Pieter Malan, the South Africa top-order batter, has signed as one of Middlesex’s overseas players for the whole of the 2023 season. Malan, 33, helped Middlesex secure promotion from Division Two of the County Championship last summer, as well as featuring in the Royal London Cup. He scored 200 runs in six red-ball innings after
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says it is paying for Danushka Gunathilaka‘s legal defence in Australia because the charges of sexual intercourse without consent were laid on him while he was on national duty at the T20 World Cup. It is also not yet clear whether Gunathilaka breached SLC’s own protocol by going on a date
Big picture There are parallels. They may not mean anything, but they’re there, if you’re the kind of cricket fan who looks for them. And if you’re a Pakistan fan, you’re always looking for parallels to 1992. Well, here are a couple. New Zealand began their tournament with a big win over Australia. New Zealand
Over the past few months, Suryakumar Yadav has drawn comparisons with AB de Villiers for his 360-degree game. De Villiers himself has now approved of those comparisons and said Suryakumar will be “in the golden books of cricket players” if he continues to be consistent. “Yes, they are [right in comparing Suryakumar with me]. The
Travis Head has returned to Australia’s ODI squad for the series against England and Marcus Harris has been included as the spare batter for the Test matches against West Indies. Following the early exit from the T20 World Cup, a full-strength squad has been named for the three games against England in Adelaide, Sydney and
Chanderpaul, the 107th inductee on the list, had a 21-year career representing West Indies after making his debut in 1994. His unorthodox batting stance would go on to be his trademark while his patience at the crease became his signature. After spending his initial years in and out of the team, Chanderpaul became a rock
Matthew Hayden has urged Australia’s selectors to be ruthless as they build towards future World Cups following the team’s early exit for the T20 event on home soil. There is expected to be a significant turnover in players for the 2024 T20 World Cup in West Indies and the USA, but before that, there is
Out-of-favour Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has opened up on comparisons with India maestro Virat Kohli. Shehzad, who is currently not part of the national team setup, last represented Pakistan in 2019. The 30-year-old has played in 13 Tests, 81 ODIs and 59 ODIs for Pakistan so far. During a recent interaction, Shehzad explained how comparisons
England’s women will play three ODIs and five T20Is against West Indies in Antigua and Barbados in December. The ODIs in Antigua will form part of the ICC Women’s Championship, in which England are yet to get off the mark following their 3-0 defeat by India in September. The Tour runs from December 4 to
Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been denied bail by a Sydney court on Monday, after being arrested and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He was arrested early morning on November 6 at the team’s hotel in Sydney’s central business district. The rest of the team has since flown back to
Netherlands 158 for 4 (Ackermann 41*, Myburgh 37, Cooper 35, Maharaj 2-27) beat South Africa 145 for 8 (Rossouw 25, Glover 3-9, Klaassen 2-20, de Leede 2-25) by 13 runs That sinking feeling! The all-too-familiar ‘c’ thing, which will reverberate – again – for a while to come. And the despondency, knocked out of yet
There is a working theory developing among Australia’s hierarchy that Mitchell Starc‘s decision not to participate in the IPL could have had a major detrimental effect on his T20 form over recent years, highlighting the difficulty of playing all three formats as a fast bowler. Starc was a shock axing from Australia’s line-up to face
Temba Bavuma‘s poor form is “the elephant in the room” for South Africa, according to Tom Moody, after they crashed out of the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup with a shock defeat to Netherlands. “Without a doubt. That’s [Bavuma’s form] the elephant in the room. There’s better form players for this format
Watching Suryakumar Yadav bat is an inexhaustible joie de vivre and India head coach Rahul Dravid believes that he is staging a spectacle every time he is on the 22 yards. Each one better than the previous one and unforgettable at times. “I think he has been absolutely phenomenal for us. He is just a
India 186 for 5 (Suryakumar 61*, Rahul 51, Williams 2-9) beat Zimbabwe 115 (Burl 35, Raza 34, Ashwin 3-22) by 71 runs Suryakumar Yadav’s astonishing death-overs hitting launched India to a commanding 186 for 5 – Suryakumar’s share being 61 not out off 25. India’s quicks then shut the game down quickly, reducing Zimbabwe to
