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Pakistan went into the final day with nine wickets in hand, having batted outstandingly in the fourth innings at Galle last week, and probably needing to play out a little over two full sessions, with the light likely to deteriorate in the afternoon again.But outside a 79-run third-wicket stand betw...
The 3-0 ODI series sweep in the Caribbean was “special”, but Tamim Iqbal, the Bangladesh 50-overs captain, has been speaking to his team-mates about not getting too excited with the result. After all, as he says, “there was too much help for the spinners”, which won't oft...
Bangladesh have a bit of a bonanza lined up. The 2023-2027 ICC Future Tours Programme has 34 Tests marked for them, behind only England (42), Australia (41) and India (38). They have the most ODIs listed against their name - 59, with only Sri Lanka (58) above the 50 mark. Overall, too, they are...
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Ben Stokes has announced that he will retire from ODI cricket immediately after England play South Africa at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday due to the physical and mental demands of the international schedule.Stokes was appointed as England's Test captain earlier this year and said that playing th...
Kusal Mendis and Oshada Fernando set a platform with their 91-run partnership, the middle order then thrust Sri Lanka onward in an urgent middle session, and Dinesh Chandimal gave Sri Lanka command of the first Galle Test, hitting 86 not out off 121 balls while putting up lively stands with the tail...
Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement from T20Is shortly after leading the ODI side to a 3-0 series win over West Indies in Guyana. Bangladesh won the match by four wickets, with Tamim winning the player-of-the-series award. At around 6pm local time, he wrote a short message on his official Faceb...
There has been plenty of Test cricket recently that you don't want to take your eyes off. England are changing the way people think of the game by charging their way to fourth-innings targets as though it was the most normal thing ever; while in Galle, the first match of the series was over in l...
Australia's tour to Sri Lanka has already had an impact following the special scenes in Colombo of locals dressed in yellow to thank the visitors for touring during a desperate time in their country's history.Sri Lanka winning the ODI series provided moments of joy for the home supporters, b...
Eoin Morgan is expected to step down as England's white-ball captain on Tuesday morning after seven-and-a-half years in charge.Morgan was appointed in 2014 and has spearheaded England's revolution in limited-overs cricket, transforming the one-day sides and leading them to their first World ...
Bangladesh currently have the worst-performing Test batting line-up in 2022. It is an unenviable position for those in Bangladeshi cricket, and those working in the background are particularly concerned about the lack of runs among the top four batters.What's the reason behind their lack of runs...
The 10th season of the Caribbean Premier League will launch with a T10 tournament named 'The 6ixty' which organisers hope will become a quarterly event that can be staged around the region and beyond.The inaugural season will take place from August 24 to 28 in St Kitts, immediately before th...
Local channel T-Sports has bagged the broadcasting rights for the remainder of Bangladesh’s tour of West Indies, starting with the St Lucia Test from June 24. The channel's chief executive Ishtiaque Sadeque confirmed the good news for the fans in Bangladesh. Later, the ICC also confirmed t...
Mominul Haque is struggling. He has made nine consecutive single-digit scores in Test cricket, a run of form that has already prompted him to resign as Bangladesh captain, and could very well see him stepping even further back.Following the defeat to West Indies in the first Test in Antigua, Shakib ...
England batter Joe Root has replaced Australia's Marnus Labuschagne at the top of the ICC men's Test rankings, following his recent run of form.Root, who recently became only the second England batter to score more than 10,000 Test runs, has been in fine touch during the ongoing home series ...
England batter Joe Root has moved up to second spot in the ICC Test batting rankings following his match-winning 115 not out in the final innings of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. He has moved past Steve Smith (currently at No. 3) and Kane Williamson - who has slipped to fifth pos...
The ongoing political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka has meant the build-up to Australia's first three-format tour to the island nation in six years has been quieter than it might have been otherwise. But the arrival of the reigning T20 world champions is a welcome sight for Sri Lankan cricket...
Pakistan have relocated their home series against West Indies from Rawalpindi to Multan. The decision has been taken in light of political uncertainty in Islamabad - the country's capital, adjacent to Rawalpindi. The fixtures and schedule, however, remain unchanged, with the three ODIs, which ar...
The BCB has granted leave to Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh's upcoming tour of West Indies, so that he can perform Hajj in July. This year's Islamic pilgrimage is in July, for which Mushfiqur is likely to travel to Saudi Arabia on June 22."He informed us before the Sri Lanka series that...
By the end of the Chattogram Test where even three innings couldn't be completed, the once famished batters from both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were wearing a satisfied look. They had spent five days tucking into some much needed comfort food thanks to the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium pitch.Sri ...
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Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has been confirmed by the ECB as England Men's new Test head coach, on a four-year deal on Thursday.McCullum, who will step down from his role as Kolkata Knight Riders' head coach at the end of the ongoing IPL, played 101 Tests for New Zealan...
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