Month: September 2021

News Captain feels they have the ‘better spin-bowling contingent’ than opponents South Africa ahead of the limited-overs series South Africa have some great quicks, but on Khettarama’s surfaces, Sri Lanka’s batters need not fear them. Not only this, said Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka, but the hosts also have a better spin attack, and as such, should be targeting a 3-0 series sweep. South Africa are missing fast bowler Lungi…

Report Mark Adair and Josh Little also return to the hosts’ XI, with the visitors remaining unchanged Zimbabwe choose to bowl vs Ireland Ireland rung in the changes for the third T20I against Zimbabwe, with three tweaks to the XI that levelled the series on Sunday. William McClintock became their second debutant of the series after Neil Rock was given his first cap in the opening match, and will slot…

Preview Both sides are dealing with off-field drama but it is now crunch time as far as their qualification prospects are concerned Big picture On the surface, these are two teams short of ODI Super League points. Sri Lanka are down at 11th on the table, with only two wins from 11 completed matches. South Africa are better placed, at 10th, with two wins from five completed games. More importantly,…

News Philippines progress in the men’s bracket, while in the women’s, the highest-ranked EAP team as of November 30 2021 will qualify The automatic qualification was decided in accordance with the principles approved by the ICC Board   The ICC has cancelled the East-Asia Pacific (EAP) qualifiers to the men’s T20 World Cup 2022 and women’s T20 World Cup 2023 due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. As a result, Philippines…

News The question remains: will India rest one of their quick men in the fourth Test to manage workloads? Are India looking at resting at least one of their fast bowlers who featured in the defeat at Headingley for the Oval Test starting on Thursday? The question came up after they added young fast bowler Prasidh Krishna to their squad. Prasidh, 25, who made his international debut in the home…

Report Glamorgan last only half an hour on third morning as Cook’s five-for seals thrashing Essex 320 (Browne 102, Pepper 63) beat Glamorgan 134 (Snater 6-39) and 112 (Cook 5-37) by an innings at 74 runs Essex wrapped up a comprehensive LV= Insurance County Championship victory over Glamorgan in Cardiff as they bowled the Welsh side out for just 112 to win by an innings and 74 runs. It was…

Report Bangladesh brought in Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das for Soumya Sarkar and Mosaddek Hossain Toss: New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand’s stand-in captain Tom Latham chose to bat first in the opening T20I against Bangladesh in Dhaka. Allrounder Cole McConchie and batter Rachin Ravindra were brought in to the playing XI for their international debuts. New Zealand opted to have three spin-bowling options, in Ajaz Patel,…