News A total of 244 test results are out, and results for 40-45 tests, all from one franchise, are awaited One support staffer and two overseas cricketers, one of them from Islamabad United, at the PSL have tested positive for Covid-19 a day after the game between Islamabad and Quetta Gladiators had to be postponed

New Zealand can secure the series with victory in the first of three Wellington matches © Getty Images Big Picture The logistics have changed significantly due to the impact of the Auckland lockdown, and there won’t be any crowds to witness the rest of the games, but the challenge remains the same for Australia: they

News Extended time away from home ended Test career early, but former opener ready for new role Marcus Trescothick has confirmed he is “ready to jump back” into touring life, but accepts he is still “building up” to the long trips usually undertaken by England players and support staff. Trescothick was named as the ECB’s

Rashid Khan throws the ball back from the outfield © BCCI Afghanistan have reached a stage where they are taken seriously by top-drawer oppositions in ODI and T20I because they have played those formats a lot, and therefore learnt and improved, Rashid Khan feels, adding that similar exposure in days’ cricket can make the side

News NZC moves matches due to logistical complications caused by shift of Friday’s matches from Auckland after the city was put into a lockdown The remainder of the two ongoing series in New Zealand, involving Australia’s men’s teams and England’s women, will be played entirely in Wellington after the final T20I double-header on Sunday was

News Head coach Lisa Keightley believes Wyatt’s ODI form ‘will come good’ ahead of World Cup They have had contrasting tours of New Zealand so far, but England are backing the opening combination ofTammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt as they look ahead to their World Cup defence. After defeat in the third and final match

Report Daniel Worrall and David Grant took four-wickets each but South Australia came up agonisingly short South Australia 8 for 510 dec (Head 223, Hunt 109) and 9 for 230 dec (Carey 82*, Nielsen 67) drew with Western Australia 5 for 409 dec (Green 168*, Bancroft 126) and 9 for 148 (Worrall 4-30, Grant 4-38)

News Jimmy Adams said that fitness requirements had to be strict as four players missed out on the squad Sunil Narine‘s absence from West Indies’ T20I squad to play Sri Lanka next month came after he told the selectors that he was “not ready” to return to international cricket. Narine played four games for Trinidad

Sixteen pink-ball Test matches have been played so far, with only five of those stretching up to the fifth day. The most-recent pink-ball Test, between India and England in Ahmedabad, finished within two days, throwing up the shortest Test result since 1935 and the shortest in India. The day-night fixture against Bangladesh in Kolkata in

News The series begins on March 7 in Lucknow starting with three ODIs followed by five T20Is Allrounder Shikha Pandey and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia have been left out of India’s limited-overs squad for the women’s home series against South Africa in Lucknow. The series begins on March 7 starting with three ODIs followed by five