News Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan are also nursing injuries, while Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim are out of contention Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman remain the main injury worries for Bangladesh ahead of their T20I series at home against Australia, which begins on August 3, but chief selector Minhajul Abedin expects the two

Kurtis Patterson led the side towards the end of last season © Getty Images Kurtis Patterson has been named New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield captain, taking over permanently from Peter Nevill who held the role for three years. Patterson captained the side at the end of last season when Nevill was absent for the birth

James Hildreth battled through injury for his hundred © Getty Images Somerset 299 for 4 (Hildreth 110, Davies 94, Goldsworthy 57*) beat Derbyshire 298 (Hudson-Prentice 93, Guest 74, Baker 3-46, Green 3-64) James Hildreth‘s eighth List A century and an elegant 94 from Steven Davies helped Somerset begin their defence of the Royal London Cup

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the venues in the UAE were rendered unavailable because of the IPL The three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Pakistan will be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka instead of in the UAE, as originally planned. The series, which is the first bilateral contest between the two

News Northern Superchargers understood to be lining up Dane Vilas as cover Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of Northern Superchargers’ first three games of the Hundred as he continues to suffer symptoms of concussions following a sickening blow to the head during the final stages of the PSL. Du Plessis suffered the initial

Report The toss had taken place and teams confirmed before the match was halted Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies – Match suspended The second ODI in Barbados was suspended moments before the first ball was due to be bowled after reports of a positive Covid test emerged. A short

Report No Quinton de Kock, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi for visitors; hosts replace Josh Little with Barry McCarthy South Africa chose to bat vs Ireland A new-look South Africa XI has been chosen to close out their winter tour and the T20I series against Ireland, which the visitors have won already. The visitors made

News He has made use of all chances at international level and wants to improve at getting deep in the innings Suryakumar Yadav is only five-innings-old in international cricket. You wouldn’t know that, looking at him bat in any of those games. He’s looked nerve-less, decisive and crisp in his stroke-play, calm and confident in

Report Zak Crawley’s 64 not enough to lift London Spirit to defendable total at Edgbaston Birmingham Phoenix 148 for 7 (Moeen 40) beat London Spirit 144 for 6 (Crawley 64) by three wickets Birmingham Phoenix rose to the occasion to crown the first Hundred double-header with a win for the home side in front of

Report Sri Lanka make three changes too, including a debut for left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama With the series already in the bag, and the ODI Super League inconsequential to them (because they have automatic qualification, as hosts of the next World Cup), India have named five debutants and made six changes to the XI that