Trinbago Knight Riders 137 for 1 (Munro 66*, McCullum 58*) beat St Lucia Stars 132 for 9 (Fletcher 26, Mayers 23, Shadab 2-15) by nine wickets Brendon McCullum blasted seven sixes in his unbeaten 27-ball 58 © CPL St Lucia Stars, formerly known as Zouks, received a baptism by fire at the hands of the Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL 2017 opener in Gros Islet. Brendon McCullum and Colin…
Jackson Bird’s last Test came against Pakistan in December 2016 © Getty Images Fast bowler Jackson Bird has replaced James Pattinson in Australia’s squad for their upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Pattinson has been ruled out of the tour with inflammation in his back. The loss of Pattinson is the second blow suffered by Australia’s pace attack in less than 24 hours, with Mitchell Starc also ruled out, having failed to…
© Cricket West Indies Ryan Maron has replaced Andre Coley as West Indies’ fielding coach. He joins the West Indies team in England ahead of their three-Test series which begins on August 17. Maron, the 42-year-old former opening batsman who played 18 first-class matches for Western Province in South Africa, has previously worked as fielding coach with Dolphins in South African domestic cricket as well as with the Afghanistan national…
Play 02:18 ‘This year’s a clean slate for Guyana’ – Guptill Ahead of Guyana Amazon Warriors’ first training session in Florida prior to their season-opening match against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, a reunion of sorts took place in front of the pavilion. Star legspinner Rashid Khan was in the middle or being interviewed when his Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody appeared behind the camera. The two embraced and spent…
Mitchell Swepson will join Australia’s Test squad for the second time this year © AFP Queensland legspinner Mitchell Swepson has been named as a late addition to Australia’s Test squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Swepson, who was part of the Test squad in India earlier this year but did not make his debut, has taken 41 wickets at 32.82 in his 14-game first-class career. When the Australia selectors…
Sussex 167 for 5 (Nash 73*, Brown 49) beat Kent 163 for 9 (Billings 74, Jordan 3-38) by five wickets Alex Blake is bowled by Jofra Archer © Getty Images Kent’s hopes of reaching this season’s NatWest T20 Blast quarter finals were dealt a severe blow as Sussex Sharks snaffled a five-wicket South Group win in Canterbury. Sharks’ skipper Chris Nash bossed the show with an unbeaten 73 from 58…
Nottinghamshire 189 for 4 (Moores 57, Wessels 37) beat Derbyshire 181 for 7 (Reece 53, Madsen 31, Ball 3-33) by eight runs Jake Ball just kept Derbyshire at bay © Getty Images England fast bowler Jake Ball showed his international class as the Nottinghamshire Outlaws boosted their NatWest Blast T20 hopes by sending North Group leaders Derbyshire Falcons to their first home defeat. Ball took 3 for 33 from his…
Lancashire 173 for 5 (Buttler 57, Vilas 32, Livingstone 30) beat Leicestershire 169 for 3 (Cosgrove 77*) by four runs Mark Cosgrove, batting with a runner, fell four runs short of victory [file picture] © Getty Images Lancashire ended a run of four defeats and improved their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals of this year’s NatWest T20 Blast with a last ball victory over Leicestershire at the Fischer County…
Essex 169 for 6 (Wheater 50, Dawson 3-41) beat Hampshire 168 for 6 (Bailey 89*) by four wickets Adam Wheater left his former team-mates for dust © Getty Images Adam Wheater returned to Hampshire to haunt his former county with a thumping 50 and boost Essex’s hopes of reaching the Natwest T20 Blast quarter-finals. Opening batsman Wheater jumped ship from the Ageas Bowl for Chelmsford at the end of the…
Gloucestershire 152 for 3 ( Cockbain 47*, Noema-Barnett 33) beat Somerset 146 (Myburgh 42, C Overton 33*, Payne 3-29) by seven wickets David Payne took tthree wickets © Getty Images Gloucestershire gained derby bragging rights over their local rivals with an seven-wicket NatWest T20 Blast victory over Somerset in front of an 8,000 sell-out crowd at Bristol Somerset could muster only 146 all out after arriving at the ground late…