Month: February 2017

Sarah Aley (centre) recently finished with 4 for 23 to help Sydney Sixers successfully defend 124 in the Women’s BBL final © Getty Images Thirty-two-year-old Sarah Aley has been added to Australia Women’s T20I squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand on February 17. She was called in as cover for Lauren Cheatle, who sustained an injury to her shoulder during training last week. Aley – who finished as…

Chris Lynn made his ODI debut for Australia last month, scoring 16 in the first ODI against Pakistan © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Chris Lynn will not be part of Australia’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka starting on February 17. Lynn aggravated his neck injury during training last week, Cricket Australia said, and will be replaced by left-hand batsman Ben Dunk, who finished as the highest-run scorer…

Nic Maddinson bagged a duck on Test debut © Getty Images Australia batsman Nic Maddinson, who missed New South Wales’ clash against Victoria last week, will miss the game against Queensland too, starting February 10, because of “personal reasons”. “Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW advises that Australian and NSW batsman Nic Maddinson will not be available for selection due to personal reasons, until further notice,” CA and CNSW said in…

The T20I series win has been the high point of Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa so far © Gallo Images/Getty Images Players’ failure to adjust to foreign conditions – rather than sweeping flaws in the domestic system – are to blame for the Sri Lanka’s plight in South Africa, chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has said. Sri Lanka won the T20 series 2-1, but have been clean-swept in the Tests,…

India are all but through to the Super Six stage © IDI/Getty Mansi Joshi, the medium pacer, took three wickets in a single spell as India shot out Thailand for 55 and then completed the chase in 12.4 overs to register their second successive win. Thailand, who elected to bat, lasted just 29.1 overs, with only two batsmen getting into double digits. India’s spin trio of Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav…

Coach Chandika Hathurusingha expects Soumya Sarkar to ride the confidence wave © AFP Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, want his batsmen to chip in and complement those who go on to make bigger scores to help sustain momentum as their maiden Test on Indian soil progresses. In their previous two Tests, in New Zealand, only Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur managed scores of substance. In the second Test in Christchurch,…