News The left-arm spinner, who played for South Africa at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, took 10 for 36 in a Division 2 match of the 4-Day Franchise Series He enjoyed a superb match overall, picking up 5 for 64 in the Easterns’ first innings and also contributing 66 and 45 as South Western Districts
Month: November 2021
News The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of identifying and appointing a new Test captain will be accelerated Tim Paine has quit as Test captain after being investigated by Cricket Australia for allegedly sending explicit messages to a female co-worker. The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of
Preview While this series may have been shoe-horned into an already packed calendar, it means a great deal to new players coming through Big picture India vs New Zealand stands shoe-horned into a schedule that seems to bend the time-space continuum. Honestly, if the people who make these calendars are left to fiddle with the
Report Fifties from Rohan Kadam and Manish Pandey ensured Karnataka had enough to defend despite an outstanding final over from the seamer Karnataka 176 for 7 (Kadam 87, Pandey 54, Nalkande 4-28, Lalit 2-36) beat Vidarbha 172 for 6 (Taide 32, Satish 31, Cariappa 2-27) by four runs Darshan Nalkande took four wickets in four
News Seamer tore knee cartilage in training on the Gold Coast, will also maiden BBL stint at Perth Scorchers Brydon Carse has been ruled out of England Lions’ tour of Australia after suffering a serious knee injury at training. Carse, the 26-year-old Durham seam bowler, tore the cartilage in his right knee during a practice
Big picture Chris Gayle made a triple-hundred in Galle, Brian Lara hit 351 runs in one match in Colombo, and 688 in that three-match series, but this has to be one of cricket’s more surprising facts: West Indies have never won a Test in Sri Lanka. Partly this is down to their not having played
The class of Sydney Thunder Indian import Smriti Mandhana was on full display in Mackay as she equalled Ashleigh Gardner’s record of 114 for the highest individual WBBL score
News CA chief executive Hockley says he was aware of the case but found out details only last week The current Cricket Australia board would not have endorsed Tim Paine as Test captain if the information around his explicit text messages to a female colleague in 2018 had been available, the chairman of the body
Report Mahmudullah said that the start with the bat will be important for his side, although he felt they were playing at a better pitch today Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah once again chose to bat first after winning the toss against Pakistan, in the second T20I in Dhaka. The
Harshal Patel doesn’t think he’s very talented. His study of his bowling action has led him to conclude it’s biomechanically imperfect: he has “massive lateral flex at the point of delivery” which means the height from which he bowls – and consequently the bounce he could get – is reduced. The action is a greater
News Nottinghamshire expand investigation after photos emerge of Hales at fancy dress party in 2009 Alex Hales has apologised and will be subject to an investigation by Nottinghamshire after the publication of photos of him in blackface. Hales said that posing as the rapper Tupac Shakur at a fancy dress party in 2009 was “incredibly
News National selector George Bailey has said he has a firm idea over who will bat No. 5 in the Ashes Travis Head believes he is a better batter than when he last played for Australia ahead of next week’s crucial duel with Usman Khawaja. Selectors now have two big calls to make ahead of
India 155 for 3 (Rahul 65, Rohit 55, Southee 3-16) beat New Zealand 153 for 6 (Phillips 34, Mitchell 31, Harshal 2-25, Ashwin 1-19) by seven wickets A 117-run stand between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma topped off a superb team effort with the ball in dewy conditions as India wrapped up victory in the
News Embattled chief executive ‘receives backing of game’ after tumultuous week for the sport Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says he has “received the backing of the game” to carry English cricket through its ongoing racism scandal, following an all-day meeting of the sport’s stakeholders at the Kia Oval. Harrison, who had been braced
India captain Rohit Sharma on Friday lauded the application of his players under pressure situations and attributed the T20 series win over New Zealand to “team effort”. India on Friday defeated New Zealand by seven wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The series-win came just after their Super 12 exit
News Thirimanne opts out; Mathews, Chandimal part of 22-member squad that has four uncapped players Lahiru Thirimanne has made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka’s upcoming two-Test series against West Indies starting on Sunday in Galle. Minod Bhanuka and Chamika Karunaratne, both one-Test old, also made the cut. Bhanuka, the top-order batter, makes a return after
News The early days to becoming Australia’s accidental Test captain and, now, stepping down after emergence of details of an old off-field scandal Tim Paine‘s tenure as Australia’s Test captain came to a sudden end on Friday when he resigned from the position following the emergence of details of explicit messages he sent a co-worker
News Full text of de Villiers’ retirement video Before he announced his retirement from cricket on Friday, AB de Villiers issued a short speech, which was put out by Royal Challengers Bangalore, the IPL franchise he joined in 2011. Seemingly emotional, de Villiers declared he is now “half Indian and half South African” thanks to
News Batter’s comments about being dropped from the T20I squad have come under the scanner On the sidelines of the series opener against Pakistan, BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury, disciplinary committee chairman Sheikh Sohel and media committee chairman Jalal Younis met with Mushfiqur and handed him a letter which they
Report Shaheen Afridi sits out, Pakistan field Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Haider Ali and Mohammad Nawaz Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in the first international fixture for them, as well as their opponents Pakistan, since the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh named
Report Milne, Sodhi and Neesham return as visitors face a must-win game Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand If his first two matches as full-time T20I captain are anything to go by, Rohit Sharma will significantly improve on his predecessor Virat Kohli’s record in one respect: winning tosses. India, who are 1-0 up
News English duo sign up for maiden BBL campaigns Evans, the Surrey batter, has not been capped but built up an impressive record on the T20 circuit in recent years, featuring in leagues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean. Durham seamer Carse made his England debut during the ODI series against Pakistan
News He has stepped down as Australia’s Test captain with immediate effect Australian cricket was sent into crisis on Friday when Tim Paine quit as captain following the emergence of explicit messages sent to a female colleague in 2017. Here is his statement in full “Today I am announcing my decision to stand down as
News “Now, at the age of 37, that flame no longer burns so brightly” AB de Villiers has announced his decision to retire from all cricket. This will end his association with all franchise T20 leagues, including Royal Challengers Bangalore, with whom he continued to play in the IPL following his international retirement in 2018.
News Victoria allrounder Will Sutherland ‘returned a test result which requires further analysis’ The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria at the SCG has been postponed after allrounder Will Sutherland tested positive for Covid-19. Confirmation arrived less than an hour before the toss was due to take place with the Victoria team
News The three-year broadcast deal with state television broadcaster PTV was signed in 2020 A landmark cricket broadcast deal that was expected to fetch in excess of USD 200 million for the Pakistan Cricket Board is understood to be cancelled. The PCB has opened a new tender inviting bids for new media rights for home
Preview New Zealand need their bench strength to come to the fore in a more prominent way in the second T20I Big picture It was only last Sunday that New Zealand lost to Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup but so jam-packed is the international calendar at the moment that only five
Matt Prior, the former England wicketkeeper, believes that Joe Root’s Ashes squad has the right calibre of fast bowlers to match the methods that delivered their last victory in an overseas Ashes campaign in 2010-11 – but only if their batters can compile enough runs to keep England competitive across the five-Test series. Prior made
Young New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra on Thursday said he was clueless if his name had any link with Rahul Dravid but he hoped to pick the brains of the India chief coach during the course of the ongoing T20I series. Rachin, who celebrated his 22nd birthday on Thursday, was asked during a virtual media
News Wicketkeeper revealed he suffered the injury at training the day before and didn’t want to know the result of his scan Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has revealed he played the T20 World Cup final with a grade two tear in his side after suffering the injury at training the day before the game. Wade
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