News “If I think of competing with others, it puts pressure on me,” he said Bangladesh allrounder Soumya Sarkar said he has to better prepare himself mentally in order to become a more consistent batter. He was adjudged Player of the Match for his half-century along with bowling figures of 1 for 18 in two

Report Originals fall short as Sunil Narine’s variations stifle chase on used surface Oval Invincibles 145 for 8 (Billings 49) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 7 (Brathwaite 37) by nine runs Oval Invincibles emulated their women’s team on Wednesday’s opening night of the Hundred, as they scrapped a route to victory in the men’s curtain-raiser

Preview India may continue to test their bench strength having already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series Big picture India shut the door on Sri Lanka in the first ODI. In the second match, Sri Lanka failed to close out the game. And just like that, in a matter of three days, the

News It would appear, meanwhile, that the injured Shubman Gill is now back in India Rishabh Pant has joined the India squad after recovering from Covid-19 and completing his mandatory period of isolation. Pant tested positive on July 8, and had not travelled with the rest of the team to Durham, where the Indians are

News Tabraiz Shamsi replaces the Nepal legspinner in the Oval Invincibles squad Sandeep Lamichhane has urged the ECB to give him “a clear answer” after visa issues ruled him out of the Oval Incincibles’ side for the inaugural season of the Hundred. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Lamichhane said he was “extremely

News A recap of the significant milestones in the competition’s five-year gestation From widely ridiculed concept to one of the ECB’s central planks in its strategy for growing the game in England and Wales, the Hundred has been a long time coming. Here we look back at the significant milestones along the way. September 2016It

News ‘We’re a young team. We haven’t won much recently, and we’re trying to do our best to play together for our country’ After a stretch of losses, Sri Lanka had an ODI victory in their grasp, but let it slip. For a team low on confidence, it had to have been devastating. Batter Charith

Report England secure victory in final over after wobbles against spin in their chase England 155 for 7 (Roy 64) beat Pakistan 154 for 6 (Rizwan 76*, Rashid 4-35) by three wickets Watching international cricket at Old Trafford, it’s easy sometimes to forget you aren’t in the subcontinent for the atmosphere Asian fans bring to

Report India named an unchanged XI Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and have chosen to bat first at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, just as they had done in the first ODI. They made one change, bringing in Kasun Rajitha for Isuru Udana in a pacer-for-pacer

Play 00:56 Phil Simmons: West Indies’ sense of unity comes from a hunger to win Big Picture As for a number of sides, one-day series have been few and far between for these two teams since Covid-19 struck. For both it will be just their third series under the World Cup Super League and in