Month: July 2021

News Over 2,000 fans have tickets cancelled for Emirates Old Trafford fixtures at last minute Lancashire Women beat Ireland in the first game of a T20 double-header at Emirates Old Trafford   Lancashire have “apologised unreservedly” after a shortage of stewards forced them to reduce the number of spectators allowed at Thursday’s T20 double-header at Emirates Old Trafford at short notice. The club say the third-party company which supplies their…

News Young fast bowler signs contract extension with club but won’t feature again until 2022 Henry Brookes, the Warwickshire and England Lions fast bowler, has been ruled out for the rest of the 2021 season with a quadriceps injury. Brookes, 21, has not played a first-team game since the pre-season friendly against Leeds and Bradford UCCE at the start of April, and is due to undergo surgery on a left…

News The 30-year old seamer last played for Zimbabwe in November 2020 but has been an active participant in domestic cricket this year Tendai Chatara, the Zimbabwe fast bowler who has been absent from the Test arena for nearly three years, has found his way back into the team for the one-off match against Bangladesh starting July 7 in Harare. The 30-year old seamer last played for Zimbabwe in November…

News South Africa-born 22-year-old to act as cover for Michael Burgess Warwickshire have signed Chris Benjamin on a Rookie contract until the end of the season. Benjamin, a 22-year-old keeper-batter, has impressed on trial in the 2nd XI and captained the side to victory in the 2nd XI Twenty20 Trophy. He made 149 from just 66 balls against Glamorgan and claimed five catches in the semi-final against Middlesex. South Africa-born,…

News Five UAE players have now received bans of varying degrees in the last two years Both Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed last played for the UAE national team in 2019   UAE players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed have been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years by the ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal for violating ICC’s anti-corruption code. The bans are backdated to 13 September 2020, when they…

News Competition hit by further withdrawals, with Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jhye Richardson also pulling out Kane Williamson has remained in England after the World Test Championship final but won’t play in the Hundred   Kane Williamson has become the latest overseas player to pull out of the Hundred, withdrawing from his £80,000 (US$110,000) contract at Birmingham Phoenix while he manages his elbow injury. Williamson, New Zealand’s captain, has been managing…

News Sussex seamer played more than 350 games in 17-year professional career Mitchell Claydon, Sussex’s Australia-born seamer, has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the end of this season. Claydon, 38, was born in New South Wales but used his British passport to play county cricket, with spells at Yorkshire, Durham, Kent and Sussex, and also played domestic cricket in New Zealand. He was part of the Durham squad…

News “Nida is an icon and inspiration to millions of young girls who are passionate about cricket and follow the game” File photo: Nida Dar was Pakistan’s most economical bowler in the first T20I in North Sound   Nida Dar has become the first Pakistan player – male or female – to 100 T20I wickets. The 34-year old reached the milestone when she had West Indies opener Deandra Dottin caught…