News Derbyshire set to lose promising seamer as he returns to Hove for second stint Fynn Hudson-Prentice is to join Sussex from Derbyshire at the end of the season. Hudson-Prentice, the 25-year-old seamer, developed through the Sussex pathway and played seven first-team games for the club in 2014 and 2015. He was released at the end of 2016. The MCC Young Cricketers programme gave him another chance, though, and he…
That winning feeling: Sheldon Jackson kisses the trophy after Saurashtra’s maiden Ranji win this season © Shashank Kishore/ESPNcricinfo Ltd Sheldon Jackson, the domestic veteran, is set to return to Saurashtra, the team he won the Ranji Trophy with in 2019-20. After the Ranji win, Jackson moved to Puducherry as a professional player. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Jackson ended up not playing in the Ranji Trophy for Puducherry, and only…
Report England cannot be beaten in their multi-format series as they hold an eight-points-to-four lead Toss England chose to bowl vs India England have opted to bowl in the second of three T20Is which round out India’s tour. England cannot be beaten in their multi-format series as they hold an eight-points-to-four lead with four more points up for grabs, each of the remaining T20Is being worth two points for a…
News Batting coach Grant Flower and team analyst GT Niroshan were described as being in a “stable” condition Doctors believe the Sri Lankan camp had picked up the infections during the recently-concluded tour of England Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers will be allowed to come out of isolation on Sunday, after everyone remaining in the national squad returned negative PCR results. This only goes for the players however; coaches and…
Report There was no place for Curtis Campher in the Ireland line-up The recalled William Porterfield resumes his partnership with Paul Stirling at the top of the order for Ireland South Africachose to bowl v Ireland Under cloudy skies and after a 45 minute delay thanks to morning showers, Temba Bavuma chose to make use of the overhead conditions and decided to unleash his attack on Ireland. The hosts…
File photo: Mehidy Hasan Miraz picked up two wickets on Sunday © AFP via Getty Images Lunch Zimbabwe 276 and 176 for 7 (Tiripano 27*, Miraz 3-52, Taskin 3-54) need another 301 runs to beat Bangladesh 468 and 284 for 1 decl (Shanto 117*, Shadman 115*) Bangladesh are closing in on their their fifth overseas Test win after reducing Zimbabwe to 176 for 7 by lunch on the fifth day…
News Heino Kuhn deputises as captain as club assembles makeshift squad Heino Kuhn has stepped in as Kent captain following the squad’s self-isolation Kent have been forced to emulate the England men’s squad in naming a brand-new squad for this week’s LV= County Championship fixture against Sussex at Canterbury, after one of their players tested positive for Covid-19. The player, who has not been named, returned a positive result…
News Batter Stephen Doheny called up as a replacement Ireland wicketkeeper-batter Neil Rock has tested positive for Covid-19. Rock was part of the 15-member T20I squad named for the home series against South Africa, which is set to begin with the ODIs in Dublin on Sunday. Batter Stephen Doheny has been called up as a replacement. The uncapped Rock has been isolated from the squad as he awaits a follow-up…
News T20 stalwart reveals he taught Edwards the slower variation that dismissed Finch in the chase Dwayne Bravo is the second-most capped player in T20 history – his international captain Kieron Pollard is well ahead at the top – and there were examples of that wealth of experience dotted throughout West Indies’ hugely impressive performance in St Lucia. It had been five years since he had batted as high as…
News Rohan Jaitley (DDCA president), Yudhvir Singh (UPCA secretary) and Avishek Dalmiya (CAB secretary) are also part of the seven-member group Mohammad Azharuddin and co. will also be responsible for feasibility of bio-bubbles across the country for the conduct of the domestic season Mohammad Azharuddin, the former India captain, and Jaydev Shah, former Saurashtra captain and current president of the SCA (Saurashtra Cricket Association), are part of a seven-member…