India won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa India won the toss and opted to bowl on a small Holkar Stadium ground, in the third and final T20I against South Africa in Indore. Captain Rohit Sharma didn’t expect the pitch “to change a lot”, and announced three changes from the side that won the second match on Sunday. Left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh misses out with “some issues…
The top T20I teams are “one step ahead” of Pakistan in terms of their approach, particularly with the bat, according to chief selector Mohammad Wasim. He also feels that the top order, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam specifically, needs to “show more faith” in the middle order for the team to achieve the sort of big totals they need at the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup. “We often talk about…
Moeen Ali has ruled out the possibility of making a Test comeback on England’s tour of Pakistan later this year. Writing in the Daily Mail, he said it was “time to close the door on that side of my career”. Moeen revealed in June that he had “unretired” from Test cricket after a conversation with the new head coach, Brendon McCullum. He previously called time on the format in 2021,…
Western Australia 258 (Wyllie 104, Dwarshuis 4-48) lead New South Wales 180 by 78 runs Teenager Teague Wyllie struck his maiden first-class century to put Western Australia in the box seat in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at the WACA Ground. WA were bowled out for 258 in the final act of day two, giving them a lead of 78 after NSW were rolled for 180 on…
Rest of India 374 (Sarfaraz 138, Vihari 82, Sakariya 5-93) and 105 for 2 (Abhimanyu 63*, Bharat 27*, Unadkat 2-37) beat Saurashtra 98 (Mukesh 4-23, Malik 3-25, Sen 3-41) and 380 (Unadkat 89, Mankad 72, Jackson 71, Sen 5-94, Saurabh 3-80) by eight wickets Kuldeep Sen picked up the last two Saurashtra wickets in a hurry on the fourth morning, using his pace and the steep bounce on offer to…
Tasmania 5 for 280 (Carey 101*, Villani 71) beat Victoria 8 for 279 (Sutherland 111, Faltum 61, Graham 4-69) by five wickets The WNCL summer of hundreds continued as Nicola Carey‘s unbeaten century guided defending champions Tasmania to a high-scoring win in their opening game of the season and left Annabel Sutherland with a second hundred of the tournament that has come in defeat. Carey’s 101 off 83 balls enabled…
Big picture Australia are back on home soil and West Indies have, mostly, arrived (Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight), as the teams enter the final stretch of their men’s T20 World Cup preparations. West Indies have to go through the qualifiers to reach the Super 12s, so these two matches are an important opportunity to get into gear. However, it has been a very quick turnaround for the squad, especially…
Toss India Women chose to bat vs UAE Women India captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bat against United Arab Emirates in their Women’s T20 Asia Cup clash at the Academy Ground, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Mandhana was standing in for Harmanpreet Kaur, who was rested alongside Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav and Meghna Singh, who bowled just two deliveries in the rain-affected match against Malaysia. Mandhana, who…
Australia’s all-conquering women’s team face something of a changing of the guard this summer, with Shelley Nitschke the new coach and a new captain also likely. Healy is among the favourites to take on the leadership if Lanning does not return in time for the T20 tour of India in December, with the wicketkeeper-batter confident she is ready if called upon. But it comes as the 32-year-old said she had…
Mitchell Marsh is set to return at No. 3 for Australia but as a batter only in the first T20I against West Indies as he continues to recover from his ankle injury, while Marcus Stoinis is expected to be fit for Sunday’s opening T20I against England, with the pair of allrounders vital to the balance of their World Cup side. Captain Aaron Finch confirmed that both men were tracking well…