Somerset have signed Jake Ball, the former England seamer, on a two-year contract after his release from Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2023 season. Ball, 32, departed Trent Bridge after a 15-year career in which he took more than 400 wickets for the county, as well as winning caps for England in all three
Month: October 2023
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan remains in contention for Bangladesh’s next World Cup match, against India on October 19, after he suffered a left quad injury in their last outing against New Zealand in Chennai. Team director Khaled Mahmud said that all signs point towards Shakib feeling well, but they will monitor him closely during
Stumps Western Australia 146 for 0 (Whiteman 67*, Bancroft 63*) trail Tasmania 439 (Silk 181, Webster 64, Wade 51, Rocchiccioli 3-144, Stobo 3-87) by 293 runs Cameron Bancroft continued his early dominance of the Sheffield Shield season as Western Australia made a strong start in response to Tasmania’s formidable first-innings 439 on a lifeless WACA
The much-hyped India vs Pakistan clash at the Cricket World Cup 2023 was pretty much an one-sided affair with the Rohit Sharma-led hosts coming out victorious in Ahmedabad on Saturday. India were the dominant side both with the bowling and batting as Babar Azam‘s Pakistan showed no gumption to fight. Batting first, Pakistan were all
Jos Buttler says that England must “let this defeat hurt” after their faltering World Cup campaign hit another shocking setback with a 69-run loss to Afghanistan in Delhi. The result was set in motion by Afghanistan’s opener, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who made 80 from 57 balls, before their senior spinner Rashid Khan sealed the win with
South Australia 293 (McSweeney 64, Tremain 4-57) and 57 for 3 lead New South Wales 183 (Gilkes 57, McAndrew 5-42) by 167 runs New South Wales-born quick Nathan McAndrew ripped the heart out of the Blues’ batting to hand South Australia a big lead in their Sheffield Shield clash in Adelaide. McAndrew claimed figures of
South Africa 155 for 5 (Brits 45, Luus 36*, Tahuhu 2-20, Penfold 2-27) beat New Zealand 144 for 8 (Kerr 61, Bates 45, de Klerk 3-24, Klaas 3-26) by 11 runs South Africa bounced back from the defeat in the fourth T20I with an 11-run win in the fifth and final game to square the
Afghanistan 284 (Gurbaz 80, Alikhil 58, Adil Rashid 3-42, Wood 2-50) beat England 215 (Brook 66, Malan 32, Rashid Khan 3-37, Mujeeb 3-51, Nabi 2-16) by 69 runs Afghanistan claimed the most famous scalp of their international history, and in the process provided the first big shock of the 2023 World Cup, by routing England’s
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: The Great Upset – Afghanistan bring World Cup to
Tasmania 281 for 6 (Silk 99*, Webster 64, Wade 51, Rocchiccioli 3-94) vs Western Australia Western Australia quick Lance Morris dismissed opener Caleb Jewell with his first ball of the Sheffield Shield season, but Tasmania recovered on day one at the WACA. After electing to bat in hot conditions, Tasmania were rocked by the dismissal
England vs Afghanistan, ODI World Cup 2023, Live: England aim for another win© AFP England vs Afghanistan, ODI World Cup 2023, Live Updates:Defending champions will be taking on Afghanistan in their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Sunday in New Delhi. The Jos Buttler-led side faced a seven-wicket defeat in the opening match against New
Big Picture Even in a tournament with nine group-stage matches which allows room for a slip up or two, you don’t want to be 0-3 early in the competition but that’s the situation which will confront one of these teams after they face off in Lucknow in what already shapes as a contest to retain
Big Picture Much like gap year students, England left Dharamsala having found themselves, arriving in the sprawling metropolis of Delhi on Wednesday with a self-regard more in step with their white-ball dominance over the last eight years. Their “crisis” lasted all of five days. A nine-wicket battering at the hands of New Zealand led to
Travis Head has returned to the nets for the first time since he suffered a fractured hand in South Africa and is hopeful of being able to fly out to join the World Cup squad in India on Thursday. Head had the cast removed late last week and is now facing throwdowns. Scans have shown
Sri Lanka’s team management confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Kusal Mendis will lead in Shanaka’s stead, as he has served as the team’s vice-captain for the past few months, and in fact led them in one of Sri Lanka’s warm-up matches, which Shanaka had missed. Team manager Mahinda Halangoda also said that despite Shanaka exiting the
