Month: October 2022

Victoria 216 for 4 (Handscomb 95, Chandrasinghe 63*, Meredith 2-36, Siddle 2-43) against Tasmania Victoria captain Peter Handscomb was dismissed for 95 just before stumps after putting his team in a solid position in the Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart. Victoria finished day one at 216 for 4 after Tasmania fast bowler Riley Meredith removed Handscomb and nightwatchman Mitchell Perry in quick succession just before the close. Handscomb…

Even though Optus Stadium’s green-tinged surface conjures pace and sharp bounce, characteristics that are well suited to them, South Africa’s speedsters have been urged to be restrained as they contemplate loading up with four quicks against India in a blockbuster T20 World Cup clash. Quicks Mark Wood and Haris Rauf have lit up the pitch with rapid bowling, clocking over 150kmph/93mph, while the powerplay has been marked by menacing swing…

Melbourne Stars 92 for 4 (Sutherland 42*) beat Melbourne Renegades 91 (Day 4-19, Sutherland 3-17) by 6 wickets Fine bowling efforts from Sophie Day and Annabel Sutherland set Melbourne Stars up for a six-wicket win over Melbourne Renegades, their first victory of the WBBL season. Playing in Ballarat, Renegades batted first and were bowled out for 91 with one over to spare in an innings in which they struck just…

Big picture The joke among Bangladesh fans, particularly in the past eight years, is that their team schedules a series against Zimbabwe whenever they are out of form. But that overlooks the fact that it is the cricket boards – and not the teams themselves – that schedule series against each other. And in that respect, the BCB and ZC have been close friends for a very long time. Zimbabwe…

Sydney Sixers 96 for 2 (Gardner 43) beat Hobart Hurricanes95 for 8 (du Preez 26, Gardner 4-23) by 8 wickets under DLS Ashleigh Gardner starred with bat and ball to help the Sydney Sixers to an eight-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes. In a weather-affected match in Ballarat reduced to 12-overs-a-side on Saturday, Gardner returned her best T20 bowling figures of 4 for 23 as the Hurricanes made 95 for 8….

West Indies’ white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran has vowed to use the hurt of his team’s first-round exit at the T20 World Cup as “motivation” to bounce back strongly. After suffering defeats against Scotland and then Ireland, West Indies failed to make the T20 World Cup proper for the first time. “Obviously, we don’t know what the future holds but we will take it day by day,” Pooran said on the…

Women’s regional cricket in England and Wales is set to benefit from a £3.5 million increase in funding up to the end of 2024, the ECB has announced, which will help to boost the average domestic salary to £25,000, and raise the total number of female professional players to close to 100. The funding hike, which comes in the wake of the BCCI’s recent announcement that India’s national teams will…

Big picture Fatigue-wise, New Zealand have had a kind start to the tournament. They thrashed Australia in Sydney, then took the short flight to Melbourne, where their match against Afghanistan was rained out without a ball being bowled. They’d have preferred to play that match, of course, but they’ve not had to contend with crazy schedules or serious changes in timezone. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have been whipped around, and they…

Jos Buttler backed the decision to call Australia’s clash against England off without a ball being bowled, saying conditions weren’t “fit to play”, and that “every bowler who bowled” would have had concerns over the playing surface. “They [the umpires] had some big concerns and, I think, rightly so,” Buttler said, after a series of inspections had led to an abandonment at 8.49pm local time. “The outfield is very wet,…

India batter Shubman Gill is open to batting in the middle order in limited-overs format and emphasised the importance of reducing dot balls in T20 cricket by relying more on rotating strike against spin. While Gill has been a regular in India’s Test setup, he is yet to make his T20I debut and is on the fringes of the ODI squad. In the absence of the first-choice top-order players in…