News Australia will play two Tests this season and there is a push to see more of the format Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry believes it is a “no brainer” that there should be multi-day cricket at domestic level in the women’s game. Test cricket has returned to the women’s game this year for the first time since 2019 when England playing India in June with Australia set to face India…
Report It was a record-breaking day for USA’s No. 5 as he produced a stunning display of hitting USA 271 for 9 (Malhotra 173*) beat Papua New Guinea 137 (Paradkar 4-26) by 134 runs Having spent close to two years out of the national team after being dropped following USA’s first ODI series on home soil in September 2019, Jaskaran Malhotra marked his return to the national team with a…
News “The selection committee and ACB has not obtained my consent for the team” Rashid Khan: “As the captain and responsible person for the nation I reserve the right to be part of the selection of the team” Less than half an hour after Afghanistan announced their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, Rashid Khan stepped down as captain, saying “the selection committee and ACB has not obtained…
Report The defending champions show their quality in a low-scoring match Trinbago Knight Riders 99 for 4 (Munro 41*, Amir 2-19) beat Barbados Royals 93 for 9 (Mayers 24, Pierre 3-16) by six wickets A comprehensive bowling performance from Trinbago Knight Riders routed Barbados Royals by six wickets, chasing down 94 with more than three overs to spare. Knight Riders’ spinners did enough to stifle Royals throughout the first innings,…
Tabraiz Shamsi is the leading wicket-taker in T20Is in 2021 © AFP/Getty Images Big picture A T20 World Cup is around the corner. For Sri Lanka, it begins with the qualifiers, which kick off approximately six weeks from now. For South Africa, who go straight through to the main draw, the World Cup starts about a week later. Either way, this is the lead-in – the phase in which teams…
News Holder, Cottrell, Hosein among reserves in Pollard-led squad Nearly a decade after winning the T20 World Cup with West Indies in Sri Lanka, seamer Ravi Rampaul has a chance to add to his title after being picked in West Indies’ 15-member squad for the forthcoming global tournament. Rampaul, now 36, had last played a T20I for West Indies in November 2015, but is now back in the mix after…
Report New Zealand unchanged for series decider, Suzie Bates wins 250th cap Toss England chose to bowl vs New Zealand England won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third and final T20I against New Zealand in Taunton. The series is level at 1-1 after England won the opener at Chelmsford and New Zealand won the second match at Hove. England welcome back captain Heather Knight, who missed…
The entire Indian squad returned negative RT-PCR tests on Thursday © Getty Images The prospects of the final Test starting at Old Trafford from Friday have brightened after the entire Indian squad returned negative for Covid-19 after a day-long uncertainty. The fate of the fifth Test of the Pataudi Trophy, which India are leading 2-1, was in balance after India’s assistant physio Yogesh Parmar tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday evening….
News They have also appointed a “well-being manager” to tackle challenges of life in pandemic-enforced bio-bubbles Scotland have named Kyle Coetzer the captain of a provisional 17-member squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE. Former England batter Jonathan Trott, meanwhile, has been roped in as the “batting lead” on their support staff. Richie Berrington, Calum Macleod, Safyaan Sharif, Matthew Cross and Alasdair Evans, who have…
Report Tom Haines becomes first batter to 1000 runs but home side unable to stave off innings defeat Middlesex 676 for 5 dec (Robson 256, Stoneman 174, White 110*, Andersson 88) beat Sussex 319 (Haines 156, Brown 80, Hollman 5-65) and 303 (Haines 87, Hudson-Prentice 67, Hollman 5-90) by an innings and 54 runs Tom Haines became the first batsmen to score 1000 LV= Insurance County Championship runs this season…