Williamson given World Cup deadline
New Zealand have given captain Kane Williamson a two-week deadline to prove his fitness for the ODI World Cup starting in October.
New Zealand have given captain Kane Williamson a two-week deadline to prove his fitness for the ODI World Cup starting in October.
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get a final chance to size each other up before the ODI World Cup when the Asia Cup begins on Wednesday.
An Indian food company is set to sponsor the Proteas during the ODI World Cup.
Pakistan rose to the top of the ODI rankings with a 59-run win against Afghanistan in the third match in Colombo on Saturday, claiming a 3-0 series whitewash.
Dewald Brevis says he can’t wait for the “proper heat and lots of fighting” that come with playing cricket against Australia.
No 10 batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery to give Pakistan a dramatic one-wicket win over a luckless Afghanistan in the second ODI in Hambantota on Thursday.
Ian Bell and James Foster will help coach New Zealand on their white-ball tour of England which starts next week.
Fast bowler Haris Rauf led a pace assault on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory in the first ODI in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota.
Australia’s new T20I captain Mitchell Marsh says the “incredible talent” of uncapped fast bowler Spencer Johnson will make him one to watch on their white-ball tour of South Africa.
Pakistan face Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday, with captain Babar Azam seeing it as good preparation for the Asia Cup and World Cup.
KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been included in India’s Asia Cup squad.
Dewald Brevis says he’s ready to play for the Proteas after being included in the T20I and ODI squads for the home series against Australia.
England batsman Harry Brook has revealed his frustration at being left out of the squad for this year’s ODI World Cup.
Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine has blasted England skipper Ben Stokes’ decision to come out retirement for the World Cup as about “me, me, me”.
Mitchell Starc has been ruled out of Australia’s white-ball tour of South Africa.