News Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana the only Indians in the top ten list of batters India’s Mithali Raj climbed two placed to be at the sixth spot, thanks to her 68 against South Africa, while opener Smriti Mandhana occupied the tenth position. Veteran Jhulan Goswami is the only bowler from India in the top ten, while she has company from Deepti Sharma in the allrounders’ category. Wolvaardt is currently…
Report Pacer picks four wickets on debut while the opener scored his maiden ODI ton New Zealand 204 for 3 (Young 103*, Nicholls 57, Rippon 2-32) beat Netherlands 202 all out (Rippon 67, Seelaar 43, Tickner 4-50) by seven wickets New Zealand hadn’t played an ODI for over a year, had as many as 12 first-choice players plying their trade in the IPL, and were playing Netherlands in the format…
News Australia’s team physio also tests positive on the morning of the opening ODI; rest of the players test negative Spinner Ashton Agar has become the second Australia player to test positive for Covid-19 in 24 hours, and has been ruled out of the entire ODI series against Pakistan in Lahore. Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Tuesday morning in Pakistan that Agar had tested positive, just 24 hours after Josh…
News “We’re not there yet, but we’re on the journey to getting towards prize money parity” Geoff Allardice – “We’re coming from a long way back and we’re making progress in that [prize money disbursement] area” Bringing parity in prize money for “finishing positions of teams” in women’s and men’s world tournaments will be part of the governing body’s discussions around the next eight-year cycle of women’s events, stretching…
News The allrounder suffered back spasms last Tuesday and “ran out of time to prove her fitness” for Wednesday’s knockout game against West Indies Ellyse Perry has been ruled out of Australia’s 2022 ODI World Cup semi-final against West Indies scheduled for Wednesday in Wellington. Meg Lanning, the Australia captain, confirmed Perry’s unavailability for the knockout fixture and said the allrounder, who suffered back spams in the league-stage game against…
News Who’s this 22-year-old who comes in and slog-sweeps Rashid for a six and hooks Ferguson for another? The first thing Harsha Bhogle asked him in the mid-match interview was, “where have you been hiding?”. It was, of course, a valid question. Just eight runs to his name in T20 cricket and no List A or first-class cricket under his belt, the 22-year-old comes in and scores a fifty during…
Report Eye-catching batting displays from IPL debutants Ayush Badoni and Abhinav Manohar also lit up a tense match at the Wankhede Gujarat Titans 161 for 5 (Tewatia 40*, Hardik 33, Chameera 2-22) beat Lucknow Super Giants 158 for 6 (Hooda 55, Badoni 54, Shami 3-25) by five wickets Lucknow Super Giants threatened to become the first team to defend a target in IPL 2022, but late blows from David Miller,…
News “I couldn’t be more positive of what we’ve done over these past three-and-a-half weeks,” says interim coach Interim head coach Paul Collingwood has said that despite England’s loss to West Indies he believes the team is making progress and that he “couldn’t be more positive of what we’ve done over these past three-and-a-half weeks”. Speaking the day after England fell to a 10-wicket defeat in Grenada, Collingwood confirmed that…
News “We have to make do with our next best that we have in the country, who I’m still very confident in.” Kagiso Rabada is among the South Africa players who opted to skip the Tests against Bangladesh South Africa’s IPL-contracted players were “put in a bit of a situation” when asked to choose between staying to play in the two-Test series against Bangladesj or going to the T20…
News A round-up of the second week of matches, which included a very dodgy umpiring decision which is under BCB review Key takeaways Prime Bank Cricket Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club continue to lead the Dhaka Premier League points table with four wins each but both clubs also dropped their first points during the second week of the tournament. Best batters Not too far behind in the top run-getters’…