Month: September 2022

Somerset 182 for 8 (Gregory 60*, Khan 31*, Siraj 4-54) vs Warwickshire Lewis Gregory‘s defiant half-century underpinned Somerset’s dogged fightback on a weather-affected opening day of their LV=Insurance County Championship relegation battle with Warwickshire at Edgbaston. After choosing to bat on a slow, turning pitch, the visitors closed on 182 for 8 with Gregory unbeaten on 60 from 93 balls, having supervised an impressive recovery from a parlous 82 for…

Leicestershire 97 for 2 (Budinger 63*) vs Durham Leicestershire and Durham had the rare experience of being frustrated by the weather on day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at the Uptonsteel County Ground. Only 22 overs were possible before rain forced the players off the field for an early lunch just after midday, with Leicestershire 97 for 2, debutant Sol Budinger on 63 not out – despite…

The biggest question going around in Dhaka right now is whether Mahmudullah will make it into Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup team. The selectors are expected to announce the 15-member squad on September 15, shortly after the BCB president Nazmul Hassan gives his approval. Before the announcement, the board has arranged a three-day training camp for the new technical consultant, S Sriram, to look at the talent at his disposal. On…

Yorkshire 134 (Hill 36, Cook 3-31, Snater 3-39) vs Essex Sam Cook reached 200 first-class career wickets in record-breaking fashion as Essex bowled Yorkshire out for 134 during a bowler-friendly opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Headingley. In returning an excellent 3 for 31 from 15 overs, the 25-year-old England Lions seamer became the first English bowler in more than half a century to bring up…

Mark Boucher is to leave his role as South Africa men’s head coach at the end of the T20 World Cup in Australia, Cricket South Africa has confirmed. Boucher, who has been in charge of the team since December 2019, led South Africa to 11 Test wins, including a memorable 2-1 home series victory against India in January this year. The team is currently second in the ICC World Test…

Ben Stokes said that he felt “blessed” to be able to call upon the enduring class and experience of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, while thanking his entire team for their collective buy-in to his new proactive approach to Test cricket – one that has culminated in a remarkable run of six Test wins out of seven this summer, including Monday’s nine-wicket victory against South Africa at the Kia Oval….

England 158 (Pope 67, Root 23, Jansen 5-35, Rabada 4-81) and 130 for 1 (Crawley 69*, Lees 39) beat South Africa 118 (Jansen 30, Zondo 23, Robinson 5-49, Broad 4-41) and 169 (Elgar 36, Erwee 26, Stokes 3-39, Broad 3-45) by nine wickets It was only a matter of time for both sides. But for England, it really was a matter of time. Needing just 33 runs for victory over…

India will have a full-strength bowling attack to take to Australia for the T20 World Cup with the return of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel. They’ve also placed a considerable amount of trust in young Arshdeep Singh, who only made his India debut in September 2022, but has been picked ahead of the likes of Deepak Chahar and Mohammed Shami, who only find a place in the reserves. India squad:…

India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is considering pulling out of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) to manage her workload and to keep herself fit for international commitments. For Mandhana, 2022 started with an ODI tour of New Zealand in February in the lead up to the ODI World Cup in the same country in March. That was followed by domestic white-ball tournaments in India in April and May before the…

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald says it’s mission accomplished on several ODI fronts. Not only did the team bank consecutive ODI series wins against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, they did so amidst a background of change and experimentation. The big question of who replaces Aaron Finch as ODI captain remains, but McDonald says the two ODI series in north Queensland offered invaluable insights ahead of the 50-over World Cup starting…