Temba Bavuma will not be drawn into making an “emotional” decision about his future as T20I captain and will only consider his options once the dust has settled on a disappointing World Cup campaign. This is the second tournament under his watch in which South Africa have failed to qualify for the knockouts and the
Ireland’s batters, for their part, got starts but did make full use of them. Six Ireland batters got past 20 but, from there, none could get past 35 – Mary Waldron (35) and Arlene Kelly (34) were the top scorers. Most of the damage was caused by regular strikes from the spin bowlers. Left-arm spinner
Syed Hyder Ali, the former Railways left-arm spinner, has died after battling a prolonged illness. He was 79. “He was suffering from chest congestion for some time now. After a routine check-up with his doctor, we were returning home when he suddenly collapsed. He passed away around 1.30 pm on Saturday,” his son Raza Ali,
Pakistan 128 for 5 (Rizwan 32, Haris 31) beat Bangladesh 127 for 8 (Shanto 54, Afridi 4-22, Shadab 2-30) by five wickets A team under pressure. A captain refusing to give up. The odds piling up against them. And then one fine day, the stars align. Pakistan cranked up the deja vu in Adelaide on
Aaron Finch won’t rush into a decision over his international future following Australia’s exit from the T20 World Cup, instead giving himself a chance to see how this season’s BBL goes. Having retired from ODIs in September, there are no international commitments for Finch until next August when Australia have T20s in South Africa. The
No, it wasn’t a dream. Early on Sunday morning, not even eight hours after the world champion Springboks were beaten by Ireland in Dublin, South Africans woke up to the news that their men’s cricket team had been booted out of the T20 World Cup following a defeat to Netherlands. Yes, it is a nightmare.
“Bugger…”, tweeted Glenn Maxwell, moments after England had edged to a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka. But Australia’s fate was already out of their hands before that match, though they had been teased that they could yet get a reprieve to their stuttering title defence. In the end, however, their home World Cup ended in
Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been charged by police after an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s east. He was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning from the team hotel in Sydney’s central business district after a police investigation into reports that a 29-year-old woman had been sexually assaulted at a residence in
Petersen was fielding on the deep square boundary in the sixth over of Titans’ innings and sprinted to deep midwicket to cut off a Theunis de Bruyn flick. He prevented the boundary but went down immediately, clutching his left hamstring and grimacing. He was taken off the field and left the ground in an ambulance.
A lot can happen in the space of eight months. England’s men, for instance, now have a successful Test team. One thriving under exciting new leadership, with established stars thriving bolstered by a younger generation urged to express themselves. The sense of fun has been palpable on both sides of the boundary. The reaction from
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Mural artist Gurseet Singh brought together thousands of fans of star Indian batter Virat Kohli to create a 20ft-by-20ft mural of Kohli’s face using 5,000 red cricket balls at Mumbai’s Carter Road Amphitheater on Saturday. The excited fans engaged with mural artist Gurseet in a marathon nine-hour activity that began at 8:00 am. It was
Big picture It’s pretty straightforward, as Wayne Parnell put it: South Africa are in the knockout stages. They must beat Netherlands to go through to the semi-finals and if you’d said that pre-tournament, many would have thought the conclusion foregone, but this has been a World Cup of surprises and perhaps there’s one more? Netherlands
Sridharan Sriram, Bangladesh’s technical consultant, feels the two close wins over Netherlands and Zimbabwe have made it a satisfactory men’s T20 World Cup campaign for the team, and the five-run loss against India should serve as a lesson. “It is the best tournament Bangladesh has ever had in T20 World Cup,” he said ahead of
Dawid Malan could be doubtful for England’s T20 World Cup semi-final in Adelaide on Thursday after picking up a groin injury while fielding against Australia at the SCG. Malan limped off in the 15th over after pulling up as he chased a ball to the boundary. He was padded up to bat as England collapsed