Month: April 2022

Big picture Royal Challengers Bangalore have won five of their last six matches after starting with a defeat. Sunrisers Hyderabad have hit back with four consecutive victories following two losses to begin with. Royal Challengers are placed second on the IPL 2022 table; Sunrisers are fifth from one game fewer. What better time, then, for them to face each other? Related Hazlewood’s Test-match skills bring rewards in the IPL too…

Former PCB chief executive Wasim Khan has been appointed as the ICC’s General Manager of cricket. He is slated to start his new role next month, as he takes over from Geoff Allardice, who vacated the position last November. “I am honoured to be joining the ICC, I can’t wait to get started and work in partnership with our Members to strengthen and grow our sport,” Wasim was quoted in…

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Ben Stokes, England’s vice-captain and the man widely tipped to take over from the outgoing Joe Root this summer, says that he offered his team-mate “nothing but love, respect and support” during an emotional phone-call last week, in which Root confirmed his intention to stand down after a record 64 Tests in charge. Writing in his Daily Mirror column, Stokes expressed his admiration for Root’s cricketing ability, but also his…

Ricky Ponting, the Delhi Capitals head coach, will isolate in his hotel room for five days after a family member tested positive for Covid-19. He will therefore not be present at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium for Capitals’ match against Rajasthan Royals later today. Ponting has twice tested negative since his family member’s positive test, but a statement from the franchise said that “in the best interest of the team, the management…

Mohammad Amir will make a surprise return to first-class cricket after signing a short-term deal to play for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Amir has not played a first-class match since August 2019, when he played a Championship game for Essex a month after his retirement from Test cricket. He will play three Championship games for Gloucestershire, replacing Naseem Shah who has been ruled out until the start of the…

Former Australia batter Chris Lynn, who was with Mumbai Indians for two seasons, says he has begun noticing signs of “factions” within the Mumbai camp. Lynn, who played just one match during his stint, which spanned the 2020 and 2021 IPL seasons, said Mumbai were looking like “11 individuals” rather than a “team of 11”. Lynn, an expert analyst on ESPNcricinfo for IPL 2022, made these comments on Thursday, after…

Former Cricket Australia chairman and long-time cricket administrator Alan Crompton has passed away aged 81. Crompton was chairman of the Cricket Australia board, then known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), from 1992 to 1995. He had risen to the position after a long career in Sydney grade cricket followed by decades in cricket administration. He was chairman of Cricket New South Wales and delegate to CA prior to his…

Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell remains in a critical condition and under heavy sedation in Royal Stoke hospital in the UK following a heart attack last weekend. Campbell’s family released a statement to the public on Friday morning AWST updating his condition after the former Australia ODI and Western Australia wicketkeeper-batter suffered a heart attack last Saturday in Stoke-on-Trent. “Ryan suffered a series of cardiac arrests last weekend and remains critically…

Lancashire11 for 1 trail Gloucestershire 252 (Harris 67, Dent 52, Higgins 51*, Hasan 6-47) by 241 runs Old Trafford in April. Glimpsed between the behemothic stands and also in the distance, almost every tree displays the frail effrontery of an English spring. In the foreground, though, yet another new building is under construction, one that will replace the demolished Red Rose suite and obscure the pleasant aspect. Three huge mechanical…