Big picture Eoin Morgan is in his first season as full-time captain of an IPL team. When he takes the field on Sunday in Chennai, he will not just square off against David Warner‘s Sunrisers Hyderabad, but also against Trevor Bayliss, a close confidante who helped Morgan plot England’s white-ball renaissance, which culminated in their

Report Nottinghamshire slip to 85 for 6 in response to 330 before Tom Moores steadies innings Nottinghamshire 165 for 7 (Salisbury 3-54) trail Durham 330 (Raine 59*) by 165 runs Durham seized the initiative at a cold and damp Trent Bridge, where a familiar Nottinghamshire collapse with the bat was compounded by an injury to

Worcestershire 43 for 3 (Cook 3-14) trail Essex 490 for 9 dec (Westley 213, Wheater 87) by 447 runs Graham Gooch, the eternal overlord of all he surveys at Chelmsford, was holding court on the balcony at fine leg throughout the second day of Essex’s season opener. “You have to earn your right to score

News South Africa’s T20I side is without a number of first-choice players, some because of injury and some because of the IPL It was just two months ago that Heinrich Klaasen, freshly recovered from a debilitating bout of Covid-19 at the time, was leading a second-string T20I side out in Pakistan. He is in the

Play 00:39 Young bowlers ‘exciting for Australian cricket’ – Lanning Ryan Harris is keen for a more permanent role with the Australia women’s team, having been brought on as a short-term bowling coach for the ongoing New Zealand tour. Harris admitted he was “a bit nervous” when he came into the squad but was very

Glamorgan 312 for 8 (van der Gugten 80*, Douthwaite 57, Carlson 55) vs Yorkshire There has surely never been a bleaker start to the Championship season than this, well, not since last year anyway. Cricket took place at Headingley, but it was cold comfort, staged stoically in front of empty stands in the hope of

Sri Lanka women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu believes the postponement of global Qualifier to determine the final three spots at the 2022 Women’s World Cup from it’s June-July window to December is a “good thing”. Just for context, Sri Lanka haven’t had any form of international cricket for over a year now due to the pandemic.

News Women’s support staff and cricket’s inclusion in 2028 Olympics will also come up for discussion India Women’s future tours program and the appointment of their support staff are two of the 14 items on the agenda at a special meeting of the BCCI Apex Council, scheduled for April 16. Just under 11 months out

News ‘Throughout the tournament, our batsmen did well, especially Fakhar [Zaman] and Imam[-ul Haq]’ Amid all the other accolades that Babar Azam and Misbah-ul-Haq will invite for their cricketing careers, what happened at SuperSport Park today led to a record that binds the two men together in a rare accomplishment. The 17-run win in the

News Ballance concussed in the nets while Salt suffers foot injury after cycling accident Freak injuries have ruled Gary Ballance and Phil Salt out of the opening round of the County Championship season, which begins on Thursday. Ballance, the Yorkshire batsman who played 23 Tests for England, will miss the fixture against Glamorgan against Headingley