Josh Hazlewood believes it would make for more stability if Australia’s next ODI captain was available for as many matches of the format as possible rather than regularly switching between leaders. Hazlewood has previously been vice-captain of the Test side and is a now an integral part of the ODI and T20I teams, after an outstanding 18 months in white-ball cricket, but said he had given no thought to the…
There was no place for Mahmudullah in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup to be played in Australia in October-November. Mushfiqur Rahim also doesn’t figure in the line-up to be led by Shakib Al Hasan, having retired from the format recently. Returning to the T20I scheme of things are Litton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Hasan Mahmud and Najmul Hossain Shanto, while Parvez Hossain Emon, Anamul Haque, Mahedi…
Will Pucovski will head into the new domestic season with a huge score under his belt after retiring with 193 to his name in a Victoria 2nd XI match against New South Wales. He faced 404 balls across more than 10 hours in the middle, hitting 19 fours and a six, before calling time on his innings having been part of a 270-run opening stand with Ashley Chandrasinghe. Pucovski, who…
Australia are taking a cautious approach ahead of their men’s T20 World Cup title defence, with Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis set to miss the upcoming T20I India tour with what have been termed “low-level injuries”. While Marsh was ruled out of the second and third ODIs against Zimbabwe as well as the three ODIs against New Zealand due to an ankle injury recently, Stoinis picked up a…
Mahela Jayawardene, has stepped down as the Mumbai Indians head coach in order to take up a broader role as the franchise’s global head of performance. In his new position, Jayawardene will oversee the coaching and scouting at all the three teams the franchise owners now have – Mumbai Indians in the IPL, MI Emirates in the ILT20, and MI Cape Town in the SA20. Zaheer Khan, earlier the director…
It was always going to be messy. From the day Mark Boucher was appointed the national men’s head coach by his former captain and friend Graeme Smith, his tenure was tainted with allegations of favouritism. That, despite his status as one of the country’s most celebrated cricketers and, latterly, a successful coach. Now, as Boucher walks away from the job he did with varying degrees of success and into one…
India 146 for 2 (Mandhana 79*) beat England 142 for 7 (Kemp 51*, Rana 3-24) by eight wickets A glorious unbeaten half-century from Smriti Mandhana saw India to victory by eight wickets over England with 20 balls to spare in their second of three T20Is to level the series 1-1. If this evening was anything to go by, the damp and dreary onset of autumn has so far been restricted…
Yorkshire 134 (Hill 36, Cook 3-31, Snater 3-39) and 87 for 2 (Bean 41*) trail Essex 225 (Lawrence 61, Thompson 4-60) by four runs England Test batter Dan Lawrence hit the game’s only half-century so far – a cautious 61 – as Essex claimed a slender advantage at the halfway point of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Yorkshire. During a sunny second day at Headingley, Lawrence reached 50…
Somerset 219 (Gregory 60, Khan 53*, Siraj 5-82) and 13 for 2 lead Warwickshire 196 (Hain 67, Brooks 4-40) by 36 runs A superb post-tea burst by veteran Jack Brooks gave Somerset the edge over Warwickshire in an engrossing, high-pressure LV=Insurance County Championship clash at Edgbaston. Defeat for either side from this game would leave them in serious jeopardy of relegation and that pressure has hung heavy on the batters…
Durham 239 for 5 (Jones 97) lead Leicestershire 202 (Budinger 64, Potts 6-52) by 37 runs Michael Jones missed out on a second century of the season against the Foxes but Durham moved into a slender lead over the home side on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship match, albeit with five wickets lost. The Scotland top-order batter, who made 108 against Leicestershire at Chester-le-Street in April, fell…