Ben Stokes has requested “fast, flat” wickets for the Ashes this summer and revealed he has an XI in mind for the first Test at Edgbaston on June 16. Since taking over as Test captain at the start of last summer, Stokes’ team, under the guidance of head coach Brendon McCullum, has adopted a quicker

The IPL 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore turned out to be yet another last over thriller with the former ultimately edging past the latter by one wicket in the last ball. After RCB scored 212 batting first, LSG batted with great effort as the equation boiled down to five runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad 145 for 2 (Tripathi 74*, Markram 37*, Arshdeep 1-20) beat Punjab Kings 143 for 9 (Dhawan 99*, Markande 4-15, Jansen 2-16) by eight wickets Shikhar Dhawan watched nine wickets tumble around him, but he stood out amid the rubble, his unbeaten 99 taking Punjab Kings to a respectable 143 for 9. That total

Rohit Sharma is bowled by Tushar Deshpande© Twitter Mumbai Indians batters were in for a shock as Chennai Super Kings rattled their famed batting line-up in an IPL 2023 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Barring two batters, none of the other could score in the 30s. After a fast start by Rohit Sharma and

Krunal Pandya says he has put a lot of work into his bowling action in the last four to five months, trying to get taller at the crease and bowl with a higher arm. The Lucknow Super Giants allrounder, who primarily plays the white-ball formats for Baroda, last played competitive cricket in the Vijay Hazare

KKR players celebrate after dismissing a RCB batter.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a big win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Thursday. Batting first, KKR were boosted by half-centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Shardul Thakur, while Rinku Singh scored a fiery 46 as the team notch a

“He has been with us from the last two seasons. Lots and lots of work has gone behind him,” Samson said. “Credit to our team management, especially Zubin Bharucha [Director of High Performance at Royals]. When you come to the IPL, you generally have a week’s camp. But these guys put in lots of work,

Gujarat Titans players celebrate during an IPL 2023 game.© BCCI/IPL Defending champions Gujarat Titans are cruising in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. They notched their second win in as many games with a six-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals to go top of the IPL 2023 points table. GT have four points (NRR +0.700) from

Azeem Rafiq has said he is open to meeting Michael Vaughan with a view to finding a way forward for the sport after the findings of the Cricket Discipline Commission’s (CDC) racism hearings were published last week. On Friday, Vaughan was cleared of using racist language towards Rafiq and three other players of Asian descent

The IPL 2023 Points Table after first round of matches© BCCI Rajasthan Royals lead the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 table after the first round of matches thanks to their comprehensive victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. RR rode brilliant performances from Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal to guide RR to a 72-run win in

Once a war approaches its end, it is instructional to remind yourself of the point of the peace. In the case of Yorkshire cricket, the point of the peace should be blindingly obvious: to create an environment in which talented cricketers have equal opportunity to succeed in a culture free from prejudice and discrimination, and

Shubman Gill eclipsed Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s high-quality knock with a dazzling half-century as Gujarat Titans began their title defence with a convincing five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener in Ahmedabad on Friday. Gaikwad was all class in his 92 off 50 balls before Titans pulled things back in the middle overs to

Mickey Arthur is excited by the prospect of rekindling his relationship with the PCB ahead of taking up a position as a consultant for the Pakistan men’s national team. ESPNcricinfo reported that Arthur, who coached Pakistan between 2016 and 2019, has struck a deal as team director, with the important caveat he can fulfil the

After finishing at the sixth place in the points table last season, Punjab Kings are all set to begin their campaign for the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. Led by the veteran opening batter Shikhar Dhawan, the Kings will be guided by World Cup winning coach

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs West Indies South Africa will unleash a full-strength pace pack on West Indies in the deciding T20I at the Wanderers. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi were all named in the starting XI after only Nortje played the first match, but was rotated out of the second,

File photo of Kedar Jadhav© BCCI Cricketer Kedar Jadhav’s father Mahadev Jadhav was found hours after he went missing from their Pune home on Monday, a police official said. As per Kedar Jadhav’s complaint at Alankar police station, his 75-year-old father, who suffers from dementia, had left their Kothrud home for a morning walk and

“They’re about ten runs short.” Legend has it those were Jacques Kallis‘ words to his team-mates when they got back to their dressing room on March 12, 2006 after South Africa conceded 434 against Australia. South Africa went on to complete a record chase in a match that remains iconic to this day. “They’re about

New West Indies captain Rovman Powell thrashed five sixes as he led his team to a three-wicket victory over South Africa in a rain-shortened first T20I at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Saturday. The match was reduced to 11 overs a side but produced 263 runs and 15 wickets in a frantic contest. Powell, who