A new primetime free-to-air slot on Thursday evenings and avoiding clashes with Australia’s fixtures in the men’s T20 World Cup are two of the main features in the WBBL08 schedule, while the final is set to be played the same weekend that the AFLW comes to a conclusion. The tournament, which begins on October 13, will return to all states for the first time in three years following the Covid-disruption…
Yorkshire 160 for 5 (Kohler-Cadmore 62, Fraine 32*, Willey 30, Atkinson 2-28) beat Surrey 159 for 7 (Overton 40, Willey 2-26, Shadab 2-29) by 1 run No, it wasn’t a case of mistaken identity when David Willey appeared at The Kia Oval wearing a Yorkshire team kit with Harry Brooks’ name emblazoned across the back of his shirt. It was most certainly David Willey, the soon-to-be-ex-Vikings captain, ready to lead…
Ben Stokes and his team of self-described “rockstars” have played to sold-out stadiums across the country over the last month, winning all four Tests against New Zealand and India to send the sporting public into a wave of Bazball-mania. Test cricket, in its new, ultra-attacking form, is back in the public consciousness. But the McCullum tour bus is back in the garage for the foreseeable future, as white-ball cricket dominates…
Richard Gleeson is top of several teams’ shortlists ahead of the Hundred’s wildcard draft on Thursday after his stellar form in the T20 Blast for Lancashire earned him a first full England call-up at the age of 34. Gleeson is not expected to play in Thursday’s first T20I against India at the Ageas Bowl but looks certain to be picked up as a £30,000 wildcard signing earlier in the day….
Rohit Sharma found India’s defeat in the Edgbaston Test “very hard to watch from the sidelines”, but is now excited at the prospect of merely “standing back on my feet nice and healthy” after a brush with Covid-19. Rohit, the only addition to India’s squad that toured Ireland, will lead the side in the T20I series opener in Southampton, on Thursday. Having trained for three straight days in Birmingham, he…
The USA Cricket board general elections, which have been delayed by more than a year and a half due to ongoing governance issues, are scheduled to finally begin on July 8. Voting will be open for a two-week period, it will be done online and will close on July 22. Results will then be tabulated by an independent auditor before the winners are publicly announced. The elections were constitutionally mandated…
Big picture In West Indies’ quest to build momentum ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, Bangladesh could well be blown away if they are not careful. The way the home side blasted them out of the contest twice in Dominica last weekend, could have done enough damage to the visitors’ already shaky posture in T20s. However, Bangladesh have shown this year that they can turn things around, so that…
Big picture A mere two days after England Bazball’d their way to a target of 378 – their highest successful chase in Test cricket, at a run rate of almost five – they are getting ready to push the boundaries even further, this time in T20I cricket. After Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes ushered in the new era in grand style, it is now the turn of Matthew Mott and…
Shafali Verma is working consciously on improving strike rotation and not being over-reliant on hitting fours and sixes. “I think in ODIs, we need to concentrate more on taking singles and I am working on that,” Shafali said on Wednesday ahead of the final ODI against Sri Lanka in Pallekele. “I watched some of my matches and found that I lack in [taking] singles. I felt that I should work…
Shikhar Dhawan has been given another chance to lead India’s ODI side, this time on the tour of the Caribbean later this month, with Ravindra Jadeja serving as his deputy in the 16-man squad. Designated captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami have all been rested for the three-match series. Shubman Gill makes his ODI comeback after the tour of Australia in December…