News The Afghanistan legspinner is in the middle of a white-ball series in Bangladesh Before leaving PSL 2022 for national duty, Rashid Khan took 13 wickets at an average of 17.30 and an economy rate of 6.25 Rashid Khan has turned down an audacious bid from Lahore Qalandars to fly him into Pakistan for Sunday’s PSL final in the middle of Afghanistan’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh. Lahore are due…
News It’s Nkwe’s first appointment since he stepped down from his role with the men’s national team last year Enoch Nkwe has worked with Lions and Gauteng as a player and as a coach in the past Enoch Nkwe, first interim team director and then assistant coach of the South Africa men’s national team between August 2019 and August 2021, has been appointed as strategic cricket consultant by Lions…
News “I definitely know my playing composition for the first couple of games and I look forward to giving game time to all the core players during the warm-ups” Mithali Raj was in good touch in the New Zealand ODIs, scoring 232 runs at a strike rate of 82.56 India’s build-up to the women’s ODI World Cup has been far from ideal, as they lost a five-match series 4-1…
Report Fast bowler restricts Central Districts to 213 and middle-order batter chases it down with 92 off 75 Auckland 217 for 2 (Chapman 92*, Worker 65*) beat Central Districts 213 (Bruce 63, Ferguson 4-32) by eight wickets Lockie Ferguson and Mark Chapman had days to remember as they led Auckland to their second Ford Trophy title in three seasons. The fast bowler picked up 4 for 32 in 10 overs…
News Mayank Agarwal has been drafted into the squad for the last two T20Is Ruturaj Gaikwad made his T20I debut during the series in Sri Lanka in July 2021 Opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of India’s ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka because of a wrist injury, and Mayank Agarwal has replaced him in the squad for the remaining two matches. Gaikwad had been ruled out…
News But captain encouraged the players to focus on what they do in the middle rather than a bigger picture World Cup captains Meg Lanning, Bismah Maroof, Stafanie Taylor, Heather Knight, Sophie Devine, Mithali Raj, Sune Luus and Nigar Sultana pose with the trophy Having been inspired by New Zealand’s victory in the 2000 Women’s ODI World Cup, current captain Sophie Devine is conscious that her team has the…
Report New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for 60 runs in 27 overs on the second morning Lunch South Africa 298 for 7 (Jansen 11*, Rabada 2*, Wagner 3-59, Henry 3-80) vs New Zealand New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for 60 runs in 27 overs on the second morning as South Africa were unable to…
Lahore Qalandars 168 for 7 (Shafique 52, Ghulam 30, Wiese 28*, Dawson 2-24) beat Islamabad United 162 all out (Azam 40, Hales 38, Rauf 2-31) by 6 runs It was a contest of data against vibes, and at a packed Gaddafi stadium where the vibes were overwhelmingly pro-Lahore, Lahore Qalandars pulled a rabbit out of the hat to stun Islamabad United by six runs and book themselves a final berth….
News Auckland seamer Molly Penfold will also join the side as a travelling reserve Lauren Down injured herself while taking a catch during the fifth ODI against India New Zealand Women batter Lauren Down has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI World Cup with a thumb fracture. She will be replaced by the uncapped Georgia Plimmer. Down had injured her right thumb while taking Shafali Verma’s catch during…
News The opener spoke about his approach to innings-building after scoring a match-winning 136 “One good thing these days is that I don’t think too much about the game.” You needed a second take when Litton Das said these words. He repeated it and offered a smile. This, coming from one of the relatively younger members of the Bangladesh team, was quite refreshing in some way. Litton said he was…