News New batting coach on a short-term contract says his major role will be to support head coach Domingo Ashwell Prince is also the head coach of the Western Province domestic team in South Africa Ashwell Prince only has one month to make an impact as Bangladesh’s new batting coach and he aims to do that by keeping things simple. Bangladesh enlisted Prince’s services, and Rangana Herath’s, as well…
Jamie Smith made his maiden T20 fifty but rain spoiled the outcome © Getty Images Surrey 175 for 7 (Smith 57, Mills ) vs Sussex 43 for 1 – Match abandoned The Sussex Sharks and Surrey were just one ball away from completing a Vitality Blast match at Hove when umpires Tim Robinson and Paul Baldwin led the players from the field. They did not return, so each team took…
Report Dan Douthwaite and James Weighell strike maiden Blast fifties to lift visitors from 76 for 6 Middlesex 171 for 3 (Eskinazi 91*) beat Glamorgan 170 for 8 (Douthwaite 53, Weighell 51, Mitchell 3-37) by seven wickets Stephen Eskinazi maintained his rich vein of form with an unbeaten 91 from 56 balls as Middlesex halted their four-match Vitality Blast losing streak with a seven-wicket victory over Glamorgan at Radlett. Eskinazi,…
News Phil Whitticase asymptomatic despite positive test, seven officials deemed close contacts The ECB has been forced to seek replacements for five officials due to oversee the start of England’s ODI series with Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday, after a positive Covid-19 test was returned by a member of the team at Southampton for the third T20I. Phil Whitticase, the match referee for the T20I series, tested positive for…
News Comment by chair of Barnsley Woolley Miners CC reported to Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League Azeem Rafiq called comments by Barnsley Woolley Miners chair Phillip Chapman “demeaning” New concerns about the culture of cricket in Yorkshire have emerged after “disgraceful” comments made by a leading official in the recreational game on social media. Reacting to the news that Darfield Cricket Club had signed Kastun Stoute, a top-order batter…
Rahul Dravid won’t follow the template used for pathway teams with the Indian side © Getty Images Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach for their limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka, is clear that their main objective is to win the series, and not necessarily just look to help players gain experience and match time, a method he has implemented with great success at the India A and India U-19 levels. “There…
News Head coach will trial Sohaib Maqsood and Azam Khan for middle-order slots in T20I side Misbah-ul-Haq – “We try that whatever players we have here are fully prepared and that we show confidence in them so they go out there and perform” Pakistan’s head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes the team is a couple of positions away from their best T20 side, as they begin the final stage of their…
News Glamorgan’s quarter-final hopes hit with Selman, Labuschagne, Neser left out of squad for Middlesex game Glamorgan’s hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast have been hit by news that Nick Selman has tested positive for Covid-19 and that Marnus Labuschagne is a potential close contact. Selman, the top-order batter, is the club’s second-highest run-scorer in the Blast this year with 130 runs in six innings, and…
Tymal Mills’ pace and left-arm angle are both attractive assets © Getty Images Tymal Mills is under consideration for England’s T20I side and could force his way into their World Cup plans as a death-bowling specialist through performances for Southern Brave in the Hundred, Eoin Morgan has said. Preliminary squads for October’s T20 World Cup are due to be named in mid-September and England are only scheduled to play three…
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are expected to open the batting for India © BCCI/UPCA Toss England Women opt to bowl vs India Women Shafali Verma and Sophia Dunkley were handed ODI debuts in Bristol as England decided to bowl first against India in the first of the three-match series that kicks off the limited-overs leg of multi-format assignment. At 17 years and 150 days old, Verma became the fifth-youngest…