Chris Woakes led the charge for England with the ball in hand on day one of the Old Trafford Test in Manchester against Sri Lanka. Woakes emerged as the pick of all the English bowlers with figures of 3/32.
Tim Southee is aware that he may be required to miss a few Test matches as New Zealand brace themselves for the Indian subcontinent challenge. The Blackcaps will play a one-off Test against Afghanistan in September before travelling to Sri Lanka and then to India.
Ollie Pope is currently leading England against Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series at home in the absence of regular captain Ben Stokes. Stokes has been ruled out of the series with a hamstring tear.
Lausanne Diamond League 2024 live: India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra will be looking to continue his red-hot form in 2024 after claiming a silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Neeraj is currently fourth in the Diamond League 2024 standings with seven points.
After failing to reach the Super 8 stages at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand are set to return to action in a one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Noida followed by Test series against Sri Lanka and India.
After a successful ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, Afghanistan are set to host New Zealand in a one-off Test in Noida and South Africa in the three-match ODI series in September. R Sridhar will join the backroom staff as the assistant coach after his role with the Indian team ended in 2021.
"I feel very good physically and of course the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico would have been very appealing to me. At the same time, I am convinced that now is exactly the right time to take this step and to concentrate fully on FC Bayern Munich in the future," Manuel Neuer said.
Indian women's cricket team remain without an ICC World Cup trophy in both ODIs and T20Is but are looking all set to mount a title challenge in the upcoming ninth edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE. India are drawn with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A.
Pakistan recovered well to share the honours with Bangladesh on the opening day of their home Test season in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, August 21. Bangladesh had Pakistan early on the mat at 16/3 before Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub with a 98-run partnership led their comeback.
"Feel like my best years are ahead of me. I have no doubt about that. The best years are still to come. And this year is going to be a good year, because now I am permanently at home, and I can enjoy home," Joao Felix said.
Opener Saim Ayub and in-form batter Saud Shakeel added a crucial 98 runs for the fourth wicket to help Pakistan survive an early collapse in the first innings of the opening Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi.
Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is set to kick off in Trinidad on Wednesday, August 21 (as per local time). A couple of Indian players are also part of the tournament, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey for Trinbago Knight Riders, and would want to help their side win a second title.
Team India is scheduled to play only three more ODIs before the Champions Trophy to be played next year, for now, in Pakistan. ICC has identified a window from February 19 to March 9 2025 for the tournament and all eyes are on India's preparations for the competition.
"We are very excited about our first preparatory camp and I know it will be the same for the players and We face two different teams and the rankings are not very important," India's new head coach Manolo Marquez said on team selection.
Pakistan cricket team is back in action and things have started happening in Rawalpindi as they face Bangladesh in the first Test. After losing the toss, they lost three quick wickets including that of Babar Azam but their skipper Shan Masood was on the wrong side of the controversial decision.
PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Pakistan struggled for a start after being forced to bat first against Bangladesh in their first innings of the opening Test match in Rawalpindi. The star pacer Shoriful Islam gave Bangladesh a brilliant start with two early wickets of Babar Azam and Shan Masood.
The three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka got underway today at the Old Trafford in Manchester. England are missing their skipper Ben Stokes who has been ruled out of the entire series with Ollie Pope taking over. But why are teams wearing black armbands?
With two Test matches - Pakistan vs Bangladesh and England vs Sri Lanka - starting today (August 21), ICC has released the latest rankings in the format. Joe Root is sitting on top in the batting rankings but Babar Azam is likely to challenge him in the coming days.
The Indian team defeated Australia in the previous two Test series in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and are currently the proud holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Pakistan team is in action today for the first time since the T20 World Cup, which was played in June. The team led by Shan Masood will face Bangladesh in the first of the two-match Test series starting today and Babar Azam will be keen on joining Rohit and Kohli in elite list.
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