Cricket

News India batter returns home to link up with the squad training for a tour of Australia in September Shafali Verma will miss Birmingham Phoenix’s Hundred eliminator against Oval Invincibles on Friday after returning home ahead of India’s tour to Australia. Verma arrived in the UK in early June, impressing during India’s multi-format series against

The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team lost the opening Test to West Indies by one wicket.© AFP Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said the team’s sloppy fielding tilted the first Test in favour of the West Indies. Kemar Roach’s resilience and grit helped West Indies walk away with a one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test

News South Africa women are scheduled to play three T20Is and five ODIs in Antigua, starting on August 31 Dane van Niekerk will return to captain South Africa for the three-T20 and five-ODI series in West Indies, starting on August 31. van Niekerk has not played for the national team since the T20 World Cup

Team India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to play the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 matches. And since there’s still some time before the tournament resumes, it seems he is loving his stay there. Pandya, who is an integral part of India’s limited-overs set-up, is

With an eye on the current turmoil in Afghanistan, questions have been raised on whether the team will be ready to participate in the upcoming T20 World Cup. But the Afghanistan Cricket Board has made it clear that the team will be ready for action when the showpiece event gets underway in Dubai. Speaking to

Report Qualifiers for knock-out phase won’t be known until all the contenders have played their final matches Birmingham Phoenix 166 for 6 (Livingstone 50, Hammond 38*) beat Trent Rockets 150 for 9 (Mullaney 49, Brown 3-27) by 16 runs Birmingham Phoenix added a first away win to their 100 percent home record to climb above

KL Rahul gave England a lesson in how to bat in tough conditions with the opener’s composed unbeaten century leaving India well-placed on 276-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday. Rahul was initially outshone by Rohit Sharma, who made 83 in their fine stand of 126 —

Report Eight-wicket victory with 13 balls to spare continues surging run of form for Vince’s men Southern Brave 147 for 2 (de Kock 57*, Vince 53) beat Welsh Fire 144 for 5 (Banton 36, Phillips 30*, du Plooy 30) by eight wickets Southern Brave will spend the next 48 hours at the top of the

England vs India: All-rounder Moeen Ali has recalled by the hosts.© AFP England Test skipper Joe Root on Tuesday said that all-rounder Moeen Ali has the ability to win games for his side with both the bat and ball in hand. Root’s comments came as Moeen Ali was drafted into the England squad for the

Report Moeen Ali scores 23-ball fifty as home side rack up records on way to thumping win Birmingham Phoenix 184 for 5 (Smeed 65*, Moeen 59, Payne 3-38) beat Welsh Fire 91 (Cockbain 32, Tahir 5-25) by 93 runs Birmingham Phoenix completed a clean sweep at Edgbaston, winning their fourth and final home game to

Tokyo Olympics: Virat Kohli tweeted to congratulate India’s Olympic stars.© AFP India skipper Virat Kohli tweeted to congratulate all athletes who participated in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Games concluded on Sunday with a glittering closing ceremony after more than two weeks of high-octane action. Kohli, who was also set to take the field

News Middlesex CEO frustrated as club’s hopes of qualification take a hit in Group A A Covid-19 outbreak in the Gloucestershire squad has led to the cancellation of their Royal London Cup clash with Middlesex at Radlett on Sunday, after the visitors were forced to put all but one member of their playing staff into

ENG vs IND: KL Rahul scored 84 runs in the first innings that guided India to take lead of 95 runs.© AFP The two years that he has been away from the Test team has taught KL Rahul the lesson on making most of the opportunities that come his way like the he did in

Report Colin Munro made 41 from 28 before rain finally brought an end to proceedings Manchester Originals 98 for 3 (Munro 41*) vs Southern Brave – Match abandoned The men’s Hundred clash between Manchester Originals and Southern Brave ended in a no result as rain limited play to only 71 balls at Emirates Old Trafford.

England’s batting coach Marcus Trescothick has termed the Indian bowling attack “the most potent” after the home team folded for 183 on the opening day of the first Test on Wednesday. India’s four-man pace attack took the last six England wickets for just 45 runs as the hosts ended their innings in 65.4 overs. Jasprit

Report Mujeeb Ur Rahman grabbed 2 for 6 off his 20 balls after Willey’s 81* and 2 for 9 Northern Superchargers 155 for 3 (Willey 81*, Brook 28, Crane 1-19) beat London Spirit 92 for 9 (Morgan 27, Raine 3-20, Mujeeb 2-6) by 63 runs David Willey hit the highest individual score of the men’s

India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane dismissed suggestions about whether Cheteshwar Pujara could be promoted to opening the batting instead of his usual number three position. “Pujara is our No.3 batsman. Who will open the innings, we are still finalising our combination. Pujara has been really solid for us at No. 3 and as for opening pair,

Report Tymal Mills also miserly as Spirit stumble despite highest Powerplay score of tournament Southern Brave 145 for 6 (Davies 50) beat London Spirit 141 for 7 (Inglis 55, Garton 2-30) by four runs A remarkable spell of death bowling from Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan saw London Spirit fall to a third defeat in