Australia captain Pat Cummins is revelling in what has been a golden year for Australian cricket, even by their lofty standards. The 30-year-old has overseen a World Test Championship win, retained the Ashes in England and pulled off a World Cup win in India, all in the space of six months. Fellow fast bowler and New South Welshman Mitchell Starc was all praise for his leader. "[I] think he's been phenomenal, the last two months have spoken to that. He's certainly...

The majority of the players who were part of Australia's 2023 World Cup winning campaign and also included for the ongoing T20I series against India will cut short their participation and return to Australia. According to cricket.com.au, Steve Smith and Adam Zampa have already taken the flight back home ahead of the third T20I in Guwahati while Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis and Sean Abbott will return tomorrow. The Australian selectors have named reinforcements for the players returning home. Ben McDermott...

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is planning to return to competitive cricket at the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League. The decision implies that the veteran batter, who is unavailable for the two-match Test series against New Zealand starting tomorrow, will also not be part of the touring party that will visit New Zealand for a white-ball series following the Test series. Tamim made the announcement on Monday (November 27) in an impromptu media briefing at his house following a meeting with Bangladesh...

Jay Gokul Bista's unbeaten 144 set up Mumbai's second win of the campaign, this one by 26 runs over Railways. Bista's ton aided by a half-century from Suved Parkar and a 17-ball 41 from Prasad Pawar powered Mumbai to 324. Railways' response was led by a thrilling 70-ball 102 from Upendra Yadav while Vivek Singh added 95 off 91. But with the next highest score being 15, they fell short of the target. Mohit Avasthi took 4 for 53 for Mumbai. At Alur,...

Bangladesh's newly appointed Test captain Najmul Hossain said on Monday that winning at home and competing abroad is their goal as they begin their World Test Championship cycle by taking on New Zealand in a two-match Test series, scheduled in Sylhet from November 28. Bangladesh were at the bottom of the table in the two previous cycles of the ICC Test Championship. While they managed a draw against New Zealand in the first cycle, they found success against them at their...

Suspended Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has received a boost as the country's Sports Minister has been dismissed by the President of Sri Lanka. Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had been targeting the SLC and even dissolved its elected body, only for the court to stay the gazette notification. Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando has been appointed as new Sports Minister in place of Ranasinghe. President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued a release on Monday stating that Ranasinghe has been removed from the portfolios of Minister...

New Zealand Test captain Tim Southee is raring to go as far as playing the longest format of the game is concerned. After a gap of nearly nine months, the Black Caps will hit the ground running in red-ball cricket on Tuesday (November 28) in the opening game of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh in Sylhet. Despite the brief hiatus from the format, Southee sounded upbeat about the team's energy and intent in Test cricket. "The guys have a great...