Trinbago Knight Riders 100 for 7 (Dottin 59, Matthews 3-22) beat Barbados Royals 90 (Matthews 46, Mohammed 3-16, Luus 2-17, Jensen 2-18, Grimmond 2-22) by 10 runs The Women’s CPL final wasn’t a run fest, and the 190 runs that were scored came off 38.4 overs – at under five an over – but it still became an interesting contest, not least because of some special shows. Deandra Dottin, the…
Kane Williamson says there’s still a balance to be found between New Zealand duty and ageing greats leaving the national team set-up to play in lucrative domestic competitions. Williamson will lead New Zealand in a three-match ODI series against Australia in Cairns this week, beginning on Tuesday. Boult, 33, is ranked as the sport’s best ODI bowler and the T20 World Cup next month could be a possible send-off. Related…
Virat Kohli is “excited” and “having fun” playing cricket, he said, but not long ago, he wasn’t getting any joy from the game. As he said recently, he was “faking his intensity a bit” and the fatigue and everything else added up and took a toll on him mentally. After top-scoring for India in the defeat to Pakistan on Sunday night at the Asia Cup, he also said that MS…
Pakistan 182 for 5 (Rizwan 71, Nawaz 42) beat India 181 for 7 (Kohli 60, Rahul 28, Rohit 28, Shadab 2-31) by five wickets Mohammad Nawaz stunned India with the bat after helping restrict them with the ball after a rampant start to give Pakistan a thrilling win in their Super 4 match against India. A week after India chased successfully in a thrilling group-stage finish, Paksitan returned the favour,…
The 26-year-old Prasidh was forced to pull out of the series because of a back injury. “Shardul Thakur has been selected to replace Prasidh Krishna, who suffered a back injury on the eve of the first match against New Zealand A,” a BCCI official told PTI. Prasidh couldn’t participate in the first four-day game, which ended in a draw on Sunday. In the absence of Prasidh, India A went in…
The Irani Cup is back for the first time in more than three years, with 2019-20 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra set to host Rest of India in Rajkot from October 1 to 5. Saurashtra had won the Ranji final in March 2020, beating Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead. The champions were due to play the Irani Cup a week later, but that tournament had to be called…
Bangladesh have made two changes to their 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier to be held later this month. Sanjida Akter and the uncapped Marufa Akter have been included in place of Suraiya Azmin and Fariha Trisna, but the core of the side that played in this year’s Commonwealth Games Qualifier and Women’s World Cup has been kept intact. The eight-team Qualifier will be held in…
New Zealand A 400 (Carter 197, Solia 32, Mukesh 5-86, Sarfaraz 2-32) and 133 for 4 (Ravindra 40, Chapman 23, Kuldeep 2-38) drew with India A 571 for 6 dec (Patidar 176, Easwaran 132, Varma 121, Ravindra 2-112) After Mukesh’s 5 for 86 helped bowl New Zealand A out for 400, Patidar led the way with 176 off 256 balls and found support from Easwaran and Varma. India A declared…
South Africa allrounder Marizanne Kapp has said she is “not a big fan” of the policy of having four overseas players for three slots in the women’s Hundred, and that the dropping of her wife, Dane van Niekerk, who captained Oval Invincibles to the title last year, could have been handled better by team management. Kapp was once again player of the match in the final, as Invincibles beat Southern…
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim has announced his retirement from T20Is to “focus on Test and ODI formats of the game”, he said in a tweet on Sunday. Mushfiqur, however, said he will be available “to play franchise leagues when the opportunity arrives”. This comes at a time when he was undergoing poor form in T20Is, particularly in the ongoing Asia Cup where he had scores of 1 and 4 and…