There are dream debuts, and then there is Shamar Joseph‘s debut. To begin with, he became the first ever from his tiny village of Baracara in Guyana – the place has a measly population of 350 – to represent West Indies in a Test during the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Then he hit
Month: January 2024
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won his third toss in a row in the T20I series and again opted to bowl, with hopes of keeping the series alive. Like they had announced on the eve of the game, they mad three changes to their XI with Mohammad
This summer, though, has been remarkable for him in T20s. Let’s go back a few months to another summer, the one in England. Allen smashed 240 runs from nine outings in the Hundred, only behind Jos Buttler’s tally of 391, with a strike rate of nearly 145 that helped Southern Brave reach the playoffs. He
Gujarat 264 and 219 (Umang 57, Hingrajia 56, Koushik 3-16, Rohit 3-61) beat Karnataka 374 and 103 (Padikkal 31, Desai 7-42, Vaghela 3-38) by six runs Mayank Agarwal scored the only century of the match. V Koushik picked up seven wickets across two innings. But a Ranji Trophy match Karnataka would have expected to win
Laurie Evans is the fastest-scoring batter in the Big Bash League this season and blitzed 72 off 34 balls in Perth Scorchers’ final-ball defeat to Sydney Sixers on Tuesday, their final game of the regular home-and-away portion. But when Scorchers face Adelaide Strikers in Saturday’s Eliminator, he will be 9,000km away in Abu Dhabi. Evans
Shamar Joseph, the West Indies fast bowler with just five first-class matches under his belt, made a remarkable start to his Test career when he removed Steven Smith with his first ball during West Indies’ first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Joseph, 24, had already made an impression on the opening day in Adelaide when
Toss Australia chose to bowl against West Indies Pat Cummins has become just the second captain since 1992 to send a side in after winning the toss at Adelaide Oval as Australia hope to exploit cool, overcast conditions and a lively-looking surface. There was an audible gasp of surprise from the crowd after Cummins announced
The big three in world cricket, including India, England and Australia should do more to save smaller Test playing teams and ICC’s current revenue sharing model is “completely broken”, said Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave. India being the engine of the game pockets close to 40 percent of ICC’s net annual earnings, followed by
Zimbabwe allrounder Luke Jongwe had Angelo Mathews wallpaper when he was younger (whether this was a physical poster or the background screen on a device wasn’t clear). Mathews was also Jongwe’s social media profile picture for a while. So what did Jongwe do to thank Mathews for the years of inspiration? He smashed him for
After eight seasons without a Ranji Trophy title, Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane wants his side to be courageous. Courageous to take 20 wickets, courageous to take risks, courageous to show intent, and all this to culminate in outright wins in the space of four days. Mumbai have done that so far by grabbing bonus-point wins
Bangladesh allrounder Nasir Hossain has been banned from all cricket for two years by the ICC for breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code during the 2020-21 Abu Dhabi T10 League. He will be eligible to resume playing international cricket on April 7, 2025. Hossain was one of eight people associated with the Pune Devils
Toss Zimbabwe opt to bowl vs Sri Lanka Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to chase in the second T20I at Khettarama, their captain Sikandar Raza expecting the pitch to get better as the match wears on. Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga said he would have batted first anyway. Zimbabwe have not made a change
Opening batter Edward Moore has been added to South Africa’s Test squad for their two-Test series against New Zealand next month. Moore is the eighth uncapped player named in the traveling group, and takes the total squad size to 15. Moore’s call-up comes after Tony de Zorzi became unavailable when he landed an SA20 deal
Big picture: Final T20I crucial and irrelevant at the same time It’s a proud record, and it must mean a lot to India’s players and coaching staff, but what does it actually mean in an attention economy devoted to the ICC event cycle? In one vocal and hard-to-please corner of social media, Sunday’s series-sealing six-wicket
A relieved Sam Harper said his health has turned a corner after suffering a “grim” concussion while training with the Melbourne Stars. The wicketkeeper suffered a laceration on his chin and neck after being struck by a ball on January 5 as he attempted to play a ramp shot while preparing for a Big Bash
