Alice Capsey, the rising star of last year’s Women’s Hundred, has been named in her first England squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, but there is no place for Tammy Beaumont among the 15 names who will compete in Birmingham at the end of the month. Capsey, who turns 18 in August, played an integral part in Oval Invincibles’ victory in the inaugural season of the Hundred, finishing as the…
The second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka may be moved from Colombo to Galle, owing to the possibility of political demonstrations in the capital. While at no stage have cricket matches been threatened by the large-scale civil unrest seen in Sri Lanka over the last few months, and particularly in the past week, there are fears that masses descending on Colombo’s streets again may create logistical challenges for a…
A two-and-a-half-month window for the IPL every year, and home-season windows for the Hundred and the BBL respectively in England and Australia’s schedules, affirm the growing primacy of franchise T20 leagues in the international cricket calendar. A near-final draft of the ICC’s latest Future Tours Programme (FTP), accessed by ESPNcricinfo, lays out the international cricket due to be played by the 12 Full Members between May 2023 and April 2027….
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat in the first of two Tests against Pakistan, in what is now a tried-and-tested move in Galle, where the pitch is expected to take progressively more turn as the match wears on. Dimuth Karunaratne said as much at the toss, explaining that with spin expected to play a major…
The ECB have insisted they are “committed to driving progress and increasing the reach” of the Vitality Blast after the competition’s 20th season saw a 15 percent decline in ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic numbers. The Blast’s 2022 season concludes with Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday, which will be the competition’s earliest-ever finish. The Blast has been squeezed into a shorter window at the start of the summer in…
Tournament hosts Zimbabwe and reigning tournament champions Netherlands continued their undefeated runs at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in Bulawayo, both sides winning their respective semifinals on Friday to clinch the final two available berths at the T20 World Cup in Australia this October. It will be Zimbabwe’s sixth trip to the T20 World Cup and their first since 2016, while Netherlands make their fifth appearance in the T20 World…
Ben Stokes will not play in the T20 series with South Africa or the Hundred, the ECB have announced. The news came as part of the announcement of the limited-overs squads for the upcoming three ODIs and three T20Is against South Africa, which begins next week. Stokes missed the T20 series against India to rest after captaining England to four consecutive Test victories against New Zealand and India at the…
50 overs New Zealand 360 for 6 (Guptill 115, Nicholls 79, Little 2-84) vs Ireland A breezy hundred from Martin Guptill and an even breezier 79 from Henry Nicholls carried New Zealand to 360 for 6 and set them up for a potential 3-0 whitewash of Ireland in Malahide. Finn Allen (33), Tom Latham (30) and Glenn Phillips (47) also contributed handsomely to New Zealand’s tall total on a true…
England chose to bat v South Africa A new-look England attack will defend against South Africa in the second ODI after Heather Knight opted to set the tourists a target in Bristol. Issy Wong and Lauren Bell have been handed debuts, replacing experienced seamers Katherine Brunt and Kate Cross. Both Wong and Cross made their first international appearances in the one-off Test against South Africa last month and took five…
Big picture Bangladesh may have won the ODI series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, but Tamim Iqbal‘s men will be determined to end a tough tour of the Caribbean – they lost the Tests and the T20Is – with a clean sweep in the 50-over format. For West Indies, the third ODI is an opportunity to break a ten-match losing streak against Bangladesh in the 50-over format. The visitors were…