Paul Farbrace will step down from his role as Warwickshire’s head of sport at the end of the current season. Farbrace joined Warwickshire in 2019, after five years as England men’s assistant coach, and oversaw the club’s County Championship title success in 2021. But with his family based in Kent, he has decided to look for opportunities that will take him closer to home. “We knew Paul was one of…
Bangladesh chose to bat vs Afghanistan Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to bat in their opening game of the Asia Cup against Afghanistan on a well-rolled pitch in Sharjah. Shakib, who is playing his 100th T20I, said his team was well prepared to face the Afghanistan bowlers and was looking to post a challenging total. Bangladesh fielded two frontline seamers in Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, and a seam-bowling…
Smarting from their defeat inside three days at Old Trafford, South Africa have taken the week off and will break away to the West Midlands before resuming training in London on Saturday. No further details have been provided about their itinerary except that they will “stay together as a group” and engage in team activities including golf rather than have individual time away, as was initially discussed. Speaking after the…
In a first-of-its-kind broadcast agreement, Disney Star* has licensed a part of the ICC rights it recently won for the Indian market to Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The agreement means that Zee will now broadcast the ICC men’s and Under-19 tournaments in India for the 2024-27 cycle, while Disney Star retains the digital rights for the same events. The broadcast rights for the ICC women’s events for the Indian market –…
When Harmanpreet Kaur made her ODI debut in 2009, Jhulan Goswami was India’s captain. Now 13 years later when Goswami is slated to play her last series, Harmanpreet is be at the helm of affairs and is looking forward to give the veteran fast bowler a fitting, memorable farewell. “Having her in the side always gives you a lot of support and balance,” Harmanpreet said ahead of India’s departure to…
Chris Lynn will return to Northamptonshire in 2023 for the T20 Blast but James Pattinson has been released from the rest of his Nottinghamshire contract. Pattinson, the 32-year-old seamer who retired from international cricket last year, signed a year-long deal with Notts for 2022 but said he needed to give his body a break and spend time with his young family. He has taken 33 wickets at 29.21 in the…
Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton is seeing encouraging signs that his players are learning how not to “freeze” against the strongest opposition, and hopes that the batters can put together a complete performance during the remainder of the ODI series against Australia. Having been put into bat, the top order – led by a career-best 72 from Wessly Madhevere after the openers had negotiated the first ten overs – built a…
The PCB will donate gate receipts from Pakistan’s first T20I against England, in Karachi on September 20, to flood-relief efforts as Pakistan struggles to deal with the catastrophic situation that has caused over 1000 deaths across the country. The floods were caused by the highest rainfall in the country in more than three decades, an occurrence described by Sherry Rehman, the minister for climate change, as a “climate catastrophe”. Over…
Steven Smith feels the BBL’s priority should be to look after domestic Australian cricketers. The competition offered big sums of money to overseas players in the draft recently – in the end, five of the foreign platinum players, who will earn A$340,000 (US$234,180 approx.) regardless of how many matches they will be available for, were not picked. In the lead-up to the draft, there had already been rumblings of discontent…
Hobart Hurricanes have left the door ajar for former Test captain Tim Paine to make a cameo in the BBL this summer. Hurricanes coach Jeff Vaughan said Paine could potentially fill the final vacant spot on the franchise’s list. “He’s two weeks back into his training schedule again [and has] been really good in the nets,” Vaughan said on Tuesday. “[He’s] good physically, good emotionally. Look, there’s a chance, but…