Injured Kane Williamson out for at least two months
MUMBAI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will be sidelined by an elbow tendon injury for at least two months, coach Gary Stead said on Tuesday, ruling him out of January’s two-Test home series against Bangladesh. The recurring injury also forced Williamson to miss the second Test against India in Mumbai, where New Zealand went down […]
Barca, Milan seek spots in Champions League last-16
LONDON: Barcelona’s first Champions League campaign without Lionel Messi in nearly two decades may come to an end in the group stage if they don’t find a way to beat Bayern Munich on Wednesday. It would be the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Catalans don’t play in the knockout stage of the […]
Shakib Al Hasan asks to skip New Zealand Tests
DHAKA: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has sought to withdraw his name from the squad for next month’s Test series in New Zealand, selectors said Sunday. Bangladesh, who will play two Tests against New Zealand in January, earlier included Shakib’s name in the squad for the series. “He gave a letter to the chief executive […]
PCB announces schedule for PSL 2022, player draft to be held on Dec 12
The first match of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 will be held in Karachi on January 27 and Lahore will host the tournament’s final on February 27, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday as it released the schedule for the seventh edition of its premier cricket league. “Following an opening ceremony, […]
Pak vs Ban: Fit-again Shakib returns for second Test against Green Shirts
DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan is fit and will return to the Bangladesh squad for the second Test against Pakistan in Dhaka next week, his side said on Tuesday. A hamstring injury against the West Indies last month prematurely ended Shakib’s time at the T20 World Cup, and he missed November’s three-match short format series against […]
Australia’s Pat Cummins not interested in white-ball captaincy
Pat Cummins is focused on doing justice to his appointment as Australia’s new Test captain and believes limited-overs leadership would be “too much” for him, the 28-year-old said on Saturday. Cummins is the first Australia paceman to lead the team in 65 years after Tim Paine stood down earlier this month following a “sexting” scandal. Limited-over skipper […]
Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah retires from Test cricket
DHAKA: Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from test cricket at the age of 35 but will continue to play One-day Internationals and Twenty20s, the country’s cricket board (BCB) said in a statement on Wednesday. Mahmudullah’s last Test was against Zimbabwe in Harare in July, where he scored an unbeaten 150 — his […]
Pat Cummins the frontrunner to lead Australia after Tim Paine scandal
Pat Cummins shaped up as the frontrunner Saturday to take over from disgraced former Australia Test skipper Tim Paine, with the likes of Mark Taylor, Dennis Lillie, and Steve Waugh all singing his praises. The 28-year-old, who has served as vice-captain in both Test and white-ball formats since 2019, is widely seen as being in […]
ICC forms working group to determine Afghanistan cricket’s future
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s rise in cricket in recent years has been a fairytale story but the strife-torn nation risks international isolation following the country’s Taliban […]
Bangladesh rest Mushfiqur Rahim for Pakistan Twenty20s
DHAKA: Bangladesh will rest batsman Mushfiqur Rahim for the three-match Twenty20 international series against Pakistan starting in Dhaka on Friday. Mushfiqur was under fire for his below-par performance in the recent Twenty20 World Cup, having scored just one half-century in eight matches. Bangladesh had a dismal tournament, where they lost to Scotland in the qualifiers […]