Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in the final of the women’s T20I tri-series in East London. The visitors brought in spin-bowling allrounder Sneh Rana in place of pacer Shikha Pandey. South Africa made two changes by playing Lara Goodall
Month: February 2023
New Zealand chief selector Gavin Larsen is hopeful fast bowler Trent Boult will spearhead the country’s bowling attack at the ODI World Cup in India later this year. Last year, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) agreed to release Boult from his central contract as he wanted to make himself available for T20 leagues around the world.
Andrew Strauss believes that the proliferation of T20 franchise tournaments could be a sign of the “democratisation” of world cricket, arguing that “no one, not even the BCCI, controls the game anymore”. Strauss, England’s former Ashes-winning captain who oversaw the ECB’s High Performance Review last year, warned his audience at the annual MCC Cowdrey Lecture
Rehan Ahmed is set to make his England white-ball debut in Bangladesh next month. Rehan, the 18-year-old legspinner who took seven wickets on Test debut in Karachi in December – including a second-innings five-for – has been named in the ODI and T20I squads for the tour, England’s first to Bangladesh since 2016. Saqib Mahmood
Hardik Pandya believes that he has evolved so much as a T20 cricketer that he can absorb pressure and play any role for his team. About six years ago, he came to a press conference and said: “I could hit a six anytime I wanted to“. Hardik is now “okay” to step back, take the
Surrey and England allrounder Tom Curran has taken the decision to step away from red-ball cricket, citing his physical and mental health along with a desire to focus on limited-overs cricket. Curran, 27, has played 61 first-class matches, including two Test caps picked up during the 2017-18 Ashes series. However his appearances in the longer
Plenty of Dettol used during a summer like no other as some of the Australian Men’s Cricket Team players share an insight into what it was like playing in the ‘bubble’ during the 2020-21 international season
Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and features getting you closer to the England teams and county players. Subscribe for more: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ecbcricket Featuring video from the England cricket teams,
3rd ODI: England defeated South Africa by 59 runs© AFP SA vs ENG, 3rd ODI Highlights: Centuries from Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan, followed by a six-wicket haul from Jofra Archer, guided England to a 59-run victory over South Africa in the third and final ODI match of the three-match series. Put to bat first,
India batter Ajinkya Rahane is set to join Leicestershire for the English summer and will play eight County Championship matches and is available for the entirety of the One-Day Cup 50-over competition. He joins Leicestershire’s overseas signings list for 2023, which has South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder, who has rejoined for all three formats, and
Vishmi Gunaratne, fresh from captaining Sri Lanka in the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup, will now link up with the senior side, as Sri Lanka announced their 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup. Gunaratne’s inclusion is one of three changes to the squad that emerged runners-up in the Women’s Asia Cup last October, with
Cricket South Africa (CSA) expects allrounder Marizanne Kapp to join up with South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad in Cape Town on Friday after being given what coach Hilton Moreeng called “compassionate leave” for the T20I tri-series final against India this week. Kapp, who had meetings with CSA on Thursday, requested time off after her
Former Pakistan captain and coach Misbah-ul-Haq sees the likely rehiring of Mickey Arthur by the PCB as “a slap on Pakistan cricket”. Arthur is likely to come on board as the Pakistan men’s team director. Misbah blamed former Pakistan players for damaging the credibility of the system and forcing the PCB, led at the moment
India 234 for 4 (Gill 126*, Tripathi 44, Pandya 30) beat New Zealand 66 (Mitchell 35, Pandya 4-16, Malik 2-9, Mavi 2-12, Arshdeep 2-16) by 168 runs This is the year of Shubman Gill. We are just living in it. To add to this three ODI centuries in the first month of the year, he
Sri Lanka A 136 and 228 for 1 (Fernando 114, Madushka 91*) trail England Lions 467 (Haines 118, Fisher 53, de Silva 3-59) by 1o3 runs Tom Haines‘ century on debut has put England Lions in a commanding position on day two of the second unofficial Test in Galle. The Sussex opener scored 118 from
ESPNcricinfo has learned that Iyer, who returned to Bengaluru on Wednesday to get fitness clearance from the National Cricket Academy (NCA), was told he needs to spend more time in rehab to recover from the back injury that had ruled him out of the recent ODIs against New Zealand. After playing the two-Test series in
Toss South Africa chose to bowl first vs England South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to field against England in the third and final ODI between the sides in Kimberley. While the hosts are looking to seal the series 3-0 and further bolster their hopes of qualifying directly for this year’s
A number of the squad members, although not Khawaja and other batters involved in the BBL, underwent a two-day camp in Sydney last week. Australia will not have a tour match before the series, preferring to prepare at home in conditions they could control, and then the centre-wicket time in Bengaluru where they have been
If he gets his clearance, Iyer is a frontrunner for a middle-order slot against Australia, as an incumbent who averaged 101.00 in India’s last series, the two-Test tour of Bangladesh in December. Other contenders include Suryakumar Yadav, who is yet to make his Test debut, and possibly Shubman Gill in case India open with Rohit
Get to know more about Aussie batting superstar Steve Smith as he chats about where he grew up, his family and their influence, how he got into cricket and his rise to become one of the game’s greatest players
Some epic deliveries from Jimmy Anderson, Issy Wong, Stuart Broad and more! Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and features getting you closer to the England teams and county
Gerhard Erasmus in action at the ILT20.© NDTV In the inaugural edition of the DP World ILT20, Adani Sportsline-owned Gulf Giants have impressed all. With some of the best numbers to back them up, playing for the Giants is a daunting task, and Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus has been among the stars of the campaign