Month: June 2022

KL Rahul has undergone surgery for a sports hernia, in Germany, and said that the process was “successful”. Return to action is likely to take time, but the “road to recovery has begun”, he tweeted on Wednesday night. The usual timeframe for an athlete to return to full activity after a sports hernia surgery, with proper therapy and rehabilitation, which Rahul is expected to undergo at Bengaluru’s National Cricket Academy,…

Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has nominated for the new BBL overseas draft, signaling he will be available for at least a portion of the upcoming season. The current Royal Challengers Bangalore captain was one of four overseas players announced as the first batch of nominees for the draft that is set to be held in August. Fellow South Africa batter Rilee Rossouw, former South Africa and current…

Sussex 337 and 345 for 5 (Orr 141, Rizwan 76*, Alsop 55) beat Derbyshire 551 for 8 dec (Madsen 176, Dal 146*) and 127 for 7 dec (Reece 42*, Brooks 5-46) by five wickets Opener Ali Orr made a career-best 141 as Sussex pulled off a remarkable run-chase against Derbyshire to claim their first win since April 2021 in the LV=County Championship. Orr was superbly supported by Tom Alsop and…

Across 20 years of Test cricket, James Anderson has endured and so far out-lived many different dressing-room regimes. He has served under six head coaches and eight Test captains, in a variety of combinations, all imposing their whims and ethos (or trying to at least) with varying degrees of success. So when he says there is something unique about the environment he is experiencing under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes,…

Shakib Al Hasan is expected to skip the ODIs against West Indies next month, according to BCB president Nazmul Hassan who made the announcement after a board meeting held in Dhaka on Wedesnday. Shakib was initially named in all three squads, but now it seems he will leave the tour after the T20s. Shakib led the side for the first time in three years during their 2-0 Test series defeat…

Warwickshire 405 (Sibley 102, Burgess 77, McAndrew 59*) drew with Northamptonshire 451 (Hannon-Dalby 4-84) and 273 for 4 dec (Procter 144*, Rickelton) Luke Procter posted a superb 144 not out, his highest first-class score, as Northamptonshire batted out a draw on the final day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match at Wantage Road. Procter and Ryan Rickelton, who also scored a century, shared a record third-wicket stand for Northamptonshire…

Middlesex 376 (Simpson 92, Holden 86, Stoneman 67, Hollman 52, Pattinson 4-65) and 261 for 1 (Stoneman 109*, Robson 108) drew with Nottinghamshire 551 for 8 dec (James 155, Mullaney 79, Patterson-White 50, Hollman 4-122) Middlesex, forced to follow-on 175 behind on Tuesday, secured the draw that always looked the most likely outcome on a benign pitch against Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire by batting through the final day of their…

Andrew Gale, the former Yorkshire head coach, will refuse to defend himself against ECB charges that he has brought the game into disrepute because of his alleged role in the Azeem Rafiq racism allegations. Gale, who is one of seven people to be charged by the ECB, has broken his silence for the first time since he was sacked by Yorkshire in December. “I am not willing to take part…

The long spells in which ball after ball lands on the same spot. Flighting it up, keeping it on a string, putting work on the ball, over after over. In Australia, maybe, but on South Asian tracks, it’s about mixing it up a little, says Nathan Lyon. Here, it’s about “bowling ugly”. Lyon claimed 5 for 90 on day one, accounting for Sri Lanka’s best batters in Dimuth Karunaratne and…

Gloucestershire 337 and 176 for 3 (Hammond 58*, Bracey 55*) drew with Lancashire 402 (Croft 80, Wood 50, Higgins 3-55) Miles Hammond and James Bracey batted Gloucestershire towards safety before rain wiped out the last two sessions of the LV= County Championship match with Lancashire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Only 19 overs were possible at the start of the final day, which began with the home side precariously…