Toss England bowl first vs India England won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second of three ODIs against India at Canterbury. England also made two changes, handing an ODI debut to left-armer Freya Kemp and bringing in fellow seamer Lauren Bell, replacing allrounder Alice Davidson-Richards and fast bowler Issy Wong. Kemp, who is just 17, impressed with the bat during the T20I leg of India’s tour…
Of the big-performing Indians on the night, Hardik Pandya hit a 30-ball 71 not out, and that took him up 22 places to No. 65 among batters, while Axar Patel‘s 3 for 17 took him up 24 places to No. 33 among bowlers. And Josh Hazlewood was on the mark as usual, returning 2 for 39 to maintain his No. 1 rank among bowlers, while Adil Rashid‘s 2 for 27…
The final of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship will be held at The Oval in June 2023, while Lord’s will stage the final of the next edition, in 2025, the ICC announced today. That will make it three WTC finals in a row to be played in England, with the first one, in 2021, being held at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl. New Zealand beat India to win the trophy then….
England Women will play a five-day Test match against Australia as part of an Ashes campaign in 2023 in which they will return to the country’s major venues. It will be only the second scheduled women’s Test of that length, after Australia hosted England at North Sydney Oval in 1992. The Test will take place at Trent Bridge, beginning June 22, and will be the first match of a multi-format…
Sri Lanka Cricket has terminated Tom Moody‘s contract as its director of cricket 19 months into a three-year arrangement. The decision has been described by the board as “amicable”, and SLC is understood to be open to the idea of bringing Moody, who has also coach the Sri Lanka men’s team in the past, back as a consultant in the future. “We exit from the contract, but as a consultant,…
Sri Lanka have made three changes to the side that travelled to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games in July-August, as they named their 15-member squad for next month’s Asia Cup. Twenty-year-old Nuthyangana, who will deputise for Anushka Sanjeewani behind the stumps, has been earmarked as a talent for the future, as has 21-year-old Sewwandi who will take up the left-arm seamer spot vacated by Prabodhani. Methtananda, meanwhile, is in line…
Fit-again Jemimah Rodrigues has returned to India’s 15-member T20I squad for the Women’s Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh from October 1-15. Rodrigues missed the ongoing England tour because of a wrist injury that she picked up during her stint at the Women’s Hundred with Northern Superchargers. Since her return, Rodrigues has undergone three weeks of rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Rodrigues’ inclusion is the only…
James Pattinson has moved a step closer to retirement after he and Victoria mutually agreed to terminate the final year of his state contract. The official statement called it “an extended break from the game” as Pattinson cited the impact of a county season with Nottinghamshire on his body and a desire to spend time with his young family. He had been released by Nottinghamshire last month for fitness and…
Glamorgan 380 for 3 (Lloyd 203*, Root 77*, Bevan 48) vs Derbyshire A career-best double-century for Glamorgan captain David Lloyd put his side in the driving seat in this third vs fourth clash. Glamorgan finished the first day on 380 for 3, gaining four batting bonus points, with Lloyd on 203 not out, his second century coming off just 101 balls as Derbyshire’s bowlers toiled. Glamorgan first class debutant Tom…
Worcestershire 297 for 7 (Roderick 91*, D’Oliveira 85, Ball 3-41) vs Nottinghamshire At once elegiac and urgent, September’s cricket suits the benign deceptions of autumn. For some players and nearly half the first-class counties, the shape of their seasons is clear. All that is left is personal pride and the hope of taking a couple of victories into the winter. For other cricketers, Nottinghamshire’s amongst them, there is the prospect…