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The IPL has a propensity to bring the best out of batsmen who thrive in the pressure cooker atmosphere of T20 cricket, and they like to put on a show for the fans. Some batters over the years have produced ...

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday congratulated their men’s team on drawing the five-match T20I series against India. After rain caused the abandonment of last game in Bengaluru on Sunday, the series was drawn at 2-2. South Africa had gained ...

If all goes well, one could see cricketers from India and Pakistan teaming up in a rebooted version of the Afro-Asia Cup in mid-2023. The Afro-Asia Cup hadn’t been played after 2005 and 2007 while India and Pakistan haven’t played ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday said Sri Lanka men’s team has been fined 40 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the second T20I at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Ranjan Madugalle ...

Days after former Australian captain Mark Taylor hailed Joe Root, saying the charismatic cricketer could surpass Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most runs in Test history, closer home, former India selector Saba Karim has said that the former England ...

Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood’s success in the Indian Premier League (IPL) over the last couple of seasons has prompted the country’s former great Shane Watson to say that the tall quick has evolved into one of the best T20 ...

England’s left-arm spinner Jack Leach is very much in contention for a place in the playing XI after the 30-year-old was named in the 14-member squad for the second Test against New Zealand starting in Trent Bridge on June 10. ...

Joe Root finished unbeaten on 115 and also crossed the 10,000-run mark in the longest format of the game as England wrapped a five-wicket victory over New Zealand on day four of the opening Test at Lord’s on Sunday. With ...

Daryl Mitchell (97 not out) and Tom Blundell’s (90 not out) 180 run stand for the fifth wicket put New Zealand on top against England on the second day of the first Test, here on Friday. New Zealand, who were ...

After a flying start with the ball, England imploded with the bat against New Zealand, who managed to maintain the balance on the opening day of the first Test, here on Thursday. A total of 17 wickets fell on Day ...

Star leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, wicketkeeper-batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, top-order batter Nuwanidu Fernando and right-arm seamer Matheesha Pathirana have returned to Sri Lanka’s T20I squad for the series against Australia. Hasaranga was initially picked for the tour of India earlier this year ...