Brilliant Brook leads England to impressive ODI win over Australia

A superb maiden ODI century by new captain Harry Brook led England to a dominant, rain-shortened DLS victory over Australia on Tuesday to keep the five-match series alive with two to play.
24 September 2024

Stokes open to England white-ball return

Test captain Ben Stokes indicated Tuesday he would be ready to make an England limited-overs comeback.
24 September 2024

Under-pressure Masood to lead Pakistan in England Tests

Shan Masood will continue to lead Pakistan in the upcoming series against England, despite losing his first five Tests as captain.
24 September 2024

Tigers reach Kanpur

Amid security concerns and the prospect of being greeted to a slower and lower pitch than the Chennai surface, the Bangladesh national team, along with the Indian side, arrived in Kanpur yesterday afternoon for their second Test starting Friday.
24 September 2024

Akram lauds ‘miracle kid’ Pant’s comeback

What was to be a surprise visit to his mother in December 2022 went horribly wrong when the car Pant was driving on that fateful Friday morning hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire.
24 September 2024

‘Havan’ in Kanpur, ‘Bandh’ in Gwalior as tensions rise over Bangladesh’s tour in India

“We are reviewing the security arrangements to leave no stone unturned and [are] confident of getting an adequate police force to meet the requirements,” he was quoted by several Indian media.
24 September 2024

All-female panel of match officials announced

A group of 10 umpires and three match referees have been appointed as the Emirates ICC Match Officials to oversee the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be hosted by Bangladesh in the UAE.
24 September 2024

Winning Scotland game can make us dream big: Joty

It has been 10 years since Bangladesh national women’s cricket team registered their last victory in the ICC T20 World Cup. The victory came back in 2014 when Bangladesh hosted the marquee tournament and the Tigresses defeated Ireland in a ninth-place play-off match in Sylhet.
24 September 2024

If Ashwin was English, then they would have told him to retire: Monty Panesar

Despite Ashwin's impeccable red-ball record, Panesar asserted that he won't fit into England's current Test Cricket set-up.
24 September 2024

England captain Knight reprimanded over 'blackface' photo

Knight, set to lead England at next month's Women's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, said she was "truly sorry" for conduct that was deemed "racist and discriminatory" by Cricket Discipline Commission adjudicator Tim O'Gorman.
24 September 2024

'No problem': Shakib to play October home Tests unless injured, dropped

The only reason behind this question is that a murder case had been filed against Shakib over the death of a garment worker during the mass protest on 5 August.
23 September 2024

Tigers feel intensity of India challenge

The biggest difference was felt in the batting units of the two teams. While India had three centurions in two innings, only Najmul Hossain Shanto got close to three figures.
23 September 2024

Sri Lanka win Galle Test to make moves in WTC

Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took two overs to polish off the New Zealand tail and complete a five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka sealed a 63-run victory in the opening Test at Galle International Stadium on Monday.
23 September 2024

Cricket South Africa delegation witnesses commando drills at Mirpur

A four-member delegation of Cricket South Africa (CSA) inspected the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur as part of their routine inspection ahead of the Proteas’ upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh, scheduled next month.
23 September 2024

India's Pant says enjoyed setting field against himself in Chennai Test

India's Rishabh Pant enjoyed the experience of setting the field against himself in the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, the maverick wicketkeeper-batsman said.
23 September 2024

Shakib under observation before Kanpur Test

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan had suffered a finger issue which did not allow him to bowl much in the Chennai Test where Bangladesh suffered a 280-run loss.
23 September 2024

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 63 runs in first Test

Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 63-run victory Monday against New Zealand on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.
23 September 2024

‘A mind like no other’

India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin is 38. Yet he appears to be just easing into the process of refining his art, ball by ball. His delivery that beat Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque on Day 4 of the first Test in Chennai yesterday was so belligerent that it almost defied any explanation.
23 September 2024

Shanto’s resilience and the missing steps in batsmanship

Bangladesh batters’ lack of batsmanship got exposed against India’s superior attack in the Chennai Test, where skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto’s valiant knock was the only exception in an otherwise dreadful batting performance.
23 September 2024

South Africa secure consolation win over Afghanistan in 3rd ODI

Aiden Markram's calm innings helped South Africa avoid suffering a series clean sweep by Afghanistan with a seven-wicket victory in the third one-day international in Sharjah on Sunday.
22 September 2024