Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs India Nicholas Pooran called right at the toss and West Indies opted to bowl in the first T20I of the five-match series against India, at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba. Related Hetmyer returns for T20Is vs India, New Zealand Samson replaces Rahul in India’s T20I squad Alzarri Joseph, who picked up two wickets in each of the two games he played in…
Yorkshire have made their first domestic signing under new management after Matt Milnes agreed a three-year deal which will see him join from Kent. A number of players will leave the club this year: Steven Patterson announced on Thursday evening that he had been told he would leave at the end of the season and stood down from the club captaincy, while David Willey and Tom Kohler-Cadmore have already confirmed…
Heather Knight will miss England’s opening match of the Commonwealth Games, against Sri Lanka on Saturday, with a hip injury. Knight, the England captain, suffered the injury during the first T20I against South Africa on July 21 and subsequently missed the remaining two matches of that series, which her side won in her absence. Knight is hopeful of being fit for England’s second game, against South Africa on Tuesday. That…
Justin Langer‘s next career move has been confirmed, with the former Australia coach joining Channel Seven’s commentary team to provide analysis on the Test side he recently coached. Langer’s move was announced on Friday after being widely expected when he withdrew from the opportunity to coach Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL. Close friend Ricky Ponting – also a Channel Seven commentator – had pursued Langer to coach Hurricanes, after himself…
Samson has played 14 T20Is for India spread across seven years. With his eye-catching strokeplay, he has always been on the fringes of the national squad, but has recently been getting a lot more chances, especially with several of the senior players being rotated out on account of workload management. Samson was part of the team in Ireland last month, where he made his maiden T20I fifty. His strike rate…
Though dates have not been finalised, the league is likely to start on January 11 next year with the final on February 12. That schedule could change slightly, but it still means South Africa’s T20 league will run almost concurrently with the UAE-based International League T20 (ILT20), which is due to take place between January 6 and February 12. The clash between the two leagues, which also overlap with Australia’s…
Toss India Women chose to bat vs Australia Women Harmanpreet Kaur called correctly and India opted to bat against T20 and 50-over World Cup-holders Australia in their CWG 2022 Group A opener at Edgbaston. This is India’s first T20I outing at Edgbaston, with Harmanpreet calling it a “good wicket, with conditions likely to remain the same throughout”. With Pooja Vastrakar unavailable due to Covid-19, India handed a T20I debut to…
Adam Hose has left Warwickshire for Worcestershire in a bid to revive his red-ball career, three years after his last first-class appearance. He has now signed a three-year deal at New Road and hopes to emulate his former Warwickshire team-mate Ed Pollock, who has played nine Championship games this season after struggling for opportunities at Edgbaston. Related Roach runs through Warwickshire before Amla seals Surrey win Dal delivers as Derbyshire…
Yorkshire skipper Steve Patterson has announced that he is stepping down as captain and will leave the club at the end of the season. The 38-year-old, who has spent 18 years as a first-team cricketer at Headingley told his teammates after their seven-wicket defeat to Hampshire at Scarborough and the news was made public soon afterwards. “It’s been an honour and a privilege to captain the club for the past…
Big picture There will be an air of expectation and anticipation at Harare Sports Club when Zimbabwe take on Bangladesh in three T20Is starting Saturday. Less than two weeks ago, Zimbabwe topped the T20 World Cup qualification tournament, signing off with a rousing show in the final when they beat Netherlands by 37 runs. Bangladesh are a superior side on paper, but not much more than that, especially in T20Is,…