England Lions 672 (Duckett 145, Brook 140, Billings 92, Markram 6-91) beat South Africans 433 (Zondo 86, van der Dussen 75, Verreynne 62, Jansen 54, Overton 5-74) and 183 (Markram 88*, Conners 4-25, Robinson 3-29) by an innings and 56 runs Not so long ago, there were doubts over Aiden Markram‘s place in the South
In a continuing sign of T20 franchise owners gravitating towards players they already know and trust, Paarl Royals snapped up the South African duo of David Miller and uncapped allrounder Corbin Bosch, England’s new white-ball captain Jos Buttler and West Indies fast bowler Obed McCoy. All four have worked for these owners before – in
With two more high-profile T20 leagues coming up, top West Indian players are set to be in great demand, and the situation has all the makings of a fresh scrap between the players and the team management, and, by extension, the cricket board. It might have begun already. “It hurts,” Simmons said. “There’s no other
The BCCI has earmarked a window in March 2023 for the inaugural women’s IPL, and the process to get the show on the road is underway. The BCCI has already tweaked its women’s domestic calendar to accommodate the women’s IPL. The women’s season that generally stretches from November to April has been advanced by a
Marchant de Lange, the South African fast bowler, has signed a three-year deal with Gloucestershire as a local player. De Lange, 31, played two Tests, four ODIs and six T20Is for South Africa between 2011 and 2016, but has been playing county cricket regularly over the last six years. He initially signed for Glamorgan as
Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult and Dwayne Bravo are some of the high-profile names to be signed by MI Emirates for the inaugural edition of UAE’s International League T20. The squad will be based in Abu Dhabi, and includes a mix of current and past MI players. The players will adorn MI’s iconic blue
Following his return to West Indies’ T20I squad last month, Shimron Hetmyer is back in their ODI squad too. The middle-order batter has been named in a 14-man squad for the three-match ODI leg of the ongoing home series against New Zealand. Hetmyer returned to West Indies colours for the first time since November 2021
After several days of impasse, a group of Pakistan’s leading players including captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan agreed to sign the PCB’s central contracts – though only after successfully negotiating changes in several clauses. The group signed the contracts nearly a week after receiving them and just before flying out for the
Mel Jones will step down from Cricket Australia’s board in October to focus on her media and other work commitments. Jones has served as one of nine board directors since December 2019 but also works as a cricket commentator in Australia and abroad, primarily with Sky Sports in England. She is also an advocate for
Regis Chakabva, Zimbabwe’s wicketkeeper-batter, will continue to lead the side against India in the upcoming ODI series, with regular captain Craig Ervine still nursing a left hamstring injury. Zimbabwe, who announced their 17-member squad against India on Thursday, will also be without left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza, who is sidelined due to a shoulder tendon injury.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has said the team is looking to manage Shaheen Shah Afridi‘s “long-term workload and health” as he recovers from a knee injury, with the aim of getting him ready in time for the Asia Cup. “We’re taking a couple of doctors on the way to take care of Shaheen,” Babar said
Ross Taylor has opened up about how he and other players have faced racism in New Zealand cricket. In his new autobiography Ross Taylor Black & White following his retirement from international cricket earlier this year Taylor, who has Samoan heritage on his mother’s side, wrote the game in New Zealand was “a pretty white
KL Rahul has been drafted in as the 16th member of India’s squad that will tour Zimbabwe for three ODIs between August 18 and 22. Rahul will also captain the squad, with Shikhar Dhawan, who was earlier set to lead, now named his deputy. Rahul’s inclusion follows a clearance from BCCI’s medical team that has
South Africans 433 and 59 for 3 (Markram 20*, van der Dussen 8*) trail England Lions 672 (Duckett 145, Brook 140, Billings 92, Markram 6-91) by 180 runs Harry Brook extended his run as the most in-form batter outside of England’s regular Test XI with an aggressive century against the South Africans to put the
