Bangladesh’s middle-overs slowdown cost them dearly in the first ODI against New Zealand in Dhaka on Friday. New Zealand won by 26 runs after Bangladesh were bowled out for 221 in 48.3 overs where it should have been a routine chase, especially when Bangladesh were cruising at 114 for 2 in the 23rd over. Saif…
When Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur were batting together and adding runs with some enterprise for the third wicket, India looked like they would get to around 175. That didn’t happen. Rodrigues fell at “the wrong time”, and all India could put up was 157. South Africa got past that with five balls in hand…
Of the four, only Ghori has any international experience, having played one ODI, at home in Mirpur against Pakistan last month. Shan Masood will continue to lead the side, but he has a very different back room to work with. Apart from Sarfaraz, former Test cricketers Asad Shafiq and Umar Gul will work as batting…
There are beautiful things a cricketer can do when things are going their way. A fine bit of wristwork that takes the ball to the midwicket boundary, or the perfectly pitched offbreak that cuts between bat and pad and hits the top of off stump. For Dean Foxcroft, both happened in the first ODI against…
The ECB will consider changes to its player replacement trial during the first break in the County Championship, as Lancashire added their voices to those lamenting the application of the new regulations on the opening day of the third round. Lancashire seamer Ajeet Singh Dale became the ninth player replaced through injury after he suffered…
Banton, who GT signed for his base price of INR 2 crore in the auction, didn’t play a game this season. Esterhuizen has been signed for INR 75 lakh. He made his T20I debut earlier this year, when South Africa toured New Zealand for a five-match series. He had a breakout debut series, scoring 200…
South Africa seamer Glenton Stuurman has seen his stint with Kent cut short by injury after one appearance. Stuurman had signed for the first block of County Championship games in April and May. However, after picking up what the club described as a “mild strain” in the opening round trip to Durham, scans have now…
Shreyas Iyer has a sequence of 50, 69* and 66 in his last three innings in IPL 2026. He is one of the reasons Punjab Kings (PBKS), last season’s losing finalists, are at the top of the points table at this stage with four wins and a washout. After his latest big innings, Aaron Finch…
Quinton de Kock was one of the star performers when Mumbai Indians (MI) won back-to-back IPL titles in 2019 and 2020, aggregating 529 and 503 runs in the two seasons respectively. His career has gone in all sorts of directions in more recent times, but back with MI for IPL 2026, and back where he…
Both Prabhsimran and Iyer have been crucial for PBKS so far this tournament with their consistent run-making. Prabhsimran, the opener, has scores of 37, 43, 51 and 80 not out to tally 211 runs from four innings at a strike rate of 172.95, while Iyer has so far hit 18, 50, 69 not out and…