Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and chose to bat first, on what he felt was a decent batting surface in Pallekele. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said he would have batted first as well. The ball’s tendency to zip around under lights in Pallekele may have influenced Hashmatullah’s decision as well. Seam-bowling allrounder
Month: November 2022
West Indies 235 (Chanderpaul 119) and 35 for 0 need 274 more runs to beat Prime Minister’s XI 322 and 221 for 4 (Renshaw 101*t, Handscomb 75) Matt Renshaw sent another strong message to Australian cricket selectors with an unbeaten hundred on day three of the pink-ball tour game against West Indies at Manuka Oval.
Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs India New Zealand captain Kane Williamson opted to bowl in the first ODI in Auckland. On a drop-in pitch with unique, short boundaries, the hosts went in with four seamers in Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne. It was a slightly different balance for New
The promotion of Rehan Ahmed to the Test squad might have seemed a bit last-minute. But a day after Ahmed was informed by head coach Brendon McCullum of his selection for the tour of Pakistan, men’s director of cricket Rob Key revealed that that had been the plan all along. A 15-man Test squad was
Just a day out from the first ODI, Sri Lanka have finally announced a 15-man squad for their three-match home series against Afghanistan. Four inclusions have been made to the squad that squared off against Australia earlier this year, with Dhananjaya Lakshan, Kasun Rajitha, Ashen Bandara and Lahiru Kumara earning recalls. This means there’s no
Hasan Ali has signed for Warwickshire for the first four months of the 2023 county season. His contract covers the duration of the T20 Blast, including the knockout stages, and Warwickshire’s County Championship fixtures until the end of July. Hasan played five games for Lancashire in the early stages of the 2022 County Championship and
Yasir Ali has also found a place in the squad, in a like-for-like swap with the middle-order batter Mosaddek Hossain, while left-arm spinner Taijul Islam makes way for Shakib’s return. In the fast-bowling department, meanwhile, Shoriful Islam has been left out, with the pacy Ebadot Hossain – who replaced Shoriful and made his debut in
File image of Shakib Al Hasan© AFP Shakib Al Hasan will return to the one-day fold for Bangladesh in the 16-man squad announced Thursday for next month’s visit by India. Shakib took a break from Bangladesh’s last two ODI series against West Indies and Zimbabwe but led the national side for the Twenty20 World Cup
West Indies 234 for 7 (Chanderpaul 119, Murphy 3-27, Paris 3-31) trail Prime Minister’s XI 322 (Renshaw 81, Harris 73, Joseph 4-65, Chase 2-72) by 88 runs Son of a gun Tagenarine Chanderpaul has boosted his chances of a Test debut against Australia by producing a hard-fought century against the Prime Minister’s XI. Chanderpaul, the
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has admitted that the team will miss Martin Guptill, who has chosen not to take up a central contract and has subsequently been released by NZC. The 36-year old opener has joined a growing group of New Zealand players looking to explore career opportunities outside the country. The proliferation of
Sri Lanka Cricket has invited Alex Marshall, the head of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit, to investigate allegations of match-fixing made in Sri Lanka’s parliament. The allegation relates to the first Test of Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka in July, when Pakistan chased down a target of 342 in the fourth innings, to go 1-0 up
Big picture It’s that time in the cycle of endless cricket when the 50-over format springs back to life. The T20 World Cup is over, and with the next ODI World Cup less than 12 months away, the three-match series between New Zealand and India commencing on Friday in Auckland will be the start of
Shahbaz has been in prolific form in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, picking up 11 wickets in six matches at an economy of 4.87 across 51.2 overs. He has also contributed two half-centuries lower down the order with the bat. Sen, meanwhile, is the highest wicket-taker in the competition until the group stages, having picked
Brisbane Heat 179 for 7 (Wyatt 52, L Harris 44, Smith 3-21) beat Hobart Hurricanes 135 for 8 (Lee 47, Villani 25, Jonassen 4-23) by 44 runs Danni Wyatt and Laura Harris starred with explosive batting as Brisbane Heat ended Hobart Hurricanes’ revival of a season to kick-start the WBBL finals. In the Eliminator, a
Rehan Ahmed, the 18-year-old legspinning allrounder from Leicestershire, has officially been added to England’s Test squad for the tour of Pakistan. Ahmed, who has just three first-class appearances to his name, was originally due to travel to Pakistan as a net bowler, with the ECB taking a view in October that the experience would benefit