The boards of India, England and Australia must act decisively to change the economics of Test cricket or risk more instances of under-strength squads going out on tour. That is the warning from Johnny Grave, the Cricket West Indies CEO, who spoke to ESPNcricinfo last week, amid criticism of both his and South Africa’s boards
The BCCI has invited applications for the post of one national selector for the senior men’s team. However, the board’s advertisement, published on their website, doesn’t specify which of the active selectors would be replaced from the current five-member panel chaired by Ajit Agarkar. The convention has been to pick one selector from each zone
The BCCI has invited applications for the post of one national selector for the senior men’s team. However, the board’s advertisement, published on their website, doesn’t specify which of the active selectors would be replaced from the current five-member panel chaired by Ajit Agarkar. The convention has been to pick one selector from each zone
On paper this looks like the ultimate mismatch. A powerful and successful Australia side, against a West Indies team that will feature at least three debutants and only five players with previous experience in the country. It will probably play out that way, too, but that does not mean there won’t be intrigue along the
Australia captain Pat Cummins has been in contact with Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris to reassure them they remain firmly in Test consideration despite being overlooked following David Warner’s retirement. With Steven Smith promoted to open, Cameron Green returning at No. 4 against West Indies in Adelaide and Matt Renshaw selected as the reserve batter,
Prakhar Chaturvedi sounded bushed, understandable if an 18-year-old bats 638 balls to score a record-setting 404, but elation was unmistakable too as he trained eyes on Karnataka U23 and Ranji Trophy debuts. On Monday, Chaturvedi became the first quadruple centurion in the Cooch Behar Trophy final as his knock earned Karnataka their maiden title in
Kane Williamson is unlikely to feature in the final three matches of New Zealand’s ongoing T20I series against Pakistan after retiring hurt with a hamstring injury during his side’s 21-run victory in Hamilton on Sunday. Williamson has flown home to Tauranga and was due to undergo a scan on Monday. He was always due to
The pair have been first off the blocks at the SA20, with Rickelton leading the run charts with scores of 87 and 98 from the first two games and van der Dussen smashing a 50-ball 104 at the weekend. It was van der Dussen’s fourth T20 century but first in ten years and serves as
Shreyas Iyer is going to play attacking cricket whatever the situation. The India batter returned to Ranji Trophy after a gap of five years to prepare for the five-match Test series against England starting next week, and warmed-up with a run-a-ball 48 in Mumbai’s 10-wicket win against Andhra at home. Iyer batted at No. 5
Cameron Green could hardly be blamed if he was feeling a little like he was damned if he did open the batting in the Adelaide Test and damned now that he is batting at No.4. The Western Australia allrounder says he is excited and grateful to make his Test match return against West Indies having
Lancashire have signed New Zealand batter Tom Bruce as their second overseas player for 2024. The 32-year-old will link up with the club in April and, like Australia’s Nathan Lyon, is expected to be available across formats for the full season. Bruce, who has been capped 17 times in T20Is, averages 49.85 in first-class cricket
Chloe Tryon has recovered from a groin injury and returned to South Africa’s white-ball squads for the women’s multi-format tour of Australia. Ayanda Hlubi, who made an impressive T20I debut against Bangladesh, received her maiden call-up to the ODI side. Tryon has been out of action since the WBBL and last played the home series
Prakhar Chaturvedi etched his name into the record books by scoring the first quadruple century in the final of the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy, against Mumbai in Shimoga on Sunday. Along the way, he surpassed Yuvraj Singh’s 24-year-old record of 358, the previous highest individual score in the tournament final. Overall, he slotted in at
Hobart Hurricanes 187 for 8 (Wade 63, McDermott 50, Lawrence 4-35, Coulter-Nile 2-18, Imad 2-35) beat Melbourne Stars 180 for 4 (Webster 55*, Stoinis 48, Maxwell 32, Ellis 2-29) by seven runs Hobart Hurricanes salvaged some pride at the end of another disappointing BBL campaign, holding off Melbourne Stars by seven runs at the MCG.
Expect to see more of Angelo Mathews in Sri Lanka’s T20 side this year. Expect to see him bowl more frequently. And because this is late-career Mathews, coming back into the white-ball frame after years of being picked only for Tests, expect him also to be driven by grievance to some extent. Following his first
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