Stokes health doubts overshadow England’s bid for NZ clean sweep
LEEDS: England head into the third Test at Headingley on Thursday with doubts over the health of captain Ben Stokes as they chase a 3-0 series clean sweep against New Zealand. Stokes missed training on Tuesday through illness, with a team spokesman saying the all-rounder tested negative for the Coronavirus and was being kept away […]
Unwell Ben Stokes misses training ahead of Headingley Test
LEEDS: England captain Ben Stokes missed training after feeling unwell on Tuesday as his side started their preparations for the Headingley Test. Stokes was absent while the rest of the squad trained ahead of Thursday’s first day of the final Test in the three-match series. An England and Wales Cricket Board spokesperson indicated that Stokes […]
Shikhar Dhawan may miss T20 World Cup: Sunil Gavaskar
Former India captain and noted commentator Sunil Gavaskar believes that opener Shikhar Dhawan is unlikely to make it to the national team as far as this year’s ICC T20 World Cup is concerned. Dhawan has had a decent performance in IPL 2022 and failed to make it to the team for the subsequent South Africa […]
Roy, Salt help England beat Netherlands by six wickets, lead series 2-0
Opener Jason Roy and Phil Salt scored half-centuries to help England beat the Netherlands by six wickets with 29 balls remaining in the second one-day international here on Sunday. England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The Netherlands rode on a 73-ball 78 by their skipper Scott Edwards to post a below-par […]
Karthik blitz sets up India’s series-levelling win over SA
RAJKOT: Experienced India batter Dinesh Karthik smashed a maiden fifty in Twenty20 Internationals to help set up the hosts’ massive 82-run victory over South Africa in Rajkot on Friday and send the five-match series into a decider. The 37-year-old Karthik, who played the team’s first T20 International against the same opponents in 2006, smashed 55 […]
Bangladesh crash to 76-6 at lunch in first West Indies Test
NORTH SOUND: Bangladesh’s well-established vulnerability to fast bowling was in evidence again with the visitors crashing to 76 for six at lunch after being put in to bat against the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday. Double strikes by Kemar Roach […]
Hardik Pandya named India captain for T20I series against Ireland
BCCI on Wednesday appointed allrounder Hardik Pandya as the captain of the Indian cricket team for the T20I series against Ireland. Pandya, who led Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2022 title, will captain India in absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma. The 35-year-old Sharma along with Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Md Shami, Rishabh Pant and […]
Brilliant Bairstow blasts England to series victory over New Zealand
NOTTINGHAM: Jonny Bairstow blasted a match-winning 136 from 92 balls to lead England to a remarkable five-wicket, second Test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday, clinching the three-Test series. New Zealand were bowled out for 284 before lunch, setting England a target of 299 to win — the highest ever to claim a Test victory […]
New Zealand hit back after England’s Anderson takes 650th Test wicket
NOTTINGHAM: Devon Conway scored 52 as New Zealand reached 114-2 at tea after England’s James Anderson claimed his 650th Test wicket on the fourth day of the second Test. Anderson was gifted his landmark wicket as New Zealand opener Tom Latham left a straight ball that clattered into his stumps. The 39-year-old fast bowler is […]
Centurions Root, Pope lead England fightback against New Zealand
NOTTINGHAM: Joe Root swaggered to a majestic 163 not out and Ollie Pope hit his highest Test score of 145 as rampant England reached 473-5 against New Zealand at close of play on the third day of the second Test here at Trent Bridge on Sunday. Replying to New Zealand’s mammoth first innings score of […]
