Play 01:18 My leadership will come in more with the young batting group – Matthew Wade “Every time you walk out, there’s pressure and you want to do your best but it’s probably more of an audition than previous tours,” Matthew Wade said when asked about fringe players making a final push for Australia’s T20 World Cup squad. Here’s a recap of some of those needing to impress the selectors…
Report Ben Duckett’s battling 65 in vain as Fire struggle against spin on slow surface Oval Invincibles 125 for 4 (Billings 40*) beat Welsh Fire 121 for 7 (Duckett 65, Curran 3-29) by six wickets Oval Invincibles’ bowlers set up a six-wicket win against Welsh Fire to boost them into third at the halfway mark of the Hundred’s group stage as their captain Sam Billings saw them home with seven…
Report Matthews claims three as hosts are restricted to 100 for 9 in 12-run defeat Welsh Fire 112 for 6 (Redmayne 30) beat Oval Invincibles 100 for 9 (Matthews 3-23) by 12 runs Oval Invincibles fluffed their lines chasing a low target for the second time in three days against Welsh Fire, slipping to their second defeat of the Hundred to leave Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers clear at the…
News Ian Harvey expected to be in running for permanent head coach role Gloucestershire have advertised for a new performance director and head coach, with the ambition of winning a white-ball trophy in the next two seasons and the club’s first-ever County Championship by 2025. Richard Dawson, the club’s long-standing head coach, was appointed as the ECB’s elite performance pathway coach in March, with his assistant Ian Harvey promoted to…
‘I regarded my career as a war. I would lose small battles in the war but I was going to be there for the duration’ – Ashwell Prince A lack of will to engage with South Africa’s segregated past has resulted in continued devaluing of the experiences of players of colour, according to Ashwell Prince. Speaking at Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building Hearings, Prince said he felt…
News England captain recognises allrounder is irreplaceable as first Test looms Joe Root has admitted that the absence of Ben Stokes leaves a huge hole at the heart of England’s team, but insists his first consideration is for the well-being of his friend. Stokes has taken a break from the sport to focus on his mental well-being. While there has been no time-frame placed on his return, he is not…
News Lions seamer returns to home county after nine seasons at Lord’s James Harris, the seam-bowling allrounder, will leave Middlesex at the end of the season to return to his boyhood club Glamorgan on a three-year deal. Harris, 31, is a product of Glamorgan’s youth system and made his first-class debut for the club as a 16-year-old back in 2007. He was long considered to be a future England international,…
News The batter was hit on the head by a Siraj bouncer at the nets two days before the match Mayank Agarwal gets medical attention after being hit by a Mohammed Siraj bouncer India opener Mayank Agarwal will miss the Trent Bridge Test with concussion after he was hit in the head by a Mohammed Siraj bouncer in the nets two days before the match. The incident occurred early…
Mohammad Rizwan broke the record for the most T20I runs in a calendar year during the second T20I Big picture The series was of significant importance for both teams in their preparations ahead of the T20 World Cup but so far rain has ruled the headlines, ditching all the promises for the series. With two of three games washed out and one game slashed before the series began, Pakistan…
News Welsh Fire extend Jimmy Neesham’s contract in their absence Jimmy Neesham’s contract has been extended to cover the rest of the tournament Lungi Ngidi and Liam Plunkett have been ruled out of the rest of the Hundred through personal reasons and injury respectively, with Welsh Fire extending Jimmy Neesham‘s contract to cover the rest of the tournament in their absence. Ngidi, who joined up with the squad ahead…