Month: September 2022

Gloucestershire 343 and 246 for 5 (Charlesworth 64, O. Price 53, Hammond 53) lead Somerset 248 (Imam-ul-Haq 90, Rew 44*, T. Price 5-75) by 341 runs Half-centuries from Ben Charlesworth, Ollie Price and Miles Hammond left Gloucestershire poised for a challenging declaration on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Somerset at Taunton. The visitors began the day by bowling out their arch-rivals for 248, from…

Derbyshire 306 and 185 for 7 (Madsen 58, Godleman 43, Raine 3-24, Trevaskis 3-71) lead Durham 223 (Jones 87, Conners 4-55) by 268 runs Ben Raine bowled Durham back into contention on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at the Incora County Ground. The 30-year-old paceman took 3 for 24 in 18 overs to restrict Derbyshire to 185 for 7 in their second innings,…

Where is Mohammed Shami and “why is he cooling his heels at home” instead of being at the Asia Cup? These are questions former head coach Ravi Shastri has asked of the Indian team management after their second straight loss in the Super 4s. On Tuesday, India failed to defend 173 in a final-over loss to Sri Lanka. Two days prior to that, they could not defend 181 against Pakistan….

On Friday, after news of Jonny Bairstow’s freak leg break was made public, along with confirmation he was out for the rest of the year, Jos Buttler was already putting the feelers out regarding his replacement in the T20 World Cup squad. The identity of the alternate in his mind was under no doubt. Alex Hales was the main talking point during the first selection meeting last week, before it…

It’s nine months away from the World Test Championship final but South Africa are already playing what captain Dean Elgar has labelled “pretty much like a World Cup final,” in the deciding Test against England. With the series locked 1-1 and South Africa sitting second on the WTC points table, 12 behind Australia, the significance of this match has been so heightened that Elgar sees it as among the most…

Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs Afghanistan An unchanged Pakistan won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bowl first against Afghanistan in Sharjah in their Asia Cup game, the result of which will have ramifications for all the teams in the Super 4s. If Pakistan beat Afghanistan, they will qualify for the final along with Sri Lanka, rendering the last two Super 4s games – India vs Afghanistan and Sri…

Hokaito Zhimomi, the North East Zone captain, is excited at the prospect of his team featuring in the Duleep Trophy for the first time, welcoming the opportunity to test themselves against India internationals like Ajinkay Rahane, Prithvi Shaw and Chetan Sakariya. North East kick off their Duleep Trophy campaign against the much-vaunted West Zone, in Chennai, on September 8. “The discussion is we’ve come in with a very positive mindset…

Big Picture The Hundred is done and dusted… now back to more traditionally minded short-form thrills. England and South Africa have been in hyper-drive during a compelling but erratic Test campaign – a crushing innings victory apiece to date, with neither match surviving beyond the third day. And as we head to the decider at the Kia Oval, all bets are off as to which version of either team will…

Having recovered from the hamstring injury he had sustained during IPL 2022, Ajinkya Rahane is feeling refreshed and ready to start from scratch in India’s domestic season, which kicks off with the zonal-format Duleep Trophy from Thursday. Rahane, who had missed a chunk of the IPL and then the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy knockouts for Mumbai, is set to mark his return by leading West Zone in the Duleep Trophy. “The…

Opener Sidra Ameen and wicketkeeper-batter Sidra Nawaz have been recalled into the Pakistan side for the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, which will be staged in Sylhet next month. The 15-member squad also includes uncapped allrounder Sadaf Shamas. Pakistan have made three changes to the side that turned out for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last month with Anam Amin, Gull Feroza and Iram Javed missing out. Bismah Maroof continues to…