News Second Pakistani overseas player to join Haris Rauf for 2022 season Yorkshire’s overseas signings could not be more designed to persuade their Muslim communities that change is here to stay. To the Pakistan quick, Haris Rauf, who will play the first six Championship matches as well as an envisaged stint in the Vitality Blast, they have added his fellow Pakistani, the legspinner Shadab Khan, as they herald the start…
News Crawley, Pope, Burns, Curran made available by ECB for start of county season Joe Root, England’s Test captain, will be the notable absentee from the opening weeks of this year’s County Championship, after the ECB confirmed that he would not be made available to Yorkshire in the immediate aftermath of England’s series loss in the Caribbean. Root’s role as Test captain remains under intense scrutiny after a disappointing winter…
Preview Jayawardene v Sangakkara and Malinga, Ashwin v Ashwin, Boult v Rohit are few of the subplots Big picture Mahela Jayawardene vs Kumar Sangakkara & Lasith Malinga. Rohit Sharma vs Sanju Samson. Kieron Pollard vs Shimron Hetmyer. Jasprit Bumrah vs Trent Boult. M Ashwin vs R Ashwin. Saturday’s fixture between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals promises to be a mouth-watering one. Royals have also been Mumbai’s bogey team in the…
News It continues NZ’s long trip across Europe, following up from tours to England, Scotland and Ireland New Zealand are set to play two T20Is in Netherlands this August. In an announcement by the two boards, it was confirmed that they will be facing the hosts on August 4 and 6 at the Voorburg Cricket Club in The Hague. “The chance to play the best white-ball teams in the world…
Preview A series win will help Pakistan move up the Super League table, where they had been languishing below the qualification mark Babar Azam is hoping that the confidence from the win in the second game carries Pakistan to a series win Big picture After five weeks of a historic tour where the cricket has been tough and competitive for the most part, we have a decider to look…
News Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and North London added to charity’s scope to boost participation The African-Caribbean Engagement (ACE) programme, the independent charity originally set up at Surrey to address a 75% decline in participation among black cricketers since 1995, has been granted ECB funding to become a nationwide project, with its impending expansion into four new regions. ACE, which was pioneered by Surrey’s director of women’s cricket, Ebony Rainford-Brent, in…
News Franchise’s prolific run-scorer set to return following a recovery from a wrist injury Much of Suryakumar Yadav’s success at Mumbai has been at No. 3 Suryakumar Yadav is fit and available to play for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. He had missed the tournament opener due to his ongoing recovery from a hairline fracture he sustained during the home series against West Indies last month. Suryakumar…
Report South Africa go to lunch at 314 for 8 after starting the day at 233 for 4 Lunch South Africa 314 for eight (Bavuma 93, Elgar 67, Harmer 8*, Williams 6*, Khaled 3-80, Ebadot 2-72, Mehidy 2-76) vs Bangladesh Bangladesh got the upper-hand with four wickets on the second morning of the Durban Test against South Africa after the day started with the scoreboard reading 233 for 4, leaving…
Report Tailender Corey Rocchiccioli’s 28-ball 50 pushed Western Australia to 386, before Pucovski made 59 in Victoria’s reply Victoria 3 for 147 (Pucovski 59, Handscomb 39*, Hardie 2-35) trail Western Australia 386 (Bancroft 141, Whiteman 85, Sutherland 5-78) by 239 runs A brilliant five-wicket haul from Will Sutherland, and a half-century from Will Pucovski helped drag Victoria back into the Sheffield Shield final against Western Australia on the second day…
News Australian bowling allrounder signs for ten Championship games McAndrew, 28, joined South Australia ahead of this season’s Sheffield Shield after losing his New South Wales contract and was the competition’s second-highest wicket-taker ahead of this week’s final. He is due to be available for up to 10 County Championship fixtures, starting from Warwickshire’s fixture against Essex on April 21, and will also be registered for the T20 Blast as…