Manish Pandey scored a ton as India A thrashed West Indies A by 148 runs to clinch the five-match series in Antigua on Tuesday (July 16). Shubman Gill scored 77 while Shreyas Iyer got 47 before Krunal Pandya’s five-wicket haul dismantled the hosts for 147 once they were set 296 to win.Opting to bat, Anmolpreet […]
Andrew Strauss believes Eoin Morgan has “earned the right” to take his time when deciding on whether he should continue as captain after taking England to their first ever men’s World Cup. As the man who kept Morgan in place after the disastrous 2015 World Cup when he joined the ECB as managing director of […]
Kirstie Gordon, the 21-year-old left-arm spinner, has been included in England’s Ashes squad for the only Test against Australia which begins from July 18. Kirstie Gordon, the 21-year-old left-arm spinner, has been included in England’s Ashes squad for the only TestKirstie Gordon, the 21-year-old left-arm spinner, has been included in England’s Ashes squad for the […]
Head coach Gary SteadWe were just one run short. It’s a really hollow feeling that you play 100 overs and score the same amount of runs and then still lose the game. That’s sports. I thought 240 was a competitive total. They’ve got a gun batting and we were in a good position after early […]
Shaun Marsh’s injury has opened T20 Blast doors for Fakhar Zaman, as the Pakistan opener signed up for Glamorgan for the first half of the next season, it was confirmed on Monday (July 15). Marsh fractured his arm after being hit in the nets during the World Cup before the last league game against South […]
When tournaments are finally won, the victors often talk of relief. Relief that they have met, or exceeded, expectations, relief that they have got over the line. Relief, above all, that they will not have to live with the agony of defeat. Amid the happiness and excitement generated by England’s remarkable World Cup victory at […]
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has jumped two places in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen after having amassed 578 runs in the recently-concluded World Cup, which also helped him bag the Player of the Tournament award. Williamson has jumped to the sixth spot, behind only Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Faf du Plessis […]
It was a match befitting of a final as both England and New Zealand refused to get rolled over in a gut-wrenching World Cup finale. In what will most likely be the best ever One-Day International played and certainly was the best ever World Cup final played till date, England laid all questions about their […]
In the days and weeks after losing the last World Cup final in 2015, New Zealand’s players would have wondered whether they would ever get a chance to make amends for their loss to Australia at the MCG. That is the unknown that stalks all vanquished teams. What if they never got a chance to […]
While all eyes were on the 2019 World Cup final, around 500 miles away from London in Northern Ireland, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine slammed fifties as Zimbabwe gunned down a target of 172 with 20 balls to spare to level the three-match T20I series 1-1 in Bready on Sunday (July 14).Cricket is a great […]