NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan batter Pathum Nissanka achieved a significant milestone on Monday during the third Test match against England at The Oval. Nissanka scored an unbeaten 127 in 124 balls, helping Sri Lanka chase down 219 runs and secure a win.Nissanka joined an elite group of players who have scored centuries in successful run-chases on English soil. This group includes Don Bradman, Graeme Smith, and Gordon Greenidge among others.Nissanka’s century makes him the seventh batter to achieve this feat in England, reported ANI.West Indies’ Greenidge (214* in 1984), Arthur Morris of Australia (182 in 1948), Australia’s Bradman (173* in…

It’s been way too long since the Indian cricket team played the ODI series in Sri Lanka. But finally, the 43-day lull is nearing its end. The BCCI’s squad announcement on Sunday marks the countdown to India’s fresh home season that begins with a two-Test series against Bangladesh from September 19. The 16-member squad for the series opener in Chennai wasn’t surprising as such barring Yash Dayal’s maiden India call-up, although it still managed to raise a few questions, which will be addressed as you read on. Jasprit Bumrah (L) is no longer the vice-captain. Will Sarfaraz Khan get to…

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan are set to face New Zealand in a landmark one-off Test match in Greater Noida, India, starting Monday. As anticipation builds, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has shared his excitement about two young Afghan batters—Riaz Hassan and Bahir Shah—whom he believes could be crucial to Afghanistan’s future in Test cricket.Ravichandran Ashwin praised the duo on social media platform X, comparing them to former Indian cricket stars Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, who played pivotal roles in India’s cricketing success in the early 2000s.Ashwin views Riaz Hassan and Bahir Shah as key players who could help stabilize Afghanistan’s batting…

Paul Collingwood admitted that England had endured “one of those days when we didn’t get it right” after Sri Lanka ended the third day of the summer’s final Test on 94 for one and needing 125 to secure their first victory against the home side in a decade and just their fourth in this country.Needing to win this game to complete a clean sweep of their six summer Tests, England scored 156 in their second innings, bowled out in just 34 overs with only Jamie Smith’s explosive, 50-ball 67 ­saving them from humiliation. “It certainly hasn’t been one of our…

|| CF DESK || Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is set to feature for Harare Bolts ahead of the Zimbabwe Afro T10 League, starting on September 21. Rishad will be joined by fellow cricketers Dasun Shanaka, New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham, Scotland’s George Munsey, and Caribbean Kieron Lewis. The Zimbabwe Afro T10 League is scheduled to begin on September 21 in Harare and will continue until September 29. The 22-year-old was picked up by Big Bash outfit Hobart Hurricanes for the 14th edition of the franchise T20 league. Rishad gained prominence after his impressive performance in the T20 World Cup, taking 14 wickets,…

By Priscilla JepchumbaThe 6ft 7in left-arm seamer Josh Hull has been named in the third test squad to play Sri Lanka at the Oval on Friday, despite never having played any international matches before.He will debut for Matthew Potts, making it the only change to the side that defeated New Zealand by 190 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Hull, a 20-year-old, was brought into the side when Mark Wood withdrew from the series due to a pulled thigh muscle. Although he has taken 11 wickets at an average of 84.54 in his nine County Championship appearances…

Ajay Ratra, the former India wicketkeeper, has been named as the fifth selector in the Ajit Agarkar-led India men’s selection committee. Ratra was one of four candidates, alongside Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Shakti Singh and Ajay Mehra, to be interviewed for the post by the BCCI’s cricket advisory committee.Ratra replaces Salil Ankola, the former India fast bowler, to complete a process that had begun in January this year when the BCCI invited applications for the position. The season-opening Duleep Trophy will be Ratra’s first assignment.The need for a new selector in the committee arose after Agarkar’s appointment as chairman led to…

First Time In 147 Years: Joe Root Scripts History For England Joe Root set an England record of 34 Test centuries on August 31, 2024. Image: AFP He achieved the feat during the side’s second game against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. Image: AFP Root thus became the first-ever England batter to score 34 Test tons in the team’s 147-year history. Image: AFP He had earlier equalled the previous record of 33 Test hundreds for England, held by Alastair Cook. Image: AFP Root scored two centuries in the game against Sri Lanka to surpass the retired England batter Cook in the…

Pakistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Bangladesh won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat in the second Test Saturday after the first day’s washout Friday due to rain in Rawalpindi. Pakistan have only four days to square the two-match series after they lost the first Test, also in Rawalpindi, by 10 wickets. Bangladesh, whose win was their first in 14 Tests against Pakistan, brought in fast bowler Taskin Ahmed for unfit Shoriful Islam. Pakistan rested new-ball bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, bringing in fast bowler Mir Hamza and spinner Abrar Ahmed. The two-match…

Aug 30, 2024 12:19 AM IST Rashid Khan was not named in the preliminary squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand from September 9. Afghanistan cricket’s poster boy Rashid Khan will not play the Test format in the near future to nurse his back after having undergone a surgery last year. A source in the Afghanistan Cricket Board told PTI that Rashid and the team management had decided mutually on his break from the longest format considering his back issues. Rashid has played five Tests, 103 ODIs and 93 T20Is for Afghanistan, who hardly get to play the five-day…