Report Jake Ball, Luke Fletcher share four wickets before late recovery from eighth-wicket pair Durham 241 for 7 (Lees 58, Bedingham 57) vs Nottinghamshire Against an opponent without a win in this competition in 27 attempts. Durham might have fancied themselves to get their LV= Insurance County Championship season off to a positive start but they will feel the opening day here was one of wasted opportunities as wickets were…
Report Josh Shaw and Ryan Higgins lead way with ball for hosts on green-tinged surface Surrey 220 for 9 (Amla 56, Shaw 4-48) vs Gloucestershire The opening day of the new LV= Insurance County Championship season saw Bristol over 20 degrees cooler than Chennai, where Rory Burns last walked out in a competitive match, and Surrey felt a chill all day as they made 220 for 9 against Gloucestershire. Josh…
News Pakistan coach happy with Babar Azam’s progress as captain, says he’ll improve further with experience In the three ODIs against South Africa, Pakistan’s strategy to extract maximum firepower from the middle order remained a theory until Hasan Ali, from the late-middle order, showed a glimpse of what can be with his 32 off 11 in the final ODI. But the issue remains largely unresolved, which leaves head coach Misbah-ul-Haq…
News Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza to oversee process as ombudsman of Social Justice and Nation-Building committee Players took a knee on the pitch prior to the start of CSA’s experimental 3TC game last July, but the national team is yet to do so as a unit Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) committee will hold public hearings as the country seeks to address issues of racial discrimination in…
News Also says Ravindra Jadeja is “looking good” at training on return from his thumb injury MS Dhoni’s Super Kings finished seventh out of eight teams on the IPL points table last year MS Dhoni is likely to remain part of the Chennai Super Kings set-up at IPL 2022, according to the franchise’s CEO, Kasi Viswanathan. Viswanathan also confirmed that allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, who left India’s tour of Australia…
News Punjab Kings captain says the ability to intimidate with pace is something the team was missing the last few seasons Captain KL Rahul is excited to watch the Punjab Kings’ new speed sensation Riley Meredith bowl with “proper pace”, something Rahul believes his team has been missing for a few years to “intimidate the opposition”. The Kings bought Meredith, who made his T20I debut for Australia against New Zealand…
News Former India batsman recuperating under home isolation Sachin Tendulkar, who was hospitalised as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19, was on Thursday discharged and is now recuperating in home isolation in Mumbai. Tendulkar, who will turn 48 this month, confirmed the development through a tweet. “I have just come home from the hospital and will remain isolated while continuing to rest and recuperate,” he wrote. “I would…
News SLC technical committee chairman Aravinda de Silva shares details of future plans Sri Lanka is looking to revive inter-provincial cricket in the latest attempt to create a more competitive first-class structure. Although exact details of the new competition have not been announced, chairman of SLC’s technical committee Aravinda de Silva has hinted that the provincial system will become the premier multi-day competition in the country. The present club system…
‘We can’t afford to take anyone lightly because it’s qualification for a World Cup that’s at stake’ – Athapaththu Chamari Athapaththu believes the postponement of global Qualifier to determine the final three spots at the 2022 Women’s World Cup from it’s June-July window to December is a “good thing”. Just for context, Sri Lanka haven’t had any form of international cricket for over a year now due to the…
News The RCB captain believes his team has the resources to go “a couple of steps further” than they did last year Royal Challengers Bangalore made it to the playoffs in IPL 2020 for the first time in four years, and captain Virat Kohli believes they are ready to go a couple of steps further in IPL 2021. Kohli’s belief is centred around the lack of home advantage for all…