Month: May 2021

Khaled Mahmud, the former Bangladesh captain and current BCB director, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently isolating at home. Mahmud, 49, was the Bangladesh team director on their recent Test tour of Sri Lanka and was supposed to have the same role for the home ODI series that starts on Sunday, against the same opponents. He is also a coach in the Dhaka Premier League, which is scheduled…

Essex 16 for 1 trail Warwickshire 166 (Bresnan 50, Siddle 6-38) by 150 runs Huddled beneath a flimsy canopy at the Hayes Close End, in a poised-for-action outline uncannily similar to that of Scrat, Ice Age’s perma-frozen sabre-toothed squirrel, there would appear to be some long-lost lumps of immoveable organic matter at the Cloud FM County Ground. Forgotten by the winds of time and the rains of desolation, outnumbered by…

Report No chance of play as covers stay on for day two of West Country derby Somerset 45 for 1 vs Gloucestershire James Anderson’s career has been packed with landmarks. The next on the list will surely be reached when the Lancashire bowler dismisses another eight batsmen, thereby joining the select group of cricketers who have bagged over a 1000 first-class wickets in the careers. Well, up to a point,…

Report Draw becomes the favourite as rain and wind cut short proceedings at Kia Oval Surrey 185 for 8 vs Middlesex Perhaps it was inevitable that the return of fans to The Oval would coincide with the wettest week of south London weather yet this summer, with 46mph winds blowing across the ground and rendering the floodlights unusable for reasons of health and safety. Persistent rain meant that only 18…

Report Only 12.5 overs were possible on the third day, but Leicestershire still slipped to 28 for 5 Leicestershire 28 for 5 (Abbott 3-22) trail Hampshire 233 (Barnes 4-61) by 205 runs Torrential rain once again accounted for most of day three at the Ageas Bowl – but not before eight wickets fell for just 38 runs in 12.5 overs of play. Hampshire started the day on 223 for 7…

News All 24 cricketers offered the new contracts have opposed the deals offered to them Sri Lanka’s players want to know how much each of them scored on the player-assessment model devised by SLC   Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have refused to sign the contracts offered to them by Sri Lanka Cricket, citing a lack of transparency in the manner in which contract categories have been allocated. The players also…