“I think they’ve [India] got all bases covered and I’m looking forward to meeting them in the final again.” But he was frank in his assessment of where Pakistan fell short in Ahmedabad: timid with the bat, and possibly a little intimidated by the occasion that made them retreat “into their shells just a little
How many people were in the crowd on Saturday in Ahmedabad was not made public, but you wouldn’t have struggled to count the number of green shirts in the stands. That number possibly stood at three, all Pakistani-Americans from the United States. The crowd could’ve been anywhere between 115,000 to 125,000, so it was a
Joe Root has slipped back into the rhythms of ODI cricket during the last 10 days. A month ago, he finished a series against New Zealand with 39 runs in four innings but has started this tournament with scores of 77 and 82, becoming England’s leading World Cup run-scorer in the process. Root looked badly
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Bumrah and spin do the trick as India hand
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews was left frustrated after her side was on the wrong end of two tight TV umpire decisions in their eight-wicket loss to Australia, although she did not use it as an excuse for the result conceding that her team had been thoroughly outclassed in the ODI series. West Indies slumped
Kane Williamson has suffered an “undisplaced fracture” to his left thumb, New Zealand Cricket said on Saturday, a day after Williamson’s left hand was hit by a throw while he was completing a run in the game against Bangladesh in Chennai. An X-ray confirmed the injury, with NZC saying Williamson will remain with the squad
India 192 for 3 (Rohit 86, Shreyas 53*) beat Pakistan 191 (Babar 50, Rizwan 49, Bumrah 2-19, Kuldeep 2-35, Jadeja 2-38) by seven wickets The game that always promises and rarely delivers came and went once more, promising plenty at various stages, and ultimately delivering what a blue mass of humanity had come to see:
The quality of Bangladesh’s batting at the start of their World Cup match against New Zealand was almost matched by the awkwardness of the conversations at the end of the day in Chennai. Najmul Hossain Shanto struggled to explain why Bangladesh were unsure about the positions of the batters in the middle order, while assistant
Queensland 26 for 0 trail Victoria 253 (Short 100) by 227 runs Matt Short‘s stellar year continued with a century that roused Victoria from the brink of outright collapse on day one of their Sheffield Shield match with Queensland in Mackay. Victoria threatened to fall in a heap twice after being sent in, first falling
Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma added another major milestone to his already illustrious career as he became the first India batter ever to slam 300 sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit looked in tremendous touch during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday and he
Australia 106 for 2 (Healy 32, Perry 29*, Connell 1-15) beat West Indies 103 (Williams 25, Sutherland 3-23, McGrath 2-10, Garth 2-14, King 2-20) by eight wickets A clinical bowling performance led by Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Alana King helped Australia romp to a dominant eight-wicket win over West Indies and a 2-0 ODI
Shubman Gill is “99% available” for the India vs Pakistan World Cup fixture in Ahmedabad on Saturday, Rohit Sharma said in a press interaction on the eve of the game. Gill arrived in Ahmedabad before the rest of the team, and batted in the nets on Thursday itself in a bid to be ready for
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: NZ make it three wins in three, but Williamson
Kim Garth still can’t quite believe she is getting picked to play cricket for Australia, but she had better get used to it. Because after earning player of the match and player of the series honours against the West Indies she is now going to be very hard to leave out. Garth, 27, was not
Kane Williamson‘s return to international cricket after his long knee-injury layoff was a mixed one. He led New Zealand to an eight-wicket win and scored 78 in the chase against Bangladesh, but also picked up a freak left-thumb injury that forced him to retire hurt. “Got a bit fat and colourful straightaway,” Williamson, wearing a
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