Month: September 2021

Report Alastair Cook has rare bowl as contest peters out after third-day washout Surrey 161 (Amla 84) and 113 for 2 (Amla 34*) drew with Essex 439 (Cook 165) Hashim Amla led Surrey’s rearguard action with huge skill and commitment as Essex were forced to accept a final-day draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at the Kia Oval. In truth, it was the loss of the whole of…

News Meanwhile, allrounder Lahiru Madushanka has definitely been ruled out with a fractured collarbone Kusal Perera may miss the T20 World Cup after sustaining a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s third T20 International against South Africa. Allrounder Lahiru Madushanka, meanwhile, is definitely out of the World Cup, having fractured his collarbone while fielding in the same match. Perera was clearly struggling with his hamstring while running between the wickets during…

News New Zealand women haven’t played a Test since 2004 New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has echoed Alyssa Healy’s call for scheduling of more Tests in the women’s game, especially as part of multi-format series. Devine, only the third New Zealand woman to play 100 T20Is, said she yearns for “the opportunity to pull on the whites,” a reality that has eluded her in an international career spanning nearly 15…

News The next set of hearings will resume on October 18 Dr. Jacques Faul stepped down as CSA’s CEO in August 2020   Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings are due to resume on October 18, seven weeks after they were initially supposed to, and more than three months after the process began. That means CSA won’t have the final report by ombudsman, advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, on…

Report Worcestershire collapse to 119 all out after being set 221 for victory at Lord’s Middlesex 144 and 247 (Simpson 59, Morris 6-52) beat Worcestershire 171 (Baker 61*, Murtagh 5-64) and 119 (Roderick 42*, Bamber 4-28) by 101 runs Ethan Bamber‘s four wickets led the charge as Middlesex beat Worcestershire by 101 runs to record four consecutive wins in a County Championship season for the first time in 26 years….

News India batter returns to the scene where his career began Hanuma Vihari will move back to Hyderabad from Andhra for the upcoming domestic season in India. Vihari had begun his career with Hyderabad, and represented them from his debut in 2010-11 till the 2015-16 season. From 2016-17, he had moved to Andhra, and was the designated captain when available. Vihari, who has played 12 Tests for India, made his…

Report Another batting collapse at Headingley leaves just four teams in the title running Warwickshire 155 (Burgess 66) and 176 (Sibley 45, Burgess 37, Thompson 5-52) beat Yorkshire 108 (Ballance 58, Norwell 4-27) and 117 (Woakes 3-26, Norwell 3-38, Miles 3-34) by 106 runs Boastfulness has been a trait occasionally associated with Yorkshire, whereupon it is naturally dismissed as a baseless charge levelled by people from palpably inferior counties, so…