Chris Gayle has signed up for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the inaugural 6IXTY, a T10 tournament that will run from August 24 to 28 in St Kitts, ahead of the Caribbean Premier League. West Indies openers Evin Lewis and Andre Fletcher as well as South African Dewald Brevis will be turning up for Patriots. The 6IXTY is a joint venture between Cricket West Indies and the CPL and…
Eoin Morgan believes that the advent of the Hundred will help preserve the viability of English cricket, because it will give more prominence to home-grown players, and prevent a mass exodus of non-England internationals to lucrative overseas leagues. Speaking in the lead-up to this year’s Hundred, in which he will once again captain London Spirit having retired from international cricket earlier this summer, Morgan pointed out how important exposure to…
India haven’t won a T20 World Cup since their success in the inaugural edition in 2007. In the last edition, they couldn’t qualify for the knockouts despite being one of the favourites. But, according to Rohit Sharma, that is not evidence of the team’s “conservative cricket” in the format. In fact, he said, the team management has given the players the freedom to play freely. “We haven’t got the results…
Sridharan Sriram will end his six-year tenure as an assistant coach with Australia’s men’s national team in order to focus on his coaching role with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. “After being on the road for six years it’s with a heavy heart I have decided to move on from my current role as an assistant coach of the Australian men’s team,” Sriram said in a statement. “I feel…
Lizelle Lee has admitted that she did not meet CSA’s fitness requirements, and that is what led to her abrupt retirement from international cricket. In an interview with the BBC’s Stumped podcast, Lee revealed that after she failed to complete aspects of the fitness test, she was on the verge of being withdrawn from South Africa’s current tour of England, and the no-objection certificate to play in overseas leagues would…
Northamptonshire 479 (Rickelton 95, Procter 78, Sales 71, Young 61, Gohar 5-134) and 205 for 8 (Rickelton 68, Gohar 5-62) beat Gloucestershire 317 (Bracey 79, Dent 54, Higgins 50) and 363 for 9 declared (van Buuren 127*, Harris 62, Taylor 5-49) Ryan Rickelton produced his second sparkling innings of the game to lead Northamptonshire to an exciting two-wicket wicket LV= Insurance County Championship win over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. The South…
Zimbabwe will miss the services of fast bowlers Blessing Muzarabani and Tendai Chatara for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh at home. The rest of the squad, though, is similar to the one that won the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier earlier this month, in Bulawayo. Muzarabani sustained a tear in his thigh while Chatara suffered a collarbone fracture during the tournament that saw Zimbabwe book one…
Batter Shimron Hetmyer has returned to West Indies’ T20I squad for the upcoming five-match series against India and the following three-match series against New Zealand after clearing a fitness test. Hetmyer had been omitted from West Indies’ recent squads on fitness grounds, and was more recently with the ODI squad in Port-of-Spain to work with the trainers and the support staff. He last represented West Indies in November 2021, during…
England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs South Africa Jos Buttler won his first toss in his last eight attempts, an occasion so momentous he received a round of applause from his teammates, who will bowl first in the second T20I in Cardiff. England’s triumph by 41 runs on Wednesday, giving them a 1-0 lead in this three-match series, was solely down to an unwavering peppering of…
Essex 505 for 9 declared (Browne 234*, Walter 86) and 30 for 1 drew with Somerset 605 for 6 declared (Renshaw 146, Banton 126, Rew 101*, Abell 90 retired hurt) Tom Banton and James Rew celebrated contrasting maiden LV= Insurance County Championship centuries as Somerset and Essex meandered to the inevitable draw. Super-sub Banton only entered the match at the beginning of the day as a concussion replacement for Lewis…