Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka Australia have decided against altering the balance of their side with Mitchell Starc retaining his place for the second Test in Galle, meaning a comeback for Glenn Maxwell will have to wait, but Sri Lanka have handed out three debuts including allrounder Kamindu Mendis who is an ambidextrous bowler. Australia were also able to bat first when Pat Cummins…
West Indies 169 for 5 (Pooran 74*, Mayers 55) beat Bangladesh 163 for 5 (Afif 50, Litton 49) by five wickets Captain Nicholas Pooran came down the pitch and smashed Bangladesh counterpart Mahmudullah over the fence to complete West Indies’ T20I win and series sweep on Thursday. Pooran’s career-best 74 not out off 39 balls finished off Bangladesh by five wickets with 10 balls remaining. West Indies scored 169 for…
Australia will look to push their boundaries in the T20 game with the format dominating the schedule over the next eight months, starting with the historic Commonwealth Games appearance at the end of July then building towards the defence of their T20 World Cup in South Africa in February 2023. The team, under new interim head coach Shelley Nitschke following Matthew Mott’s departure for the England men’s white-ball job, get…
Hampshire 186 for 6 (McDermott 61, Brathwaite 4-30) beat Birmingham Bears 82 (Fuller 4-17) by 104 runs Birmingham were the bullies of the North Group. They reached 200 in half of their 14 matches, overpowering most of their opponents at will. But the 15,000 or so who came to Edgbaston at such short notice for this quarter-final with their anticipation whetted found the bullies receiving their come-uppance in no uncertain…
Shakib Al Hasan will skip Bangladesh’s white-ball tour of Zimbabwe, the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus has confirmed. Shakib is also reportedly out of the ODI series in the West Indies, which begins next week. Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim, the other three senior players, are available for the Zimbabwe tour. Bangladesh will play three T20Is and as many ODIs during their two-week trip, starting July 30. It…
Shai Hope has been drafted by Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Caribbean Premier League draft for the 2022 edition after previously being part of Barbados Royals. Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from St Lucia Kings to Royals, while Joshua Da Silva returned to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, and Jamaica Tawallahs have picked up batter Amir Jangoo and seam bowler Raymon Reifer. Ackeem Auguste, who captained the West Indies side at…
Toss India won the toss and chose to bat first vs England India opted to bat and handed a debut to Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm seamer who impressed at the death for Punjab Kings in the IPL, in the first T20I against England at the Ageas Bowl near Southampton. Captain Rohit Sharma, making his return to competitive cricket after recovering from Covid-19, said: “Looks like a good pitch and the…
India’s white-ball captain Harmanpreet Kaur has attributed her current form with the bat to a bit of “self-talk” and the fact that she has “enjoyed” being in the middle. She is also glad she now has the “freedom” to bowl regularly, something she said wasn’t possible earlier because of the “game plans”. After playing a crucial role in India’s 2-1 win in the T20I series, Harmanpreet racked up 119 runs…
Davina Perrin, a 15-year-old batter who is a member of the ACE elite programme, will become the youngest player involved in the Hundred this summer after signing for Birmingham Phoenix. Perrin was part of the Central Sparks team that reached the final of the Charlotte Edwards Cup this year and has been involved in Ebony Rainford-Brent’s ACE (African-Caribbean Engagement) programme since its roll-out in the West Midlands. “It’s a dream…
India Women 255 for 9 (Kaur 75, Vastrakar 56, Verma 49, Ranaweera 2-22, Athapaththu 2-45, Rashmi 2-53) beat Sri Lanka Women 216 (Nilakshi 48*, Athapaththu 44, Gayakwad 3-36, Meghna 2-32, Vastrakar 2-33) Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar‘s all-round brilliance and Rajeshwari Gayakwad‘s three-wicket haul helped India beat Sri Lanka by a comprehensive 39 runs in the third ODI to complete a 3-0 whitewash. After rescuing India with the bat with…