File photo of Duanne Olivier© AFP Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday confirmed that pacer Duanne Olivier has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against England, beginning August 17. He has been ruled out due to a grade 2 right hip flexor muscle tear. Olivier had sustained the injury during the four-day tour
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New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has been ruled out of the ODI leg of the ongoing West Indies tour with a rib injury. Ben Sears has been named as his replacement. Henry first experienced pain in his left side during training last week, according to an NZC release, and his condition hadn’t improved since
Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor claims he was “slapped” by one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals franchise during the 2011 season of the IPL. Taylor made the revelation in his new autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black & White, and says the incident took place following a defeat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.
The shoulder injury is the latest setback for Washington in his quest for an India comeback. In February, he had missed India’s T20Is at home against West Indies and Sri Lanka because of a hamstring injury. During his IPL stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier this year, he had hurt his webbing twice and played just
Tymal Mills will miss the rest of the Hundred through injury but remains hopeful that he could squeeze his way into England’s T20 World Cup squad. Mills’ impressive form for Sussex and Southern Brave last year earned him a starting berth for England in the UAE but he suffered a thigh injury against Sri Lanka
Shakib Al Hasan is back in charge for Bangladesh in T20Is, being named captain for the upcoming Asia Cup, New Zealand tri-series and the T20 World Cup. The BCB made the announcement this afternoon, bringing to an end the uncertainty of the past couple of weeks, when Shakib was told by the board to choose
While Laxman and Bahutule were part of the support staff group for the Ireland T20Is and the first T20I in England that followed, this will be Kanitkar’s maiden tour with the senior team in a coaching capacity. From the coaching staff that oversaw those T20Is, Kanitkar replaces Sitanshu Kotak, the former Saurashtra captain, who is
Yorkshire’s Adam Lyth has been suspended from bowling in ECB competitions following an independent assessment of his bowling action conducted at Loughborough University. The bowling action of Lyth, who is currently playing for Northern Superchargers in the Hundred, was reported by umpires David Millns and Neil Mallender, who were standing in the Vitality Blast semi-final
Virat Kohli‘s lean patch with the bat has become a hot topic of debate of late. The star India batter has not registered a century since November 2019 and in recent months, he has struggled to play impactful knocks. Now former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed has talked about what differentiates Kohli from the likes of
New Zealand 215 for 5 (Phillips 76, Mitchell 48, Conway 42, McCoy 3-40) beat West Indies 125 for 9 (Bracewell 3-15, Santner 3-15) by 90 runs Glenn Phillips struck a half century from 31 balls to propel New Zealand to a 90-run win over the West Indies in the second T20I in Jamaica, clinching the
Charlotte Edwards has said she will need some “thinking time over the next few weeks” to weigh up whether she should apply for the vacancy of England women’s head coach. Edwards, who captained England from 2006 to 2016, has developed her reputation as a coach since her professional retirement in 2017 and is widely considered
Topley, the 6’7″ left-arm fast bowler from England, has also been around a while. Injuries had kept him down but last month, on the third anniversary of his country winning the 50-over World Cup, he produced a show of such skill that he broke the record for the best bowling figures for England in ODIs,
The PCB is set to launch an Under-19 women’s T20 tournament, which will be contested by six regional associations starting on August 13. Lahore Country Club, Muridke, will be the venue for the 10-day round-robin tournament, which offers a platform to 84 players in all, with 15 reserve players on standby. The PCB hopes to
Former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will lead India Maharajas in an exhibition match against a World Giants team, which will be led by former England captain Eoin Morgan, on September 16. The game, set to be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, is part of Legends League Cricket (LLC), a private
England Lions 672 (Duckett 145, Brook 140, Billings 92, Markram 6-91) beat South Africans 433 (Zondo 86, van der Dussen 75, Verreynne 62, Jansen 54, Overton 5-74) and 183 (Markram 88*, Conners 4-25, Robinson 3-29) by an innings and 56 runs Not so long ago, there were doubts over Aiden Markram‘s place in the South
