Cricket

ENG vs IND: Rishabh Pant poses for a photo with Ravi Shastri.© Twitter Having joined Team India in their bio-secure bubble, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant took to social media to thank head coach Ravi Shastri for giving him a “grand welcome”. India are set to face England in a five-match Test series, and they are currently

News It would appear, meanwhile, that the injured Shubman Gill is now back in India Rishabh Pant has joined the India squad after recovering from Covid-19 and completing his mandatory period of isolation. Pant tested positive on July 8, and had not travelled with the rest of the team to Durham, where the Indians are

Young opener Haseeb Hameed celebrated his Test recall with a gritty hundred even as Umesh Yadav bowled a few incisive spells and was largely responsible in India bowling Select County XI out for 220 on the second day of the warm-up first-class game. Coming back into the England squad after nearly five years, right-handed opener

Report Away from the impending thrills of the Hundred, Cumbria’s homespun youngsters take on Lancs Lancashire 383 for 7 (Jennings 103, Wells 86, Vilas 82, Jones 56*) beat Cumbria 174 (Boyce 107, Wells 3-16) by 209 runs And so we have returned to Sedbergh. For a few days this week at least, one of cricket’s

India pacer Deepak Chahar, who was an unexpected hero with the bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, on Tuesday said coach Rahul Dravid’sbelief in his batting inspired him to produce a match-winning knock for his team. Chahar came ahead of the more accomplished Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the batting order after India lost their

Age, experience and expertise have done little to ease Marizanne Kapp‘s nerves ahead of the opening match in the Hundred. Kapp, the 31-year-old veteran of nearly 200 international matches across formats and ranked as the world’s leading ODI allrounder, is part of a formidable three-pronged South African contingent who will turn out for Oval Invincibles

Tabraiz Shamsi, the world’s top-ranked T20I bowler, picked up four wickets against Ireland.© Twitter Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took four wickets as South Africa comfortably beat Ireland by 33 runs in the first game of a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series in Dublin on Monday. Aiden Markram top-scored for the visitors with 39 and David Miller

News Nepalese legspinner awaiting clearance to play for Oval Invincibles Sandeep Lamichhane is a doubt for the opening games of the Hundred due to visa issues. Lamichhane, the Nepalese legspinner, is due to play for Oval Invincibles in the competition on a £60,000 deal but his availability is now uncertain. He had also been due

India wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan got off to a blistering start in his ODI career, smashing 59 off just 42 deliveries as India chased 263 with ease to beat Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Colombo. Coming in at one down after Prithvi Shaw gave India an explosive start, Kishan made his intentions clear from

News Karunaratne, who top-scored in the first ODI, said the fact that most of the batting order had got starts was encouraging Although none of Sri Lanka’s batters hit a half-century in the first ODI, the team has the ability to put up scores that will challenge India – something beyond 300. This was what

SL vs IND: Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made their ODI debuts in 1st ODI vs Sri Lanka.© Indian Cricket Team/Instagram Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made their ODI debuts for India on Sunday in the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Incidentally, both Suryakumar and Kishan had made their T20I debuts together as

Lancashire 131 for 6 (Wells 30, Croft 26*) beat Yorkshire 128 for 7 (Root 32, Ballance 31, Wood 4-20) by four wickets Those in charge of recording Roses folklore, pens and pads to the ready please. Joe Root, as a stand-in Yorkshire captain, was at the centre of one of the most debatable acts of

Tabraiz Shamsi has picked up 76 international wickets for South Africa.© Instagram South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi on Saturday said cricketers sometimes feel like ‘caged circus animals’ when going through tours in bio-bubbles. Recently, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) received flak for giving relaxation in the bio-bubble. Three England cricketers and four-member of their

Boucher – “We knew from the start that if we don’t rock up here in these conditions, which they know well, we’ll be found out” © Sportsfile via Getty Images The pressures of being in a bio-bubble amid unrest in South Africa is taking its toll on the national team, who shared the three-match ODI

45 CAB cricketers have been withheld from further participation till resolving of disputes.© AFP The Cricket Association of Bengal on Friday decided to introduce a unique biometric code after 65 players from the state were identified with disputed documents. Of the 65 players identified, 45 players have been withheld from further participation till resolving of

Report Brendan Taylor became the fifth Zimbabwe cricketer to 200 ODIs, after Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Elton Chigumbura and Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe win the toss and bowl first vs Bangladesh Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor decided to field first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Harare. Playing his 200th ODI, Taylor

Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Thursday said that the board decided to give relaxations in the bio-bubble looking at players’ welfare and their mental health. Earlier, three England players and four members of the support staff tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result, the management had

News Allrounder writes to BCA asking to be “relieved” with immediate effect Allrounder Deepak Hooda has decided to leave Baroda. ESPNcricinfo understands that Hooda, who had been banned for the 2020-21 season in January by the Baroda Cricket Association for “indiscipline“, wrote to the BCA on July 12 asking to be “relieved” with immediate effect