Women’s World Cup: ‘We’ve been up to our eyebrows in crosswords’ – Knight
England skipper Heather Knight says her team are raring to go as they near the end of their Women’s World Cup quarantine.
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Women’s Test cricket: A statistical look at the game as England host South Africa in June
England Women will play South Africa in a Test match in June as part of a multi-format series.
Brave new world for Super Rugby as Pasifika teams enter fray
MELBOURNE : Super Rugby has not been the same since COVID-19 tore it apart two years ago, but Australia and New Zealand will hope two new Pasifika teams will give the southern hemisphere competition a new lease of life this season.
Women's World Cup: India-Pakistan Match "A Great Opportunity To Inspire Millions Of Girls", Says Pakistan Captain Bismah Maroof
She is well aware of the pressure of playing against arch-rivals India in the Women's ODI World Cup opener against India next month but Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof hopes that the marquee match will inspire girls across the border to make a career in the sport. India are set to face Pakistan in their opener of the World Cup on March 6 at Tauranga, New Zealand. The quadrennial event will be held from March 4 to April 3 across six cities in New Zealand. “Pakistan vs India is indeed a great stage for any player to establish her credentials, but at the end of the day, it is a cricket match that has to be won by executing the basics right and keeping thing simple," Maroof, who is making a comeback after motherhood, told PTI Bhasha from Queenstown, New Zealand.
Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi back on top of ICC T20 rankings
Cape Town - Tabraiz Shamsi's disappointment of not being snapped up at last weekend's Indian Premier League auction has been softened with his return to the top of the ICC T20 bowling rankings on Wednesday.
Depleted Kiwis face tough task against SA
Having lost Ross Taylor through retirement and regular skipper Kane Williamson through injury, New Zealand will have their task cut out for them when they meet South Africa in the opening match of the two-Test series in Christchurch starting on Thursday.
Green wicket holds key to New Zealand-South Africa first Test
New Zealand are desperate for a first series win against South Africa and to prove they can still muster a winning combination despite missing 273 Tests-worth of experience with the absence of Ross Taylor (retired), Kane Williamson (injured) and Trent Boult (paternity leave). South Africa are thirsting to lift both their world ranking (fifth) and to boost their World Test Championship standing, with the chance to move up to second if they sweep the two-Test series.
Dean Elgar says the Proteas know New Zealand will be ’dangerous’ with or without key players
Cape Town - Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar believes the absence of key players in the New Zealand team makes no difference to the almighty challenge that lays ahead for his team in the first Test starting at Hagley Oval on Thursday.