In a continuing sign of T20 franchise owners gravitating towards players they already know and trust, Paarl Royals snapped up the South African duo of David Miller and uncapped allrounder Corbin Bosch, England’s new white-ball captain Jos Buttler and West Indies fast bowler Obed McCoy. All four have worked for these owners before – in
With two more high-profile T20 leagues coming up, top West Indian players are set to be in great demand, and the situation has all the makings of a fresh scrap between the players and the team management, and, by extension, the cricket board. It might have begun already. “It hurts,” Simmons said. “There’s no other
The BCCI has earmarked a window in March 2023 for the inaugural women’s IPL, and the process to get the show on the road is underway. The BCCI has already tweaked its women’s domestic calendar to accommodate the women’s IPL. The women’s season that generally stretches from November to April has been advanced by a
Marchant de Lange, the South African fast bowler, has signed a three-year deal with Gloucestershire as a local player. De Lange, 31, played two Tests, four ODIs and six T20Is for South Africa between 2011 and 2016, but has been playing county cricket regularly over the last six years. He initially signed for Glamorgan as
Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult and Dwayne Bravo are some of the high-profile names to be signed by MI Emirates for the inaugural edition of UAE’s International League T20. The squad will be based in Abu Dhabi, and includes a mix of current and past MI players. The players will adorn MI’s iconic blue
Following his return to West Indies’ T20I squad last month, Shimron Hetmyer is back in their ODI squad too. The middle-order batter has been named in a 14-man squad for the three-match ODI leg of the ongoing home series against New Zealand. Hetmyer returned to West Indies colours for the first time since November 2021
After several days of impasse, a group of Pakistan’s leading players including captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan agreed to sign the PCB’s central contracts – though only after successfully negotiating changes in several clauses. The group signed the contracts nearly a week after receiving them and just before flying out for the
Mel Jones will step down from Cricket Australia’s board in October to focus on her media and other work commitments. Jones has served as one of nine board directors since December 2019 but also works as a cricket commentator in Australia and abroad, primarily with Sky Sports in England. She is also an advocate for
Regis Chakabva, Zimbabwe’s wicketkeeper-batter, will continue to lead the side against India in the upcoming ODI series, with regular captain Craig Ervine still nursing a left hamstring injury. Zimbabwe, who announced their 17-member squad against India on Thursday, will also be without left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza, who is sidelined due to a shoulder tendon injury.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has said the team is looking to manage Shaheen Shah Afridi‘s “long-term workload and health” as he recovers from a knee injury, with the aim of getting him ready in time for the Asia Cup. “We’re taking a couple of doctors on the way to take care of Shaheen,” Babar said
Ross Taylor has opened up about how he and other players have faced racism in New Zealand cricket. In his new autobiography Ross Taylor Black & White following his retirement from international cricket earlier this year Taylor, who has Samoan heritage on his mother’s side, wrote the game in New Zealand was “a pretty white
KL Rahul has been drafted in as the 16th member of India’s squad that will tour Zimbabwe for three ODIs between August 18 and 22. Rahul will also captain the squad, with Shikhar Dhawan, who was earlier set to lead, now named his deputy. Rahul’s inclusion follows a clearance from BCCI’s medical team that has
South Africans 433 and 59 for 3 (Markram 20*, van der Dussen 8*) trail England Lions 672 (Duckett 145, Brook 140, Billings 92, Markram 6-91) by 180 runs Harry Brook extended his run as the most in-form batter outside of England’s regular Test XI with an aggressive century against the South Africans to put the
Shakib Al Hasan has withdrawn from his sponsorship deal with a company called Betwinner News, according to BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. The news comes shortly after Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, had stated that Shakib would never play for Bangladesh again if he did not end his “affiliation with a betting company”. Yunus
Zimbabwe not only winning the T20I and ODI series against Bangladesh but also achieving that while trying out new players was very encouraging for senior batter Sikandar Raza. “From a team perspective, the biggest positive is the amount of youngsters who played in this series,” Raza said. “Some of our big names were missing. We
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