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Third Test delayed due to rain

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3 years ago

2022/09/9

Rex Clementine at The Oval

London rain kept players indoors as the third Test between South Africa and England didn’t begin even after the lunch interval here at The Oval yesterday. A historic ground for a variety of reasons, The Oval was the venue for England’s first ever Test match at home in 1880. Sri Lankans also have special memories at The Oval as it was here, 24 years ago; they won their maiden Test match in England.

The toss was delayed by half an hour due to wet ground conditions and England opted to field first after Ben Stokes called it right. That was all the show a full house witnessed when this edition went to print and much play is not expected on day one.

South Africa did four changes to the side that lost the second Test in Manchester. Rassie van der Dussen and Lungi Ngidi were injured while Aiden Markram and Simon Harmer were dropped. Ryan Rickelton, Khaya Zondo and Wiaan Mulder were making their comebacks while Marco Jansen was recalled after being surprisingly overlooked for the last Test.

England were forced to make one change with Johnny Bairstow injured and fellow Yorkshireman Harry Brook made his Test debut.The series is leveled at 1-1 with the Proteas winning the first game at Lord’s and England squaring the series in Manchester.

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T20 World Cup 2026: ICC replace Bangladesh with Scotland

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46 mins ago

2026/01/24

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It's official: Scotland will replace Bangladesh in the 2026 T20 World Cup (Cricbuzz)

It is now official: Scotland have replaced Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup 2026 starting in India and Sri Lanka on February 7. It was always inevitable, after the International Cricket Council (ICC) gave the Bangladesh Cricket Boarda 24 hour deadline a couple of days back and on Saturday (January 24) it finally cracked the whip.

It was only a matter of time before Bangladesh was replaced by the Associate country from the northwestern European country in the British isles and the final call was taken on Saturday morning when it is learnt that the ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta formally wrote to the ICC Board that the demands of Bangladesh were not in order with the ICC policy.

In the letter, marked to all the members of the Board, Gupta is believed to have mentioned that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was not complying with the ICC Board’s decision and that there was no other way than to invite another country, Scotland in this case, in place of Bangladesh for the marquee event. The copy, naturally, has been marked to Aminul Islam, the BCB president, who is a member of the ICC Board.

Simultaneously, Gupta is understood to have also written to Cricket Scotland sending them the formal invite to take part in the championship to be played in India and Sri Lanka. Cricbuzz reached out to Cricket Scotland CEO Trudy Lindblade. There was no immediate response from her at the time of writing this report but this website understands that hotlines between Dubai and Edinburgh started opening on Saturday morning.

Scotland have been handed a berth in the World Cup based on their performances in the previous ICC events apart from their current ranking, which is No 14. In the previous edition of the World Cup in 2024, they had finished third in Group B, same points as England, but lost out on NRR. In 2022, they had beaten West Indies in the group stage, but finished third and thus failed to qualify for Super 12. In 2021, they had beaten, incidentally the team they are now replacing – Bangladesh – in the group stage and topped their group. However, they went winless in the Super 12 round.

The swap means Scotland will now be placed in Group C in the preliminary stage of the competition and will play against West Indies (February 7), Italy (February 9) and England (February 14) in Kolkata, before travelling west to take on Nepal in Mumbai on February 17.

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Sri Lanka bat first in second ODI

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2 hours ago

2026/01/24

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Sri Lanka elected to bat first in the second ODI against England at the R Premadasa International Stadium

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando

England: Rehan Ahmed, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, 4Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid

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Tanzid Hasan’s ton, Binura Fernando’s four-for power Rajshahi Warriors to BPL title

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6 hours ago

2026/01/24

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Tanzid Hasan celebrates his century [Cricinfo]

Tanzid Hasan’s century propelled Rajshahi Warriors to their first BPL trophy, after they beat Chattogram Royals by 63 runs in the final.

Tanzid became the third batter after Tamim Iqbal and Chris Gayle to score a century in the BPL final, helping Rajshahi to a competitive 174 for 4 after batting first.

Chattogram, the underdog side of the tournament which came good despite not having a proper team owner, were bowled out for 111 runs in 17.5 overs. Sri Lanka fast bowler Binura Fernando took four wickets, and left-arm spinner Hasan Murad took three wickets.

It was Rajshahi’s batting that set the tone for the win. They got an early boost when openers Tanzid and Sahibzada Farhan added 83 runs for the first wicket in 10.2 overs. Farhan made a run-a-ball 30 with two fours and a six, but it was Tanzid who held Rajshahi’s innings together. He added 47 runs with Kane Williamson, before reaching his third T20 century, off 61 balls. Tanzid struck seven sixes and six fours, before falling for 100 in the penultimate over.

Shoriful Islam took his BPL tally to 26 wickets for the season with two wickets, while Mukidul Islam was Chattogram’s best bowler on the day, taking 2 for 20 from his four overs.

Fernando gave Rajshahi another good start with the ball, removing Mohammad Naim and Mahmudul Hasan Joy in the third over. He returned to remove Asif Ali and Shoriful Islam to finish with excellent figures of 4 for 9.

Murad then struck, first with the big wicket of Hassan Nawaz, followed by wickets of Chattogram captain Mahedi Hasan and Mirza Baig. Chattogram’s chase never really took off, as the rest of the Rajshahi bowlers took control after Murad’s four overs.

Brief scores:
Rajshahi Warriors 174 for 4 in 20 overs (Tanzid Hasan 100, Sahibzada Farhan 30, Kane Williamson 24, Najmul Hossain Shanto 11; Shoriful Islam 2-33, Mukidul Islam 2-20) beat Chattogram Royals 111 in 17.5 overs (Mirza Baig 39, Hasan Nawaz 11, Zahiduzzaman 11, Asif Ali 21; Binura Fernando 4-90, James Neesham 2-24, Abdul Gaffar Saqlain 1-24, Hasan Murad 3-15) by 63 runs

[Cricinfo]