News England have “full FTP schedule” from June onwards, says Ashley Giles England’s centrally contracted players are unlikely to be available for the completion of the IPL wherever and whenever it is rescheduled. While the England management were happy to allow up to a dozen English players to miss the Test series against New Zealand

Virat Kohli walks in for his Covid-19 vaccination in Mumbai © Getty Images Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Shikha Pandey are among a batch of Indian cricketers to get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. India’s top cricketers are among several athletes in the country, including those who

News The Indian legspinner, who was part of the Mumbai Indians squad at IPL 2021, shared the news of the bereavement on Monday Piyush Chawla‘s father, Pramod Kumar Chawla, died on Monday. He had recovered from a bout of Covid-19, but as Chawla, the India and Mumbai Indians wristspinner said in a post on Instagram,

Warwickshire 343 (Yates 104, Burgess 101) and 70 for 3 drew with Worcestershire 364 for 8 dec. (Haynes 87, Barnard 76*, Libby 75) Warwickshire hope to have Dom Sibley and, perhaps, Chris Woakes available for their next Championship game. Sibley, the England opener, broke his finger in the field at Trent Bridge in mid-April but

Report Zimbabwe left to face an almost certain innings defeat with Pakistan leading by 378 runs Lunch Zimbabwe 132 all out (Hasan Ali 5-27, Sajid Khan 2-39) trail Pakistan 510 for 8 dec (Abid Ali 215, Azhar Ali 126) by 378 runs Hasan Ali stormed through Zimbabwe’s middle and lower order to leave them teetering

Report Somerset well placed to consolidate second place in group after only 9.3 overs are possible on third day Hampshire 79 and 110 for 4 (Overton 4-27) trail Somerset 336 (Overton 74, Abell 64) by 147 runs Rain and bad light frustrated Somerset’s push for victory with just nine-and-a-half overs bowled before play was abandoned

Gloucestershire 93 for 3 (Lace 31*) and 273 (Bracey 75) beat Middlesex 210 (White 76*, Payne 5-31) and 152 (Gubbins 52, Payne 6-56) by seven wickets David Payne has been an under-sung asset in Gloucestershire’s ranks for more than a decade now, but he chose quite the stage, and the circumstances, in which to produce

Report Abid Ali looked as assured as he did on the first day Lunch Pakistan 353 for 7 (Abid 151*, Nauman 7*, Muzarabani 3-53) vs Zimbabwe Both sides claimed a share of the spoils by lunch on the second day, with Abid Ali ensuring Pakistan’s first innings total begins to push past what Zimbabwe might

News Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma have been given NOCs by BCCI India Women players Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues are set to represent Manchester Originals, Southern Brave, London Spirit and Northern Superchargers respectively in the inaugural edition of the Hundred. A fifth Indian player, the ICC’s

Report Pair post contrasting half-centuries on chastening day for the Red Rose, who still trail by 322 Lancashire 22 for 0 trail Glamorgan 344 (Lloyd 78, Douthwaite 61, Taylor 58) by 322 runs It has been a chastening day for the Red Rose, with Labour suffering humbling defeats across the country as results trickled in