Month: May 2021

Report Zaib scores ton in 198-run stand with skipper, Robinson five-for and van Zyl 71* keep Sussex fighting Sussex 106 and 154 for 4 (van Zyl 71*) trail Northamptonshire 441 for 9 declared (Zaib 135, Keogh 87, Robinson 5-58) by 181 runs Saif Zaib posted a wonderful maiden first-class century before Ben Sanderson and Gareth Berg once again knocked over the Sussex top order in the LV= Insurance County Championship….

Report Overton top-scores with 74 before claiming 3-24 as visitors hold 165-run lead at close of second day Hampshire 79 and 92 for 3 (Overton 3-24) trail Somerset 336 (Overton 74, Abell 64) by 165 runs A Craig Overton-inspired Somerset assumed full control against Hampshire as the visitors dominated the second day at the Ageas Bowl. Overton – the leading wicket-taker in the LV=County Championship – demonstrated his batting credentials…

News KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha were picked subject to “fitness clearance” There was no Hardik Pandya or Kuldeep Yadav as India named a squad of 20 players, including two – KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha – subject to “fitness clearance”, as well as four standby players for the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand and the subsequent five-Test series against England in August-September. India will play…

News The franchises had requested the PCB to shift the games out of Karachi because of the pandemic Only 14 matches of the 2021 season of the PSL could be completed before it was postponed   The PCB has formally approached the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to host the remaining games of the rescheduled 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the UAE. The earlier plan was to…

News Italy, Germany and Denmark move up as a result because of their positions in the ICC rankings Italy, as well as Germany and Denmark, will join Jersey in the October qualifiers   Three men’s T20 World Cup sub-regional Europe qualifying tournaments, all pathway events to the 2022 World Cup in Australia slotted for June-July, have been called off because of “restrictions and the short timelines” as a result of…

Report Allrounder Luke Jongwe makes his debut for Zimbabwe in the second Test Toss Pakistan opt to bowl vs Zimbabwe Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against Zimbabwe in Harare. The visitors will look to make amends for the last time they played a series in Zimbabwe, when victory in the first Test was followed by an upset in the second. To that…

News ‘Things have been very tough for India ..and it really pains us to see our country suffer like this,’ they said India captain Virat Kohli and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, have donated INR 2 crore (US$ 2,50,000 approx.) towards a fundraising campaign to aid India’s Covid-19 relief. “Things have been very tough for India, as we fight the pandemic, and it really pains us to see our country…