Report Hard-hitting 76 from 42 balls posts highest total of women’s competition so far Trent Rockets 151 for 4 (Priest 76) beat London Spirit 133 for 7 (Higham 2-12) by 18 runs Trent Rockets put runs on the board and got themselves points on the table with an emphatic win over London Spirit at Lord’s. Set up by a belligerent innings from opener Rachel Priest, who scored 64 of her…
News Five-member panel recommends Gunathilaka and Mendis be suspended for two years; Dickwella for 18 months Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis are two of the three cricketers to be penalised The three Sri Lanka players whose night out in Durham broke bio-bubble protocols could be in for long suspensions if the recommendations of the committee that investigated the incident are followed. The five-member committee, led by a former Supreme…
Report For Sri Lanka, Pathum Nissanka has replaced Isuru Udana in the XI India chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Right-arm seamer Sandeep Warrier, who came on tour as a net bowler, makes his T20I debut for India because of an injury to Navdeep Saini. This means they are even more depleted than they were on Wednesday, but have at least won the toss. Shikhar Dhawan chose to bat first,…
News The former India seamer had been part of Mumbai’s title-winning campaigns in 2015 and 2017 Vinay Kumar will work closely with the Mumbai Indians management and coaching staff Former India pacer Vinay Kumar has been appointed talent scout of the reigning IPL champions Mumbai Indians. Kumar will join former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the role. Kumar played one Test match, 31 ODIs and nine T20Is before announcing his…
News According to the terms agreed to between the two boards, the senior batter can’t enter the Dhaka bio-bubble now Bangladesh are unhappy with Mushfiqur Rahim‘s enforced absence from the Bangladesh squad for the upcoming T20Is at home against Australia, a direct result of the Covid-19 protocols demanded by Cricket Australia. The word “unfair” is floating around in some private conversations among players and BCB officials, and the general feeling…
News He trusted his lower-order team-mates to play big shots if he took the game deep Bat long and take the game deep. These were the things Dhananjaya de Silva was telling himself during his match-winning 40 not out off 34 balls on Wednesday when he helped deliver Sri Lanka’s first T20I victory in six matches. Not known for his hitting capability, the match situation was perhaps made for de…
Kieron Pollard’s nine-ball 22 was the most entertaining batting display on the day © AFP/Getty Images No result West Indies 85 for 5 (Pollard 22*, Hasan 2-11, Qadir 1-6) vs Pakistan Incessant rain first reduced the first West Indies-Pakistan T20I to a nine-over shootout before eventually washing away the match. Pakistan had chosen to bowl first under cloudy skies with rain also predicted, but the teams raced off to the…
Ben Green led Somerset’s fightback © Harry Trump/Getty Images Somerset 180 for 7 (Green 87, Hogan 4-33) beat Glamorgan 179 for 9 by one run New Somerset List A captain Ben Green produced a match-changing innings to lead his side to a thrilling one-run Royal London Cup win over Glamorgan at Taunton. The hosts crashed to 26 for 4 after losing the toss in a match eventually reduced to 37…
News Australia’s strict Covid-19 restrictions raise prospect of senior players’ withdrawals Dom Bess, the Yorkshire and England offspinner, has said that the prospect of being selected for his maiden Ashes tour this winter is something he “would never, ever turn down”, amid concerns that a number of England’s senior players may be reluctant to commit to the tour due to Australia’s strict Covid-19 restrictions. England’s Test players are expected to…
Lockie Ferguson is in contention for the weekend game in Cardiff © Getty Images Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler, could make his Manchester Originals debut against Welsh Fire on Saturday after recovering from a side strain. Ferguson missed Yorkshire’s final two Vitality Blast group games after picking up the injury. He was not considered for selection in the Originals’ first two Hundred fixtures and has been ruled out…