Month: June 2021

Report Recalled opener reaches first first-class hundred before Kent’s late fightback keeps them in it Northamptonshire 362 for 5 (Gay 101, Procter 81, Vasconcelos 66) vs Kent Emilio Gay‘s maiden first-class century and fifites for Luke Procter and Ricardo Vasconcelos put Northamptonshire in the driving seat on the first day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Canterbury. That was, at least, until a mini-revival from Kent pegged them…

News Green replaces Mujeeb Ur Rahman, whose stint has been delayed to second half by visa, travel issues Chris Green, the off-spinning all-rounder, will join Middlesex for the first half of the T20 Blast as a replacement for Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Mujeeb’s stint with the club has been delayed until the second half of the competition because of “unforeseen visa issues” quarantine-related travel constraints, Middlesex said in a…

News The tournament will be played in Abu Dhabi, despite speculation in recent days that it was going to to be moved to Sharjah The sixth season of the PSL will resume from June 9, with a final set for June 24. The tournament will be played in Abu Dhabi, despite speculation in recent days that it was going to to be moved to Sharjah. The compressed schedule means there…

News “But at the end of the day, I’m not being ungrateful, I’m grateful that we’re still playing, we’re still doing our job” Bubble life has “definitely taken a toll” on West Indies allrounder Andre Russell because of the restrictions, quarantine rules imposed on players as more and more international series and T20 tournaments are being played around the world during the pandemic. Russell last represented the Kolkata Knight Riders…

News Former Australia bowling coach says he ‘had no idea there was any sandpaper involved’ and that he said everything to officials David Saker has called for Cricket Australia (CA) to make the report into the Newlands ball-tampering scandal public to try and put the issue to bed after it recently resurfaced following Cameron Bancroft’s comments. Saker, who was an assistant coach with Australia at the time, had previously responded…