Month: October 2022

Ravi Shastri believes that despite the injury-enforced absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, India have enough depth to win the T20 World Cup in Australia should they start the tournament well. Related Pieces shuffle into place in India’s batting jigsaw How do India replace the irreplaceable Jasprit Bumrah? Fit-again Hooda departs for Australia with other squad members “[It’s] unfortunate,” Shastri said of Bumrah’s injury at the launch of Coaching…

The PCB has announced the launch of women’s T20 league, with the inaugural edition set to run alongside next year’s PSL. There will be 12 games played, all of them in Rawalpindi, with the final due to take place on March 18 2023, the day before the Pakistan Super League final. The league will comprise four teams, with 18 players per side, including six foreign players. “I am delighted to…

Vijay Srinivasan, a co-founder of American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) – USA Cricket’s commercial partner and parent company of the forthcoming Major League Cricket (MLC) T20 competition – has told ESPNcricinfo of ACE and MLC’s concern regarding USA Cricket’s current perilous financial situation. USA Cricket’s debt has been an ongoing issue since the board suffered six-figure losses after the three-match home ODI series against Ireland was cancelled last December due to…

Deepak Hooda is part of India’s 14-member contingent that departed for Australia on Thursday morning to begin their T20 World Cup preparation. The 15th member – Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement – is yet to be named. Hooda is believed to have recovered from his back niggle that led to him missing the South Africa T20I series. He subsequently underwent treatment and a thorough medical assessment by the medical staff at the…

South Africa will complete their 2023 ODI World Cup qualification process with five games at home early next year, against England and Netherlands. Those matches, along with a full tour by West Indies – two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is – are the only men’s internationals for the 2022-23 summer, during which the SA20 will get underway. The 33-match SA20 league will kick off on January 10 and is…

South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series in India as well as the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup – that begins later this month in Australia – after fracturing his left thumb. He picked up the injury during the third T20I against India on Tuesday in Indore, the only game South Africa won in the three-match contest. “The nature of the injury requires…

Warwickshire batter Matthew Lamb has agreed to join Derbyshire on a two-year deal. Lamb, 26, came through at Edgbaston having joined the club at Under-9s, making his first team debut in 2016. He was a member of the side that won the 2021 County Championship, playing 13 games and contributing 565 runs. A versatile middle-order batter who can also bowl medium pace, Lamb averages 31.23 in first-class cricket and 42.24…

Toss India chose to bowl against South Africa Shikhar Dhawan chose to chase in a rain-reduced first ODI against South Africa in Lucknow. The toss was delayed by two-and-a-half hours after persistent showers, and the ODI has been reduced to a 40-overs-a-side contest, with each bowler allowed a maximum of eight overs. India have opted for only five bowling options, with two specialist spinners in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi,…

Yannic Cariah looked like he belonged. Thirty years old, on T20I debut, bowling to Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell in Australia for the first time. Picked ahead of Akeal Hosein. Selected ahead of Fabian Allen and Hayden Walsh. He bowled like a veteran with impeccable control, forcing a mistake from Maxwell who can maul inexperienced legspinners in his sleep. In just his fifth career T20 game, Cariah took 1 for…

Victoria 9 for 264 (Sutherland 100, Harris 85) vs South Australia Allrounder Will Sutherland posted his maiden Sheffield Shield century to keep Victoria in the contest against South Australia at Karen Rolton Oval. They were in all sorts of trouble at 4 for 54 and 6 for 137 before Sutherland came to the rescue with the finest knock of his young career. The 22-year-old struck 100 off 168 balls, including…