News He played 13 Tests, scoring his only century during the home series against India in 1961-62 Easton McMorris, the former Jamaica captain and West Indies batter, has died at the age of 86. A right-hand opening batter, McMorris played 13 Tests between 1958 and 1966, scoring 564 runs at an average of 26.85. McMorris scored 13 and 16 on debut against Pakistan in 1957-58, lining up alongside Everton Weekes,…
News Fast bowler has announced that the tour of India in 2022 will be his swansong Suranga Lakmal will retire from all forms of international cricket after Sri Lanka’s tour of India in 2022. The 34-year old fast bowler has picked up 168 wickets from 68 Tests, 109 wickets from 86 ODIs and eight wickets from 11 T20Is More to follow Suranga Lakmal Sri Lanka Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Yuzvendra Chahal: “There is a bond [with Virat Kohli], which helped me bowl well under him” Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t had to bother with the IPL auction much for many years now, and now that he must in just over a week, he is happy to go wherever fate takes him but would most want to go back to where he has spent his last eight seasons: Royal Challengers Bangalore….
News South Africa’s Test captain says focus on the head coach’s disciplinary hearing is taking the spotlight away from the team’s recent on-field successes ‘We are still supporting our head coach because he is a massive part of our group’ – Dean Elgar Constant conversations around Mark Boucher‘s upcoming disciplinary hearing are taking the spotlight away from South Africa’s recent successes, according to Test captain Dean Elgar. Speaking at…
News Pooran, Moeen and Livingston are other notable movers in the latest ICC rankings Akeal Hosein and Jason Holder have achieved career-best positions in the latest ICC T20I rankings for bowlers, after guiding West Indies to victory in the fifth match against England in Bridgetown. Left-arm spinner Hosein has jumped 15 places to the 18th spot after picking up 4 for 30 in the final T20I. He finished with six…
News Zubayr Hamza has been called up as his replacement in the 17-member squad for the two-match series Keegan Petersen was South Africa’s batting star in their 2-1 series win at home over India Keegan Petersen has been ruled out of South Africa’s Test tour of New Zealand because of Covid-19, and has been replaced by Zubayr Hamza. A CSA statement on Wednesday morning said that Petersen “is well…
Preview There’s no lack of context in what is a World Cup year, but Lanning and Knight aren’t looking too far ahead as they face off in the ODI leg of the women’s Ashes England and Australia contest the three ODIs knowing that the World Cup is around the corner The rest of this Ashes series will do well to match the drama of the Test that played out…
News Disciplinary chair agrees to Boucher’s request for May dates that will allow him to call players without disrupting season Boucher was formally charged in January 17 but the hearing can only begin at the conclusion of the South African home summer due to player availability. At a meeting last Wednesday with disciplinary chair Terry Motau SC, CSA argued for the hearing to take place between March 7 and 11,…
Tom Prest, England’s Under-19 captain, praised the character of his team-mates after they collectively held their nerve in an extraordinary World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan in Antigua, to book their place in the final for the first time in 24 years. England’s eventual 15-run victory spanned the full gamut of emotions, not least for the defeated Afghans, who looked to have been handed a lifeline when James Sales’ final over…
Report Rehan three-for in the penultimate over helps England crawl out of difficult position England231 for 6 (Bell 56*, Horton 53*, Thomas 50, Noor 2-32) beat Afghanistan 215 for 9 (Allah 60, Ishaq 43, Rehan 4-41) by 15 runs (DLS method) The first semi-final between two sets of nervous teenagers had it all. Broken stumps, dropped catches, run-outs, six-hitting cameos, a five-ball over, and a catch off a no-ball. England,…