News Temba Bavuma is expected to recover in time to lead the team at the marquee tournament Faf du Plessis has not been included in South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad despite being available to play international white-ball cricket. The 37-year old former captain, who retired from Tests in February, specifically named the upcoming global

News Tamim Iqbal, who had opted out, Taijul Islam and Mosaddek Hossain are not a part of the squad Mahmudullah will lead Bangladesh at the 2021 T20 World Cup, with all their major players in the mix with the exception of Tamim Iqbal, who opted out of the tournament recently. There were no real surprises

Report Sussex lose last six wickets for 12 runs and three more after being made to follow on Sussex 319 (Haines 156, Brown 80, Hollman 5-65) and 88 for 3 trail Middlesex 676 for 5 dec by 269 runs An astonishing collapse by Sussex, who lost nine wickets for 97 runs, with their last six

Report After Zimbabwe and Australia, it’s New Zealand’s turn as Bangladesh’s impressive home season continues Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh Bangladesh completed their first T20i series win against New Zealand, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead on Wednesday. Victory was hard-fought – the hosts eventually won by six wickets and five balls to

News The balance of South Africa’s side came into focus with results suggesting they were a batter short South Africa’s narrow defeat by 14 runs in the first ODI, rather than their loss by 78 runs in the third game, is to blame for their failure to win the one-day series in Sri Lanka, according

Report Slow grind towards 296-run target makes for a day for the purists at Edgbaston Warwickshire 116 and 139 for 2 (Yates 70*, Sibley 47) require a further 157 runs to beat Hampshire 89 and 322 (Barker 75, Norwell 4-72) TS Eliot’s J Alfred Prufrock measured out his life in coffee spoons. At Edgbaston, Dom

Ben Stokes is likely to miss the initial cut for the T20 World Cup © Getty Images Ben Stokes is set to be omitted from England’s initial 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup in October and November, and may yet miss the tournament entirely, after Chris Silverwood said that the selectors would “leave it

News “If you’re able to stick in there, then it is actually tough for them as well,” Nicholls says about the tough Dhaka tracks In the T20I series opener, New Zealand combusted to 60 all out – their joint-lowest total in the format. In the second match, they came within one hit of toppling Bangladesh.

Report Nine-wicket match haul leaves Scarborough faithful with a midweek to kill Yorkshire 308 (Brook 118, Thompson 57, Davey 4-72, de Lange 4-55) beat Somerset 134 (Fisher 5-41) and 141 (Fisher 4-23, Thompson 3-32) by an innings and 33 runs Yorkshire are top of the Championship, albeit perhaps only briefly, Somerset dispensed with in two

News Among the charges against him were failure to disclose corrupt approaches and obstruction of the ICC’s investigations UAE wicketkeeper-batter Ghulam Shabber has been banned from all cricket for four years, having been found guilty breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code on six counts. Shabber admitted to the breaches, and will next be eligible to play