News Virat Kohli says India managing allrounder’s workload with six Tests to come in England India might be looking at a Test return for Hardik Pandya during the six Test matches in England later this year. As India were comprehensively beaten even after putting 336 on the board, Pandya’s absence from the bowling crease remained a hot topic especially as he had been utilised during the T20I series. With Pandya…
News IPL franchises considering pooling together to arrange chartered flight for the group Quinton de Kock and David Miller will be among the group of players moving between the two series South Africa’s IPL-bound players who are part of the national squad for the limited-overs series against Pakistan, which starts on April 2, will be allowed by Cricket South Africa to fly out to India after the second ODI…
Jimmy Neesham in full flow for New Zealand © Getty Images Jimmy Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, is to join Essex for this summer’s Vitality Blast. The 30-year-old will arrive in England following on from the IPL and is set to be available throughout the group stage. Neesham’s previous involvement on English soil came during the dramatic Super Over finish to the 2019 World Cup final. He has also had…
News ‘It’s not so much the people, and it’s not so much the players – it’s the infrastructure that we need to review’ Reforming Sri Lanka’s domestic structure is among Tom Moody‘s priorities in his new role as director of cricket, and a fresh plan for first-class structure may be revealed over the next few months. So said Moody in his first press conference in his new role, having just…
News The three-time IPL champions will start training in Mumbai on March 26 Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja are both in the CSK bio-secure bubble in Mumbai now They had their worst IPL season, finishing seventh, in 2020, and as the Chennai Super Kings look to bounce back and add to their three titles, they have received a shot in the arm in the form of Suresh Raina and…
News Veteran Porterfield to combine playing career with job as fielding coach William Porterfield and Gary Wilson spent plenty of time in each other’s company with Ireland Cricket Ireland has announced new coaching consultancy roles for William Porterfield, Ireland’s former captain across all formats, and Gary Wilson, the wicketkeeper-batsman who retired last week. Porterfield, 36, will combine his playing career with a job as consultant fielding coach, working with…
News An SLC release said Vaas withdrew his resignation after a meeting File pic: Chaminda Vaas (left) had been involved in a remuneration dispute with SLC before the West Indies tour Sri Lanka Cricket has said that the matters that led to Chaminda Vaas‘ resignation as the fast bowling consultant last month have been “amicably resolved” after a meeting between the two parties. An SLC release said Vaas withdrew…
News Netherlands have a named a squad with a clear focus on youth The players and match officials will be in a bio-secure bubble for the series, with strict SOPs said to be in place Nepal will host Netherlands and Malaysia for a triangular T20I series, scheduled for April 17 to 24. The three teams will play each other twice, before the top two meet in the final. All…
“To achieve certain goals, we need to have camps on a periodic basis” © Getty Images The top Indian women cricketers “need to improve on all fronts” and “a long camp will pave the way for this”, according to WV Raman, the head coach of the national team, who recently oversaw ODI and T20I series defeats at home to South Africa in India’s first bit of international cricket in a…
Report Western Australia’s pace attack reduced the visitors to 7 for 143 at the WACA Victoria 7 for 186 (Morris 3-40) trail Western Australia 9 for 391 dec (Inglis 115, Bancroft 113, Paris 102*) A maiden first-class century for Joel Paris and a three-wicket burst by Lance Morris helped Western Australia take control against Victoria at the WACA. Paris and Josh Inglis took their seventh-wicket stand to 142, the latter…