Sep 12, 2026
Rahul Chopra finished on 100 not out, and Nepal are going to the Asia Cup anyway
Nepal beat the UAE by 44 runs in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup final in Kuala Lumpur to take the last place at the 2027 ODI Asia Cup in Bangladesh.
ODI Cricket
51 articles tagged with "ODI Cricket"
Sep 10, 2026
Jordan Hermann made 150 on ODI debut, and the record he equalled was set by another South African
Nobody has ever scored more in a first one-day international. Hermann needed 61 balls for his first fifty and 32 each for the next two, and Namibia we...
Sep 9, 2026
Ponting says 50-over cricket is the obvious thing to lose, and that is only true at the top of the game
Ricky Ponting thinks the ODI is what gets squeezed as T20 franchise cricket keeps expanding, and he is not happy about it. He is right about the four...
Aug 22, 2026
Kate Cross is retiring at 34, eight months after England decided she was not part of the plan
The Lancashire seamer will stop at the end of the 2026 season with 102 England caps, 140 international wickets, and a five-for against India at Taunto...
Aug 19, 2026
Italy bowl Tanzania out with spin, and in December they will play their first official ODIs
An eight-wicket win in Dar es Salaam put Italy top of Challenge League B. The reward is a place at the World Cup Qualifier Play-off, where every match...
Aug 18, 2026
Kohli’s first innings for India was 12 in Dambulla, and it is 18 years old today
On 18 August 2008 a 19-year-old opened India’s batting at Dambulla, made 12, and finished on the wrong side of an eight-wicket defeat. Eighteen years...
Aug 18, 2026
Charlie Dean captains England again, and five familiar names sit out the Ireland ODIs
Nat Sciver-Brunt is still managing the calf problem that has run through her year, and England have picked a 15-player squad with two uncapped players...
Aug 16, 2026
Rahmat Shah’s unbeaten 143 turns 22 for 2 into Afghanistan’s biggest ODI chase
Rahmat Shah’s 143 not out was his highest score in the format, and it carried Afghanistan to a 4-0 series win over Ireland in Belfast.
Aug 16, 2026
Everyone agrees bilateral ODIs need meaning, and nobody has worked out who pays for it
Todd Greenberg says bilateral one-day cricket makes up a significant portion of Cricket Australia’s broadcast deals. That single sentence explains why...
Aug 13, 2026
Atal’s birthday 143 breaks a 16-year Afghanistan record, and Ireland’s series is gone
Sediqullah Atal turned 25 and made 143, Ibrahim Zadran made 107, and their 231-run stand is now Afghanistan’s biggest for the second wicket in ODIs. I...
Aug 12, 2026
Lamichhane has the Nepal captaincy back, and Paudel stays in the side
The Cricket Association of Nepal has made Sandeep Lamichhane its ODI captain again for the ACC Men’s Premier Cup, almost four years after suspending h...
Aug 11, 2026
Rashid’s unbeaten 37 gets Afghanistan home in Belfast, and into the 2027 World Cup
Three wickets in hand, 31 runs needed, and Ireland could not finish it off. Afghanistan’s win at Stormont also books their place at the 2027 World Cup...
Aug 10, 2026
Scotland and the Netherlands say the ICC stopped replying, and two teams will now be out of the World Cup after two games
Cricket Scotland and the KNCB have gone public over the 2027 World Cup revamp, saying two meetings with the ICC produced no written explanation and no...
Aug 8, 2026
Rashid Khan’s 6 for 34 gives Rahmat Shah a win in his first match as captain
Afghanistan’s new captain had to sit through a washout before he got a game in charge. He got a 92-run win, and six wickets from the best bowler he ha...
Jul 31, 2026
The ICC names 12 venues for the 2027 World Cup, and Namibia still has to qualify for it
The ICC unveiled the 12 host venues and a new brand for the 2027 ODI World Cup at a ceremony in Johannesburg on Thursday. Namibia will stage matches a...
Jul 25, 2026
Rahmat Shah’s first squad as captain: Afghanistan name 15 for the Ireland ODIs
Fazalhaq Farooqi and Yamin Ahmadzai return, Mujeeb Ur Rahman is injured and Mohammad Nabi is unavailable, as Afghanistan pick the squad for Rahmat Sha...
Jul 24, 2026
Scott Edwards’ unbeaten 61 steers Netherlands past Nepal in Utrecht
Scott Edwards anchored a measured chase with an unbeaten 61 as the Netherlands beat Nepal by six wickets in Utrecht, leaving the visitors still search...
Jul 23, 2026
Nepal look to bounce back against the Netherlands with World Cup qualifying points at stake
Nepal need a response against the host nation in Utrecht after their opening defeat to Namibia, in a World Cup League 2 series where every point count...
Jul 22, 2026
Hashmatullah Shahidi steps down as Afghanistan’s ODI captain
Hashmatullah Shahidi has stepped down as Afghanistan’s ODI captain after more than four years and 55 matches in charge, with the board set to name a s...
Jul 22, 2026
India’s fitness problem is bigger than one lost series in England
After India’s one-day series loss in England, Shubman Gill pointed not at the opposition but at a run of injuries that stopped him fielding his strong...
Jul 20, 2026
New Zealand survive Motie’s five-for to clinch the ODI series
A one-wicket win in Bridgetown handed New Zealand an unassailable 3-1 lead over West Indies, Mitchell Santner holding his nerve after Gudakesh Motie’s...
Jul 18, 2026
Rohit retirement talk shadows the Lord’s decider, but the BCCI pushes back
Reports that Sunday’s third ODI at Lord’s could be Rohit Sharma’s last one-day international have drawn a firm denial from the BCCI, leaving the quest...
Jul 18, 2026
Joe Root’s golden ODI run could not have come at a better time for England
At 35, Joe Root is in the best one-day form of his career. His unbeaten 99 at Cardiff was only the latest reminder before England and India settle the...
Jul 16, 2026
The runs still favour Kohli and Rohit, but the 2027 question won’t go away
Kohli and Rohit are ODI-only now, and every low score reopens the same debate. After two cheap dismissals at Edgbaston, here is where the 2027 World C...