Chris Woakes has said that he is “at ease” with being left out of England’s Test squad for India, with the all-rounder describing it as “a fair decision”. After spending a decade fighting the reputation of being a home specialist, Woakes has given in and joined the groupthink. Woakes at home, good. Woakes away, bad.
Month: December 2023
World Cup winners Travis Head, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, all likely to attract big bucks, are among the first sets of players in their respective categories (capped batters, allrounders and bowlers, respectively) who will be up for bidding at the IPL 2024 auction that will be held in Dubai on December 19. Also among
The first T20I between West Indies and England on Wednesday will see a stop clock used for the first time in international cricket. Part of a six-month experiment announced last month by the ICC, the stop clock will aim to restrict the time taken between overs and quicken the pace of play. The bowling team
Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez has criticised the pitch and conditions laid out for Pakistan’s warm-up game in Canberra, saying he was “really surprised and disappointed by the arrangements.” Speaking to reporters at the WACA ground following Pakistan’s morning training session, Hafeez said Pakistan were excited by the challenge, but appeared particularly irked by the
Big picture: Is time running out for India, SA? With the series opener in Durban washed out, both India and South Africa have just five T20Is to nail down their combination for the 2024 T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA. The second and third matches in the series will take place
Travis Head believes that opening the batting in Test cricket was a “specialist job” as he ruled himself out of contention to replace David Warner. Having powered Australia to an ODI World Cup triumph with spectacular batting at the top of the order, Head presented a potentially intriguing option to succeed Warner who is set
The second edition of the Women’s Premier League will take place in “one state” of India, starting from the “second or third week” of February. BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed as much on Saturday, talking to journalists after the WPL auction in Mumbai. “It is decided that we will have the tournament in February,” he
David Warner has opened up on Mitchell Johnson‘s criticism of his retirement plans, saying his former team-mate is entitled to his opinions, however scathing. Warner refusing to add fuel to the fire comes as Australian captain Pat Cummins said the Test team would be “fiercely protective” of the veteran opener in the face of external
Former West Indies skippers Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran and all-rounder Kyle Mayers turned down the central contracts from Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the 2023-24 season but confirmed their availability for the T20I series during the contract year. CWI released an official statement to announce the list of central contracts for 2023-2024 for both men
Ireland 141 for 4 (Tector 54*, Dockrell 49*) beat Zimbabwe 140 for 6 (Burl 36, Bennett 27, Delany 2-8, Little 2-21, Young 2-27) by six wickets An unbroken 104-run partnership between Harry Tector and George Dockrell helped Ireland turn a tricky situation into a comfortable chase against Zimbabwe in the third T20I in Harare to
Former captains Jason Holder and Nicholas Pooran, and allrounder Kyle Mayers, have turned down West Indies central contracts for 2023-24. The trio will however be available for T20I series during the year, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in a statement announcing 14 men’s contracts and 15 women’s contracts. In an age of increasing workloads and
Abrar, who has picked up 38 wickets in his six Tests so far, was shaping to be the lead spin bowler for Pakistan as they attempt to win their first-ever Test series in Australia. If he is to spend an extended period of time on the sidelines, that will put the onus on Noman Ali
The first T20I between South Africa and India – one of only six matches in the format for each side before next year’s T20 World Cup – was called off without even the toss taking place in Durban. Steady drizzle through the day meant that a capacity crowd was denied any action as the fixture
India 130 for 5 (Mandhana 48, Rodrigues 29, Kemp 2-24) beat England 126 (Knight 52, Patil 3-19, Ishaque 3-22) by five wickets India’s new spin pair of Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque and an improved batting performance led them to a consolation victory in the third and final T20I against England at the Wankhede Stadium.
