A captain's knock from Harmanpreet Kaur and some terrific bowling as well as fielding performance wasn't enough for India to get the gold medal in 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston on Sunday. Harmanpreet made 65 off 43 balls and also shared a 96-run stand for third wicket with Jemimah Rodrigues. But the inability of recovering from losing a flurry of wickets taken by Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt meant India clinched the silver medal in their maiden outing in the multi-nation game

Indian bowlers displayed a fabulous performance as they bowled out West Indies for 100 runs in 15.4 overs, winning the match by 88 runs. With this win, India have clinched the 5-match T20I series by 4-1. Axar Patel struck in the first over of the West Indies innings as he clean bowled Windies' opener Jason Holder for a duck. West indies went on to lose wickets at regular intervals, where Shimron Hetmyer was the lone warrior with 56 runs off 35 balls with 5 fours & 4 sixes. For team India, sp

WI vs IND: In the 5th T20I against West Indies, India posted a total of 188/7 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Hooda batted beautifully for team India and played an important role in taking the team's total across the 180-run mark. However, fans were eager to see Sanju Samson perform with the bat. However, Sanju flopped in this match and Odean Smith clean bowled him. Sanju was sent in to bat at #4 but he was dismissed after scoring just 11 runs in 15 balls. Sa

Sikandar Raza scored an unbeaten 117 as Zimbabwe staged a great run chase for the second time in three days to beat Bangladesh by five wickets on Sunday and take a winning 2-0 lead in a three-match one-day international series. The Pakistan-born batsman hit four sixes and eight fours off 127 deliveries and his 201-run fifth-wicket partnership with captain Regis Chakabva turned the tide after Bangladesh posted 290-9 in Harare. Zimbabwe reached 291-5 with 15 balls to spare after the early loss of

WI vs IND - Team India havebeen changing their openers in flux recently. After Rohit & Surykumar opened the Indian innings for the first 4 T20Is, Ishan Kishan, who was benched for these matches, was finally given a chance to play in the 5th T20I against West Indies. However, the young explosive batter failed to capitalize as he was dismissed after scoring just 11 runs. In the absence of Rohit Sharma & Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer opened the innings for team India in the 5th T2

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has stepped in to captain in place of Rohit Sharma as India won the toss and elected to bat first against West Indies at Central Broward Park Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida on Sunday. Both India and West Indies have made four changes to their playing elevens from Saturday's match at the same venue, where India won by 59 runs to seal the series and making Sunday's game a dead rubber, giving both teams a chance to test their bench strength. After winning the toss,

Mahmudullah Riyad and Tamim Iqbal hit half-centuries as Bangladesh scored 290-9 against Zimbabwe on Sunday in the second of a three-match one-day international series. Coming in at 127 for three in the 24th over Mahmudullah was unbeaten on 80 at the close of the 50-over innings after Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field in pursuit of a series-clinching victory. Captain and opener Tamim followed up his half-century in a five-wicket loss on Friday by making 50 before becoming the first Banglad

New Zealand on Sunday clinched the bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston after registering a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over hosts England. On Thursday, New Zealand could only make 71-9 in an embarrassing defeat in their final Group B match to England. But on Sunday, less than 24 hours after both teams were defeated in the semi-finals, New Zealand stepped up, right from the start to finish, to restrict England to 110-9 and went on to chase down the target with eight wi

India skipper Rohit Sharma has said with the team adopting a more aggressive batting approach, he and the team management are trying to give as much freedom and clarity to players about the new strategy as possible. The India captain spoke about how the squad is preparing mentally and physically for the upcoming challenges of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup with the emphasis on complete transparency and giving players a clear message. If the message is clear from the captain and the coach abo

West Indies will clash against India in the 5th T20I to win the second match of the series. WI vs IND: Match Details Date Sunday, August 07, 2022 Time 08:00 PM IST Venue Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida WI vs IND: Match Preview: After winning the fourth T20I match by 59 runs India clinched the five-match T20I series by 3-2 with the last match still to go. As these two sides square off one more in Florida, India is anticipated to test its depth, while West