Chamika Karunaratne has been handed a one-year suspended ban by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a disciplinary inquiry of the board found him guilty of breaching the player agreement – the exact nature of the violation has not been made public – during the recent men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Karunaratne, the 26-year-old allrounder,
‘The approach has to change in the T20 format’At the recent T20 World Cup, where India exited in the semi-finals after a ten-wicket loss to England, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, the openers, scored 116 and 128 runs respectively, scoring at strikes rates of 106.42 and 120.75. Virat Kohli, at No. 3, was much more
After becoming the first Indian to play in the BBL, India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand is set to add another chapter to his journeyman career when he lines up for Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) early next year. Chand, now 29, was picked up at the draft in Dhaka on
Suryakumar Yadav has been wowing everyone – colleagues, experts, fans – with his incredible 360-degree hitting in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell is the latest to talk about being awestruck by Suryakumar’s batting, saying, “No-one we’ve got is close to that; no-one anyone else has got is close to that”. Not averse to playing a few
File photo of England pacer Jofra Archer© AFP MI Cape Town on Wednesday announced England pacer Jofra Archer as their wildcard signing for the inaugural edition of the SA20 league, starting in January next year. Archer has not played international cricket since March 2021 due to a long-standing elbow issue, which was followed by a
Stumps Prime Minister’s XI 297 for 9 (Renshaw 81, Harris 73, Joseph 3-52, Chase 2-72) vs West Indies West Indies finally have some hope ahead of their Frank Worrell Trophy series against Australia, fighting back from an early hole to take the challenge up to the Prime Minister’s XI. They were staring down the barrel
Martin Guptill has become the latest New Zealand player to be released from their central contract after he recently lost his place in both white-ball teams. Guptill was part of the T20 World Cup squad in Australia but did not play during the tournament with Finn Allen preferred at the top of the order and
Ben Stokes will sit out day one of England’s Test three-day warm-up match against England Lions ahead of their tour to Pakistan, with Ollie Pope set to lead in his absence. Stokes is understood to be managing his body, particularly a troublesome left knee, after getting through nine T20Is in the space of a month,
Australia’s bowlers also gained in rankings following the series. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who finished with five wickets in two matches, including a 4 for 47 in the second ODI, went up four places to No. 4, while legspinner Adam Zampa, who picked 11 wickets in three games, moved eight places up to seventh.
England have lost their top spot in the ICC ODI rankings to New Zealand after losing 3-0 to Australia in the series that ended on Tuesday. As a result, New Zealand, who had lost pole position to England in September this year, have regained their place atop the rankings chart. Australia, meanwhile, moved past Pakistan
Ross Taylor is set to return to the Ford Trophy on Thursday for Central Districts’ first one-day match of the season. Taylor had retired from international cricket earlier this year but is still available for domestic games and is among the 13 names for Central Districts’ opening game against Otago. This will be Taylor’s 20th
Luke Wright, the former England and Sussex allrounder, has been named as the new England Men’s selector. The role, which covers many of the duties previously carried out by the former national selector, Ed Smith, will see Wright sharing responsibility for the selection of England’s red- and white-ball teams, alongside the coaches and captains of
The PCB and the UK high commissioner to Pakistan met with Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, in Lahore on Tuesday in a meeting that is believed to have given the Pakistan board assurances that a planned political rally will not disrupt the Rawalpindi Test between Pakistan and England. The venue of the series
The ghost of Justin Langer‘s coaching career is set to loom over the Test summer with the former mentor hitting out at delayed feedback from senior players, leaks, and Cricket Australia’s board. Just a week out from Australia’s first Test against West Indies, Langer claimed those who campaigned against him were cowards and insisted the
Luke Wright‘s appointment as an England selector on Tuesday coincided with his retirement from professional cricket, bringing a decorated, 20-year career to a close. He leaves the game with over 20,000 runs and more than 300 wickets; the record for the most runs in the T20 Blast; and a host of trophies to his name
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