News Middle-order batter Najibullah Zadran has been named his deputy Afghanistan’s ace legspinner Rashid Khan will be leading them at this year’s T20 World Cup after the cricket board appointed him captain of the team in the shortest format. Middle-order batter Najibullah Zadran has been named his deputy. Khan has led Afghanistan in T20Is before. For three months between September and November 2019, he had assumed the mantle of captain…
News Mady Villiers returns to national squad as Lauren Winfield-Hill and Kate Cross miss out on selection Danni Wyatt has been included in England Women’s T20I squad for their upcoming series against India, after being left out for both the one-off Test and the ODI series. Wyatt has not made an international half-century since December 2019 and struggled to make an impact during the winter tour to New Zealand, with…
David Payne has been a Gloucestershire stalwart without getting a look-in at England level © Getty Images Amid the chaos of England’s first-choice ODI squad entering self-isolation on Tuesday morning, a handful of county stalwarts received news that they thought would never come. Danny Briggs was recalled after seven-and-a-half years since his last international appearance; John Simpson was given a first call-up as the back-up wicketkeeper at the age of…
Sean Williams had missed the Tests against Pakistan too © Abu Dhabi Cricket Zimbabwe are likely to miss out on the services of Sean Williams and Craig Ervine for the one-off Test against Bangladesh that starts on Wednesday in Harare. Both players have gone into self-isolation after coming in contact with Covid-positive family members. “Sean Williams and Craig Ervine, part of Zimbabwe’s 20-man squad announced last week, could not join…
Preview Mominul Haque’s men have lost three of their four Tests this year and might be without Tamim Iqbal for this one Big picture With not much at stake in the one-off Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Harare, there is hardly any pre-match buzz. Zimbabwe are not part of the World Test Championship. Bangladesh are. But the home side has shown that it can provide stiff competition to higher-ranked…
News Players without international experience include Tom Helm, David Payne, Phil Salt and John Simpson England have called up nine uncapped players including Zak Crawley, Will Jacks and Brydon Carse for their upcoming ODI series against Pakistan after the entire first-choice squad was forced to self-isolate two days before the first fixture in Cardiff. Ben Stokes will captain the side, while Chris Silverwood will return from a scheduled break as…
News “We’re just here to have some fun, enjoy this series completely, and take a lot of positives” Suryakumar Yadav scored 89 runs in his two innings against England in the T20I series earlier this year The India players who are in Sri Lanka for the upcoming limited-overs series are paying no heed to conversations about them being a second-string team – as Arjuna Ranatunga called them – according…
News India’s ODI captain had reached the top for the first time in 2005, more than 16 years ago Mithali Raj topped the charts in the ODI series against England with 206 runs from three innings Mithali Raj has reclaimed the No. 1 spot among women ODI batters more than 16 years after she had first reached the perch – it’s the eighth time at the top for her…
News His “projected recovery time” is three to four weeks, according to CSA South Africa fast bowler Sisanda Magala has been ruled out of the Ireland tour with an injury to his left ankle. Magala sustained the injury while preparing for the Ireland tour in Grenada, and his “projected recovery time” is three to four weeks, according to a CSA release. Beuran Hendricks has been retained from the West Indies…
Hardik Pandya did turn his arm over during the home series against England earlier this year © Getty Images Hardik Pandya is inching closer to his goal of bowling “in all games at the T20 World Cup”, with his team-mate in Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav, confirming that the allrounder has been sending down more and more deliveries in training ahead of the limited-overs series. “He did bowl in the England…