[embedded content] Jenny Gunn declared she does not mind how wins arrive at the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 after England overcame a major batting collapse to edge past West Indies in a last-ball thriller. Having beaten India by two wickets on Tuesday, England were involved in another dramatic finish in Dharamsala today, this time against the Windies. Charlotte Edwards’ side may have emerged with another win, their third in Group…
England 109 for 9 (Beaumont 31, Fletcher 3-12, Quintyne 3-19) beat West Indies 108 for 4 (Taylor 35, Shrubsole 1-11) by one wicketScorecard The England dugout celebrate their last-ball victory © ICC/Getty For the second time in the space of three days, England turned a routine canter into a tense trudge through error-infested swampland. Despite a brisk start to their chase of West Indies’ 108 – with 12 overs to…
West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has signed to represent Hampshire in this year’s NatWest T20 Blast. The 32-year-old all-rounder, who led the Windies to the 2012 World T20 title, is again captaining the islanders in the current global tournament. He will be available to Hampshire until his Caribbean Premier League commitments at the start of July. Sammy’s first match at the Ageas Bowl will be Hampshire’s Blast clash against…
Sana Mir on the challenge of playing the formidable England side on Sunday: “It doesn’t matter who we are playing.” © IDI/Getty Images Sana Mir received a thunderous applause as she walked in to the post-match press conference after her side beat Bangladesh Women in Delhi. She first allowed Sidra Ameen, who crafted a match-winning unbeaten 53, to soak in the applause and take her seat, before she followed. The…
Opening batsman Billy Godleman has replaced Wayne Madsen as Derbyshire’s four-day captain – less than four weeks before the club get their Specsavers County Championship campaign under way. Godleman was a standout performer in 2015 with more than 1,000 Division Two runs, including three centuries in as many innings, in an overall disappointing season for the county, who finished second-from-bottom. The 27-year-old will now take charge of their attempts to…
Pakistan Women 114 for 1 (Ameen 53*, Maroof 43*) beat Bangladesh Women 113 for 9 (Hoque 36, Amin 2-12) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:43 Watch – How Pakistan Women cruised to victory Bismah Maroof and Sidra Ameen ensured Pakistan aced their chase against Bangladesh, beating them by nine wickets with over three overs to spare in Delhi. The second-wicket pair added 99 runs in their unbroken partnership,…
Cardiff’s groundsman was sacked soon after Glamorgan’s Royal London Cup tie against Hampshire was abandoned © Getty Images The ECB is set to announce a range of new regulations designed to improve the quality of pitches in domestic cricket ahead of the county season. It had already been announced that visiting teams would be given the option of bowling first, rather than having a toss, in the County Championship, with…
Play 02:51 Jayawardene: England will be relieved Paul Farbrace, England’s assistant coach, has admitted the team had put in a disappointing batting display against Afghanistan but praised the application that allowed them to emerge with a 15-run win in Delhi. England have won two games in a row, in wildly differing circumstances, after losing their opening match with West Indies and still have their sights set on a semi-final spot….
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced he will end his international career following the ICC World Twenty20. The 34-year-old retired from Tests last year after Australia’s unsuccessful Ashes campaign in England but opted to continue playing in the limited-overs formats. While he has not featured in the one-day team since September 2015, the big-hitting batsman and seamer has been involved in both of Australia’s opening matches of the World T20….
The England team can ditch the calculators as the equation is a now simple one. With run-rates being crunched since the nervy win over Afghanistan, England’s path into the knock out stages was made a lot clearer on Good Friday when Darren Sammy’s West Indies edged past South Africa. If England win against Sri Lanka on Saturday then a place in the semi-final awaits. It sounds straightforward but England fans…