Reigning 50-over world champions Australia continued to pummel oppositions at the Commonwealth Games here with New Zealand being their latest victim, defeating the trans-Tasman rivals by five wickets to secure a mouth-watering title clash against India on Sunday. It was Australia's huge depth in batting that proved pivotal in the last-four clash, with the usually dependable Alyssa Healy (14) and Meg Lanning (7) falling early in their quest of New Zealand's competitive total of 144/7 in 2

Indian pacer Harshal Patel has been suffering from a side strain and is all set to miss the Asia Cup and is also a doubtful starter for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. The India squad is expected to be announced on August 8 for the Asia Cup and Harshal, who is known for variety and deception in his bowling, might not be considered for the selection. The 31-year old pacer is currently with the Indian team on the West Indies and US tour for the five-match T20I series but hasn't played

WI vs IND: Indian bowler put up a fantastic performance to halt West Indies to 132in 19.1overs, winning the match by 59runs. With this win, India have built an unassailable lead of 3-1 and clinched the 5-match T20I series. Arshdeep Singh picked up 3 wickets and was the top wicket-taker for team India. Avesh Khan started the proceedings with 2 wickets, while Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi chipped in with 2 wickets each while restricting West Indies to 132/10and win the match by 59run

After being put in to bat first against West Indies, India posted 191 runs in 20 overs and posted a target of 192 runs in front of West Indies to save the series. Opening the innings in this match as well, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav came out to open the innings for India and brought the thunder with them. Amidst this, the duo took on the West Indies pacer Obed McCoy in full flow. McCoy was bowling the 3rd over of the Indian innings and the Caribbean players hoped for the left-arm pacer to

India are through to the final of 2022 Commonwealth Games women's T20 final after defeating England by four runs in a thrilling semifinal at Edgbaston on Saturday. India will now face either Australia or New Zealand from the second semi-final, to be held later on Saturday, for the gold medal match in the final on Sunday while England now enter the bronze medal match scheduled for the same day. Just like India, England were at 113-3 in 14 overs, needing 48 runs off the last 30 balls. Amy Jone

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana slammed a blistering 23-ball fifty, the fastest by an Indian woman in the format, as India reached a competitive 164-5 in their 20 overs against England in the first semi-final of Commonwealth Games 2022 at Edgbaston. Apart from Smriti's knock of 61, laced with eight fours and three sixes, Jemimah Rodrigues applied finishing touches with an unbeaten 44 off 31 balls, hitting seven fours while Deepti Sharma hit a 20-ball 22, including two fours. For England, left-a

Bangladesh opener Liton Das will miss the remainder of the one-day international series against Zimbabwe with a hamstring injury, the country's cricket board said Saturday. Liton suffered the injury during Friday's five-wicket loss in the first game of the three-match series and will be sidelined for at least three weeks, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Liton made 81 before he retired hurt with the injury and underwent a scan which revealed a muscle strain. We did a scan of the

Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe in the 2nd ODI to stay alive in the 3-match series. ZIM vs BAN: Match Details Date - Wednesday, August 07, 2022 Time - 12:45 PM IST Venue - Harare Sports Club, Harare ZIM vs BAN: Match Preview: Zimbabwe put up an impressive performance in the 1st ODI as they chased down a mammoth total and finally registered a win against Bangladesh in ODIs, after losing 19 consecutive ODIs against the same opposition. Innocent Kaia (110) and all-rounder Sikandar Raza (135*) were

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won the toss and elected to bat first against England in the first semi-final of women's T20 cricket event in 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston. Whoever wins on Saturday will progress towards the gold medal match while the losing side will enter the bronze medal match. England topped Group B by winning all three of their matches while India finished second in Group A, winning two out of their three matches. For the knockout matches in the competition, te

Big Bash League (BBL) is set to get a major boost with reports suggesting that Australia's batting stalwart David Warner is on course to signing a deal with Sydney Thunder this weekend. A report in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday morning said Warner, 35, will be handed a lucrative contract by Cricket Australia (CA), similar to the one which was offered to stars such as Australian legends, the late Shane Warne, Mike Hussey and Shane Watson and former England batter Kevin Pietersen, in t

