Month: March 2022

Yorkshire members have delivered a massive vote in support of Lord Kamlesh Patel’s proposals to restructure the club to address the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of mistreatment, which brought accusations that the club was institutionally racist and the potential loss of international fixtures at Headingley. More than 80% of members voted in favour of reform – although a disturbingly low turnout suggests that Yorkshire have suffered both from a…

Lucknow Super Giants 211 for 4 (de Kock 61, Lewis 55*, Rahul 40, Pretorius 2-31) beat Chennai Super Kings 210 for 7 (Uthappa 50, Dube 49, Bishnoi 2-24) by six wickets KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock set the platform with a 99-run opening stand, Evin Lewis smashed an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls and Ayush Badoni played a cameo towards the end as Lucknow Super Kings chased down 211…

News Bangladesh coach explains his side’s decision to bat first, a call which came as a “surprise” to the home camp Bangladesh have never lost a toss in Test cricket in South Africa, but have rarely batted first   “I think there’s a bit of insecurity batting in foreign conditions,” Domingo said after play. “There’s a lot of young players coming up – [Mahmudul Hasan] Joy, Shadman [Islam] and [Najmul…

News Up-and-coming seamer set to join Hampshire after IPL stint Hampshire have announced the signing of Nathan Ellis, the Australia fast bowler, as one of their overseas players for this year’s Vitality Blast. Ellis, 26, who has been capped twice in ODIs and twice in T20Is, took a hat-trick on international debut against Bangladesh last year. He is currently involved with Australia on their tour of Pakistan and is set…

Fantasy Tips Fantasy XI recommendations for the IPL 2022 game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings Apr 1: KKR v PBKS, 8th Match, Wankhede Stadium Safe XI: Sam Billings, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Agarwal, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh (vice-captain), Sandeep Sharma. Captain: Shikhar DhawanThe Punjab opener started the season with a 29-ball 43 against RCB. He has been amongst…

News ECB dismisses ‘speculation’ about 12-team Premier League but Division Two counties in dark Stuart Broad reacts to a flurry of snow as Nottinghamshire line up for their team photo   It seemed a long way off when Nottinghamshire’s squad photograph was interrupted by a snowstorm at Trent Bridge on Thursday morning, but the English season starts next week with a round of eight County Championship fixtures with the competition…

News May usually ushers in the monsoon season in the country, but Chattogram and Dhaka will host international cricket in the month this season Bangladesh will play a home Test series in May, for the first time since 2015, when they face Sri Lanka in a two-match series, which is part of the World Test Championship (WTC). May usually ushers in the monsoon season in Bangladesh, but Chattogram and Dhaka…

News Joe Clarke among English players expected to attract top-bracket £125,000 price tag Teams in the Hundred are expected to prioritise signing domestic players with their big-money picks in next week’s draft, with doubts over the availability of leading overseas stars due to clashes with international cricket. ESPNcricinfo revealed last week that David Warner will be the star attraction after registering for the draft, which will be held behind closed…

Preview Knight Riders have Russell’s fitness to worry about, while Kings get a boost with Rabada’s availability Big picture A new-look Punjab Kings side, dripping with power and depth, hunted down 206 against Royal Challengers Bangalore to kick off their season in grand style. They now run into Kolkata Knight Riders, who play with similar attacking intent and freedom. The result didn’t go in Knight Riders’ way on Wednesday, but…

Report Australia, who have only 13 players to choose from, named an unchanged line-up Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl in the second ODI against Australia in Lahore with the hosts aiming to bounce back and keep the series alive. Even though the decision spectacularly backfired in the series opener, captain Babar Azam again put Australia in to bat but Pakistan have been boosted by the return of…