Kane Williamson has not given up on playing a part in New Zealand's 50 overs World Cup campaign but said he was taking his recovery from a right knee injury on a week-to-week basis.

Head's team are 1-0 up in the five-match contest after a thrilling two-wicket win in the series opener at Edgbaston although for some members of the England side, buoyed by their aggressive 'Bazball approach, it is as if the defeat has not registered

Bangladesh women’s team head coach, Hashan Tillakratne, believes patience is needed if the Tigresses are to find a foothold in international cricket.

The result also guaranteed Scotland and Oman will join Sri Lanka in progressing from Group B

Ishant Sharma stirs up a controversy during a recent interview where he stated that Zaheer Khan was a better bowler than James Anderson, hinting that the England legend probably would not have been that successful if he played in Indian conditions.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)’s National Lead Physiotherapist and Rehabilitation Manager Julian Calefato is leaving his permanent position with the BCB on compassionate grounds, the BCB said in a statement today.

West Indies head coach Darren Sammy has slammed the team's fielding effort during their shock loss to Zimbabwe in the ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers on Saturday, saying that they didn't deserve to win the match.

Australia won the opening Test at Edgbaston by two wickets after England skipper Ben Stokes had declared his team's first innings at 393 for eight.

Bangladesh's assistant coach Nick Pothas believes that Afghanistan will be more motivated to make a statement and come hard at the hosts in the white-ball series following their record 546-run defeat in the lone Test.

In the second and final part of an exclusive interview with The Daily Star's Mazhar Uddin, Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha talked about the thought process behind approaching any particular opponent, the Tigers' chances in the upcoming major events and the change in mentality of the team as a unit among other topics. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

Beaumont broke Betty Snowball’s over 88-year-old record for England’s highest score in women’s cricket in the Women’s Ashes game on Saturday.

The Netherlands progressed to the Super Sixes with a seven wickets victory which knocked Nepal out of the World Cup qualifying tournament in Harare on Saturday.

Shane Warne’s telling prediction about the then 13-year-old Rehan Ahmed resurfaced after the prodigious leg-spinner was added to England’s squad for the second Test against Australia at Lord's next week as cover for Moeen Ali who was nursing a finger injury in the first match.

Tammy Beaumont hit an unbeaten 100 as England reached 218-2 at close of the second day's play to leave the one-off women's Test against Australia delicately poised at Trent Bridge on Friday.

Bangladesh assistant coach Nic Pothas mentioned that Soumya Sarkar is currently under the team management’s observation as the left-handed batter is trying to make a return to the national squad.

Chandika Hathurusingha looks calmer and more composed and appears to have been doing his homework since starting his second stint as Bangladesh's head coach. The Sri Lankan has come with the purpose of transforming Bangladesh cricket with short and long-term planning. The 54-year-old spoke with The Daily Star's Mazhar Uddin about his plans in restructuring the grassroots level, strengthening the pipeline and a few other topics in the first of a two-part interview. The excerpts are below:

England spinner Rehan Ahmed has been added to the Ashes squad for the second test against Australia at Lord's next week as cover for Moeen Ali who was nursing a finger injury in the first match, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Friday.

Sri Lanka brushed off Oman in their Group B encounter at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo by registering a thumping 10-wicket victory. The result meant that they climbed to the summit of Group B and put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the Super Six stage of the tournament. 

Pujara, a veteran of over 100 Tests, was dropped following a poor run of form after the 35-year-old scored only 211 runs in his last six matches with one half-century to his name.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan was of the view that "politics should not be mixed with sports".