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Opener Mahmudul Hasan hit a half-century as Bangladesh tightened their grip on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan Bangladesh have tightened their grip on the second Test against Pakistan after a disciplined batting and bowling performance on the second day. Opener Mahmudul Hasan hit 52 on Sunday to help Bangladesh reach 3-110, extending their overall lead to 156 at stumps. Earlier, fast bowler Nahid Rana and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam had claimed three wickets apiece to wrap up Pakistan’s first innings for 232, giving Bangladesh a 46-run lead in bowling-friendly conditions. Bangladesh were bowled out for 278…
Harry Brook had an unexpected impact with the ball as Yorkshire piled the pressure on Surrey, dismissing England team-mate Jamie Smith for a duck as his occasional seamers claimed three big wickets at Headingley.Brook has yet to fire with the bat in his two outings for the White Rose but made a big contribution with his unheralded medium-pacers as the hosts enforced the follow-on on day three. After having Ryan Patel caught for 13, Brook snuck one past Smith’s defences and into the stumps as he collected a prized double-wicket maiden. The scalp of Adam Thomas followed, leaving Brook to…
A topsy-turvy opening day in Sylhet was highlighted by the ‘keeper-batter’s superb rearguard hundred Bangladesh climbed off the canvas on day one of the second Test in Sylhet to hit back against Pakistan thanks to a fighting 126 from wicketkeeper Litton Das. Leading 1-0 in the two-match series, the hosts slipped to 6-116 midway through day one after being sent in, before Litton’s sixth Test hundred took them to 278. In reply, Pakistan made it to stumps without loss, reaching 0-21 after six overs. Earlier, their new-ball pair Mohammad Abbass and Khurram Shahzad had done the bulk of the damage, as…
Aussie allrounder hits quick-fire 50 amid remarkable feast of runs at Eden Gardens Cameron Green’s second half-century of IPL 2026 has helped Kolkata Knight Riders to a fourth win in five, downing high-flying Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring affair at Eden Gardens. Green smashed 52no from 28 balls in a monster total of 2-247, the right-hander adding an unbroken 108 for the third wicket in just 52 balls with wicketkeeper Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Raghuvanshi (82no off 44) and Kiwi blaster Finn Allen (93 off 35) were the true stars of the show, the pair blazing 17 sixes between them in a…
England missed out on a series victory over New Zealand as the tourists won a rain-affected third ODI in Cardiff by 17 runs via DLS to level the series at 1-1.England were put in to bat and reached 77-3 in 17 overs before rain stopped play for two-and-a-half hours at Sophia Gardens. The players returned to contest a reduced 33-overs-a-side game, with England reaching 181-7 at the end of their innings, Alice Capsey top-scoring with a run-a-ball 45. New Zealand’s pursuit of a DLS-adjusted 184 for victory looked to have been derailed when Suzie Bates, Melie Kerr and Georgia Plimmer…
Emilio Gay marked his maiden England call-up with a six-ball duck on a difficult day for Durham at Kent in Rothesay Division Two.After Kent took their overnight total of 385 for four to 523 all out, despite six for 92 for Matthew Potts, Gay’s stay at the crease in Beckenham only lasted two overs after he was bowled by Matt Milnes. Ben Stokes fared slightly better and Durham’s hopes on day three will pin on the England captain after he finished with eight not out alongside David Bedingham, who will resume unbeaten on 72 with the visitors on 173 for…
Former Australian allrounder Cameron White believes the future is bright for the 19-year-old Renegade Melbourne Renegades coach Cameron White believes Ollie Peake’s maturity has the teenage rising star well-equipped for the next level ahead of his first series with Australia’s one-day international squad. White’s prediction that he wouldn’t be surprised if Peake breaks into the Australian team in the near future became a reality last Monday when the Victorian received his maiden senior national call-up for next month’s three-match ODI series in Pakistan.”I think he’s going to get there, and I can see a situation where in one of these…
Aussie left-hander scores 61 in final match for Leicestershire before being bowled by a ball that rebounded of this elbow Test opener Jake Weatherald continues to be among the runs in England with his brisk 61 from 77 balls setting the early tempo for Leicestershire’s first-innings 333 against Essex. Weatherald started watchfully as Leicester were asked to bat first at Chelmsford on the opening day of their round seven county clash – the left-hander’s last appearance before returning to Australia ahead of Tests against Bangladesh in August. He took more than 10 overs to find his first boundary after losing…
Victorian Fergus O’Neill starred for Nottinghamshire as Jake Weatherald hit his fourth score over 50 for the season Fergus O’Neill was a key early figure in Nottinghamshire’s drive to win last season’s County Championship – and the Australian quick is back doing his bit again after an injury interrupted start to his latest English campaign. The Victorian paceman ripped through Hampshire’s top-order, including the wicket of his in-form compatriot Jake Lehmann, on Friday, taking 4-32 for the division one leaders as the bottom-placed club limped to 6-152 on a day when 50 overs were lost to rain at Southampton. O’Neill…
Mitch Marsh and Josh Inglis hit an opening stand of 135 as Lucknow’s late-season resurgence continued Mitch Marsh has been cruelly denied another IPL century but still managed to see the lighter side after his new all-Australian partnership with Josh Inglis helped power Lucknow Super Giants to victory over Chennai. Australia’s T20 skipper was rampaging his way towards his second century of the campaign, on 90 and in unstoppably majestic form in Lucknow, when out of nowhere he got run out at the non-striker’s end, stranded as Nicholas Pooran’s drive got deflected by bowler Mukul Choudhary’s little finger on to…