Western Australia 2 for 18 trail New South Wales 180 (Patterson 72*, Morris 5-36) by 162 runs New South Wales skipper Kurtis Patterson provided the sole resistance with the bat before debutant Ben Dwarshuis landed two quick blows with the ball in an intriguing opening day of the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia. WA quick Lance Morris snared a career-best 5 for 36 off 18 overs and Joel Paris…
Allrounder Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against West Indies as he continues his recovery from a side strain he suffered in early September, leaving Australia’s selectors fewer chances to bed down their best side ahead of the World Cup. Stoinis has not travelled with Australia’s squad to the Gold Coast ahead of the first game of a two-match series against West Indies on Wednesday….
Toss Malaysia chose to bowl vs India Malaysia won the toss and asked India to bat first in the sixth match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday. India made four changes to the XI that played in their opening game, against Sri Lanka, with opener Smriti Mandhana, allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana, and pacer Renuka Singh Thakur all rested. They have brought in opener…
“Honestly, I’m surprised I’m getting this.” KL Rahul had just been adjudged Player of the Match for his 28-ball 57, which set the tone for India’s 237 for 3 in the second T20I against South Africa in Guwahati. But the fact that India were able to sustain their tempo right through the innings on a surface Rahul felt was “a bit sticky and gripping a bit”, was as much down…
Queensland 2 for 133 (Redmayne 62*) beat Australian Capital Territory 132 by eight wickets Queensland made short work of ACT as they raced to victory with more than 26 overs to spare. Georgia Redmayne‘s brisk half-century led the chase after the home side had put in an impressive bowling and fielding display. The tone was set in the fifth over of the day when captain Jess Jonassen plucked a one-handed…
New Zealand 94 for 5 (Green 49*, Matthews 4-12) beat West Indies 93 for 9 (Jonas 3-16) by five wickets Maddy Green guided New Zealand to a series lead in Antigua in a game dominated by the spinners. Fran Jonas led the way for the visitors before West Indies captain Hayley Matthews responded with four wickets to give them some hope of defending a low total. Matthews removed three of…
Saurashtra 98 and 49 for 2 (Jadeja 8*, Jani 3*, Saurabh 2-0) trail Rest of India 374 (Sarfaraz 138, Vihari 82, Saurabh 55, Sakariya 5-93) by 227 runs Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar hit a strokeful fifty before returning to snap two wickets as Rest of India tightened the noose around Saurashtra on the second day of the Irani Cup match in Rajkot. Saurabh smashed ten boundaries in his 78-ball 55…
Two interruptions, one hugely unusual and the other rather more routine, brought Sunday night’s T20I between India and South Africa in Guwahati to brief standstills. The first took place at the end of the seventh over of India’s innings, when ground staff hurried onto the field to remove an unwelcome visitor: a snake making its way around the Barsapara Stadium’s outfield. According to a PTI report, the snake “came out…
That’s when he realised that he had been selected for the ODI series against South Africa, starting October 6 in Lucknow. “I got very emotional. It was all blur,” Mukesh told PTI from Rajkot, where he is playing for Rest of India in the Irani Cup. “I could only remember my late father Kashi Nath Singh’s face. My father, till I played Ranji Trophy for Bengal, didn’t think I am…
USA Cricket’s worsening administrative situation has led to the organization receiving multiple reprimands from the ICC, including a temporary suspension of funding as well as losing all administrative duties with regards to hosting the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup. Atul Rai, who was recently named interim board chairman to replace the outgoing Paraag Marathe, following Rai’s win in the recent USA Cricket general elections, sent a letter to all stakeholders…