Month: June 2021

News Fast bowler will head to Kia Oval at conclusion of the World Test Championship final Kyle Jamieson, the New Zealand fast bowler, has signed a short-term deal for Surrey across formats, and will link up with the club at the conclusion of the World Test Championship final against India later this month. Jamieson, who has been rested from the ongoing second Test against England after claiming three wickets in…

Report Fast bowlers made the big breakthroughs as hosts struggle for runs on first morning West Indies 48 for 4 (Chase 7*, Blackwood 0*) vs South Africa Anrich Nortje made West Indies question their decision to bat first by removing their openers in successive overs and striking again just before lunch to rattle the hosts early. In conditions with movement on offer and on a pitch with true bounce, South…

News England legend hasn’t played competitively for nearly two years Sarah Taylor, the former England Women’s wicketkeeper, has come out of retirement a month ahead of schedule, and will make her competitive comeback for Northern Diamonds at Emerald Headingley on Saturday, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Taylor, 32, has not played professionally since retiring at the end of the 2019 season due to her long-term struggle with anxiety issues….

News ECB bracing for further withdrawals amid clashes with international tours and restrictions on overseas travel David Warner, Marcus Stoinis and Sophie Devine have pulled out of the inaugural season of the Hundred, with the ECB bracing for further withdrawals amid clashes with international tours and restrictions on overseas travel. Warner and Stoinis were both contracted by the Southern Brave on deals worth £100,000 and £80,000 respectively, but have opted…

Report Teenager Jayden Seales, who has only one first-class match to his name, got his first Test cap for West Indies West Indies chose to bat vs South Africa South Africa’s four-pace-and-solo-spin attack will get first use of the St Lucia surface after Kraigg Brathwaite decided to bat first in the two teams’ first meeting in the Caribbean for 11 years. South Africa last toured West Indies in 2010 and…

News Sussex say seamer unavailable for first two T20 Blast fixtures Ollie Robinson will not be part of Sussex’s squad for their first two T20 Blast fixtures as he takes a “short break from the game” following his suspension from international cricket pending an ECB investigation into offensive tweets he posted as a teenager. Sussex condemned Robinson’s tweets and said that they would “turn [their] attention to supporting Ollie in…

News Rashid helped the Qalandars score 16 off the final over, a task never achieved in PSL history previously When Rashid Khan walked to the crease on the opening night of the resumption of the PSL, the Lahore Qalandars needed 22 from eight balls. Tim David was facing up to the last two balls of Hasan Ali’s thus-far excellent 19th over, where just one run had been conceded till then….

News He split the webbing between his index finger and thumb on his left hand while fielding on Wednesday night Faheem Ashraf is likely to miss at least the next three games for Islamabad United in the PSL after splitting the webbing between his index finger and thumb on his left hand during their five-wicket loss to the Lahore Qalandars on Wednesday night. “Faheem suffered a laceration to the base…