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Thushara had consistently been part of Sri Lanka’s T20I XI this year. He had been among their best bowlers at the T20 World Cup, taking eight wickets in the three matches Sri Lanka played. Earlier this year, he had also taken a T20I hat-trick on his way to figures of […]

Australia’s multi-format stars have been handed their best red-ball preparation for a summer in five years, with players to have up to four Sheffield Shield matches to fine tune for the Test series against India. Cricket Australia announced the schedule for the domestic summer on Thursday, which includes the new […]

“I want to be my own batter. I want to be Harry Brook, not anybody else.” Harry Brook is not the first athlete to trot out this line in response to comparisons of the greats of yesteryear. Brook himself has used it in the past when others have sought similarities […]

Eoin Morgan has categorically denied reports that he could replace Matthew Mott as England men’s white-ball coach after their semi-final exit at last month’s T20 World Cup. Morgan was linked with the job on Tuesday but passed it off as nothing more than “speculation” while commentating on the Hundred for […]

Fireworks, live music and a sold-out Oval crowd will herald the Hundred’s return on Tuesday, but there will be just as much interest in what is happening in the hospitality suites as on the pitch. The ECB plan to use the competition’s fourth season as a shop window for potential […]

The ball that got Shoaib Bashir going was not even a wicket-taking delivery. With West Indies already hurtling towards defeat inside a session on the fourth evening at Trent Bridge, Bashir looped one up outside off stump, enticing Jason Holder into a drive. But even Holder’s giant stride could not […]

“You’ve come back from a huge setback, with that massive injury you had, put you out for a year and a bit,” Scotland captain Richie Berrington said when presenting Cassell with his cap before the game against Oman. “Just to see your resilience coming back, getting back on the park, […]

We are getting into the Gautam Gambhir era in Indian men’s cricket, starting with the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from T20Is after the World Cup last month, are in the ODI squad, but they are both past 35. How long […]

Viv Richards and Carl Hooper have strongly hit back at former West Indies team-mate Brian Lara for “gross misrepresentations” in his book – Lara: The England Chronicles. In a joint statement released on Sunday, both former West Indies captains have rejected Lara’s “claim” that Richards made Hooper “cry once a […]

Shreyanka took a full part in the team’s only game of the tournament so far, against Pakistan on Friday, bowling 3.2 overs and picking up 2 for 14. She was not needed to bat with India wrapping up the win in 14.2 overs and with seven wickets to spare. Tanuja […]