Month: July 2021

News Will play alongside local star Sandeep Lamichhane for Kathmandu Kings XI Shahid Afridi: “This will be my first visit to Kathmandu. I am very excited and looking forward to visiting”   Shahid Afridi and local superstar Sandeep Lamichhane will reunite as team-mates in the Everest Premier League, Nepal’s domestic T20 tournament. Legspinner Lamichhane made his international T20 debut alongside the legendary Afridi when they were part of an ICC…

Alex Hales admitted that the buzz around the ground on a remarkable night of Hundred action at Trent Bridge was reminiscent of his England days, after his tortoise-and-hare innings of 40 not out from 34 balls sealed an extraordinary two-wicket win for Trent Rockets against Northern Superchargers, while serving a reminder of his enduring white-ball credentials. Chasing 133 for victory, Hales had ground along to 16 from 25 balls when…

Report Stunning turnaround against Superchargers as Stokes drops a match-turning clanger Trent Rockets 134 for 8 (Hales 40*) beat Northern Superchargers 132 (Simpson 42, Brook 38, de Lange 3-22, Rashid Khan 3-31) by two wickets Alex Hales sparked into life in the absolute nick of time, to swipe an extraordinary victory from the jaws of a thumping defeat – and he was gifted the opportunity by a game-turning blunder from…

Report Shimron Hetymer returns for the home side in place of Jason Mohammed West Indies won the toss and decided to bat against Australia Dan Christian will play his first ODI in more than seven years – and his first List A game in four – as one of three changes for Australia in the deciding match against West Indies Christian comes in for the injured Ben McDermott who hurt…

Preview It is not yet clear if Shaw and Suryakumar will be available for the second T20I Big picture Sri Lanka have lost 13 of their last 14 completed matches. Athough this is not India’s main team, they are more experienced in the format than Sri Lanka, and won comfortably on Sunday. So how do the hosts turn this series around? With a T20 World Cup coming up late in…

News He was initially appointed only for the Zimbabwe tour, but positive feedback from the players spurred the BCB to extend his stay Ashwell Prince was originally supposed to return to the Cape Cobras after the Zimbabwe tour   The BCB has extended former South Africa batter Ashwell Prince‘s contract as batting consultant up to this year’s T20 World Cup. Prince was initially roped in only for Bangladesh’s tour of…

News Paul Franks takes over as head coach after outbreak in squad Andy Flower, the Trent Rockets head coach, will be absent from Monday’s men’s Hundred fixture against Northern Superchargers, alongside two other members of the team’s support staff, after the trio tested positive for Covid-19. Steven Mullaney and another support staff member have also been withdrawn from the evening fixture, after being identified as close contacts, with Paul Franks…