Month: July 2021

Sanjay Patel, the managing director of the Hundred, has insisted that the competition will feature “brilliant overseas players” and “world-class cricket” despite a spate of withdrawals that has shorn the ECB’s new tournament of most of its biggest international stars. More than a dozen overseas players have pulled out of both the men’s and women’s tournaments in recent months due to clashes with international series, quarantine periods and restrictions on…

News Allrounder writes to BCA asking to be “relieved” with immediate effect Deepak Hooda is leaving Baroda with an aim to “furthering my growth in my career”   Allrounder Deepak Hooda has decided to leave Baroda. ESPNcricinfo understands that Hooda, who had been banned for the 2020-21 season in January by the Baroda Cricket Association for “indiscipline“, wrote to the BCA on July 12 asking to be “relieved” with immediate…

News Marsh continued his fine form in the series with a player-of-the-match display When Fabian Allen kept depositing the ball in the stands in the penultimate over, bowled by Riley Meredith, at Daren Sammy Stadium, it seemed as though one of Mitchell Marsh‘s best nights in coloured clothes for Australia might not end in victory. But Allen edged behind, and with 11 to defend in the final over against Andre…

News The player is in quarantine and will not travel with the team to Durham on Thursday India are set to reassemble in a bio-bubble in Durham ahead of the Test series against England   One of the 23 India cricketers on the ongoing tour of England has tested positive for COVID-19 during the team’s 20-day break and will not be travelling with the team to Durham on Thursday. The…

Report Jason Behrendorff comes in for Josh Hazlewood as Australia’s one change Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies For the fourth time in the series Aaron Finch won the toss and he opted to bat as Australia seek their first victory on the tour. They made one change with left-arm quick Jason Behrendorff replacing Josh Hazlewood with Australia again going for three specialist pacemen. It…

Report Play abandoned on fourth day after serious injury mars rain-doomed contest Yorkshire drew with Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74* Perhaps we should have realised on Tuesday evening that the Roses match would end not with the two counties contesting a tightly-fought battle for valuable bonus points but with former players, now respected officials, agreeing that Monday’s twelve-hour downpour had saturated the Emerald…