Jimmy Adams is leaving Kent © Getty Images Kent head coach Jimmy Adams is leaving the county to return to Jamaica. Adams, 48, departs after five years and said: “I’ve enjoyed my time at Kent which has been a great learning experience for me. I wanted to be involved in a club that was seeking to grow and I am fortunate to have found that here at Kent over the…
Allrounder Sophie Devine also returned to the squad for the home series © IDI/Getty Images New Zealand Women have picked 16-year-old legspinner Amelia Kerr for the next month’s home series against Pakistan Women. Allrounder Sophie Devine and batsman Liz Perry returned to the squad, while spinners Leigh Kasperek and Erin Bermingham were unavailable for selection. Kerr has represented Wellington Women for close to two years in limited-overs cricket. She is…
Younis Khan missed the first Test against West Indies after being advised rest as he recovered from dengue © AFP Pakistan have added batsman Younis Khan to their squad for the second Test against West Indies in Abu Dhabi, which starts from October 21. Younis’ inclusion is the only change to the squad for the ongoing first Test. Younis had missed the first Test after being advised extended rest as…
Western Australia 5 for 159 (Agar 47) beat Cricket Australia 8 for 147 (Harper 48, Tye 4-23) by 5 wickets by D/L methodScorecard Ashton Agar delivered victory to Western Australia © Getty Images Ashton Agar smashed 47 off 19 balls to set up victory for Western Australia in a severely rain-shortened match against the Cricket Australia XI at Hurstville Oval in Sydney. The game was reduced to 15 overs per…
India and Pakistan, the ICC has said, have until the end of October to play their series © IDI/Getty Images The series between India and Pakistan’s women’s teams, which counts towards ICC Women’s Championship points, is in major doubt. The two have till the end of October to play the series, but the BCCI has not responded to the PCB’s queries on the series since May with either a confirmation…
Mickey Arthur: “We were disappointed that we took our foot off their throat and gave them a glimpse into the game.” © Getty Images Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said that his batsmen had given West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo “eight soft wickets” during their second-innings collapse on the fourth day of the day-night Dubai Test. Having taken a 222-run first-innings lead, Pakistan were dismised for 123, losing their last six…
Play 01:12 ‘ODI whitewash will leave scar on Australia’ It isn’t often that a team can say they have dominated Australia but South Africa believe they can. They inflicted a 5-0 ODI whitewash at home on Steven Smith’s side – albeit one with a depleted bowling attack – and rate themselves highly as they head to Australia for a three-Test series. “To beat Australia the way we did, really convincingly…
Play 01:36 ‘Couldn’t be as free as I wanted to be’ – Latham Tom Latham saw his team-mates fall in all sorts of ways as he battled for nearly three hours and became the first New Zealand batsman to carry his bat in an ODI. While his more experienced colleagues crumbled once again during what has become an arduous tour of the subcontinent, Latham was firm in Dharamsala, where his…
West Indies Women 223 for 6 (Taylor 85, Quintyne 41) beat England Women 181 (Beaumont 57, Winfield 51, Taylor 3-29) by 42 runsScorecard Stafanie Taylor produced a superb all-round performance to defeat England © Getty Images/ICC The batting frailties that have dogged England’s women throughout their tour of the Caribbean resurfaced with a vengeance once again in the fourth ODI at Sabina Park, as West Indies squared the five-match series…
Having themselves struggled in the absence of some of their top bowlers in the previous season, South Africa will know the difference the return of Starc and Hazlewood could make for Australia © Associated Press South Africa have left for Australia with two rookie spinners in their squad, but Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj could end up being tourists on the three-Test tour. With five specialist seamers to choose from,…