News van der Dussen and Shamsi win men’s ODI player of the year and men’s T20I player of the year awards Quicks Anrich Nortje and Shabnim Ismail were named South Africa’s men’s and women’s cricketer of the year respectively at CSA’s annual awards ceremony, which was held virtually on Sunday. Nortje became the 12th player to win the newcomer of the year and men’s cricketer of the year awards in…
Amy Jones made an unbeaten 163 © Getty Images Central Sparks 295 for 7 (A Jones 163*) beat Western Storm 254 for 9 (Parfitt 91, Knight 59, Fackrell 4-34) by 41 runs Central Sparks emerged victorious by 41 runs against Western Storm thanks to a magnificent innings by Amy Jones, who recorded the highest score in the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy to date. Jones finished not out on 163 not…
Report Kate Cross scores 43 and takes three-for in pivotal all-round display Thunder 247 for 9 (Boyce 91, Patel 4-40) beat Sunrisers 211 (Wilson 50, Ecclestone 3-28) by 36 runs North West Thunder recovered from their heart-breaking one-wicket defeat on the opening day of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy to beat Sunrisers by 36 runs at Chester Boughton Hall and record their first win of the season. Georgie Boyce hit…
Report Lightning narrowly fall short in chase having earlier reduced visitors to 50 for 6 Northern Diamonds 151 (Gunn 40, K Bryce 4-16) beat Lightning 145 (Brunt 4-23) by six runs The Northern Diamonds bounced back from defeat in their opening match by beating Lightning by six runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Kibworth in Leicestershire. Past and present England stars were the match-winners for Diamonds, veteran allrounder…
News The families of both men’s and women’s squads will be allowed to travel with the teams In a shot in the arm for the India men’s and women’s squads that are due to tour England, the families of players and coaching and support staff have been cleared by the UK government to accompany them on tour. The men’s team will be on tour for close to four months, playing…
Dani Wyatt made an unbeaten 64 © Getty Images Southern Vipers 138 for 3 (Wyatt 64*) beat South East Stars 137 (Taylor 4-21) by seven wickets Charlotte Taylor maintained her place as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy’s craftiest bowler by taking 4 for 21 to help the Southern Vipers to a seven-wicket victory over the South East Stars. Spinner Taylor, who was last year’s top wicket-taker, bamboozled the Stars’ top-order…
News Ireland’s captain is also impressed with Ben White, the uncapped legspinner who has replaced the injured Gareth Delany George Dockrell has forced his way back into Ireland’s squad with his weight of runs for Leinster Lightning When Ireland play the first of three ODIs against Netherlands on Wednesday, their line-up is likely to include a familiar name in an unfamiliar role. George Dockrell is their second-highest wicket-taker in…
Head coach Gary Stead believes New Zealand are in something of a “luxurious position”, with competition for places and just a couple of question marks around their preferred XI to take on England at Lord’s this week. The identity of Tom Latham’s opening partner and how New Zealand choose to balance the side in the absence of Trent Boult are two major selection issues that will be determined between now…
News Hashmatullah Shahidi is the new ODI and Test captain; T20I captaincy decision to be made soon Asghar Afghan‘s second stint as Afghanistan captain has lasted all of 15 months, with the board deeming some of his tactics during the series against Zimbabwe in March as “questionable”. They have now opted for a split-captaincy model. Hashmatullah Shahidi, the senior middle-order batter, takes over as the new ODI and Test captain,…
News Shahidi is the new ODI and Test captain; T20I captaincy decision to be made soon Asghar Afghan‘s second stint as Afghanistan captain has lasted all of 15 months, with the board deeming some of his tactics during the series against Zimbabwe in March as “questionable”. They have now opted for a split-captaincy model. Hashmatullah Shahidi, the senior middle-order batter, takes over as the new ODI and Test captain, with…