Harshal Patel has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series in the West Indies – there’s one game to go after Saturday’s fixture – after failing to recover from a rib injury, the BCCI confirmed around the time of the toss ahead of the fourth T20I. The BCCI didn’t make it clear whether Harshal, who hasn’t played a single game on the ongoing white-ball tour, picked up…
Toss West Indies chose to field against India West Indies won the toss and put India in to bat after rain delayed the start of the fourth T20I of the series by 45 minutes. Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies captain, said he wanted his bowlers to use any moisture that might have set in because of the weather. While West Indies were unchanged, India made three changes to their playing…
Richard Thompson has been named the chair of the ECB for the next five years. Thompson, currently chair at Surrey CCC, will start in his new post on September 1. Thompson was the unanimous choice of the nominations committee, headed by independent director Brenda Trenowden. He will succeed Martin Darlow, who has been the interim chair since April and will continue as deputy chair of the board. “I am immensely…
Adam Zampa has refused to entertain the possibility of playing in the new franchise T20 leagues in the UAE and South Africa and insisted that he is focused on representing Australia for as long as possible. Several Australian players, most notably David Warner, have been actively courted by new teams in the International League T20 (ILT20) in the UAE, which clashes with the second half of the Big Bash League…
After scores of 154 and 162, India stuck to their tried and tested formula of setting up a total to defend in the first semi-final of the Commonwealth Games against England at Edgbaston. With Nat Sciver also saying England would have wanted to bowl, both captains got what they wanted. With designated captain Heather Knight missing – there was earlier a glimmer of her being available for the knockouts –…
Bangladesh have just lost their first ODI against Zimbabwe in nine years, and a series of lapses in the field, highlighted by four dropped catches, hurt them big time on Friday in Harare. Though Bangladesh scored 303 for 2, Sikandar Raza and Innocent Kaia hit centuries to take Zimbabwe home by five wickets, and the two of them made maximum use of the sloppiness in the field. Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh’s…
“We want to hold all the jewellery.” In seven short words, fast bowler Megan Schutt has delivered an insight into the mindset driving Australia towards dizzying new heights. They go into Saturday’s Commonwealth Games semi-final against New Zealand knowing they are just two wins away from setting a new benchmark for limited-overs success, as they look to add a gold medal to a glut of T20 and ODI World Cup triumphs….
The various challenges posed by the conditions in the Caribbean will help India’s preparation to face different situations during the T20 World Cup in Australia, according to batter Dinesh Karthik. After playing the first three T20Is in the West Indies, the teams have moved to Lauderhill in Florida for the last two games of the series this weekend. Karthik was among those who rose above the two-paced pitch in Tarouba…
Sikandar Raza spent his formative years preparing to become a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). An eye condition prevented him from becoming one, but the time he spent in his childhood dreaming to be a fighter pilot, and the training he went through in the PAF college, have shaped his outlook in life and cricket to become a fighter, he says. Raza went on to become a…
Getting Kagiso Rabada fit for the first Test against England on August 17, is “the biggest priority for our Test side,” according to coach Mark Boucher. Rabada missed the third T20I against England and both matches against Ireland after injuring ligaments in his left ankle but South Africa hope to have him ready for the red-ball leg of the tour. “KG bowled a bit today and he will be bowling…