Opening batter Ibrahim Zadran has replaced Rashid Khan as Afghanistan’s new T20I captain after they crashed out of the group stage in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Zadran’s first assignment is a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Sharjah from March 13. This will be followed a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in…
*He followed it up with another post a little later, saying, “At least an update, tell us something. Today, tmw, next week. It’s been five days.” West Indies are one of the teams stranded in India in the wake of the crisis in West Asia. ESPNcricinfo has learned that initially, the ICC had informed West…
Marnus Labuschagne has been named Australia’s One-Day domestic player of the year following a stunning season for Queensland which included four centuries. He is just the fourth batter to score four hundreds in a one-day season following Phil Jaques, Brad Hodge and Daniel Hughes. Labuschagne also took 2 for 26 with the ball in the…
South Africa were so badly beaten by New Zealand in their T20 World Cup semi-final, it felt like they’d had the snot smacked out of their noses. That’s how descriptively their coach Shukri Conrad described the defeat, not much more than 72 hours after he gladly accepted their tag as tournament favourites. Then, they were…
“Yeah, hugely disappointed,” Markram said at the presentation. “It’s a big, not slap in the face, but it feels like it. But because of that, ultimately, we’ll have to come out stronger and be better as a team moving forward.” Markram “expected the wicket to play really well” at Eden Gardens and would have preferred…
Former Mumbai wicketkeeper-batter and domestic coach Sulakshan Kulkarni has taken over as the Oman head coach. Kulkarni takes over from Duleep Mendis, who held the position for 14 years and the ongoing T20 World Cup was his last assignment. Mendis now transitions to Chief Development Officer at Oman Cricket. Oman made four T20 World Cup…
The squad of 15 has six uncapped players, mostly in the batting department. Meanwhile, the World Cup’s leading scorer so far, Sahibzada Farhan, is called up to the ODI side; he has not played a domestic 50-over game since October 2024 and is uncapped in ODIs. Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue to lead the side…
India vs England is a World Cup semi-final between two aggressive teams at one of the best batting venues in the tournament. This isn’t ESPNcricinfo trying to talk this fixture up – it’s the view of India bowling coach Morne Morkel, who is preparing his troops for a potential shellacking if the Wankhede pitch turns…
Glenn Maxwell says he is hopeful of playing more T20I cricket for Australia and has not put a finishing date on his career with the 2028 Olympics and T20 World Cup not ruled out. Maxwell, 37, will be 40 by the time Australia host the T20 World Cup in 2028 with the LA Olympics to…
John Blain, the former seam bowler, has been reinstated to Cricket Scotland’s Hall of Fame, four years after he was suspended from the honour. Blain, 47, played 118 times for his country in a 13-year career, including at the 1999 World Cup. He was inducted by the governing body in May 2019, but “temporarily suspended”…