Shakib Al Hasan has withdrawn from his sponsorship deal with a company called Betwinner News, according to BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. The news comes shortly after Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, had stated that Shakib would never play for Bangladesh again if he did not end his “affiliation with a betting company”. Yunus
Zimbabwe not only winning the T20I and ODI series against Bangladesh but also achieving that while trying out new players was very encouraging for senior batter Sikandar Raza. “From a team perspective, the biggest positive is the amount of youngsters who played in this series,” Raza said. “Some of our big names were missing. We
Devon Conway believes New Zealand’s ongoing T20I series against West Indies is an opportunity for the team to explore different roles and combinations in the lead up to the T20 World Cup in Australia starting in October. New Zealand are back at full strength for this series after a month of playing with an extended
As per the league’s rules, each of the six franchises will get to pre-sign five players – three overseas, one South Africa international player and one uncapped South African player – prior to the auction, and MI Cape Town are the first team to announce their list of players. “I’m excited as we begin our
Bangladesh’s ODI side has to address a number of areas for improvement, according to captain Tamim Iqbal. Their streak of five consecutive series wins was broken by Zimbabwe, who chased down two challenging totals – 291 and 304 – in the first two ODIs, before petering out in a 105-run loss in the third game
The league also said that its six franchises – owned by Reliance Industries, Kolkata Knight Riders, Capri Global, GMR, Lancer Capital, and Adani Sportsline – have finalised contracting players through the ‘directly acquire players’ option, though the details of who has gone to which team is not yet known. Some of the other latest signings
Having made a much-publicised comeback to cricket for the KFC BBL, a mic’d up Shane Warne predicted exactly how he would dismiss Kiwi ace Brendon McCullum – and he delivered
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The ongoing edition of The Hundred reached a new milestone, after young English batter Will Smeed, representing Birmingham Phoenix, smashed the first century of the hundred-ball competition. The 20-year-old achieved the feat during the clash against Southern Brave on Wednesday at Edgbaston. Smeed thrashed the Brave bowlers to every corner of the ground and brought
7.3 to MJ Guptill, Oh my days, what a catch by Hetmyer! Banged in short outside off, Guptill cuts up and over and for all money the ball seems like going over deep point, with the wind. But Hetmyer stationed there, plucked his left arm out, caught the ball and made sure he did not
England Lions 279 for 3 (Lawrence 97, Brook 64*, Olivier 2-39) trail South Africans 433 (Zondo 86, van der Dussen 75, Verreynne 62, Jansen 54, Overton 5-74) by 154 runs At the start of this week in Canterbury, the England Lions were given a briefing by Test coach Brendon McCullum and managing director of men’s
Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy are among 11 England players to have signed on for CSA’s new T20 league, joining – as ESPNcricinfo reported last week – Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali. English representation is the largest among the direct overseas signings the league has made so far. With nine players, including Niroshan
New Zealand Cricket is confident that Trent Boult‘s decision to leave his central contract will not lead other players into a similar step despite the lure of the expanding domestic T20 scene. While Boult’s move, which has only come to a head over the last week, is not a retirement from international cricket, it means
Dean, the 21-year-old off-spinner, takes over from the vastly experienced Knight, who missed England’s entire Commonwealth Games campaign – they lost the bronze-medal play-off to New Zealand – with a hip injury that has left her needing to use crutches and is expected to keep her on the sidelines for a period of months. “It’s
The three-T20I series against New Zealand, starting later today, gives the team management one last chance to see the players in an international setting – the CPL will follow – and lead selector Desmond Haynes and chief coach Phil Simmons expressed their disappointment at the state of affairs ahead of the series. Russell, for example,
The league, which is expected to offer player salaries up to USD 300,000, is in direct competition for players with the International League T20 – UAE’s new T20 league – which is also scheduled to begin in January next year. The ILT20, however, released a list of big-ticket players on Monday, which included names like