Cricket

News Hour: Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the opening Twenty20 International (T20I) against Australia in Pallekele on Tuesday....

News Hour: Glenn Maxwell pulverised Sri Lanka on his way to a maiden Twenty20 International century as Australia pulled off a commanding 85-run win in Pallekele on Tuesday. Put into bat by Dinesh Chandimal, Australia amassed...

News Hour: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ticket ballot for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2017, to be staged in England and Wales from 1-18 June, opens today (not before 10h00 BST)...

News Hour: Former West Indies great, Courtney Andrew Walsh has been appointed as the Bangladesh National Cricket team’s specialist bowling coach, Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that, reports BSS. The 53-year-old, the Caribbean’s most successful bowler with...

News Hour: Cricket Australia will pore over its high-performance systems in a ‘meaty’ review following the 3-0 test series whitewash to Sri Lanka, chief executive James Sutherland has said, reports Reuters. Australia lost their world number...

News Hour: South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn has stormed back to the number-one position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after producing a match-winning performance in the Centurion Test that has...

News Hour: Rival openers Evin Lewis of the West Indies and India’s Lokesh Rahul have made huge gains in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Players Rankings for T20I Batsmen after slamming fine centuries in the recent...

News Hour: Bangladesh and Afghanistan will play their first-ever bilateral ODI series in September, the Afghanistan Cricket Board and BCB confirmed on Sunday. The two sides will play the three-match series on September 25, 28 and...

News Hour: Half-centurion George Bailey starred in Australia’s tense run chase as the visitors edged past Sri Lanka by two wickets in the third one-day international and took a 2-1 lead in Dambulla on Sunday, reports...

News Hour: Southpaw opener Tamim Iqbal sustained a fracture finger of his left hand while fielding at team practice in Mirpur on Saturday, Reuters BSS. An X-ray on Sunday confirmed the nature of the injury, source...