England

Lyon warns England over Ashes boundary ploy

Australian spin king Nathan Lyon dismissed concerns Monday that England could use short boundaries for the upcoming Ashes to supercharge their attacking "Bazball" strategy, saying it worked both ways.
15 May 2023, 06:55 AM

Mark Taylor backs David Warner to play in WTC final

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has backed David Warner to play in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against India at The Oval in June and to also feature in the initial stage of the Ashes 2023 in England.
18 April 2023, 13:44 PM

Smiling Saka lights up England again

The winger created England's opener for Harry Kane in the comfortable 2-0 victory over Ukraine in Euro 2024 qualifying Group C at Wembley on Sunday, then scored an absolute beauty himself to seal the man-of-the-match award
27 March 2023, 02:25 AM

Bairstow out of IPL, Punjab name Short as replacement

England's Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the upcoming Indian Premier League season, his team Punjab Kings said, after he failed to recover in time from a freak golfing injury.
26 March 2023, 07:54 AM

Kane breaks record as England enjoy rare win over Italy

Harry Kane became England's record international goalscorer as his side began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign by beating reigning champions Italy 2-1 in Group C on Thursday.
23 March 2023, 22:27 PM

Kane breaks England all-time goal record

Harry Kane broke England's all-time goalscoring record with his 54th international goal in Thursday's Euro 24 qualifying opener against Italy.
23 March 2023, 20:46 PM

Bangladesh outplayed us and deserved victory: Buttler

England’s World Cup-winning skipper Jos Buttler admitted that his side were ‘outplayed’ in the three-match T20I series, in which the visitors were whitewashed by hosts Bangladesh.   
14 March 2023, 14:04 PM

Tigers inflict historic whitewash on world champions England

The last time the current world champions suffered a series whitewash in this format were in 2014 when they lost 3-0 against Australia. Bangladesh, on the other hand, enjoyed a first three-match series sweep in this format for the first time since doing the same against Ireland in 2012. 
14 March 2023, 12:22 PM

Miraz turns the screws on England at Mirpur turner

With the Sher-e-Bangla surface offering a lot of grip and turn for the slower bowlers, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, in for Shamim Patwary for this match, turned the screws on England with his best figures of four for 12. 
12 March 2023, 10:36 AM

Shakib removes Salt as England reach 50

Phil Salt led a counter-attack from England after Taskin Ahmed struck an early blow, getting rid of Dawid Malan in his second over of the first spell.
12 March 2023, 09:28 AM

Bangladesh bowl in search of series win

The hosts made one change in their playing XI, with Mehedi Hasan Miraz replacing Shamim Patwary. 
12 March 2023, 08:04 AM

Mahmud wants to take 500 wickets in international cricket

The young pacer from Laxmipur said that he dreams of picking up 500 wickets for Bangladesh by the end of his international career. 
11 March 2023, 08:02 AM

Tamim not concerned with lack of runs from Liton, Miraz

Skipper Tamim Iqbal felt that having a bad series is part and parcel of the game but when some members of the team do not perform, others need to stand up.
7 March 2023, 10:19 AM

Stokes has no regrets over follow-on

England captain Ben Stokes said he had no regrets about enforcing the follow-on after New Zealand defied history to claim a thrilling one-run win in the second Test in Wellington.
28 February 2023, 08:08 AM

‘You don’t need to be friends to go out and be a team’

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes the rumoured rift between two senior players won't affect the team's performance on the pitch.
28 February 2023, 06:57 AM

Southee hails Test win for the ages

Southee said the match was up there with one of the biggest highlights of his career of 92 Tests.
28 February 2023, 05:47 AM

New Zealand frustrate England after Stokes enforces follow-on

New Zealand were 202 for three in their second innings at stumps, needing only 24 runs to make England bat again at the Basin Reserve.
26 February 2023, 06:19 AM

England's absence robs WTC final of 'Bazball' buzz

England's mathematical chance of making the final were snuffed out after India hammered Australia inside three days in Nagpur earlier this month.
21 February 2023, 05:09 AM

Hathurusingha 'happy to be back in Bangladesh'

The 54-year-old touched down at 10:36 pm and will start Tigers' training camp on Tuesday.
20 February 2023, 17:57 PM

Stokes hails enduring quality of Anderson and Broad

The indefatigable new ball pair took 12 wickets between them during the 267-run win, including four victims each in the second innings, to add to their prolific career tallies.
19 February 2023, 05:32 AM