Report The duo rescued India from 114 for 6 50 overs India 244 for 7 (Vastrakar 67, Rana 53*, Mandhana 52, Sandhu 2-36, Dar 2-45) vs Pakistan India overcame the scare of a sub-200 score in their 2022 World Cup opener against Pakistan thanks to half-centurions Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana‘s rearguard 122-run stand for

Ben Stokes is bigger than you realise. Standing there at six foot aplenty, with his biceps glistening with sweat having just run a million laps of the boundary in about two-and-a-half minutes, and his shoulders set as wide as most people are tall, he is, by any metric, physically intimidating. “I would have liked to

Report Allrounder slams 175* to set up declaration, and then joins the wicket-takers’ party to push Sri Lanka on the back foot Sri Lanka 108 for 4 (Ashwin 2-21) trail India 574 for 8 dec (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58, Lakmal 2-90, Fernando 2-135, Embuldeniya 2-188) by 466 runs India’s bowlers brought

South Africa women 207 all out (Kapp 42, Trisna 3-35) beat Bangladesh women 175 all out (Akhter 34, Khaka 4-32) by 32 runs Ayabonga Khaka became the fifth South African to take 100 ODI wickets and claimed only her second four-for in ODIs to help South Africa defend 207 in their World Cup opener. Khaka’s

Report Batters in good place after promising four days in Antigua, as off-field matters overshadow England XI 466 for 6 (Bairstow 106*, Lawrence 83, Lees 65, Crawley 62, Root 54) and 164 for 4 dec (Lawrence 48, Foakes 43*) drew with CWI President’s XI 264 (Reifer 106, Leach 4-62) and 123 for 7 The image

Report Australia managed just one wicket on the opening day of the series Pakistan 245 for 1 (Imam 132*, Azhar 64*) vs Australia Recalled opener Imam-ul-Haq justified his selection in style with a brilliant maiden Test century to lead a disciplined Pakistan into early control of the series opener, as Australia’s pace-heavy attack toiled in

Report Wicketkeeper-batter Rashada Williams has a concussion and hence not in the West Indies XI Innings break West Indies 259 for 9 (Matthews 119, Nation 36, Tahuhu 3-57, Jess Kerr 2-43) vs New Zealand Hayley Matthews provided the fireworks in the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup curtain-raiser. She hit a 128-ball 119, but with the

News “Feels surreal, never imagined I would play 100 Tests for India” Former captain Virat Kohli will be playing his 100th Test for India on Friday. Only 11 of his countrymen can ever say that. Here are excerpts from an interview he had with BCCI.tv ahead of the match: On the milestone 100th TestI honestly

Report Afghanistan were reduced to 20 for 4 in the run chase, eventually folding up for 94 Bangladesh 155 for 8 (Litton 60, Afif 25, Farooqi 2-27) beat Afghanistan 94 (Zadran 27, Nasum 4-10, Shoriful 3-29) by 61 runs Nasum Ahmed‘s powerplay blitz with the ball ended Bangladesh’s eight-match losing streak in T20Is, as they

Preview Both teams are coming off a lean trot in T20Is, but the visitors like the format, while the hosts don’t Big picture Afghanistan will be happy with action shifting to the two-match T20I series that begins in Dhaka on Thursday, but Bangladesh might feel differently; they have started to dread the format in recent