Matthew Mott has called for patience with England’s new-era white-ball team as a work in progress, stressing that they’ve only had three opportunities to play together. England succumbed to a four-wicket defeat in Barbados to lose their first series following a difficult World Cup campaign 2-1. A group which featured just four players to have
Melbourne Renegades’ Big Bash League clash with Perth Scorchers has been abandoned after 6.5 overs because of safety concerns over a water-damaged pitch. The ground staff in Geelong worked feverishly on Sunday to dry the pitch after heavy rain crept under the covers overnight. Renegades captain Nic Maddinson declared the pitch still “absolutely drenched” at
New Zealand allrounder Glenn Phillips said that he shared his batting mantra with Mitchell Santner before their crucial seventh-wicket partnership took shape in the Dhaka Test. The visitors had slumped to 69 for 6 chasing 137 runs on the fourth afternoon against Bangladesh before Santner and Phillips got together to rescue the side. The pair
Ollie Pope says he is ready to captain England against India if Ben Stokes‘ knee prevents him from playing in the first Test. Stokes underwent surgery on his troublesome left knee immediately after the World Cup where he played as a specialist batter. The hope is that he will be fit to take part against
Alyssa Healy has declared herself a near-certain starter for Australia’s Test against India in Mumbai. The star wicketkeeper-batter missed all-but one match of the WBBL after badly hurting her finger while trying to break up a fight between her two dogs. Healy has returned to training and is preparing to face India at the famous
Clyde Butts, the West Indies offspinner of the 1980s, died in Guyana on Friday at the age of 66. According to several publications the Caribbean, Butts died in an accident. Butts, who also captained his island of Guyana in the 1980s, had a first-class career that ran from 1980-81 to 1993-94, playing 87 games in
The uncapped Indian pair of Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh walked away with top honours at the WPL auction in Mumbai, attracting bids of INR 2 crore (Gujarat Giants) and INR 1.3 crore (UP Warriorz) respectively. Australia allrounder Annabel Sutherland was the most expensive overseas player, attracting the auction’s joint-highest bid at INR 2 crore,
Andre Russell has been named in West Indies’ T20I set-up for the first time since the 2021 T20 World Cup, as part of a 15-man squad to face England in next week’s five-match series in the Caribbean. Russell, 35, has spent the past month in the UAE, where his Deccan Gladiators team lost to New
Melbourne Stars have suffered a huge blow to their hopes of bouncing back from a horror start to the BBL with Glenn Maxwell ruled out of their next match against Perth Scorchers due to injury. He had medical attention twice in middle and had his forearm taped, then was seen icing it in the dugout
Indian batting looked clueless and out of depth to be dismissed for their third lowest total as England notched up a four-wicket loss in the second women’s T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Mumbai on Saturday. On a day uncapped Indian cricketers won fat pay-cheques in the Women’s Premier
Ireland 166 for 6 (Tector 48, Campher 37, Ngarava 2-33) beat Zimbabwe 165 for 5 (Madande 44*, Kamunhukamwe 39, Burl 38*, Adair 2-28) by four wickets Zimbabwe and Ireland produced another close contest, but this time it was Ireland who came out on top to level the T20I series at 1-1 with one to play.
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against England in the third and deciding ODI in Barbados, which has been reduced to 43-overs a side after persistent rain caused a two-hour delay to proceedings. After sharing the honours in the
Big picture: With India comes the money Summer is loading in the southern hemisphere. Dezember (with a Z because that’s how we like to say it to convey holiday vibez) is in full swing. The end-of-year parties have started, and cricket will get in on the action with India’s all-format visit, the only men’s international
India have just six T20Is left to identify their XI before next year’s World Cup in the West Indies and USA, but Suryakumar Yadav, who is their captain for the three-match series in South Africa, isn’t too perturbed by the limited game time. Suryakumar added that IPL 2024, which will precede the T20 World Cup,
Uncapped Indian fast bowler Kashvee Gautam (Gujarat Giants) and Australia allrounder Annabel Sutherland (Delhi Capitals) attracted the joint-highest bids of INR 2 crore (US$ 240,000 approx.) at the auction ahead of the second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Another uncapped Indian player, batter Vrinda Dinesh, who played for India A against England A,
Having been rubberstamped as Australia’s new permanent captain, Alyssa Healy is excited about leading them into what shapes as the most competitive era of women’s cricket, with next year’s T20 World Cup potentially being the most open ever. Australia will be in the defending champions, and likely favourites, in Bangladesh next September and October, but
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