Undoubtedly, wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is having a rollicking year so far. After churning out consistent performances as a finisher for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2022, Karthik made a comeback into India's T20I squad since the series against South Africa in June. Since his return, Karthik has featured in 13 T20Is, bringing out the required finishing acts and effectively sealing the finisher's spot in the Indian team. In the first of the five-match T20I series again

Left-arm pace all-rounder Wayne Parnell claimed a fine career-best five-for as South Africa beat Ireland by 44 runs in the second T20I at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol to seal a 2-0 series win. On the way of running through the Irish batting line-up in defence of 182/6, Parnell also became only the fifth South African to take 50 wickets in the shortest format of the game. His figures of 5/30 were essential in helping his team bundle out Ireland for just 138. Parnell's five wickets, also

Big Bash League (BBL) is set to get a major boost with reports suggesting that Australia's batting stalwart David Warner is on course to signing a deal with Sydney Thunder this weekend. A report in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday morning said Warner, 35, will be handed a lucrative contract by Cricket Australia (CA), similar to the one which was offered to stars such as Australian legends, the late Shane Warne, Mike Hussey and Shane Watson and former England batter Kevin Pietersen, in t

Bangladesh top-order batter and prolific run-getter Liton Das has been ruled out of the remaining two One-day International (ODI) matches against hosts Zimbabwe after suffering a hamstring injury during the first match at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. The 27-year-old right-hander was batting on 81 when he retired hurt as Bangladesh went on to score 303/2 in 50 overs in the opening ODI. Zimbabwe then overhauled the total in 48.2 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Litton D

Aided by brilliant centuries from Innocent Kaia and Sikanda Raza, Zimbabwe registered one of the most memorable victories in their cricketing history defeating Bangladesh by five wickets in a high-scoring first One-day International at the Harare Sports Club. This was Zimbabwe's first ODI win against Bangladesh in nine years after a memorable run chase that saw the visitors scoring a mammoth 303/2 before Zimbabwe -- who had recently clinched the T20I series 2-1 -- overhauled the total with 1

Led by unbeaten half-centuries from Mitchell Santner and Daryl Mitchell, New Zealand made a clean sweep of the two-match T20I series against the Netherlands at Sportpark Westvliet, defeating the hosts by eight wickets in the second match here. With this big win, the Black Caps wrapped up their Europe tour with 11th consecutive victories. They had defeated Ireland 6-0 in the white-ball series, which was followed by a 3-0 sweep against Scotland in ODIs and now the 2-0 triumph against the Dutch. Ne

This week in the T20I series between India and West Indies has seen some turbulence. The start of second T20I at Warner Park in Basseterre was delayed by three hours due to delay in luggage arrival. Then the USA visas of both teams were made available at the eleventh hour in Guyana, thanks to the intervention by their government, which paved the way for the Florida leg of the series to happen as per schedule at Central Broward Park in Lauderhill on Saturday and Sunday. India arrive with a 2-1 le

Batters Dom Sibley and Dan Lawrence on Friday were named in a 13-man England Lions, to be captained by Sam Billings, for the four-day tour match against South Africa in a four-day match at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury, starting from August 9. England Men's Assistant Coach Paul Collingwood has been appointed Head Coach for the match. Sibley last played Test cricket for England in the second Test against India at Lord's last year. But he has scored 625 runs in 11 matches fo

Ahead of the Indian team's departure to Birmingham for women's T20 cricket event in 2022 Commonwealth Games, words from Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur were all about the chance of winning a medal, especially gold, at Edgbaston. Come Saturday, and India's quest for winning the elusive yellow metal could gain a big push if they cross the hurdle named England in the first semifinal. For Harmanpreet and her side, the chance to get the gold medal has the opportunity to come true in

Indian fast bowler Navdeep Saini isn't with team India at the moment, but nevertheless, the player has been able to get the limelight occasionally. At this time, Saini is playing in the Royal London Cup for Kent County Cricket Club. 29-year-old Saini is among the 7 Indian players who are participating in this English domestic cricket tournament. Names like Cheteshwar Pujara and Washington Sundar have already gathered traction with their impeccable performances in England. However, the Haryan

