Anisa Mohammed, the West Indies vice-captain, has been granted leave from international cricket for a period of six months. “Mohammed requested to take a break from the game with immediate effect, after a hectic year of cricket both home and away,” said a CWI statement, adding that the board had given Mohammed its “full support”. Offspinner Mohammed, just a few days away from her 34th birthday, hasn’t played a T20I…
Tom Moody‘s second stint as head coach at Sunrisers Hyderabad is over. Both both parties decided to part ways mutually. There is no confirmation yet on who could replace Moody, but ESPNcricinfo understands former West Indies captain Brian Lara, who was the strategic advisor and batting coach with Sunrisers in 2022 season, could be a frontrunner. It is learned that both Moody and Sunrisers decided to not extend his contract….
Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of England’s third Test against South Africa and the T20 World Cup after suffering a “freak” injury while playing golf. The ECB said in a statement that Bairstow had suffered an unspecified “lower-limb injury” and that he will see a specialist next week to “ascertain the full extent”. ESPNcricinfo understands that Bairstow sustained the injury when he slipped while walking to a tee box…
Big picture Sri Lanka can breathe easy. Or can they? Having been blown away by Afghanistan and then having to use every ounce of firepower to get past Bangladesh, they will once again face a trial by spin. Against the Rashids and the Mujeebs. However, the current Afghanistan team is beginning to establish a new bowling order. Their fast bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen ul Haq have been the perfect…
Toss Hong Kong chose to field vs Pakistan Hong Kong captain Nizakat Khan won the toss and put Pakistan in to bat in what is a knockout match in Sharjah. Nizakat said the low and slow surface in Sharjah suits them because they play on similar pitches back home and rely on their spinners. In their match against India in Dubai, Hong Kong adopted the same strategy and put India…
Jayant Yadav will join fellow India player Mohammed Siraj at Warwickshire for the last three matches of their County Championship season. He will join the team ahead of the home fixture at Edgbaston against Somerset, which begins on September 12. The 32-year-old offspin-bowling allrounder has played six Tests, taking 16 wickets at an average of 29.06 and scoring 248 runs at 31.00, including a century against England in Mumbai. He…
The 2023 Pakistan Super League will begin on February 9, with the final taking place on March 19. It will also revert to using four venues, as was the case in the 2020 PSL, the fifth edition of the tournament. Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan will be the hosts. This was confirmed following a meeting of the Governing Council of the PSL at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore….
Rob Key says the decision to drop Jason Roy was the most deliberated-over part of a “fiddly” selection for England’s 15-man squad for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. Having been almost an ever-present in the limited-overs teams since 2015, with 171 caps and 5500 runs across both white-ball codes, the opening batter has endured a rotten run of form in the home season, with just 78 runs (at an average…
Jayden Seales and Odean Smith, the West Indies internationals, have listed their base price at Rand 1,750,000 (US$101,000 approx), the maximum for any player at CSA’s SA20 player auction. Eoin Morgan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Tymal Mills, David Willey, Jimmy Neesham and Chamika Karunaratne have listed themselves at the second-highest base price of Rand 1,700,000 ($98,000 approx). Related Death by T20 leagues? It’s real, it’s coming CSK old boys du…
Somerset have signed Sajid Khan, the Pakistan offspinner, as their second overseas player for the final month of the County Championship season as they look to avoid relegation to Division Two. Matt Renshaw and Peter Siddle, their overseas players for most of the 2022 season, have both returned to Australia and Sajid joins his compatriot Imam-ul-Haq in signing for the final four Championship games. “I know that in recent years…