After a year's delay due to COVID-19, the 19th Asian Games officially opens in Hangzhou on Saturday with hosts China eager to lift a country mired in economic gloom.
New Zealand opener Finn Allen made 40 but the rest of the batsmen did very little until Michael Bracewell produced a batting masterclass after coming in at number seven.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out until the summer after undergoing a second operation on his injured right elbow, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians on Saturday announced that former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has been named the head coach of their MI Emirates team in the United Arab Emirates-based International League T20 (ILT20) competition.
'There's going to be light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to be seeing that very soon.'
Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup in 2014, have two warm-up games in Melbourne before they begin their World Cup campaign with a qualifying match against Namibia on October 16.
Afridi's appointment comes in the build-up to New Zealand's two-Test tour of Pakistan, beginning on Monday.
Vaughan has backed Jos Buttler to become the team's white-ball skipper
Marsh, who had been carrying the injury for an extended period, had keyhole surgery in Sydney
Kane Williamson has stepped down as New Zealand Test captain and has been replaced by Tim Southee.
Bangladesh's Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a half-century before all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan got the hosts over the line for a six-wicket win against Twenty20 world champions England.
The third ODI was abandoned. The ODI series finishes 1-1.
South Africa seamer Anrich Nortje and Australia opener David Warner will be available for Delhi Capitals' next match in the Indian Premier League, coach Ricky Ponting said after the team lost to Gujarat Titans on Saturday.
Will Virat Kohli be among the Indian cricketers picked for the T20 World Cup in Australia this October-November?
Records were shattered at Centurion as South Africa pulled off the highest successful run chase in T20s to hand West Indies a six-wicket loss.
Australia made heavy weather of a modest chase before beating Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second Twenty20 International on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
In a significant push to popularise cricket in the US, a $120 million funding has been secured from prominent Indian-American business leaders, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to launch the first professional T20 league in the US. Major League Cricket (MLC), the first professional Twenty20 Cricket League in the US, announced Thursday that it has completed an initial close of a $44 million Series A and A1 Fundraising Round led by a group of America's leading business leaders. It said that with an additional commitment of $76 million in further fundraising over the next 12 months in place, MLC plans to deploy more than $120 million to launch the country's first-ever professional T20 league.
West Indies batter John Campbell has been slapped with a four-year ban for violation of an anti-doping rule, according to a Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) decision
Stephen Fleming will be the coach of Dallas-based Major League Cricket (MLC) club Texas Super Kings (TSK), which announced its partnership with IPL side Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
seamer Mohammed Shami's recovery from COVID-19 is being monitored by the team management, as they look to replace the injured Jasprit Bumrah, ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Finch received a grand 'Guard of Honour' from the New Zealand players
Wood's pace has added bite to England's attack in Australia with the 32-year-old claiming nine wickets in the group stage
Shakib Al Hassan became the second bowler to take 100 T20 wickets, after Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, as Bangladesh defended 112-8 by bowling Australia out for 62 in 13.4 overs, the tourists lowest Twenty20 score.
MCC expresses interest to host Indo-Pak Test after T20 WC clash success
Top Australian women cricketers could earn more than A$1 million ($666,600) a year with increases from a new pay deal.
Contrary to chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar's statement, it seems the BCCI had instructed Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly to make themselves unavailable for the inaugural tournament.
Five years after USA Cricket shared its plans to launch a domestic T20 tournament, the inaugural edition of the MLC kicked off having assembled an impressive array of investors.
Nabi announced his decision to resign as the captain of the national team following their four-run loss to Australia
West Indies' next white ball series will be against South Africa in March 2023.
Australian cricketers are on edge barely a month before their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years, amid an uptick in terror attacks in the Asian nation.
Kohli dealt well with breach of privacy, says coach Rahul Dravid
The IPL, with an estimated brand value of $8.4 billion, continues to attract the world's top players and coaches.
Suryakumar Yadav said that he focused on batting deep and winning the game for his team.
England will be eyeing their second T20 World Cup after a long wait of 12 years.
Opening batter Tim Seifert's blistering 88 helped New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their thrilling third and final Twenty20 international in Queenstown on Saturday to complete a 2-1 series victory.
They will, however, only be able to join their respective franchises after Australia play their lone T20 match against Pakistan on April 5.
Rohit Sharma's 14-ball 15 would do little to ease concerns about the India captain's form heading into the tournament, while Virat Kohli (19) did not last long either.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah also said that there are no immediate plans to add more franchises to the 10-team competition and that any future additions must not dilute the quality of the product.
The PCB said that the change had to be made as Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture
Will Bangladesh come undone again on the big stage or will they shake off the tag as underachievers and win their first World Cup title?
