Temba Bavuma picked up the injury during the third T20I against England © Getty Images Australia won the toss and chose to bat v South Africa On a hot day in Bloemfontein, Aaron Finch opted to make the hosts chase in their bid to win a first series this summer. The dry appearance of the pitch led the Australian captain to believe spin would play a role and, given South…
Jaydev Unadkat started the new season on a strong note © Shailesh Bhatnagar Jaydev Unadkat broke several records on the way to match-winning returns of 7 for 56, dragging Saurashtra out of a 50-50 situation in their semi-final against Gujarat at home in Rajkot to a 92-run win and a place in the final against Bengal. In an absorbing contest that went down to the final session on the fifth…
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6:52 AM GMT Mushfiqur Rahim, the only Bangladesh player to have opted against travelling to Pakistan, will not be considered for the third, and final, ODI against Zimbabwe on Friday as the team wants to prepare for the one-off ODI against Pakistan in Karachi early next month, chief selector Minhajul Abedin has said. “Mushfiqur will not be playing as we want to see one of the youngsters in this game,…
The same prize money will be on offer to Kate Cross and Saqib Mahmood in the Hundred 5:59 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The Hundred will feature equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams, the ECB has announced. A total prize budget of £600,000 will be split equally between the men’s and the women’s competitions, in a…
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5:01 AM GMT There’s never a bad time to hit career-best form, but finding it at a World Cup is especially handy. England allrounder Nat Sciver is playing as well as she ever has in the T20 format, having ended the group stage in Australia as the leading run-scorer in her new role at No. 3. Half of Sciver’s eight T20I fifties have come in her last six innings: one…
4:15 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Shafali Verma‘s sparkling batting at the top of the order for India has seen her vault 19 places to be the No.1 ranked batter in the world in T20Is. India have marched into the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup, progressing unbeaten through Group A, with Shafali playing a central role. Only 16 years old, Verma has dethroned Suzie Bates from the top spot,…
2:51 AM GMT With an electric 37-ball century followed by 5 for 26 in his fours overs in an invitational Twenty20 tournament on Tuesday in Mumbai, Hardik Pandya has announced to the selectors that he is fit to return to the international game. Hardik’s match-winning performance came during the DY Patil T20 tournament, where he was representing Reliance 1 against the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) team. Over the years…
1:32 AM GMT Cricket Australia asked the ICC about whether a reserve day could be added for the T20 World Cup semi-finals with the weather threatening to ruin the double-header day, which would send Australia and England out, but were told it was not possible to alter the tournament playing conditions. Kevin Roberts, the CA chief executive, revealed the request had been made but understood why it was declined although…