Somerset 43 for 1 trail Hampshire 211 for 9 dec (Dawson 53, Gregory 3-51) by 158 runsScorecard Gareth Berg took the only wicket to fall © Getty Images Only 13 overs were played on a soggy second day of Hampshire and Somerset’s Division One Specsavers County Championship clash at the Ageas Bowl. In the 54 minutes of action, Gareth Berg managed to find Hampshire’s first wicket of the match. The…
Wellington last played a one-day international in 2015 © Christopher Lee-IDI/IDI Left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza, who last played an international match in March 2016, has been included in Zimbabwe’s ODI and Test squads for the series against Sri Lanka. Wellington’s inclusion is the only addition to the Zimbabwe squad that toured Scotland and Netherlands earlier this month. The left-arm spinner’s last ODI appearance came in 2015, against Afghanistan and Sharjah….
England 377 for 7 (Sciver 137, Knight 106) beat Pakistan 107 for 3 (Ayesha 56*) by 107 runs – DLSScorecard and ball-by-ball details Natalie Sciver brought up her maiden ODI century off only 76 balls © PA Images Natalie Sciver converted her maiden ODI century into a blistering innings of 137 from 92 balls, and Heather Knight, the captain, also passed three figures for the first time in limited-overs cricket,…
Dinesh Chandimal had a disappointing Champions Trophy, scoring 12 runs in three innings © Getty Images Dinesh Chandimal has been left out of Sri Lanka’s squad for the first two ODIs against Zimbabwe. Uncapped 19-year-old spin allrounder Wanidu Hasaranga was named in the 13-member team, with recalls for spinner Akila Dananjaya and seamer Lahiru Madushanka, along with fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, who has not played international cricket since December 2016….
Will Rhodes is moving on from Headingley © Getty Images Warwickshire have signed Yorkshire all-rounder Will Rhodes on a two-year contract. Rhodes, a former England U19 captain, will join Warwickshire at the end of the 2017 season. Rhodes’ opportunities at Yorkshire had been blocked by a surplus of fine players with the recent signing of Tom Kohler-Cadmore from Worcestershire pushing him even further back in the pecking order. Aged 22,…
Ravi Shastri, who was India’s team director in 2014, has decided to apply for the position of the Indian team’s head coach. He also rubbished claims that he would apply only after he is assured of actually getting the job. Former India team director Ravi Shastri has decided to apply for the position of the team’s head coach. “Yes, I have decided to apply for the job,” he confirmed to…
Vivo had bagged the title sponsorship rights of the T20 League for two years – 2016 and 2017 – or the ninth and tenth edition of the league – at a reported cost of Rs 100 crore per year. The new bid amount is Rs 440 crores a year. Chinese mobile handset manufacturer Vivo has retained the title sponsorship for Indian Premier League for the five-year period of 2018-2022 with…
Imran Tahir slipped to the third position in the ICC T20I bowlers ranking after claiming only one wicket in the recently-concluded T20I series between South Africa and England. India’s Jasprit Bumrah sits on the second position in the rankings. Pakistan’s Imad Wasim removed South Africa’s Imran Tahir as the No. 1 ranked T20I bowler in the latest ICC rankings released on Monday. This is the first time that the 28-year-old…
Kuldeep Yadav was bringing back the phrase “imagine being done in by a chinaman” back in vogue, that too at the Queen’s Park Oval, which witnessed it being used for the first time for Ellis Achong. On Sunday, an Indian bowling chinaman had his first ever bowl in an ODI at a venue where a Chinaman invented his unique style of bowling, nearly a century ago. And for good measure,…
While Srinivasan attended the SGM as a representative of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), it may be recalled here that as per the recommendations of the Lodha Committee he is disqualified. Former BCCI president N Srinivasan hit out at a media channel for questioning him over his presence at the Special General Meeting (SGM) on Monday. While Srinivasan attended the SGM as a representative of the Tamil Nadu Cricket…