Dane van Niekerk will play regional cricket in England this summer. The former South Africa captain, who retired from international cricket earlier this month, has signed for Sunrisers on a two-and-a-half-month contract that will see her play in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Van Niekerk was re-signed by Oval Invincibles
Mumbai Indians 182 for 4 (Nat Sciver-Brunt 72*, Ecclestone 2-39) beat UP Warriorz 110 all out (Navgire 43, Wong 4-15) by 72 runs A spectacular knock from Nat Sciver-Brunt, the tournament’s first-ever hat-trick from Issy Wong and a return to all-round brilliance powered Mumbai Indians to the Women’s Premier League final with a comprehensive 72-run
Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine says his phone has gone berserk with messages of support since his decision to retire from first-class cricket. Paine skippered Australia in 23 Tests in a tumultuous period following the ball-tampering saga in 2018. He stepped down from the role and away from the sport on the eve of
Delhi Capitals in action during the IPL© Twitter Mitchell Marsh has been in devastating form for Australia in the recently concluded ODI series against India and he was instrumental in guiding the visitors to a 2-1 win. Marsh finished the series with 191 runs from 3 matches with the help of two half-centuries and former
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took three wickets apiece on day three in Perth as Australia’s persistent pressure paid off against a dogged West Indies outfit Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
Watch this epic battle from 2021, between James Anderson and Jasprit Bumrah at Lord’s. 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
Kerr also won the women’s T20I Player of the Year award, alongside the Hockley Medal. She was New Zealand’s second-highest T20I scorer in the season, behind Suzie Bates, with a tally of 423 runs at an average of 32.53 and strike rate of 112.20. She was also the joint second-highest wicket-taker with 17 scalps, along
Toss Ireland chose to bat vs Bangladesh Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the third ODI in Sylhet. It was his third toss win in a row, though this time he decided not to bowl first. His opposite number Tamim Iqbal said that he was happy bowling first too, given
Zimbabwe 271 (Williams 77, Madande 52, Madhevere 43, Shariz 5-43) beat Netherlands 270 (O’Dowd 81, Cooper 74, Madhevere 3-36, Raza 3-39) by one run In a match that ebbed and flowed right till the final ball, Zimbabwe held their nerve to beat Netherlands by one run in the second ODI in Harare. The win helped
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian honour in Pakistan. It was conferred onto him at a ceremony in Lahore on Pakistan Day, which is a national holiday in the country. Babar, 28, becomes the youngest person to ever receive the honour, beating out another cricketer, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Sarfaraz
Big picture: Test thrills augur well Despite the eventual 2-0 scoreline in favour of the hosts, it’s safe to say Sri Lanka might have surprised a fair few folks that tuned into the Tests in Christchurch and Wellington – okay, maybe not so much the latter, but certainly over the course of that epic first
When snow hit large swathes of southern England on March 8 this year, a flurry of quips followed: it must almost be time for the county cricket season to begin. Those dry-witted weather predictions came true one year ago, on March 31, as photographer Matthew Lewis lined up to snap Nottinghamshire’s players and coaching staff
The 2023 Asia Cup is likely to be played in Pakistan with another overseas venue to host India games. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that both BCCI and PCB, after an initial standoff, are moving swiftly towards brokering a resolution which could have both teams playing their tournament matches against each other outside Pakistan. The overseas venue
India’s team management has given the IPL franchises “some borderline indications” about workload management for players, according to Rohit Sharma, but he expressed doubts about whether they would be followed by the teams. IPL 2023 kicks off March 31, less than ten days after the ODI series against Australia, which India lost 1-2 in Chennai
India’s star batter Suryakumar Kumar suffered his third consecutive golden duck on Wednesday in a thrilling third and final one-day international against Australia. The 360-degree player — who is the number one T20I batter — is yet to establish himself in the 50-over format. In the first game against Australia, Suryakumar was caught plumb in
After hanging up the gloves following a domestic career that begun way back in 2005, we look back at the very best of Tim Paine – widely considered one of the cleanest keepers to have ever pulled on the Baggy Green Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us
Watch highlights of Joe Root’s 176 against New Zealand, at Trent Bridge, in the second Test of the 2022 series. 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
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Former New Zealand offspinner Will Somerville will retire from the professional game at the end of the domestic season. Somerville played six Tests between 2018 and 2021, taking 15 wickets, seven of which came on debut in Abu Dhabi where he helped New Zealand to a 123-run victory over Pakistan. “I’ve achieved more than what
Mark Alleyne, the former Gloucestershire and England allrounder, has been named as Glamorgan’s new white-ball coach. Alleyne, 54, takes over T20 duties from Matthew Maynard, who has retained the red-ball role following Glamorgan’s strong showing in last year’s County Championship, while he will also oversee their 50-over fortunes, with David Harrison departing after guiding the
The uncapped pair of Rishad Hossain and Jaker Ali have earned national call-ups for the first time, for Bangladesh’s T20I series against Ireland – the three-match series starts on March 27. Shoriful Islam has come back, making it three changes from the side that beat England 3-0 earlier this month. Afif Hossain, Tanvir Islam and
Mohammad Yousuf, who had been appointed the interim batting coach of the Pakistan men’s team, has withdrawn from the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan in Sharjah citing personal reasons. As a result, Abdur Rehman, the interim head coach, has taken over the batting coach’s responsibilities too. Yousuf had been announced as the interim head coach
Laurie Evans has had his provisional suspension from all cricket lifted after a positive test for a banned substance caused him to miss the English winter. Evans denied any wrongdoing after failing a routine anti-doping test while playing for Manchester Originals in the Hundred last year, saying he was “shocked” at his positive result. But
Allan Donald, the Bangladesh fast bowling coach, has said that Ebadot Hossain‘s extra pace is making the difference in the team’s bowling line-up. Ebadot’s career-best figures in the first ODI against Ireland helped Bangladesh win by a record margin of 183 runs. The second game was a washout, which means Ebadot now has 17 wickets
Josh Hazlewood, meanwhile, is now the top-ranked ODI bowler despite not having played competitively since January, following Mohammed Siraj‘s 0 for 37 from three overs in the second ODI against Australia. Siraj, who picked up three wickets in the first ODI of the series, has moved down to third place, with Trent Boult, who last
On the surface, Australia made a surprising choice of batting first in the decider of the three-ODI series, in Chennai. Steven Smith, their captain, said he made the decision looking at a dry surface, which he expected to help the spinners later. Accordingly they made a change to their attack, replacing Nathan Ellis with Ashton
Dropped from the Indian Test team following his failures in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, KL Rahul marked his return in the ODI series against the same opponents. The batter spearheaded India’s chase of 189 runs, scoring an unbeaten 75-run knock. Rahul was also named the ‘player of the match’ for
With India in all sorts at 4/85 and some big guns back in the sheds, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman came together during the second Test of the 2003-2004 series. The two belted a partnership of 303 as the Australian bowlers had no answers to the dominant display. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us
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