India Women's skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has been suspended by the ICC for the next two international games following two separate breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the final ODI against Bangladesh recently. Harmanpreet was first fined 50 percent of her match fee and received three demerit points for a Level 2 offence for showing dissent at an umpire's decision. The incident occurred in the 34th over of the Indian innings after the 34-year-old smashed the stumps with the bat...

India will be hosting Australia, Afghanistan and England in the 2023-24 home season, the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday (July 25). In total, India are scheduled to play 16 international games comprising five Tests, three ODIs and eight T20Is at home, apart from hosting the ODI World Cup. India will first host Australia for three ODIs just before the World Cup that will help both teams to finetune their preparations for the marquee event. The three ODIs will be played on September...

Ask any Englishman who has spent some time playing Down Under, and they will make the point that things are different. The sledging, the banter, the circuits, two-day matches. Not to mention perceptions of Stuart Broad.Indeed, there are a myriad of differences between Australia and England and ideas of how the game should be played, several of which have come to light during this Ashes summer. Yet one of the main contrasts that has been completely absent from the current...

The league phase of inaugural edition of MLC has concluded with Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, and MI New York qualifying for the next round. Here's is how the teams are shaping up as the tournament approaches the business end. Seattle Orcas The Orcas have been by a fair distance the best team of the tournament thus far winning four of the five matches. What worked? Bowling attack. The Orcas were the best bowling side of the competition picking the most number...

Both West Indies and India have won the ODI World Cup twice in their history. However, only one of these two sides will be getting an opportunity to lift the title for the third time. It's quite remarkable that we have a scenario in front of us where the West Indies will be missing a World Cup. But they brought it upon themselves after enduring a poor campaign in the qualifiers in Zimbabwe recently. So how can the hosts even pick...

The World Cup schedule may see a slight tweak following revelations that Ahmedabad police have reportedly expressed their inability to provide security for the India-Pakistan game on October 15 as it coincides with the first day of the sacred Navaratri festival. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is believed to be exploring alternatives, one of them being to advance the match by a day to October 14. However, the option, on the face of it, is easier thought...

Sri Lanka finally pocketed a session in this Test but they are still well behind the eight ball with five sessions remaining in the game. After conceding a 410-run lead, the Sri Lankans scored 81 runs for the loss of Nishan Madushka in the morning session. The visitors still trail by 329 runs and it'll take a Herculean task from them to save this Test. Pakistan, with a 397-run lead - didn't declare overnight. The first over of day four saw...

Australia are 2-1 ahead in the Ashes series. England think they should have been 3-1 ahead. Australia have retained the urn. England think they were robbed of it. Australia are looking for an outright victory at The Oval. England are looking for a moral victory at The Oval. Australia are looking to win a series in England outright for the first time in 22 years. England want to deny them that achievement even though they don't believe in winning and...