Report Mark Wood made it to England XI along with Chris Jordan, but Tom Curran missed out Toss England chose to bowl vs India England captain Eoin Morgan opted to chase in the T20I series opener against India in Ahmedabad, citing the dew factor. His opposite number Virat Kohli was wary of the dew, too,

News There will be plenty of players heading overseas in a few weeks The Australian season still has another month to run, with the Sheffield Shield final due to conclude on April 19, but by then a number of players will be overseas at the IPL with plenty more then heading to the UK for

News Director of cricket holds talks with player’s agent, two years after banishment from England set-up Ashley Giles has given the strongest hint yet that Alex Hales may be offered a route back into England’s white-ball set-up, almost two years after he was axed from the 2019 World Cup squad for failing two tests for

Big Picture Is it the future, or is it, simply, the present, and the reality of a looming T20 World Cup? England rested and rotated all through the Test leg of this India tour, but now they’re at close to full strength for the T20I series. These five matches, therefore, come with a sense of

Colin de Grandhomme missed the entirety of New Zealand’s 2020-21 home summer © AFP Colin de Grandhomme is in a race to be fit for New Zealand’s tour of England in June, which includes two Tests against the hosts as well as the World Test Championship final against India, after deciding to undergo surgery on

Report West Indies are led by Kieron Pollard in a side that also includes recent T20I captained Jason Holder Toss Sri Lanka opt to bat against West Indies On an overcast morning with some rain in the air, Sri Lanka have won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first of three ODIs,

Report Zimbabwe, who won the first Test by ten wickets, have named an unchanged playing XI Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Afghanistan welcomed back legspinner Rashid Khan to their Test XI, after he recovered from a finger injury sustained during the PSL, in a bid to square the series against

Report Peter Handscomb’s fine form continued but the home side lost 9 for 94 Tasmania 4 for 225 (Silk 69, Wright 66) beat Victoria 222 (Handscomb 95, Harper 51, Andrews 3-45) by six wickets Jordan Silk and Mac Wright added 126 as Tasmania secured a comfortable victory against an inexperienced Victoria side that had earlier

News Early day motion signed by former Labour shadow cabinet members including Jeremy Corbyn A group of MPs including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched a scathing attack on the ECB’s record on racial equality, claiming that institutional racism “is present at all levels of the game”. By tabling an early day motion (EDM)

Big picture Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have had nearly five days to plan for the second Test after the opener in Abu Dhabi ended inside two days. Zimbabwe are on the brink of a series win, and not just a one-off triumph, for the first time since beating Bangladesh in 2004. For Afghanistan, who’ve only so