Cricket

Gary Kirsten has been appointed head coach and mentor of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kirsten had joined the RCB set-up earlier this year as batting coach. He replaces Daniel Vettori, who was with the […]

When MS Dhoni’s India arrived at Southampton in 2014, the visitors’ dressing room was brimming with confidence and belief. India were leading 1-0 in the five-match Test series going into the third match. The lead […]

Somerset 374 for 8 (Azhar 89, Hildreth 81, Davies 80, Gregory 65, Brooks 4-103) v YorkshireScorecard According to psychologists there are four states of competence and as Lewis Gregory and Steven Davies struck the ball […]

Big Picture This series feels very alive. India are coming off one of their finest wins outside Asia while England have previously shown that when stung by defeat, and criticism, they have it in them […]

SOUTHAMPTON: The Indian team hadn’t yet taken the field when coach Ravi Shastri knelt down on the Ageas Bowl pitch, trying to figure out its nature. He had his reasons – India have been in […]

India’s captain Virat Kohli has delivered a withering assessment of the ECB’s money-making 100-ball competition by saying he is “hurt” by the way commercialism is taking over the game. In words that appear to end any […]

The West Indies won the last World T20 in 2016 in India. (Photo by Saikat Paul/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Momentum is building for the first FIFA World Cup to be held in Southeast Asia. […]

11:45 PM ET Shashank KishoreESPN Australia A’s two-week stay in Bengaluru – originally scheduled for the 50-over Quadrangular series – is set to be extended after the BCCI has shifted their two four-day games against […]

Surrey Stars 183 for 6 (Lee 104, Sciver 40) beat Loughborough Lightning 117 (Villiers 3-22, van Niekerk 3-37) by 66 runsScorecard A magnificent 55-ball century from Lizelle Lee took Surrey Stars to their maiden Kia […]

LONDON: James Anderson will not be caught once the England cricketer becomes the most prolific fast bowler in Test history, says Australia’s current record-holder Glenn McGrath. Anderson has 557 wickets, just six fewer than the […]