Month: May 2022

Somerset 124 for 6 (Lammonby 33) beat Hampshire 123 (Fuller 42, Davey 3-21) by four wickets In James Vince, Tom Banton and Will Smeed, this T20 encounter between Hampshire and Somerset included the ghosts of England’s white-ball past, present and future. Three players, at three different stages of their careers, each sharing the same goal of turning international potential into proven ability. Here, in a low-scoring affair that Somerset ended…

Pakistan have relocated their home series against West Indies from Rawalpindi to Multan. The decision has been taken in light of political uncertainty in Islamabad – the country’s capital, adjacent to Rawalpindi. The fixtures and schedule, however, remain unchanged, with the three ODIs, which are a part of the Cricket World Cup Super League to be played on June 8, 10 and 12. The games were originally slated for Rawalpindi,…

England’s fast-bowling injury crisis has allowed Matthew Potts to emerge from the outer and bowl himself into a 13-man Test squad for the first two Tests against New Zealand, a call-up which he admitted on Monday “wasn’t on the radar at all” at the start of the season. Potts, a 23-year-old seamer from Sunderland, had 42 wickets at 33.85 apiece to his name at the start of April but has…

South Africa’s men’s national team are ready to move on from controversies and display their culture of “inclusiveness,” according to white-ball captain Temba Bavuma, as they approach a bumper 2022-2023 season. Two-and-a-half years of scrutiny on the team environment, which included their response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the conduct of head coach Mark Boucher, culminated in disciplinary charges against Boucher being dropped and the path cleared for…

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the former West Indies captain, has relinquished his role as selector of the men’s senior and junior panel with immediate effect due to personal reasons. The resignation comes just five months into a term that was set to run until the middle of 2024. Robert Haynes, the former legspinner who currently serves as selector in the junior panel, will serve in an interim capacity in Sarwan’s place until…

New Zealand have named Henry Nicholls and Trent Boult in their 15-man squad for the first Test against England at Lord’s, although both remain doubtful starters. Nicholls has been recovering from a calf injury sustained in training before leaving New Zealand, and has not had any game time in the build-up to the three-Test series. Boult, meanwhile, has been described as “unlikely to be available” after flying in directly from…

Ollie Robinson‘s cascade of injury and misfortune has been compounded by the news that he tested positive for Covid-19 last week, on the day he was due to turn out for a County Select XI to prove his fitness against New Zealand at Chelmsford. Robinson was ruled out of the tour match after reporting stiffness in his back during the warm-ups on Thursday. “Ollie felt a bit of stiffness in…

Nicholas Pooran, West Indies’ new white-ball captain, has said he will be an “instinctive” leader ahead of his first assignment in the role on a permanent basis, a three-match ODI series against Netherlands in Amsterdam starting on Tuesday. Pooran, 26, has previously captained West Indies in two ODIs and eight T20Is and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, and was confirmed as Kieron Pollard’s successor earlier this month after serving…

Australia’s all-conquering women’s team will only play six days of international cricket at home during the 2022-23 season but players believe benefits will be felt elsewhere in the game with availability for domestic cricket. The summer will feature three ODIs and three T20Is against Pakistan in January before the T20 World Cup in South Africa. There is also a five-match T20I tour of India penciled in for mid-December, but in…

Australia’s selectors and new coach Andrew McDonald are adamant T20I skipper Aaron Finch is under no pressure for his place in the T20 World Cup title defence later this year but he is eager to quieten the public debate about his form. Australia’s white-ball team heads back on the road on Wednesday for three T20Is and five ODIs in Sri Lanka beginning on June 7. The T20I side will be…