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels while Ravichandran Ashwin might be lacking a bit in wicket-taking abilities in the middle overs in T20I cricket, he has mastered the art of being economical, which complements an aggressive wicket-taking bowler like Yuzvendra Chahal. Ashwin has done well in the ongoing five-match T20I series against the West Indies, with the 35-year-old off-spinner taking two wickets in the opening match as India defeated the hosts by 68 runs in Trinidad. I think Ash

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is hopeful he will be in contention for a place in the Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar series in India early next year, though he said he was extremely disappointed at not getting a chance to play in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Galle recently. Despite emerging as Australia's leading run-getter in the ODI series in Sri Lanka, he missed out on a Test berth chiefly because Travis Head was declared fit ahead of the first game and in the second

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) side Barbados Royals on Friday revealed that West Indies assistant and bowling coach Roddy Estwick has been named as the lead assistant coach for the team ahead of the start of the league's upcoming season from August 30 till September 30. The Barbados-based team had earlier announced Trevor Penney as the head coach. Apart from Estwick's appointment, former Jamaican pacer Andrew Richardson will continue to remain with the franchise, in a dual role of team m

The Netherlands will take on New Zealand in the 2nd T20I at the Hague. NED vs NZ: Match Details Date - Friday, August 5, 2022 Time 08:30 PM IST Venue - The Hague NED vs NZ: Match Preview: New Zealand started the T20I series against Netherlands with a win by 16-runs in the first T20I match of the two-match series. Batting first, it took a lot of effort for New Zealand to reach 148 for 7, as the home team's spinners made things difficult. Jimmy Neesham's 32 off 17 provided crucial late mo

With India's T20I series against the West Indies set to end on Sunday, the senior men's selection committee is expected to announce the squad for the 2022 Asia Cup, a major event in terms of finalising the squad for the Men's T20 World Cup in Australia in October. Though there are three-match home T20I series against Australia and South Africa respectively in September after the Asia Cup, it is likely that the squad, which plays in the all-Asian countries affair, will be the one whic

English cricket underwent significant changes earlier in the year, which saw England's only World Cup winning-captain Eoin Morgan retiring from cricket at 35 years of age. The batter was also seen working as a broadcaster for Sky Sports in the recent India tour of England. However, the Irish-born batter returned to cricket while leading London Spirit, and played a match-winning knock to take his team to a win against Oval Invincibles. After being put in to bat first, London Spirt lost their

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel feels there is huge responsibility on captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid to get the right combination ahead of the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia in October-November. Since winning the inaugural title in South Africa in 2007, India are yet to win another silverware in the shortest format of the game. In the last edition of the showpiece event at the UAE in 2021, India made an early exit from the Super 10 stage. Expec

Australian cricket is facing the prospect of losing several top players to the lucrative UAE Twenty20 league in January next years and there are reports 15 of them have been offered contracts worth up to AUD700,000 a year to abandon the Big Bash League (BBL). The report in Sydney Morning Herald quoting senior cricket sources, said, Cricket Australia (CA) not just faces the prospect of losing batting stalwart David Warner to the UAE T20 league, but the scale of the attempted raid on Australian pl

Veteran England pace bowler Katherine Brunt and young Issy Wong grabbed two wickets each as the hosts destroyed New Zealand's batting order and then scored a massive seven-wicket win in their Group B match of the Commonwealth Games Women's T20 tournament here. The victory means the hosts will take on India in the semifinal, while the other last-four clash pits Australia against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand. The pair of Brunt and Wong rattled the top three of Sophie Devine (1), Amelia

One of the proudest moments for a sportsperson is when representing one's country in their respective fields. The tears of joy on achieving success in the colours of ones' nation goes beyond ones' own individual dream. The first truly significant moment in a sportsperson's life is when the national kit is handed over to one. The Indian crest on the blazer, clothing, cap, ties as also on the bags and other equipment brings forth feelings of pride and joyful emotions. When one wear

