Month: August 2021

News England brace for update this week on fast bowler’s elbow injury England are braced for an update on Jofra Archer‘s elbow injury, with the fast bowler due to see a specialist later this week amid fears he could miss the whole international summer. Archer returned home from England’s tour to India ahead of the ODI series in March due to the injury, which deteriorated over the course of the…

News The 1994 tour to Pakistan was the last time a full series was not available to viewers in Australia For the first time since 1994 a tour by the Australia men’s team will not broadcast into Australia after a last-minute deal failed to materialise for the rights to the T20I series in Bangladesh. It had been hoped that in the absence of a traditional television deal the series would…

News Australian to play primarily as a batter, and is expected to be with the club for the full season Worcestershire’s Paul Pridgeon called Wade ” a real hard-nosed batter in red-ball cricket and a dangerous striker in white-ball cricket”   Matthew Wade has signed an all-format deal with Worcestershire for the 2022 season, with the club saying that the Australian would be used primarily as a top-five batter. Wade,…

News A PhD from the University of Sydney, he is an expert injury epidemiologist and sports scientist Dr Soomro’s appointment is an indication that the PCB is looking to make the medical department in line with international standards   The PCB has appointed Dr Najeebullah Soomro, a Perth-based doctor, to head its revamped sports medicine department. He will take over as the chief medical officer, and is expected to relocate…

News He insisted that the competition was ‘really important’ for the young players who have been called up as replacements from the Royal London Cup Sam Billings has insisted that the last-minute withdrawals of a number of players from the Royal London Cup as replacements for teams in the Hundred will leave young cricketers “far better off” than staying with their counties. Kent, where Billings is club captain, have ten…