Month: June 2022

Offspinner Eden Carson and wicketkeeper-batter Izzy Gaze have earned their maiden call-ups to the New Zealand squad for the T20 competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Left-arm spinner Fran Jonas, who has played five ODIs, and middle-order batter Georgia Plimmer, who was the replacement player for Lauren Down at the 50-over World Cup earlier this year, are also part of the 15-member squad. All three players were recently handed their…

Lancashire 139 for 3 (Croft 45) beat Leicestershire 135 (Hill 50) by seven wickets Unbeaten North Group leaders Lancashire Lightning made it five wins from six as they defeated Leicestershire Foxes, who have lost all three home Vitality Blast fixtures, yet won three from four on the road. The Foxes opted to make first use of what looked a good batting surface but were bowled out for just 135, failing…

Gloucestershire 159 for 5 (Bracey 63) beat Glamorgan 158 for 8 (Lloyd 68) by five wickets Gloucestershire claimed the third win of their Vitality Blast campaign with a five-wicket victory over Glamorgan in Cardiff thanks to an impressive performance with both bat and ball. Glamorgan got off to a strong start in their batting innings with an opening stand between David Lloyd and Sam Northeast taking them to 90 without…

Essex 135 for 3 (Pepper 50) beat Kent 130 for 9 by seven wickets Michael Pepper showcased his outrageous hitting for a second successive Tuesday night as Essex Eagles thrashed Kent Spitfires by seven wickets in the Vitality Blast. Pepper made a personal best 75 not out against Hampshire Hawks last week and followed that up by punching 50 as the Eagles knocked off 131 with 27 balls unneeded. A…

Northamptonshire 155 for 5 (cobb 70) beat Derbyshire 151 for 9 (Taylor 4-27) by five wickets Northamptonshire Steelbacks captain Josh Cobb struck 70 from just 44 balls, his highest score of this Vitality Blast season to help his side chase down 152 and earn a five-wicket victory over Derbyshire Falcons with 11 balls to spare. Cobb, deprived of opportunities this season by Chris Lynn’s power-hitting, picked up the mantle after…

Hampshire 145 for 1 (McDermott 83, Vince 54*) beat Middlesex 142 for 7 (Holden 35, Davies 34, Dawson 3-14) by nine wickets There have been swingers in Radlett – famously so, as they were once the subject of a Channel 4 documentary – but sadly, as far as Middlesex were concerned, they were not of the cricketing variety. When it came to games between bat and ball there was hardly…

Hardik Pandya is likely to be back in the finisher’s role for India despite having a lot of success at No. 3 and 4 for Gujarat Titans at IPL 2022. Hardik was the leading scorer for Titans with 487 runs at an average of 44.27 and a strike rate of 131.26, but according to India’s head coach Rahul Dravid, it’s not necessary that he will bat in the position for…

Umran Malik is an “exciting” prospect but he may not get a chance to represent India straightaway. That’s essentially what head coach Rahul Dravid said two days out from the first T20I against South Africa in Delhi. Malik had impressed everyone with his pace in IPL 2022, bowling consistently in the vicinity of 150kph and picking up 22 wickets from 14 games. He provided Sunrisers Hyderabad, his IPL franchises, with…

Tom Alsop has joined Sussex on a full-time basis after impressing in the first two months of a season-long loan from Hampshire. Alsop, the wicketkeeper-batter and former England Lions player, has averaged 31.30 in the early stages of the County Championship season, including a hundred against Middlesex, and hit 65 off 30 balls on his T20 debut for the club against Kent last week. Related Duffy signs short-term Kent contract…

Toss England chose to bowl vs Australia Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first on a green-tinged Khettarama surface that is expected to have a little in it for the seam bowlers, particularly early on. Both sides had named their XIs ahead of time. Sri Lanka, who appear to be attempting to build an attack for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, have included two…