Brisbane Heat 4 for 162 (Mooney 56*) beat Adelaide Strikers 7 for 161 (Wellington 55) by six wickets The Brisbane Heat became the first back-to-back champions in the WBBL with a display of their batting prowess to overcome the Adelaide Strikers by six wicket…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) at least one day-night Test for their tour of Pakistan next month, with Karachi being selected as the venue. The tour includes two Tests and three T20Is, although the BCB has so far s…
A difficult two years for the MCG pitch has continued with the abandonment of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia. Here is a recap of the recent problems December 2017 The Ashes Test turned into a bore draw on a pitch that star…
Both captains agreed that there was a genuine risk that a player could have been seriously injured on the MCG pitch that forced the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia to be abandoned, while Peter Handscomb admitted comments he made …
The Pakistan Test team’s ineptitude in Australia – 14 successive losses – is an object lesson to all touring sides. While Pakistan’s preparation on the recent tour seemed adequate – they had practice matches on bouncy wickets in Perth and the batsmen trained…
“Ball dekho, maaro.” (See ball, hit ball) Speaking to Chahal TV for the BCCI website, this was how KL Rahul summed up his approach and mindset after getting to a start in India’s pursuit of 208 against West Indies in the T20I series opener in Hyderabad. In s…
The Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia at the MCG which was suspended on Saturday due to a dangerous pitch has now been abandoned. After the umpires, Phillip Gillespie and Geoff Joshua, halted the match in the 40th over of the open…
Big picture West Indies seldom put all their best T20 stars on the park at the same time, so watching them between world tournaments is often an exercise in fantasy squad building. If this guy weren’t playing Global T20 Moldova, and if that other chap recove…
It is “by no means certain” that Moeen Ali will be available for England’s tour of Sri Lanka, according to Ed Smith. Smith, the national selector, admitted there was “no time frame” for Moeen’s return to Test cricket after he was, once again, absent from Eng…
NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: Rohit Sharma Rohit rarely fails to perform through an entire T20I series. He had an off day in Hyderabad, and is likely to make amends. Vice-captain: Yu…
James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow and Mark Wood have all been included in a 17-man squad for England’s Test tour of South Africa. Anderson and Wood missed the New Zealand tour due to injury, while Bairstow was dropped to allow him time to work on his red-ball g…
Fawad Alam is back in Pakistan’s Test squad after more than a decade out of the red-ball team. The left-hand middle-order batsman is part of the 16-member squad that will face Sri Lanka in two Tests in Rawalpindi and Karachi later this month. Fawad replaces …