Kolkata and Ahmedabad will host the knockout stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) and Vijay Hazare Trophy, respectively, while the BCCI will also conduct two Irani Cup ties over the next months. SMAT, the domestic T20 event, will take place from October 11 to November 5 while the Vijay Hazare one-day competition will run from November 12 to December 2. Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot, Punjab and Jaipur will host…
Katherine Brunt is the notable omission from England’s T20I series against India, with Lauren Bell set to make her debut in the format after being named in a 14-player squad for the three-match series, which gets underway at Chester-le-Street on September 10. Bell, 21, made her Test and ODI debut against South Africa earlier this summer, and was the outstanding seamer in this year’s Hundred, claiming 11 wickets at 16.00…
Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa at the men’s T20 World Cup after recovering from the elbow injury that has kept him out since the T20I tour of India in June. Bavuma missed the entire all-format tour of England to recover, and opted for conservative treatment instead of surgery with a view to being fit for the World Cup. He has made sufficient progress and will make a comeback in…
Suresh Raina, the India batter, has announced his retirement from “all formats of cricket,” confirming the end of his IPL and India domestic career. Raina had already retired from international cricket, announcing that decision on August 15, 2020 shortly after MS Dhoni had retired. “It has been an absolute honour to represent my country & state UP. I would like to announce my retirement from all formats of cricket,” Raina…
India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has signed with Melbourne Stars for her second stint at the WBBL, after having played for Melbourne Renegades last year. She will be the first Indian to represent Stars in the eighth edition of the competition, beginning October 13. Rodrigues, who was part of the silver-medal winning Indian team at the Commonwealth Games, was the second highest run-getter for her side – and fifth highest overall…
Essex 327 for 4 (Critchley 80*, Cook 78, Westley 54) vs Kent You could imagine the conversation among Canterbury spectators of a certain age. “The funny thing is I can never remember where I put my car keys but I can remember when I last saw Kent play Championship cricket as if it was yesterday.” It really was that long ago – July 14 to be precise, a distant time…
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs New Zealand Marnus Labuschagne has been recalled for the opening match of the Chappell-Hadlee series in Cairns as Australia strengthen their batting order. But it’s the New Zealand batting which will be tested first after Aaron Finch put them in to bat, pushing his attempt at a return to form to the evening. Labuschagne comes in for Ashton Agar meaning Glenn Maxwell could be…
Pakistan’s dressing-room celebrations had to wait, because Mohammad Nawaz was missing. Nawaz, the Player of the Match in the win over India, first had to oblige screaming fans across the boundary boards. After that, even as the presentation ceremony began, he turned his attention to the groundstaff and security personnel, who were asking for photographs with him. Then he walked into the post-match press conference – which started late, after…
Big Picture This series has been a long time coming. Australia and New Zealand started a Chappell-Hadlee contest just days before the world was shut down by the pandemic, the opening game played behind closed doors at the SCG, before New Zealand had to make a hasty journey home with borders shutting. Matches were then on the schedule in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons only for both to fall…
Virat Kohli let his magical wrists take over, and a 150kph delivery from Mohammad Hasnain went sailing over deep midwicket. It was his half-century – his second in a row – off 36 balls, in the 18th over, and the Indian dressing room was on its feet. Only a week ago, in his 100th T20I, also against Pakistan, Kohli had been scratchy. A thick edge was dropped in the slips…