Month: November 2021

News The tournament cannot be rescheduled, as the ODI World Cup is scheduled for March-April 2022 The women’s ODI World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe has been called off after travel restrictions were imposed on large parts of southern Africa following the detection of a new Covid-19 variant, called Omicron, in the region. With the marquee event scheduled to take place next year in March and April, the qualifier cannot…

News The other two matches scheduled for Saturday – Thailand vs USA and Pakistan vs Zimbabwe – have taken place as scheduled Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands in their only game so far at the Women’s World Cup Qualifier   The Women’s World Cup Qualifier match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Harare has been called off over what is understood to be Covid-19 fears in the region. It is…

Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, has told Azeem Rafiq that he is “sorry for the hurt he has gone through”, after speaking publicly for the first time since being implicated in the Yorkshire racism scandal. Vaughan has been stood down from BBC Test Match Special’s commentary team for the forthcoming Ashes, in the wake of Rafiq’s claim that he had once told a group of four Asian players at…

News Greaves, Brooks, Motie, Smith and Drakes earn maiden call-ups as West Indies rest several senior players Roger Harper: “There are a number of talented newcomers in each format that will have the opportunity to show what they are capable of at the international level”    ESPNcricinfo Ltd A CWI statement confirmed that while Holder missed out because of “workload management”, Fabian Allen and Obed McCoy are out because of…

Report The wicket of Kane Williamson at the stroke of lunch left the match beautifully balanced Lunch New Zealand 197 for 2 (Latham 82*, Young 89, Umesh 1-30, Ashwin 1-57) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 148 runs Kane Williamson’s wicket in the last over before lunch on the third morning ensured India shared the session with New Zealand despite the visiting…

Report Mehidy Hasan Miraz the only Bangladesh batter to make a mark on the second morning, with a 68-ball 38 Lunch Bangladesh 330 (Liton 114, Mushfiqur 91, Hasan 5-51) v Pakistan Hasan Ali completed his sixth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Bangladesh were bowled out for 330 at lunch on the second day of the Chattogram Test. Hasan knocked over the overnight centurion Liton Das and debutant Yasir Ali…

Despite being only “a heartbeat away” from the United States Presidency, John Nance Garner, Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, once described his job as “not worth a bucket of warm piss”. There will be some in Australia who feel the same way about Steven Smith‘s leadership with the anger of ‘Sandpaper-gate’ and what he supposedly did to the once sacred office of Australia Test captain still fresh in their minds….

Report Half-century from Gayle not enough as Udana holds his nerve It may have taken a week but finally, after five wins out of five, the winning streak of Team Abu Dhabi came to an end courtesy of the Bangla Tigers. That was despite a thrilling knock from none other than Chris Gayle, who – with an unbeaten 52 off 23 – threatened to pull off another remarkable chase for…

News New Zealand quick won club’s Bowler of the Year Award in 2018 New Zealand international Matt Henry will return to Kent for the 2022 county season. Henry, the 29-year-old right-arm seamer, is set to join the club on July 10 and will be available for up to seven Championship games and for the Royal London Cup, subject to regulatory approval. Having originally played for Kent as an overseas player…

Delhi Capitals are the only IPL team to have finalised their four retentions as the deadline of November 30 is fast approaching. Based on the information gathered, ESPNcricinfo takes a look at the key questions and names each of the other seven existing IPL teams are grappling with before sealing their final list. Hardik, who was one of the four players retained ahead of the 2018 auction, struggled with his fitness…