India arrived at Old Trafford early in the morning on a sunny Sunday in Manchester, for their first competitive training session two days out from the first of the three Twenty20s against England. Training sessions…
Eleven years ago in Harare, Solomon Mire played his first professional cricket match. Just 17 years old and batting at no. 9 for Centrals in Zimbabwe's domestic one-day cup, he cracked 94 from just 67…
Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan allrounder, will lead an overseas T20 franchise for the second time when he captains Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2018 Caribbean Premier League starting August 8. He has previously captained the…
The inclusion of 17-year-old allrounder Kavisha Dilhari, and the returns of Eshani Lokusuriyage and Dilani Manodara, are among seven changes Sri Lanka have made to the squad that will face India for the five-match T20I…
Hashim Amla will miss South Africa's limited-overs tour of Australia in November as he is given time to fully recover from a finger tendon injury ahead of a busy home summer and the World Cup…
Head coach Trevor Bayliss has admitted England have "some thinking to do" before deciding on their team for the Galle Test. With Jonny Bairstow now confirmed as an absentee for the first Test, which starts…
Yasir Shah has only just recuperated from a hipbone injury, and is feeling his way back in since returning to full fitness after the series against Australia.Here in Dubai, with Pakistan needing to lift their…
India players who have chosen to skip the Ranji Trophy should not be criticised for their "individual preferences", MS Dhoni has said. Dhoni said it was important for players to preserve themselves, given the packed…
England are hopeful that Ben Foakes will be fit to bat in the second innings, after an x-ray on his right hand revealed bruising but no fracture.Foakes, the England keeper, was hit on the hand…
Some years ago a former New South Wales cricketing prodigy talked of his decision to forego an invitation to a winter at Australia's then-famed cricket academy. "Why would I want to go in and out…