Play 02:13 ‘Mentally I was nowhere’ – Sophie Devine on mental health struggles Flaying England’s bowling over the fence repeatedly at Hove felt “like home” for Sophie Devine. Devine, the New Zealand captain and opener, cleared the rope four times – twice onto the roof of the hospitality boxes – on her way to a half-century which secured a series-levelling victory for her side in her 100th T20 international. “The…
Rahul Tewatia has a chat with Rajasthan Royals’ director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara © Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royal’s allrounder Rahul Tewatia, who earned a maiden India call-up for the series against England early this year after starring in IPL 2020, wants to take every match in the remainder of the 2021 edition seriously because “you never know which match can change the course of your career.” The second leg of…
File photo: Chandrapaul Hemraj plays away to the leg side © CPL T20/Getty Images Guyana Amazon Warriors 136 for 1 (Hemraj 105*) beat Barbados Royals 130 all out (Khan 28, Tahir 3-34) by nine wickets Guyana Amazon Warriors opening batter Chandrapaul Hemraj scored his maiden T20 ton to cap a nine-wicket demolition of the woeful Barbados Royals. Chasing a target of 131, Hemraj faced 30 of the 36 balls in…
File pic: Deandra Dottin struck three fours and a six during her 21-ball 31 © Getty Images West Indies women 81 for 5 (Dottin 31, Knight 26) beat South Africa women 80 for 9 (Luus 23, Ramharack 3 for 8) by five wickets A strong bowling performance, capped by a three-wicket haul from offspinner Karishma Ramharack, helped West Indies women level the three-match T20I series 1-1 with a five-wicket victory…
Cheteshwar Pujara congratulates Rohit Sharma on his century © AFP/Getty Images He would no doubt agree that his maiden overseas Test century carried a lot of “value”, but the most significant takeaway for Rohit Sharma from the fourth Test, in fact the first four Tests of the Pataudi Trophy, is the fact that he has managed to play out maximum time and maximum balls. That, Rohit said, has been the…
Roston Chase and Faf du Plessis led St Lucia Kings’ charge © CPL T20/ Getty Images St Lucia Kings 224 for 2 (du Plessis 120*, Chase 64*, Fawad 1-23) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 124 (Lewis 73, Paul 3-23, Joseph 3-27) by 100 runs Faf du Plessis‘ first franchise T20 hundred saw the St Lucia Kings end St Kitts & Nevis Patriots’ perfect start to CPL 2021, crushing them…
Maia Bouchier was handed her international debut © Getty Images Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs England New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second T20I against England at Hove. England, leading 1-0 in the three-match series after an emphatic 46-run victory in the opener at Chelmsford on Wednesday, are again without captain Heather Knight, who suffered a hamstring injury during training on Monday…
Play 05:31 Laxman: Rohit’s adjustments more in his mindset than technique India 191 and 270 for 3 (Rohit 127, Pujara 61) lead England 290 by 171 runs It was worth the wait. Rohit Sharma‘s first Test hundred away from home took India into a dominant position against England at The Oval and has left them well-placed to go 2-1 up in the series. Rohit shared partnerships of 83 and 153 for…
Karishma Ramharack has played five ODIs and six T20Is to date © Getty Images West Indies have announced two changes to their 13-member squad for the series-deciding third T20I against South Africa, with Cherry-Ann Fraser and Karishma Ramharack replacing Shamilia Connell and Shakera Selman. Both Connell and Selman went wicketless in the first two T20Is and were West Indies’ most expensive frontline bowlers. Connell leaked 43 runs in her five…
Ireland have had the better of Zimbabwe in this T20I series © Sportsfile via Getty Images Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Ireland Zimbabwe won their fourth toss in a row and elected to bat first against Ireland. Tinashe Kamunhukamwe came in for Tadiwanashe Marumani in what was the only change for the visitors from the previous match. Ireland, meanwhile, made three tweaks to the side that won the fourth…