News The left-arm quick will miss the start of the tournament due to quarantine requirements Tymal Mills, who starred for England in the recent T20 World Cup before succumbing to injury, has committed to Perth Scorchers for the upcoming BBL, in a late signing coup for last season’s runner-up. Mills, the left-arm quick, replaces compatriot Brydon Carse, who was ruled out of the tournament following a knee injury sustained last…
News Stars’ batters are going to be given the backing to be as aggressive as they want Melbourne Stars coach David Hussey believes he learned more from the failure of last season’s BBL than the success of the season before and hopes to implement some of the strategies that he and Brendon McCullum used to turn Kolkata Knight Riders around in this year’s IPL. Hussey’s first season as Stars coach…
News The South Australia left-hander has been preferred ahead of Josh Inglis Alex Carey will make his Test debut against England at the Gabba after being confirmed as Tim Paine’s replacement. In a move that had been expected for the last couple of days, Carey has been preferred ahead of Western Australia’s Josh Inglis. Carey has made just 153 runs in eight Sheffield Shield innings this season – with single-figure…
Deccan Gladiators 140 for 1 (Kohler-Cadmore 96) beat Bangla Tigers 78 (Udana 33, Hasaranga 5-8) by 62 runs According to ESPN Cricinfo’s Smart Stats, Wanindu Hasaranga was the MVP of the T20 World Cup. In the Super 12s, the Sri Lankan took ten wickets and conceded at just 5.84 an over. At the Abu Dhabi T10, he is once again the most valuable player and an instrumental part of Deccan…
News “You can do drafts for new players coming in, you can do trades, you can do loans and allow teams to build something for the long haul” The big IPL auction has “outlived its usefulness.” That is the view of Kolkata Knight Riders’ chief executive offer Venky Mysore and co-owner of Delhi Capitals Parth Jindal. Such a strong statement from the heads of two of the biggest T20 franchises…
News Payment bands for female players next season will range from £7500 to £31,250 The ECB has more than doubled salaries for female players in the second season of the Hundred after the inaugural women’s competition broke records for attendances and TV viewing figures. Women’s salaries ranged from £3600 to £15,000 – with a captaincy bonus of £1200 – in the 2021 edition of the Hundred and while prize money…
News Analysis All the interesting numbers from the IPL retentions on Williamson, Narine, Maxwell, and others 14 – The amount (in INR crore) Sunrisers Hyderabad will pay for the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is the highest ever retention price for an overseas player. Williamson will now get nearly five times the money since the 2018 auction when Sunrisers bought him for INR 3 crore. He joined Sunrisers for the…
News Channel to adopt a ‘hybrid’ approach with Vaughan’s stints on Fox Sports to be overlaid Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, will not be heard by UK audiences during this winter’s Ashes in Australia, after BT Sport followed the BBC’s decision to remove him from their TV coverage of the series. Vaughan, 47, was last week stood down from BBC Test Match Special’s coverage for ‘editorial’ reasons, following allegations…
News “We are getting to play in New Zealand before World Cup which is also good,” she says “Overall we have young players but they have got enough exposure. It is just of matter of gelling well as a team” India Women are scheduled to play only one ODI series – against New Zealand – before the World Cup early next year but captain Mithali Raj feels the team…
News Facility near Preston to be training base and reserve venue when Old Trafford is unavailable Lancashire plan to build a new training facility in Farington, near Preston, which will host men’s and women’s first-team games to address a “pressing” need for a second permanent home ground. The club revealed their plans in conjunction with Lancashire County Council on Wednesday which, subject to public consultation and planning development, would see…