News Malan has previously been batting coach and assistant coach of the New Zealand men’s team Heinrich Malan has previously been batting coach and assistant coach of the New Zealand team Cricket Ireland has announced that Heinrich Malan, the 40-year-old coach who has had extensive coaching stints in New Zealand, will succeed Graham Ford as full-time head coach for the men’s team. The former South African domestic cricketer has…
News CAB president Avishek Dalmiya, former captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla have also tested positive News of Sudip Chatterjee, among others, testing positive for Covid-19 came out on Monday A day after news that there were seven Covid-19 cases in the Bengal Ranji Trophy camp, five of the six players who had tested positive as well as the team’s assistant coach were named in the party for their tournament-opener against…
This BBL has faced criticism for its supposed lack of international drawcards and the usual absences of Australia’s Test stars. But a few months from the T20 World Cup triumph, those on the fringes of national selection are starring in the first half of the BBL season. With Australia’s title defence on home soil just nine months away, here are six players making an early case to be considered. Ben…
News England’s stand-in coach expects “caged tigers” Stokes and Broad to make a mark in the SCG Test While Graham Thorpe’s remit has been wider this week, the major focus has remained on the batters Pat Cummins continues to bask in the glory of retaining the Ashes in ruthless fashion, but has also lent a sympathetic ear to England’s off-field challenges with Covid-19, even as the visitors’ stand-in coach…
News Heat-Sixers clash moved to Wednesday and Scorchers-Sixers clash brought forward to Tuesday night as the BBL tries to keep the tournament going The BBL has been forced into last-minute fixture changes after multiple Brisbane Heat players returned positive Covid-19 rapid antigen tests, with Perth Scorchers to play Sydney Sixers at Metricon Stadium on Tuesday night and the Heat-Sixers clash moved to Wednesday to allow time for further Covid-19 testing…
Preview Both sides make just one change with a flatter pitch expected at the SCG and some wet weather forecast Big Picture It feels like an eternity since the end of the Boxing Day Test with the early finish on the morning of day three plus a later start to the New Year’s Test in Sydney only adding to the wait. But there is not much to wait for as…
Report New Zealand have just over five sessions to try and push for a favourable result Lunch New Zealand 328 and 10 for 0 (Latham 10*, Young 0*) trail Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 120 runs New Zealand faced the tricky job of dismounting Bangladesh’s 130-run lead after the visitors completed their second-longest Test innings for 458 all out. The home side reached 10 runs for…
News Cricket Australia is toying with the idea of a hub in Melbourne to complete the BBL season as multiple clubs deal with Covid-19 infections Anxiety is running high across the BBL as multiple Covid-19 outbreaks leave a hub in Melbourne as a serious option to continue the tournament. In an unprecedented crisis for the BBL, Cricket Australia is trying to figure out how to complete the season and also…
News Usman Khawaja replaces Travis Head as the one change for Australia at the SCG Hazlewood, who misses out on his home ground, has not quite recovered from the side strain he picked up at the Gabba and will now target a comeback in the final Test in Hobart. Australia are also continuing to manage Richardson who reported some leg soreness after the Adelaide Test which kept him out of…
News All four players are asymptomatic, and will self-isolate Four Zimbabwe cricketers at the Under-19 World Cup tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are now self-isolating in the West Indies. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the positive results after PCR tests were administered, and said all players who tested positive were “well and asymptomatic”. They will be retested before they can join the rest of the squad in St Kitts and…