T20 World Cup newsfile: ‘Probably the biggest contribution I’ve made’
The Women's T20 World Cup started in Australia on February 21 and will run till March 8. This page will…
‘Spin bowling is one of the greatest skills I’ve seen in the ladies’s video game’
Jacob Oram, the former New Zealand men's allrounder and an experienced T20 freelancer, returned to work with the women's national…
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Big picture The Mashrafe Mortazaretirement speculation circus has taken the spotlight in Bangladesh, turning the ODI series against Zimbabwe into…
Heinrich Klaasen steps up with bat to pay back Mark Boucher’s faith
It was here at Boland Park that Heinrich Klaasen endured one of the worst days of his career. Two months…
Sheldon Jackson keeping an eye on his numbers while awaiting India A call-up
"You scored 700-800 runs last season..." "Eight hundred and fifty-six ." "This season also" "Approaching 750." "So, what do you…
Match Preview Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 3rd ODI 2020 | ESPNcricinfo.com
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Archer finds his mark
One of the most exciting fast bowlers produced by any country in recent times is the Debutant of the year…
Blast from the past
Lasith Malinga's fiery four in four is the T20I bowling performance of the year in the ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019. More…
Bangladesh commemorates: Tales of ‘Akbar the Great’ and feeding sweets to strangers
For a moment, a nation stopped breathing. People got out of their cars, while sitting in endless traffic jams, to…
Perera, Stokes, Malinga and Perry win ESPNcricinfo awards for 2019
The year 2019 will be remembered in cricket for two incredible fourth-innings chases and a scarcely believable World Cup final,…
The man who made England courageous
Eoin Morgan led England to their first World Cup title - a feat that earned him recognition as Captain of…
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England 257 for 8 (Denly 66, Hendricks 3-59, Ngidi 3-63) beat South Africa 256 for 7 (Miller 69*, de Kock…
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StumpsBangladesh 233 and 126 for 6 (Shanto 38*, Mominul 37*, Liton 0*, Naseem 4-26) trail Pakistan445 (Azam 143, Sohail 75,…
‘Dirty,’ says Priyam Garg; Akbar Ali ‘sorry’ for reaction of his boys
The Under-19 World Cup final ended on a controversial note with players of the two teams seen engaging in an…
‘This is simply the starting’
Bangladesh's long wait for a maiden global title ended when Rakibul Hasan flicked Atharva Ankolekar over midwicket to seal their…
What history tells us about the length of Test matches
The recent announcement by the ICC that they are looking at reducing the duration of Tests to four days has…
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Nepal 190 (Bhandari 59, Kushal Malla 50, Stevenson 3-30) beat USA 155 (Holland 75, Karan 4-15, Bhari 4-43) by 35…
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LunchPakistan420 for 7 (Sohail 54*, Afridi 3*, Abu Jayed 3-85) lead Bangladesh 233 by 187 runs Bangladesh's seamers mounted a…
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TossEngland chose to bowl v South Africa Under heavy cloud cover in Johannesburg, Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided…
Match Preview South Africa vs England, 3rd ODI 2020 | ESPNcricinfo.com
Big picture After the dampest of squibs in Durban, the three-match series concludes at the Wanderers, a ground known for…
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Sydney Sixers 5 for 116 (Philippe 52, Silk 27*, Maxwell 2-17) beat Melbourne Stars 6 for 97 (Larkin 38*, Lyon…
Match Preview -19s vs India Under-19s, Under-19s World Cup 2020, Final | ESPNcricinfo.com
Big picture This is about as big as it gets for the Under-19 cricketers from Bangladesh and India. For India,…
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New Zealand 273 for 8 (Guptill 79, Taylor 73*, Jadeja 1-35) beat India (Jadeja 55, Iyer 52, Saini 45, Southee…
Masood, and the value of time in Test cricket
Minutes after play was called off for bad light a few overs early, Shan Masood walked into the press conference.…
Bangladesh have excellent seamers, however a great deal of work to do
Pakistan scored at a rate of 3.89 runs per over on the second day of their first Test against Bangladesh,…
Bangladesh v India: Where the Under-19 World Cup final will be won and lost
The 2020 Under-19 World Cup is upon us. By the end of Sunday, we'll know which the best youth team…
Recent Match Report -Nation Women’s T20 Series, 5th Match | ESPNcricinfo.com
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StumpsBangladesh 233 (Mithun 63, Najmul 44, Afridi 4-53, Abbas 2-19) v Pakistan There are two ways of looking at Bangladesh's…
Is South Africa’s outlook on spin altering?
Paul Adams never went beyond 32 - in Test average or age. At 31 he gave up cricket with the…
Nasir Jamshed jailed for 17 months after admitting PSL bribery charges
Nasir Jamshed, the former Pakistan batsman, has been sentenced to 17 months in prison at Manchester Crown Court, after pleading…
Match Preview New Zealand vs India, 2nd ODI 2020 | ESPNcricinfo.com
Big picture New Zealand are 1-0 up in the series, their standard ODI template just about working out. Martin Guptill,…
Recent Match Report -19s vs West Indies Under-19s, Under-19s World Cup, 5th Place Play-off | ESPNcricinfo.com
Due to the fifth-place playoff game being washed out, West Indies finished fifth in the 2020 U-19 World Cup while…
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South Africa 38 for 1 v England Joe Root claimed the key wicket of Quinton de Kock for 11, before…
Batting areas imply Virat Kohli, and not KL Rahul, must be captain
Our XI: Our XI: Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor, Shreyas Iyer, Colin De…
SACA withdraws legal action against CSA ahead of planned domestic structure evaluation
The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) has withdrawn its ongoing court case against CSA, which related to a proposed restructure…
Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Abbas deliver on their promise on green pitch
There's an irresistible poignancy to the honours board at the Pindi Cricket Stadium which pays tribute to all fast bowlers…
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Bangladesh Under-19 215 for 4 (Joy 100, Shahadat 40*) beat New Zealand Under-19 211 for 8 (Wheeler-Greenall 75, Lidstone 44,…
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Big picture One swallow doesn't make a summer, let alone an autumn - the season into which this campaign is…
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New Zealand 348 for 6 (Taylor 109*, Nicholls 78, Latham 69, Yadav 2-84) beat India 347 for 4 (Iyer 103,…
‘This feels like the beginning’
Tabraiz Shamsi can't wait to start doing a few things wrong when he bowls for the South African ODI team,…
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Melbourne Stars 2 for 194 (Stoinis 83, Larkin 83, Morris 2-30) beat Sydney Thunder 8 for 166 (Ross 58, Haris…
Azhar Ali hopes for repeat of ‘wonderful’ Rawalpindi crowd
If Test cricket isn't dying, it must at least be moribund. Ticket sales are dwindling, the relevance of the format…
Match Preview Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 1st Test 2020 | ESPNcricinfo.com
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Akbar Ali, and a slice of Bangladesh history
Before Bangladesh began their Under-19 World Cup campaign, their captain Akbar Ali had made a bold statement. He had said…
PCA backs relocate to two abroad gamers as Brexit presses Kolpak window shut
English cricket looks set to embrace a return towards allowing two overseas players across county competitions as it comes to…
‘It’s the very first of lots of’
Ever since his comeback into the Indian team after the 2019 World Cup, Shreyas Iyer has been among the most…
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Big picture New Zealand haven't made the title round of an Under-19 World Cup since 1998, and Bangladesh have never…
India fined for sluggish over rate for 3rd match in a row
After going more than five years without committing an over-rate offence, India have now had to pay fines in three…