A blistering bowling attack saw New Zealand beat Netherlands by 16 runs in the Black Caps' penultimate T20 international match of their European tour on Thursday. Winning the toss and opting to bat, Kiwi captain Mitchell Santner's team battled to get going on a sluggish hybrid pitch at the scenic Voorburg Cricket Club. Driven by a determined 45 off 36 balls by veteran batsman Martin Guptill and a late flurry of shots by Jimmy Neesham and Ish Sodhi, New Zealand scraped together 148 after

Ireland will clash in the 2nd T20I against South Africa to level the 2-match series. IRE vs SA: Match Details Date - Friday, August 05, 2022 Time - 11:00 PM IST Venue - Country Ground, Bristol IRE vs SA: Match Preview: Reeza Hendricks was the star with the bat for Proteas as the opener smacked 74 runs in 53 balls with 10 fours & a six. Aiden Markram also played a quick and impactful knock of 56 runs in 27 balls to take South Africa past the 200-run mark. Tristan Stubbs and Dwaine Pretorius also

Putting on a dominant display in their final Group B match at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa Women thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to register their first victory at the event, here on Thursday. Before beating Sri Lanka, South Africa had lost to New Zealand and England in their first two matches at CWG 2022. After winning the toss and opting to field first, South Africa had a dream start with the ball as Shabnim Ismail struck off the very first ball to dismiss Hasini Perera. Masabata

South Africa batter Mignon du Preez on Thursday re-signed with Hobart Hurricanes ahead of the eighth season of the women's Big Bash League (WBBL), making the upcoming season her second consecutive outing in the purple jersey. In the last season, she finished as the top run-scorer for the Hurricanes with a total of 414 runs at a strike rate of 115, with the highest score of an unbeaten 87 runs off just 61 deliveries against the Sydney Thunder. Mignon will join her fellow South African, ex-int

India cricketers Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Karun Nair along with K Gowtham, R Samarth and Abhimanyu Mithun on Thursday were unveiled as the six captains who will be leading their teams' fight for the inaugural Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 title. Agarwal, who was captain of the Punjab Kings side in IPL 2022, will lead Kalyani Bengaluru Blasters. Pandey, who has captained Karnataka in domestic cricket, has been handed the responsibility of leading Gulbarga Mystics while Nair will be leadin

Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris feels it may not be easy for opener KL Rahul to fit into the scheme of things after being out of cricketing action since May this year. Rahul has been out of competitive cricketing action since featuring in the IPL 2022 Eliminator on May 25 in Kolkata. His team, debutants Lucknow Super Giants, lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 14 runs at Eden Gardens. He was then named as captain for India's five-match T20I series at home against South Africa

Since his T20I debut against England in Ahmedabad last year, Suryakumar Yadav has been a force to reckon with in India's batting order. Right from the time he hit a jaw-dropping hook off the first ball he faced in T20I cricket from Jofra Archer for six to make 57 on debut, he has made batting look ridiculously easy. The latest exhibit of it came in India's seven-wicket victory over West Indies in Basseterre, St Kitts, where on a tricky pitch, Suryakumar opened the batting alongside capta

In the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022, history was scripted as Women's Cricket was included in the CWG for the first time. All the cricket-playing Commonwealth Nations engaged in a competition with each other to bag a medal for their country at Birmingham. Amidst this, team India's Renuka Thakur has been a headache for opposition batters in the early overs and bowled a fiery spell to help team India thrash Barbados and enter the semi-finals. Prior to this match, India had lost against A

In the last couple of years, left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel's batting stocks have risen in the cricketing world. The proof of it was seen in his unbeaten knock of 64 off 35 balls, also his maiden half-century in ODI cricket which won India the second ODI match and series against West Indies in Trinidad. Pravin Amre, the assistant coach for Delhi Capitals, a side Axar has been part of since 2019, expressed delight over the all-rounder's recent great batting show while pointing out t

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud termed the side's 2-1 loss to Zimbabwe in the recently-concluded three-match T20I series a disgrace. He added that players played as if they were trying to seal their spots in the team. Mahumd's words come after Zimbabwe won their first-ever T20I series against Bangladesh, winning by 10 runs in the series-decider at Harare on Tuesday. Bangladesh lost the first match of the series by 17 runs before hitting back with a seven-wicket victory in the seco