Royal Challengers Bangalore 132 for 7 (Rutherford 28, Shahbaz 27, Southee 3-20, Umesh 2-16) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (Russell 25, Hasaranga 4-20, Akash 3-45, Harshal 2-11) by three wickets Having lost their opening game of the season despite scoring 205, Royal Challengers Bangalore were in danger of losing again, this time despite bowling their

News Allrounder has been laid low with a bad back since October last year, and will turn out as a specialist batter for Surrey next week When Sam Curran felt pain in his back after Chennai Super Kings’ defeat to Rajasthan Royals in October, he expected it would be nothing to worry about. Six months

Report Australia’s first-wicket pair put on 216 runs – the highest partnership at this edition of the tournament Innings Australia Women 305 for 3 (Healy 129, Haynes 85) vs West Indies Women A powerful century by Alyssa Healy and her dominant opening stand with Rachael Haynes showcased Australia’s unmistakable class and set West Indies 306

News “A no-ball wicket and a dropped catch [off a no-ball], and a total of six wides cost us this game” Little went right for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening game of IPL 2022, against Rajasthan Royals, but according to their head coach Tom Moody, it was four no-balls in the first five overs that

Report Hosts hand ODI debuts to Mahmood and Wasim; Swepson and Ellis debutants for Australia Pakistan chose to bowl vs Australia Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against a shorthanded Australia in the series-opening ODI in Lahore, as both teams return to the 50-over format after lengthy absences. Missing a host of stars

Report Eye-catching batting displays from IPL debutants Ayush Badoni and Abhinav Manohar also lit up a tense match at the Wankhede Gujarat Titans 161 for 5 (Tewatia 40*, Hardik 33, Chameera 2-22) beat Lucknow Super Giants 158 for 6 (Hooda 55, Badoni 54, Shami 3-25) by five wickets Lucknow Super Giants threatened to become the

News Who’s this 22-year-old who comes in and slog-sweeps Rashid for a six and hooks Ferguson for another? The first thing Harsha Bhogle asked him in the mid-match interview was, “where have you been hiding?”. It was, of course, a valid question. Just eight runs to his name in T20 cricket and no List A

Preview Australia will be keen to experiment, with Green and Labuschagne coming in for Marsh and Smith; Pakistan will miss injured Shadab Big picture After a historic and much-hyped three-Test series, comprising 15 gruelling and emotionally charged days, the limited-overs leg of Australia’s tour of Pakistan can feel somewhat neglected by comparison. The anti-climax is

Fantasy Tips Fantasy XI recommendations for the IPL 2022 game between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants March 28: Gujarat Titans v Lucknow Super Giants, Wankhede Stadium Safe XI: KL Rahul (capt), Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rashid Khan, Avesh Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Ravi Bishnoi (vice-capt) Captain:

News Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan lead calls for change of leadership England’s defeat on the Spice Isle was Root’s 26th in 64 Tests as captain since his appointment five years ago, meaning that only two men in Test history – Stephen Fleming (27) and Graeme Smith (29) – have overseen more defeats. While Root said