English players held crisis talks with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) on Monday in response to the ECB’s new policy on No-Objection Certificates (NOCs), which the board’s chief executive Richard Gould says will prevent domestic competitions being “undermined” by overseas leagues. Players are said to have expressed “robust views” to their representatives at the PCA,
Month: December 2024
Wicketkeeper-batter Amir Jangoo has earned a maiden call-up to the West Indies ODI squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh. Allrounder Justin Greaves also makes a return to the ODI setup after being left out of the home series against England early last month. Both Jangoo and Greaves have been rewarded for their consistent form
Craig Cumming, the former New Zealand batter, has been appointed as head coach of the Blaze for their first season affiliated to Nottinghamshire as part of the Tier 1 women’s domestic structure. Cumming has enjoyed success in his home country with Otago Sparks, leading them to two 50-over Hallyburton Johnstone titles in four years. He
Even if India bring in Rohit and Gill for Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel, who were part of the XI in Perth, there is the question of the opening combination, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul having put on a double-century first-wicket stand in India’s second innings in Perth. Indications from the pink-ball tour game,
Hitting the winning run in a Test match that takes you to a half-century on debut. Walking off alongside England’s all-time leading run-scorer, Joe Root. Sunday was just another of a series of bucket-list moments for Jacob Bethell. Since September, the 21-year-old has enjoyed life in England’s priority lane, ticking off T20I and ODI caps
A couple of weeks ago Australia were talking of cementing a legacy. They can still do that, but it’s become a lot harder after being demolished in Perth. For now, those lofty ambitions may come down to what happens over the next nine days in Adelaide. Australia were 1-0 down in the 2018-19 series against
India vs Japan, ACC U19 Asia Cup 2024, Live Updates:© X (Twitter) India vs Japan Live Updates, ACC U19 Asia Cup 2024: Skipper Mohammed Amaan hammered a century as India posted 339/6 in 50 overs against Japan in their ACC U19 Asia Cup match on Monday in Sharjah. Asked to bat first, India started off
India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav will be back in action for Mumbai’s next Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) game, against Andhra on December 3 after taking a two-week break to attend a family function. He is expected to play the remainder of the tournament and also feature in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy starting December
India 257 for 5 (Gill 50, Jaiswal 45, Reddy 42, Washington 42*, Anderson 2-30) vs Prime Minister’s XI 240 (Konstas 107, Jacobs 61, Rana 4-44) India got what they wanted out of their only pink-ball tour game ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide and maybe something they didn’t. Yashasvi Jaiswal spent the time leading
West Indies 70 for 1 (Brathwaite 33*, Rana 1-28) trail Bangladesh164 (Shadman 64, Mehidy 36, Seales 4-5, Shamar 3-49) by 94 runs Jayden Seales registered astonishing figures of 15.5-10-5-4 as West Indies bowled out Bangladesh for 164 on the second day of the second Test at Sabina Park. Seales’ bowling figures were the most economical
Mohammed Siraj, who endured a difficult home season, where he only played four of their five Tests for a total of six wickets, is in Australia after a little bit of an epiphany. “I could feel that I wasn’t enjoying my bowling,” he said at the end of the tour game against the Prime Minister’s
With 15 Tests to go in the current World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, several teams are still in contention, and no team is assured of a place in the top two. Here is how the teams currently stack up. South AfricaPercent: 59.26, matches remaining: SL (1 home Test), Pak (2 home) South Africa’s comprehensive win
In a huge blow for South Africa, fast bowler Gerald Coetzee has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Gqeberha as well as the upcoming all-format series against Pakistan, due to a groin injury. Coetzee, who picked up the injury while bowling on day four of the Durban Test against Sri
Pakistan 165 for 4 (Tayyab 39*, Usman 39, Raza 1-14) beat Zimbabwe 108 (Raza 39, Muqeem 3-20 Abrar 3-28) by 57 runs Pakistan saw off a brief scare from Zimbabwe to seal a 57-run win and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series in Bulawayo. A late, unbroken stand of 65 in 34
Tom Latham, New Zealand’s Test captain, dismissed the notion that his team need to work on their catching after a litany of errors contributed to a chastening eight-wicket defeat in the first Test against England. The hosts dropped a staggering eight catches in the tourists’ first innings, with Harry Brook the lucky recipient of five
Jay Shah has begun his tenure as ICC chair as of December 1. He takes over from Greg Barclay over the weekend, with the decision on the venue for the 2025 Champions Trophy imminent. “I am honoured to take on the role of ICC chair and grateful for the support and trust of the ICC
Former Australia batter Ian Redpath has died at the age of 83. Redpath, who became known as an obdurate opener, played 66 Tests and five ODIs in an international career that ran from 1964 to 1976. He came close to a century on Test debut against South Africa at the MCG when he was bowled
India’s Jasprit Bumrah (left) and Australia’s Travis Head During Perth Test.© AFP Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has given a huge statement regarding the India-Australia cricket rivalry. Albanese said that the the contest between the two sides is greater than the Ashes. Notably, Ashes is the Test series played between Australia and England’s men’s cricket
Ben Stokes suffered an injury scare on day four of the first Test against New Zealand after aborting a spell with the ball midway through his fifth over, but played it down as “more management than anything else” and declared himself fit for the second Test. England’s Test captain opened the bowling with himself on
England 499 (Brook 171, Stokes 80, Pope 77, Henry 4-84) and 104 for 2 (Bethell 50*) beat New Zealand 348 (Williamson 93, Phillips 58*, Carse 4-64, Bashir 4-69) and 254 (Mitchell 84, Carse 6-42) by eight wickets Brydon Carse claimed his Test-best figures of 6 for 42, in the process becoming the first England seamer
Even as the Perth Test was coming to a close, some of Australia’s reserves had begun training for the day-night Test in Adelaide. That might come in handy now, especially for Scott Boland, as he contended with the first day of the practice game between the Prime Minister’s XI and the Indians struggling to get
Gerald Coetzee could be a doubt for the second Test against Sri Lanka after picking up a groin niggle during the first Test in Durban, which South Africa won by 233 runs on Saturday. Coetzee bowled in the morning session, beginning proceedings with Kagiso Rabada, but stopped after a three-over spell. His second spell of
Bangladesh 69 for 2 (Shadman 50*, Shahadat 12*, Roach 2-20) vs West Indies Kemar Roach rocked Bangladesh early, but West Indies’ poor catching denied the home team a few more wickets on the truncated first day of the Kingston Test. Bangladesh finished on 69 for 2, with Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain unbeaten on 50