Month: July 2021

Report Rob Yates replies with century of his own but Warwickshire overwhelmed in 86-run loss Nottinghamshire 323 (Hameed 103, Slater 86) beat Warwickshire 237 (Yates 103, James 5-48, Patterson-White 3-46) by 86 runs Haseeb Hameed‘s maiden List A century lifted Nottinghamshire to an 86-run Royal London Cup victory over a seriously depleted Warwickshire side at Edgbaston. Against a home attack missing ten senior bowlers through injury and Hundred calls, Hameed…

News Two nights after failing to close out a chase, the teenager delivers under pressure Shamim Hossain, in his second T20I, is under pressure. Three fruitless slogs in the 18th over later, Bangladesh need 25 off 15 balls. The game has wildly swung both ways until this point. Dion Myers had conceded just three off his first three balls; Sikandar Raza’s move to bowl him seemed a gamble that could…

Report Middlesex slip to heavy defeat despite Jack Davies’ debut half-century Essex 213 for 1 (Cook 92*, Westley 87*) beat Middlesex 212 (Davies 70, Snater 3-45) by nine wickets Alastair Cook and Tom Westley crashed big half-centuries as Essex crushed Middlesex by nine wickets in the Royal London Cup. England legend Cook clocked his 48th List A fifty to end 92 not out while Eagles captain Westley returned an unbeaten…

News Postponement of second WI vs Aus ODI has domino effect on Pakistan series Pakistan’s tour of West Indies will begin with the first T20I in Bridgetown on July 28   Complications due to Covid-19 has cut an entire T20I out of Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies. Set to begin a day later than originally scheduled (July 28) also due to the pandemic, the series will now feature only…

Report The hosts field two debutants of their own – middle-order batter Charith Asalanka and allrounder Chamika Karunaratne Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first T20I. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he expected the pitch to get better for batting in the second innings. India captain Shikhar Dhawan agreed, suggesting there could be some dampness in the…

News Thirty-one matches will be played across 27 days with Dubai hosting the final on October 15 The remainder of IPL 2021 in the UAE will resume in Dubai on September 19 with MS Dhoni‘s Chennai Super Kings taking on Rohit Sharma‘s Mumbai Indians. The fixtures were unveiled on Sunday, with a total of 31 matches spread across 27 days. The Super Kings will return to these same shores where…

News Hosts unchanged, Bangladesh replace Mahedi Hasan with Nasum Ahmed For the third match in a row, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh, in the third T20I against Bangladesh in Harare. The series is locked at 1-1 after the hosts won the second match by 23 runs on Friday. While Zimbabwe remain unchanged, the visitors have brought in left-arm spinner Nasum…

News CA optimistic Finch, who was ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s West Indies and Bangladesh tours, will be fit in time Aaron Finch could be in a race to be fit for the 2021 T20 World Cup as he faces knee surgery after being ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s tours of West Indies and Bangladesh. Finch initially suffered the injury to his right knee during practice…