Chris Woakes is due to undergo knee surgery on Thursday and faces a race to be fit for the T20 World Cup in Australia. Woakes has not played a full game in any format since England’s tour of the Caribbean in March, reporting a sore knee when he returned to the UK. He said that the injury had “teased” him throughout the summer, and he has been restricted to a…
The UAE-based International League T20 (ILT20) is set to offer top players a whopping USD 450,000 per season, making it the second-most lucrative T20 league for some players outside of the IPL. The league, run by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) but fuelled by the presence of IPL money, launches in January 2023 with an overall salary cap of potentially USD 2.5 million per team. It is the prospect of…
Shikhar Dhawan, India’s stand-in captain for the ODIs in the West Indies, has praised the maturity of his young squad which swept the series 3-0. With India resting Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah – and KL Rahul unavailable because of injury and Covid-19 – Dhawan was pleased with how the bench strength had handled pressure during the series. “The way the boys responded ……
Lunch Pakistan 231 and 188 for 5 (Babar 76*, Jayasuriya 3-86) need another 320 runs to win vs Sri Lanka 378 and 360 for 8 dec Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq in the third over of the day, but then, with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan at the crease, seemed to be cruising towards a draw. The pair were rattling along at more than 3.5 runs an over, with Sri Lanka’s spinners…
Allrounder Pooja Vastrakar has become the latest India women’s player to commit to the WBBL signing with Brisbane Heat. Vastrakar caught the attention of WBBL clubs with her outstanding performances on India’s tour of Australia late last year and followed that up with some excellent performances with both bat and ball in the women’s 50-over World Cup in New Zealand earlier this year. Poonam Yadav played for Heat last season…
India batter S Meghana will join the women’s squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday night after recovering from Covid-19. Meghana could be available for India’s first group game against Australia on Friday. Meghana is believed to have cleared her Covid test on Wednesday and was put on the first available flight to join the squad in the UK. Allrounder Pooja Vastrakar, who had also tested positive for…
Former South Africa batter Lizelle Lee has signed with Hobart Hurricanes in the WBBL for the upcoming season, joining her third different WBBL club in four seasons. Lee retired from international cricket but stated she will continue to play in franchise tournaments and has been a sought-after player in the WBBL. She played three seasons with Melbourne Stars before moving to Melbourne Renegades for one season in 2020-21. After missing…
New Zealand 225 for 5 (Allen 101, Guptill 40) beat Scotland 157 for 8 (MacLeod 33, Greaves 31, Sodhi 4-28) by 68 runs The Grange, nestled in leafy Stockbridge, Edinburgh, is a place of beauty. It is everything cricket should be. Intimate, homely and welcoming. But on this Wednesday in late July, it felt like a place holding much darkness. Scottish cricket has reached, it hopes, its annus horribilis. On…
Lancashire 145 (Henry 5-45, Saini 3-63) and 377 for 5 (Bohannon 134, Wells 98, Jones 53*) lead Kent 270 (Leaning 90, Stewart 64, Denly 59, Bailey 6-64) by 252 runs A century from Josh Bohannon and 98 from Luke Wells were the highlights of an extraordinary turnaround in fortunes for Lancashire on day three of their LV=Insurance Division One clash with Kent at Emirates Old Trafford. The opening two days…
Somerset 359 for 3 (Renshaw 146, Abell 90*) trail Essex 505 for 9 dec (Browne 234*, Walter 86) by 146 runs Somerset’s satisfaction over mounting a successful resistance movement in Harmer Land was tempered by a hamstring injury to their inspirational captain, Tom Abell, which could threaten his involvement in the rest of the season as well as questioning his involvement in The Hundred. Abell missed two months with a…