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Preview Other than Mitchell Marsh the visitors have struggled to find answers to Bangladesh’s attack Big Picture In the space of 48 hours, Bangladesh have put themselves within touching distance of their first series win over Australia in any format. They have exploited the visitors’ weakness on slow, gripping wickets expertly and shown enough ticker

Report Hosts join Hundred front runners with six-wicket victory over Invincibles in Edgbaston run-fest Birmingham Phoenix 174 for 4 (Ali 49, Smeed 45, Benjamin 37*) beat Oval Invincibles 172 for 3 (Ingram 81*) by six wickets Birmingham Phoenix jumped right among the Hundred front runners with a thrilling six-wicket victory over Oval Invincibles in a

News ZC has now set August 19 as the new departure date, subject to government clearance Zimbabwe’s white-ball tour of Ireland has been postponed and could take place in August-September as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) awaits clearance from the government to travel to Ireland. The tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, was originally scheduled to

News Middle order failing to fire, absence of three members of Test squad, Maxwell’s relatively late withdrawal hurt winless London Spirit Few pundits backed London Spirit for the title in the inaugural season of the men’s Hundred but nobody whose memory stretched as far back as 2008 was willing to write them off. Playing in

Report Mujeeb Ur Rahman grabbed 2 for 6 off his 20 balls after Willey’s 81* and 2 for 9 Northern Superchargers 155 for 3 (Willey 81*, Brook 28, Crane 1-19) beat London Spirit 92 for 9 (Morgan 27, Raine 3-20, Mujeeb 2-6) by 63 runs David Willey hit the highest individual score of the men’s

News England brace for update this week on fast bowler’s elbow injury England are braced for an update on Jofra Archer‘s elbow injury, with the fast bowler due to see a specialist later this week amid fears he could miss the whole international summer. Archer returned home from England’s tour to India ahead of the

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the two boards favour rescheduling the series for late 2022 or early 2023 The England white-ball tour of Bangladesh has been postponed, but not cancelled altogether, the BCB has said, adding that talks were on to slot it after the T20 World Cup, which ends on November 14. “Both the teams

Report Ben Duckett’s battling 65 in vain as Fire struggle against spin on slow surface Oval Invincibles 125 for 4 (Billings 40*) beat Welsh Fire 121 for 7 (Duckett 65, Curran 3-29) by six wickets Oval Invincibles’ bowlers set up a six-wicket win against Welsh Fire to boost them into third at the halfway mark

News The batter was hit on the head by a Siraj bouncer at the nets two days before the match India opener Mayank Agarwal will miss the Trent Bridge Test with concussion after he was hit in the head by a Mohammed Siraj bouncer in the nets two days before the match. The incident occurred

News Mitchell Marsh’s recent success and the possible return of Steven Smith have added to the crush at the top of the order The game of musical chairs in Australia’s T20I batting line-up will continue, with Matthew Wade set to play in the middle order during the series in Bangladesh, with that now being his

Report Tymal Mills also miserly as Spirit stumble despite highest Powerplay score of tournament Southern Brave 145 for 6 (Davies 50) beat London Spirit 141 for 7 (Inglis 55, Garton 2-30) by four runs A remarkable spell of death bowling from Tymal Mills and Chris Jordan saw London Spirit fall to a third defeat in

Trent Rockets 145 for 5 (Graham 44*) beat Birmingham Phoenix 134 for 9 (Johnson 3-28) by 11 runs Trent Rockets continued their resurgence with an 11-run victory over Birmingham Phoenix. After losing their first two matches, Trent Rockets have now won two games in succession to move into the top four of the table. They

News New selection chief will play a key role in picking squads for the T20 World Cup and Ashes While selectors can’t score the runs or take the wickets, they do have to make the final decision on who is best placed to do so. George Bailey, Australia’s new chairman of selectors, faces a number

Report Lynn makes run-a-ball 48, and Roy bats through for 53 not out, in low-scoring dogfight Northern Superchargers 128 for 4 (Lynn 48, Brook 47*) beat Oval Invincibles 127 for 6 (Roy 52*, Curran 34*, Rashid 3-13) by six wickets Harry Brook is the leading run-scorer in the men’s Hundred and his third vital contribution

News General public banned from bringing in bottles and cans, and restrictions at bars in ground Members of the public will not be allowed to bring alcohol into Lord’s for the rest of the Hundred in an attempt to create a family-friendly atmosphere following feedback from the first two matchdays at the ground. According to

News ESPNcricinfo has learnt he was struck by a fast bowler, and will undergo a CT scan as a precautionary measure Pakistan batter Azam Khan was taken to hospital after suffering a blow to the head during training on Friday in Guyana. The 22-year old, who made his debut earlier this month against England, is

Report Captain’s classy 60 sets up nervy chase as Brave enjoy home comforts against Phoenix Southern Brave 152 for 6 (Vince 60, Milne 3-15) beat Birmingham Phoenix 151 for 3 (Livingstone 68*, Hammond 44*) by four wickets James Vince stroked 60 from 38 and Chris Jordan produced a late cameo with the bat as Southern

News The owners of the Rajasthan Royals have bought a majority stake in the CPL franchise The IPL footprint in the CPL has expanded further with the owners of the Rajasthan Royals buying a majority stake in the Barbados Tridents, which will now be known as the Barbados Royals. The Royals Sports Group are the