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 […]
Imam, Bilal return for Bangladesh Tests; Dahani, Haris axed
LAHORE: Untested fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani along with Imran Butt and Haris Rauf were excluded to include opener Imam-ul-Haq, middle-order batter Kamran Ghulam and off-spinner Bilal Asif as the national selection committee on Monday announced the Pakistan Test squad for the two-match series in Bangladesh starting later this month. The first Test will be held […]
A bit frustrating but you win some and lose some: Kane Williamson
It’s a “little bit frustrating”, said New Zealand captain Kane Williamson after losing a third ICC trophy final but he also admitted that there was very little that his side could have done against an Australian team which didn’t give an inch in the T20 World Cup summit clash here. Having lost the 2015 and […]
Australia to be careful on reviews after Warner miss: Matthew Wade
DUBAI: Australia’s Matthew Wade said the team will work better on referrals in the Twenty20 World Cup final after David Warner walked off caught behind without an apparent edge in Thursday’s semi-final win over Pakistan. The Aussies won by five wickets after Wade and Marcus Stoinis put on an unbeaten stand of 81 to chase […]
Top European nations face crucial games as 2022 qualifying reaches climax
LONDON: European nations play their last group games in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup over the next week, with some of the continent’s biggest teams still not assured of going to the tournament in Qatar. Only Germany and Denmark have claimed places in Europe’s 13-team quota in the 32-nation World Cup lineup before the […]