Month: July 2022

Ambati Rayudu has been signed up by Baroda as a professional for the upcoming domestic season. The decks were cleared after Rayudu was given a no-objection certificate from the Andhra Cricket Association. Rayudu is available to play all formats, though in recent years, he has mostly made himself available for white-ball cricket. He last played a first-class game in November 2017. Rayudu has travelled a fair bit in domestic cricket…

With 108 rating points, India need to win or draw the three-ODI series against England to stay ahead of Pakistan, who have 106. New Zealand lead the ODI rankings with 127 points, while England are second with 122. Pakistan had pushed India down to fourth place last month by beating West Indies 3-0 at home. However, their stay at No. 3 was short lived after India routed England for 110…

South Africa have withdrawn from their ODI series in Australia scheduled for January with the hosts set to be awarded the ODI Super League points from the three matches. With South Africa effectively losing the series 3-0, it pushes them even closer to missing direct qualification for the 2023 World Cup in India. They were already languishing at No. 11 in the table with just four wins from 13 matches….

USA’s 2022 T20 World Cup Qualifier chances have taken a hit with fast bowler Ali Khan ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a fracture in his right forearm. He will fly this week from Zimbabwe back to Texas, where he is scheduled for surgery to insert a plate and screws to help repair the injury and is expected to be out for a minimum of six weeks….

England Lions 321 for 4 (Smeed 90, Duckett 85, Banton 57, Eskinazi 52*) beat South Africa 318 for 9 (Malan 103, Miller 55*, Klaasen 51, Payne 4-39, Ahmed 3-54) by six wickets Was this a case of mistaken identity? As England’s full-strength 50-over side capitulated to a ten-wicket defeat in south London, bowled out for 110 by India, their second-string counterparts blitzed their way to a target of 319 in…

Surrey 191 for 1 (Burns 94*) trail Yorkshire 521 (Lyth 183, Tattersall 180*, Lawes 4-51) by 330 runs They know their history in Yorkshire. When Adam Lyth and Jonny Tattersall broke Yorkshire’s sixth-wicket batting record, prolonged applause burst across North Marine Road the moment that Lyth flicked the ball off his hip. Such momentous achievements have always been met by an outbreak of White Rose pride but these days there…

Warwickshire 217 and 11 for 0 (Davies 10*, Sibley 1*) trail Hampshire 370 for 9 dec (Holland 99, Dawson 92, Brown 72*, Hannon-Dalby 5-86) by 142 runs Ian Holland ended his LV= Insurance County Championship woes with an excruciating 99 as Hampshire built an important first-innings lead over Warwickshire. Opening batter Holland began his season with 81 against Somerset but averaged 14 in his subsequent 13 innings before alleviating his…

Derbyshire 283 (du Plooy 122, Dal 90, Rushworth 7-44) and 19 for 2 lead Durham 296 (Mackintosh 51, Pettman 3-40, Thomson 3-48) by six runs Tom Mackintosh, the Scotland Under-19 international, scored a half-century on his first-class debut to lead a Durham fightback against Derbyshire on day two at Seat Unique Riverside. The hosts were reduced for 142 for 7 in their first innings amid fine bowling from Toby Pettman,…

Leicestershire 159 for 1 (Kimber 91*, Patel 67*) trail Sussex 588 (Alsop 150, Orr 70, Carter 75, Rawlins 75, Coles 59, Parkinson 5-128) by 429 runs Leicestershire produced an impressive response after Sussex racked up 588 on the second day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Hove. The Foxes lost Hassan Azad to the first ball of their reply, but Rishi Patel and Louis Kimber batted with increasing…

Glamorgan 318 and 53 for 0 lead Nottinghamshire 285 (Montgomery 80, Hameed 70, James 50, Hogan 4-47, Harris 4-65) by 86 runs Michael Hogan and James Harris both took with four wickets as they ruined top-of-the-table Nottinghamshire’s hopes of surpassing Glamorgan’s modest opening day total of 318 in Division Two. Having resumed on their overnight 19 for 0, Notts moved effortlessly to 233 for 3 and then 255 for 4…