Haynes said they decided to pick someone “in form” instead of Russell, who last played a T20I in the T20 World Cup last year. “We had a meeting with Andre Russell earlier in the year,” Haynes told Ian Bishop in an interview on the sidelines of Wednesday’s CPL game between Jamaica Tallawahs and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. “We’re still not convinced yet, he’s not performing as well as we…
Allrounder Mitchell Marsh isn’t ready to throw his hat into the ring for the ODI captaincy just yet, saying his full focus is on helping Australia retain the T20 World Cup crown. Aaron Finch announced his retirement from ODI cricket last week following his horror run of form, but he will stay on as skipper for the T20 World Cup in Australia, which begins next month. Test skipper Pat Cummins…
Mark Boucher is the frontrunner to take over from Mahela Jayawardene as Mumbai Indians’ head coach in the IPL. On Tuesday, ESPNcricinfo had reported that Boucher would take charge as head coach at MI Cape Town in the SA20 league, but the latest update is that Simon Katich will fill that position. In a media statement on Thursday, the Mumbai Indians group confirmed Katich’s appointment, adding that he will be…
Sydney Sixers are set to team new signing Suzie Bates with Alyssa Healy in one of world cricket’s most imposing opening partnerships for this summer’s WBBL. It means that after three seasons out of the finals and after collecting last year’s wooden spoon, the Sixers now have the squad to be genuine contenders again. Bates and Ecclestone join Healy, Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner as the squad’s five marquee players,…
As she called time on her international career, Rachael Haynes reflected on the “sliding doors” moment where her prolific second phase with Australia nearly didn’t happen. After being dropped in 2013 Haynes was struggling to combine playing at domestic level and working and in 2016 seriously considered walking away from the sport. However, less than a year later she was recalled to the Australia side for a tour of New…
Asad Rauf, the former ICC elite panel umpire from Pakistan, has died following a cardiac arrest in Lahore. Rauf was 66 years old. He officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is. Rauf was one of Pakistan’s most prominent umpires in the mid-2000s, having been elevated to the ICC’s elite panel in 2006. He had officiated in his first Test…
Australia vice-captain Rachael Haynes has announced her retirement from international and state cricket. She will finish her professional career entirely after this season’s WBBL with Sydney Thunder. Haynes, a left-hand top-order batter, made her Australia debut in an ODI against England at Lord’s in 2009 and a few days later scored 98 on her Test debut at Worcester. In total she scored 3818 international runs with 2585 of them coming…
Glamorgan 214 and 191 for 8(Lloyd 70, Byrom 47, Roland-Jones 3-46) lead Middlesex 390 (Simpson 76, Hollman 58, Harris 5-90) by 15 runs To understand the full import of the drama we saw at Lord’s in the second half of this day, one needs to remember that these are the weeks when the consequences of failure are plain. In the careless midsummer months a team can lose a match and…
Northamptonshire 339 and 209 for 5 (Procter 55, Vasconcelos 51*) lead Surrey 421 (Amla 133, Curran 115) by 127 runs Tom Curran had begun to feel like a cricketer who might become a limited-overs specialist more by circumstance than design. Injuries have plagued him in recent years and he had not played a Championship game for Surrey since before Covid-19 announced its baleful presence on the world. A hundred before…
Sussex 220 and 39 for 1 trail Worcestershire 438 for 5 (Libby 215) lead by 179 runs Opener Jake Libby made a career-best 215 as Worcestershire put themselves in position to push for victory over Sussex and keep their promotion hopes alive in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Libby’s maiden double-century came in a total of 438 for 5 before Worcestershire declared with a lead of 218 on day three…