Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has contracted pneumonia, and will stay in hospital overnight. The PCB announced that their in-house medical panel was monitoring him, and that any calls on his participation in the remainder of the ongoing series against England would be made after assessing his medical reports. However, the development effectively rules him out of the entirety of the Lahore leg of the series against England, and also…
Kent 492 (Qadri 87, Muyeye 85, Crawley 79, Robinson 52, Aldridge 6-110) beat Somerset 202 (Goldsworthy 94, Gilchrist 6-61) and 139 (Khan 40, Quinn 3-14, Bell-Drummond 2-11, Qadri 2-42, Gilchrist 2-43) by an innings and 151 runs On the day after they secured Division One status for another season, Kent thrashed Somerset by an innings and 151 runs in the LV= Insurance County Championship at Canterbury. Hamidullah Qadri hit a…
England won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan England will field first after winning the toss in the fifth T20I against Pakistan, in the first game of the series at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which is currently level at 2-2. Moeen Ali’s side made four changes to the side that slipped to a three-run defeat in the fourth game. Dawid Malan returns to the starting line-up, as…
0.6 to T Bavuma, Cleans him up with a ripper! That’s what Chahar gives you, swing both ways! He had bowled only out-swingers till now. This time though, he changes it up – gets it to shape in nicely, and Bavuma is nowhere near it. Big, big gap between bat and pads, and the stumps are left in a mess.. 1/1 2.3 to T Stubbs, OMG. WHAT IS HAPPENING! Somewhat…
James Kirtley says that the turmoil behind the scenes at Sussex is “an obvious distraction” to the players, after it was revealed that Ian Salisbury, his fellow head coach, was “not currently part of the business” following a non-cricketing dispute with one of his players. Salisbury had been in charge of Sussex’s Championship and 50-over team since November 2020, with Kirtley taking over the T20 set-up in the same timeframe…
West Indies allrounder Stafanie Taylor has been ruled out of the first two T20Is against New Zealand after having suffering an injury while batting in the third ODI at Antigua on September 25. Taylor had retired hurt on 51 on Monday and will be replaced by Sheneta Grimmond, who last played a T20I in September 2020, for the first two T20Is. Grimmond, the 24-year-old offspin-bowling allrounder, was in good form…
Tasmania 2 for 221 (Jewell 126*, McDermott 71) beat South Australia 220 (Carey 59, Rogers 5-32) by eight wickets Tasmania opened their domestic season with a crushing eight-wicket Marsh Cup win over South Australia, thanks to a mammoth opening partnership between Caleb Jewell and Ben McDermott. The pair put on 198 for the first wicket as Tasmania raced past South Australia’s 220 to ease to a bonus-point victory with 17.1 overs to spare in Brisbane….
Suryakumar Yadav has returned to his career-best No. 2 spot, a rise of one position, in the latest ICC T20I batting rankings. Just one slot and two rating points below Suryakumar is Babar Azam. He also moved up by one position, thanks to his scores of 110*, 8 and 36 in the ongoing seven-match T20I series against England. Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 88*, 8 and 88 in those three games,…
The PCB is concerned that the growth of Indian investment in franchise T20 leagues could leave their players locked out of opportunities to develop overseas. The auction for the inaugural SA20 – in which all six teams were bought by IPL franchise owners – was held last week and did not feature a single Pakistani player. In the UAE’s new ILT20, five of the six teams are Indian-owned and the…
United Arab Emirates have named 15-year-old Rishitha Rajith in their squad for the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, starting later this week in Bangladesh. Rajith, a right-arm seamer, is uncapped in international cricket. There was, however, no room for her elder sisters Rithika and Rinitha, who were part of the last UAE squad, which finished seventh in the T20 World Cup qualifier last week. Another teenager, Mahika Gaur, who was with…