Did India try to rush Jasprit Bumrah back from injury during their build-up to the T20 World Cup? Chief selector Chetan Sharma seemed to suggest so at a virtual press conference on Monday to announce four squads across two tours – New Zealand and Bangladesh – in November-December 2022. Related Rohit Sharma: Saving Bumrah’s career more important than this T20 World Cup Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan to lead India in…
Forget grounds and nets and training. If you want to break records in cricket, get hooked on Instagram. It certainly did the trick for Dewald Brevis who took the world by storm on Monday, cracking 162 off 57 balls in a T20 game in South Africa. The 19-year old batter’s shots bear a striking resemblance to AB de Villiers and it is entirely by design. “From young – and still…
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul will return to India’s squads for the Test and ODI series in Bangladesh in December, after taking a break from the tour of New Zealand in November that immediately follows the conclusion of the 2022 T20 World Cup. Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia because of a back injury, was not selected in the squads for the tours…
रोहित शर्मा, विराट कोहली, केएल राहुल को न्यूज़ीलैंड सीरीज़ से आराम दिया गया है। इस दौरे के टी20 सीरीज़ के दौरान हार्दिक पंड्या टी20 टीम की कप्तानी करेंगे और शिखर धवन को वनडे टीम की कमाल सौंपी गई है। टी20 विश्व कप के पांच दिन बाद 18 नवंबर से भारत और न्यूज़ीलैंड के बीच तीन टी20 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय और तीन वनडे मैचों की सीरीज़ शुरू होगी। वेलिंगटन में 18 नवंबर को…
Hardik Pandya will captain India in the upcoming bilateral T20I series in New Zealand, while Shikhar Dhawan takes charge of the ODI squad, with Rohit Sharma being rested from the tour that begins five days after the T20 World Cup final in Australia. Rishabh Pant has been appointed vice-captain of both squads. Hardik’s first India captaincy assignment had come earlier this year, when Rohit was unavailable for the two T20Is…
Afghanistan opener Hazratullah Zazai has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 World Cup due to an abdominal injury. The left-handed batter has been replaced in their 15-member squad by allrounder Gulbadin Naib, who last played a T20I in November 2021. Zazai scored 7 in his only innings so far in the tournament, which came in the defeat to England. Afghanistan’s efforts to bounce back from that loss were scuppered…
Big picture England and New Zealand’s last meeting in this format was an instant classic, a slow-burning epic which saw England’s World Cup hopes go up in flames. Just short of a year on, England will be staring elimination in the face once again, unless they can overcome one of the tournament’s two unbeaten sides at the Gabba. They would still be alive mathematically with a defeat on Tuesday night,…
Keep up to date with all the movements around the counties as preparations are made for the 2023 season Derbyshire IN: Zak Chappell (Nottinghamshire), Matthew Lamb (Warwickshire), Mark WattOUT: Dustin MeltonOVERSEAS: Suranga Lakmal Durham IN: Ollie Robinson (Kent)OUT: Sean Dickson (Somerset), Ned Eckersley (released)OVERSEAS: David Bedingham Essex IN: Adam Rossington (Northamptonshire)OUT: Adam Wheater (retired), Jack Plom (released)OVERSEAS: Simon Harmer Glamorgan IN:OUT: Michael Hogan (retired), Lukas Carey, Joe Cooke, Tom Cullen,…
Scotland spinner Mark Watt has signed a contract to play all formats for Derbyshire during the 2023 season, either side of his international commitments. Watt has played regularly for Derbyshire on a number of short-term deals since 2019. He was a key member of the side that reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 T20 Blast, taking 13 wickets with an economy of 8.46 – the team’s best. “Mark’s attention to…
Western Australia 1 for 3 trail Queensland 211 (Khawaja 56, Neser 56, Richardson 4-40) by 208 runs Jhye Richardson was at his miserly best as Western Australia took the first-day honours in their Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland in Perth. Richardson snared 4 for 40 from 20.2 overs to skittle Queensland for 211, with the performance a timely boost for the 26-year-old as he attempts to win back his Test…