News The left hander will continue to play in the WBBL having moved to Sydney Sixers Former Australia batter Nicole Bolton has announced her retirement from state cricket with Western Australia where she stands as their leading run-scorer. Bolton, who played 55 times for Australia between 2014 and 2019, making a century on debut in
News Guptill was slated to return to international action on that tour after he was rested for the Bangladesh tour Martin Guptill has expressed his disappointment at New Zealand abruptly calling off their Pakistan tour last month. Guptill was slated to return to international action on that tour as he was among a host of
In the first men’s T20 International held in Australia, Damien Martyn was promoted to open the innings and didn’t disappoint – striking a highly entertaining 96 off only 56 balls.
Report Oman faltered in the 162 chase and went on to lose by 19 runs Sri Lanka 162 for 4 (Avishka 83*, Shanaka 51*) beat Oman 143 for 8 (Khushi 40, Kumara 4-30) by 19 runs An unbeaten 83 by Avishka Fernando and an assured bowling performance spearheaded by Lahiru Kumara saw Sri Lanka clinch
News Players could have to face up within a certain time limit to avoid allowing the bowler a free delivery at exposed stumps The BBL is close to introducing a radical version of the timed out rule for the upcoming season in an attempt to find ways to speed up play. Cricket Australia’s playing conditions
News Their win over Central Punjab keeps their hopes of qualification still alive Southern Punjab 157 for 4 (Tayyab Tahir 68, Khushdil 51*) beat Central Punjab 154 for 9 (Hussain Talat 68, Zia-ul-Haq 4-40) by six wickets Southern Punjab kept their slender hopes of qualification to the knockouts alive with a second successive win, beating
Is MS Dhoni about to hang up his gloves? © BCCI MS Dhoni is set to remain with Chennai Super Kings next season, but perhaps not as a player. Speaking at the toss during his team’s last IPL 2021 league match against Punjab Kings on Thursday, Dhoni indicated that his association with Super Kings –
News Chairman leaves role after just over a year in office, Barry O’Brien steps up as interim Ian Watmore has stood down as chair of the ECB with immediate effect after just over a year in the role. Watmore, who experienced an almost equally brief period as chief executive of the FA just over a
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News The offspinner hasn’t played since April but is hopeful of three matches before facing England Nathan Lyon has never gone this long between matches in his professional career. And the wait is set to continue as New South Wales are still yet to confirm the start of their domestic season, with hopes they can
News Northern will take on Southern Punjab instead of Balochistan in Wednesday’s evening game Four Balochistan players participating in the ongoing National T20 Cup have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the PCB to move their October 6 evening game at the Gaddafi Stadium against Northern to October 9. The match will be swapped with the
News Cites current Covid-19 restrictions for New Zealand citizens wanting to enter the country as primary reason for his decision India’s head trainer Nick Webb has informed the BCCI he will not extend his contract beyond the upcoming T20 World Cup due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in his home country New Zealand. Webb has been
News Long-term prospects boosted after operation to remove scar tissue from injured digit Ben Stokes has undergone a second finger operation that looks set to rule him out of the Ashes, but may yet hasten his return to action in the long term. Stokes, who has been on indefinite leave since pulling out of this
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News CA announced the remainder of the WBBL fixtures will be played in Perth, Adelaide, and Mackay Cricket Australia has secured a landmark deal with all 59 matches of this season’s WBBL competition to be broadcast on television for the first time. Foxtel, the pay TV provider, will show all matches live while free-to-air network
News Fast bowler will be available for Championship and Blast fixtures until July Shaheen Shah Afridi, the Pakistan left-arm fast bowler, has signed for Middlesex for the 2022 season. Afridi, 21, will join up with the Middlesex squad for pre-season training in the spring, and will remain with the club until mid-July, when Pakistan’s tour
Report de Villiers had six runs to get off the last two balls but this time the ace finisher couldn’t pull it off Sunrisers Hyderabad 141 for 7 (Roy 44, Harshal 3-33, Christian 2-14) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 137 for 6 (Padikkal 41, Maxwell 40, Malik 1-21) by four runs AB de Villiers was left
Harry Brook gets low to scoop © Getty Images Hobart Hurricanes have signed one of the hottest young properties in English cricket with Harry Brook set for his first stint in the BBL this coming season. The 22-year-old had an outstanding season for Yorkshire in the Vitality Blast. He was the fourth-highest runscorer with 486
News Sri Lanka Cricket are hopeful of the tour possibly going ahead sometime before the 2022 World Cup Talks about a potential tour of Pakistan by the Sri Lankan women’s team later this month have hit a stumbling block following a change in management at the PCB. As a result, the series will not be
News The result put Central Punjab on top of the table Central Punjab 131 for 2 (Talat 68*, Malik 40*) beat Sindh 128 for 7 (Sarfaraz 54*, Faheem 2-19) by eight wickets A superb show from Central Punjab’s bowlers, along with contributions with the bat from Hussain Talat and Shoaib Malik, helped them beat Sindh
News Both teams denied entry into South Australia to quarantine and play against other states due to Covid border restrictions New South Wales and Victoria are set to play up to three Sheffield Shield and three Marsh Cup fixtures between themselves in Sydney and Melbourne starting in late October after both states were denied the
News “At the end of the day, there are stats in this game, but you know if you’re winning World Cups, people will remember those moments more.” Before he made his Test debut, Devon Conway was asked about the landmarks he’d love to tick off during his career by his Wellington team-mate Logan van Beek
News The home side are likely to rotate through their pace bowlers during the series India have won the last four days of this multi-format series and if it hadn’t been for a borderline no-ball in the second ODI it would have been them, not Australia, heading into the decisive T20Is with a 6-4 advantage.
News Aaron Finch will be fit despite coming off knee surgery and is confident the team can overcome tricky preparation Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has confirmed that he and David Warner will open the batting together at the T20 World Cup despite Warner twice being dropped by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL this year.
News Reports from the UK indicated that Joe Root has confirmed he will captain the side The men’s Ashes is set to go ahead this summer with England’s players reportedly agreeing to tour in a move that will green-light the A$200 million series. England’s cricketers spoke with Cricket Australia (CA) bosses again on Tuesday evening,
News With the Queensland border closed for NSW and Victoria, likes of Lyon will face some issues; 14-day quarantine looks likely Australia offspinner Nathan Lyon, as well other potential Test squad members from New South Wales and Victoria, are set to face a challenge as to how and when they need to enter Queensland with
News The New Zealand allrounder aims to continue representing the Auckland Hearts in the domestic circuit New Zealand allrounder Anna Peterson has announced her retirement from international cricket. Having made her debut against England in 2012, Peterson spent close to a decade in the international set-up. She played 65 matches in that period, including 32
News Tom Curran drafted into England squad and Reece Topley added as a travelling reserve England allrounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup with a lower-back injury. His brother Tom Curran has been drafted into the England squad as his replacement and Reece Topley has also been added
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