News Previously, Kathryn Bryce and Majid Haq held the best ranking for a Scotland player Kathryn Bryce is No. 31 among bowlers, while she’s also the No. 10-ranked batter Allrounder Kathryn Bryce has become the first Scotland player – male or female – to enter into the top ten of the batting or the bowling charts in the ICC rankings. She climbed up nine places to be No. 10…
News Forty women from 29 ICC member countries will be mentored as part of the programme Brazil captain Roberta Avery, USA Cricket board member and batter Nadia Gruny, and Indian referee Vijeylaxmi Narasimhan are among a total of 40 women from 29 ICC member countries who will be mentored as part of the inaugural ICC 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme, designed to support emerging women leaders in cricket. Greg Barclay,…
News Voted by teammates and support staff as the side’s ‘cricketer of the year’ Kyle Jamieson won the 2021 edition of the Players’ Cap, which is awarded to the player who has been voted by the New Zealand players and support staff as their ‘cricketer of the year’. The inaugural Players’ Cap was won by Brendon McCullum in 2012, while New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has won the most such…
News Former head coach Jamie Siddons could be in line to return as batting coach The BCB are very close to appointing a spin bowling coach while a new batting coach is also expected to be appointed soon, according to cricket operations chairman Akram Khan. The front-runner for the spin bowling coach’s role is Rangana Herath, who is ahead of Saeed Ajmal and Sairaj Bahutule in the running. Jamie Siddons,…
News Since Ireland’s inter-provincial competition gained List A status in 2017, he has 709 runs averaging 101.28 George Dockrell is likely to bat No. 5 against Netherlands George Dockrell‘s Instagram bio reads: “If I were right-handed, I probably wouldn’t have a job.” There is some logic amid the self-deprecation: left-handers are hugely over-represented in international cricket compared to the wider population on account of their scarcity value and, in…
News Batter expects Kane Williamson to find a way past the plans England’s bowlers have worked out for him “Ollie Robinson or whoever does play, we’re just going to have to be ready and waiting for that” – Ross Taylor Ahead of England’s two-Test series against New Zealand, fast bowler Ollie Robinson has detailed several plans to deal with Kane Williamson. But Ross Taylor downplayed Robinson’s assertions, saying that…
News Mustafizur Rahman unlikely to get clearance too, keeping in mind Bangladesh’s busy international schedule Bangladesh want Shakib Al Hasan to be with the team in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup Shakib Al Hasan will not get a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the BCB to take part in the remainder of IPL 2021 for the Kolkata Knight Riders, most likely in September-October this year. Board president Nazmul…
Maitlan Brown and Brendan Doggett have moved states while Lachlan Hearne (centre) has a full New South Wales contract Domestic squads for the 2021-22 season have largely been confirmed over the last few weeks. Here’s a recap of how the lists shape up. BBL and WBBL squads will take shape over the coming months. CA = Cricket Australia contracted, R = Rookie Australia Capital Territory Women A significant loss…
News The left-armer is excited at the prospect of using the Duke ball against India Trent Boult is likely to miss both Tests against England before playing the WTC final against India Trent Boult is eyeing the chance to “create a bit of history” as he prepares to travel to England to join his team-mates ahead of the World Test Championship final against India later this month. Boult opted…