Report Kevin O’Brien, who has now retired from ODIs, will be looking to overturn a period of poor form in T20Is Ireland choose to bowl vs South Africa Kevin O’Brien was included in the Irish team to face South Africa in the first T20I meeting between the two sides. O’Brien had announced his retirement from

News The allrounder reined himself in during an unbroken 69-run stand with Shakib to help Bangladesh seal the series Mohammad Saifuddin has said that he had to rein himself in during the unbroken 69-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Shakib Al Hasan in the second ODI against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Saifuddin contributed 28 not

News The coach is eager for hundreds to become bigger so the team is able to post 300-plus scores frequently Coach Phil Simmons is targeting another uplift in West Indies’ ODI batting returns when they face Australia in a three-match series in Barbados this week. They put in three consistent displays batting second to beat

Somerset 183 for 7 (Lammony 90) beat Gloucestershire 160 for 6 (Cobain 72, Overton 2-18) by 23 runs Tom Lammonby, one of county cricket’s breakout stars of 2020, thrust aside a miserable follow-up season to play one of the most scintillating innings of this season’s Vitality Blast and dump Gloucestershire out of the competition in

Report Sanju Samson was ruled out with sprained ligament in his knee Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the first ODI against India – new captain Dasun Shanaka citing the Khettarama ground’s history of favouring teams that batted first. Both teams handed debuts

News The pair speak about trust, communication, and their telepathic understanding between the wickets Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have now put on 429 runs as a T20I first-wicket partnership, at an average of 53.62 and a run rate of 9.36 per over. That’s the highest average of all 46 pairs that have opened for

Lancashire 131 for 6 (Wells 30, Croft 26*) beat Yorkshire 128 for 7 (Root 32, Ballance 31, Wood 4-20) by four wickets Those in charge of recording Roses folklore, pens and pads to the ready please. Joe Root, as a stand-in Yorkshire captain, was at the centre of one of the most debatable acts of

Preview The home side have the advantage of game-time, but are coming into the series on the back of off-field turmoil Big Picture And now, some cricket. Since last year, scheduling has become a challenge unlike any other period. It rubbed off on this series too, which was to begin much earlier this week, and

News “To say it’s not affecting us is not true. It is affecting us and every South African.” The pressures of being in a bio-bubble amid unrest in South Africa is taking its toll on the national team, who shared the three-match ODI series with Ireland 1-1. South Africa came back from defeat on Tuesday

Report Morgan rings changes in bid to test bench-strength before T20 World Cup Toss England win toss, bowl first vs Pakistan England won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first of three T20Is against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. England, who swept the ODI series 3-0 earlier this week with a second-string side,