Month: March 2021

News The Australian allrounder is understood to have opted out because of concerns over the lengthy stay in biobubbles Mitchell Marsh has pulled out of the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2021 campaign because of concerns over spending around two months in biosecure bubbles in India. ESPNcricinfo understands the Sunrisers are likely to draft in England opener Jason Roy as Marsh’s replacement. Marsh, last in action in Australia’s T20I series in New…

News Fast bowler undergoes successful surgery to remove glass fragment from his hand Jofra Archer is set to return to India to play for the Rajasthan Royals after a period on the sidelines recovering from injury, despite some early doubts over his availability for the 2021 IPL. ESPNcricinfo understands Archer, who had finger surgery on Monday in England, is expected to miss at least the first four matches of the…

Bangladesh have lost all five matches so far on their ongoing six-match limited-overs tour of New Zealand   Big Picture New Zealand are about to end their all-win home summer that has stretched seven series. They have hosted 21 international matches, the most by any country since the Covid-19 pandemic. It is regarded as an administrative success, particularly given their country’s stringent quarantine protocols. The only dampener is likely to…

News Her debut was full of promise as one of the team’s next generation showed her pace Eighteen-year-old Brown made her debut in Napier on Tuesday, finishing with figures of 1 for 26   Darcie Brown is hoping to soak up knowledge and experience from all corners during the tour of New Zealand as Australia’s young quick bowlers push each other to elevate the speed gun. Eighteen-year-old Brown made her…

News Also, batting coach Luke Ronchi pleased that newbie Finn Allen is staying true to his attacking instincts ‘There was plenty of nerves, it was really cool to be back wearing the black jersey’ – Adam Milne   Adam Milne felt like he was making his debut again as he returned to international cricket after two and a half years on Tuesday. Multiple injuries, including a stress fracture on his…

News Coach Bob Carter said “cricket must come second” to the importance of Devine’s health New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has been playing regular cricket since the end of September when New Zealand toured Australia for T20Is and ODIs   New Zealand will make a late decision on the availability of captain Sophie Devine for the T20I decider against Australia after she withdrew from the game in Napier suffering from…