Month: June 2021

News Former England batter says he would back player withdrawals from “insane” schedule Kevin Pietersen has branded the prospect of England’s cricketers not seeing their family for four months during this winter’s Ashes as “absolutely insane”, and said he would support anyone who pulled out of the tour. Those players involved in both the T20I and Test squads are facing the prospect of several months away from home at the…

Report Kimber strikes 53 off 28 balls as Foxes recover from 80 for 5 Leicestershire 174 for 8 (Kimber 53, Steel 46) beat Derbyshire 132 (Came 40) by 42 runs Louis Kimber‘s maiden Vitality Blast fifty helped Leicestershire Foxes to a 42-run win over Derbyshire Falcons in the North Group match at Derby. Kimber struck 53 off 28 balls as the Foxes recovered from 80 for 5 to post 174…

Report England batter shows vital signs before Glenn Phillips seals win in Bristol with 38 balls to spare Gloucestershire 149 for 2 (Phillips 41*, Dent 37) beat Kent 147 for 7 (Crawley 43, Cox 36*) by eight wickets Zak Crawley is registering 175/107. If that is his blood pressure it is Stage 2 Hypertension and probably summed up his stage of health during recent Test series. Fortunately, it is not…

News Alleged racist abuse of New Zealand players reported to ICC via social media Two fans were ejected from the Ageas Bowl on the fifth day of the World Test Championship final for allegedly hurling racist abuse at some of New Zealand’s players. ESPNcricinfo has learned the two fans were in Block M, which is just below the on-site hotel where both teams are staying. “We received reports of abuse…

Report United knocked out in the second eliminator after producing PSL’s best-ever league stage performance Peshawar Zalmi 177 for 2 (Zazai 66, Wells 55, Malik 32*) beat Islamabad United 174 for 9 (Hasan 45, Riaz 2-35) by eight wickets The league stage suggested that Islamabad United were red-hot favourites for their third PSL title, but a comprehensive Peshawar Zalmi performance guaranteed that they wouldn’t even make it to the final….

News The confusion was because the umpires wanted to ensure Irfan’s injury was genuine A strange passage of play briefly let the Peshawar Zalmi fielding with ten men during the second PSL 2021 eliminator against the Islamabad United on Tuesday, after their pacer Mohammad Irfan left the field because of an injury. Haider Ali, the substitute sent out by the Zalmi, was asked to leave the field by the umpires,…

Preview Back-to-back Cardiff matches a stern test of leadership and a gauge of where SL are as a T20 side Big picture Since the start of 2019, England have won 16 T20 internationals to the eight they have lost. In the same period, Sri Lanka have lost 14, winning just five. England are the top-ranked T20 side, while Sri Lanka are eighth. And while England had been runners-up at the…