News West Indies captain wants his batters to ‘be clear about whether you’re playing forward or back’ Defend a lot. Be clear on whether you’re playing back or forward. And stick around for a couple of sessions. This is West Indies’ batting game-plan for the second Test according to captain Kraigg Brathwaite. With the surface

News Carey makes 101 off 93 for South Australia, but Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald does not know yet who will play the first Test against England As clear as the decision was on Tim Paine’s successor as Australia’s Test captain, the decision to find his successor behind the stumps remains up in the air

News The tournament cannot be rescheduled, as the ODI World Cup is scheduled for March-April 2022 The women’s ODI World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe has been called off after travel restrictions were imposed on large parts of southern Africa following the detection of a new Covid-19 variant, called Omicron, in the region. With the

News West Indies batter says if they can keep Dimuth Karunaratne to low scores, they take substantial steps to winning the second Test Be precise and decisive with your footwork against spin. Oh, and don’t drop catches off Dimuth Karunaratne. Nkrumah Bonner, who top-scored for West Indies with 68 not out off 220 said the

Report The wicket of Kane Williamson at the stroke of lunch left the match beautifully balanced Lunch New Zealand 197 for 2 (Latham 82*, Young 89, Umesh 1-30, Ashwin 1-57) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 148 runs Kane Williamson’s wicket in the last over before lunch

Report Half-century from Gayle not enough as Udana holds his nerve Bangla Tigers 130 for 5 (Jacks 43, Hazratullah 41, du Plessis 22*) beat Team Abu Dhabi 120 for 7 (Gayle 52*, Howell 2-13, Faulkner 2-23) by 10 runs It may have taken a week but finally, after five wins out of five, the winning

News Review of dressing-room culture and game-wide approach to dealing with complaints are among pledges Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says that the “earthquake” of revelations surrounding institutional racism in English cricket could prove to be the catalyst for long-overdue change within the sport, as the board on Friday unveiled its five-point action plan

News The two left handers are in the running to bat No. 5 against England Khawaja and Head are bidding for the vacant No. 5 batting berth in Australia’s team for the first Test against England starting on December 8. The state captains squared off in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide in their last

News A statement said he will be “taking a leave of absence from all forms of cricket for the foreseeable future” Tim Paine has taken an indefinite mental health break from the game which means he is unavailable for the start of the Ashes and raises the prospect that he has played his last Test.

News Netherlands suffer 7 for 12 collapse from winning position Ireland 199 (Delany 75, Siegers 2-24) beat Netherlands 170 (Rijke 56, Prendergast 4-24) by 29 runs Laura Delany and Orla Prendergast were the stars of the show for Ireland as they defended a total of 199 against Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup qualifiers at