After becoming the first Indian to play in the BBL, India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand is set to add another chapter to his journeyman career when he lines up for Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) early next year. Chand, now 29, was picked up at the draft in Dhaka on Wednesday, with the franchise keen on having an Indian player to tap into the fan…
Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja will not be available for the upcoming three-match ODI series in Bangladesh, as he is yet to fully recover from a knee surgery that he underwent in September. Related Ravindra Jadeja returns for Bangladesh tour in December Jadeja undergoes surgery for injured right knee, hopes to start rehab soon Shahbaz Ahmed, the Bengal allrounder, has been named as Jadeja’s replacement in the ODI squad that begins on…
Jofra Archer looks set to return to competitive cricket in South Africa in January after becoming MI Cape Town’s wildcard signing for the inaugural season of the SA20. Archer, the leading wicket-taker and Super Over hero for England in their 2019 ODI World Cup triumph, has not played an international game since March 2021 because of a long-standing elbow issue, which was followed by a stress fracture of the lower…
Different India teams for the different formats – that’s been discussed. Harbhajan Singh feels a different coach for T20Is, like England had with Matthew Mott in their run to the T20 World Cup title recently, is the way to go for India, and the man for the job, in his opinion, is Ashish Nehra. “He knows this [T20 cricket] better than” Rahul Dravid, the all-format India coach, Harbhajan feels. “In…
Chamika Karunaratne has been handed a one-year suspended ban by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a disciplinary inquiry of the board found him guilty of breaching the player agreement – the exact nature of the violation has not been made public – during the recent men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Karunaratne, the 26-year-old allrounder, was also fined US$5000 after pleading guilty to the charges. “Considering the seriousness of the…
Rehan Ahmed, the 18-year-old legspinning allrounder from Leicestershire, has officially been added to England’s Test squad for the tour of Pakistan. Ahmed, who has just three first-class appearances to his name, was originally due to travel to Pakistan as a net bowler, with the ECB taking a view in October that the experience would benefit one of the most exciting young talents in English cricket. Now, following an intense period…
Suryakumar Yadav has been wowing everyone – colleagues, experts, fans – with his incredible 360-degree hitting in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell is the latest to talk about being awestruck by Suryakumar’s batting, saying, “No-one we’ve got is close to that; no-one anyone else has got is close to that”. Not averse to playing a few unorthodox shots himself, Maxwell said that the consistency with which Suryakumar has been able to…
Brisbane Heat 179 for 7 (Wyatt 52, L Harris 44, Smith 3-21) beat Hobart Hurricanes 135 for 8 (Lee 47, Villani 25, Jonassen 4-23) by 44 runs Danni Wyatt and Laura Harris starred with explosive batting as Brisbane Heat ended Hobart Hurricanes’ revival of a season to kick-start the WBBL finals. In the Eliminator, a must-win match between the third and fourth ranked teams, Heat grabbed a stranglehold of the…
After meaningful discussions with national selectors, legspinner Amanda-Jade Wellington believes she knows what it takes to be part of Australia’s title defence at the T20 World Cup following her surprise omission for next month’s tour of India. Wellington was notably overlooked from the 15-player squad for the five-match T20I series, which is seen as important preparation for February’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. She was a casualty as selectors…
England have lost their top spot in the ICC ODI rankings to New Zealand after losing 3-0 to Australia in the series that ended on Tuesday. As a result, New Zealand, who had lost pole position to England in September this year, have regained their place atop the rankings chart. Australia, meanwhile, moved past Pakistan to go to No. 4 in the rankings. England, the current ODI world champions, had…