Two Tests against Pakistan down with one to go, with a series win secured and history made, Ollie Robinson is in a good place. He might “only” have eight wickets in his four innings to date, but they have come at an average of 18.37, to reduce his overall Test figure to 19.61 after 13 appearances, and have showcased his impressive dexterity. He has dabbled in bouncers and reverse-swing, along…
Being four down for less than 100 has been a recurrent theme for Bangladesh’s batting line-up this year. In response to India’s 404 in Chattogram, Bangladesh slumped further to 97 for 6 and ended the second day on 133 for 8. A rejigged top order had given Bangladesh some hope, but it evaporated quickly, leaving them facing a battle for survival for the rest of the game. Najmul Hossain Shanto‘s…
Former India allrounder Manoj Prabhakar has stepped down as the head coach of the Nepal men’s national team, the country’s cricket board said in a statement. He had been appointed to the role in August this year. Prabhakar only worked five T20Is and seven ODIs with Nepal, including four matches in the World Cup Super League 2. Nepal had a successful tour of Kenya under Prabkhakar, winning a five-match T20I…
Freya Kemp, the 17-year-old allrounder, has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back, after flying home early from England Women’s tour of the Caribbean. Kemp was given her international debut in the summer and soon made her mark against India by becoming the youngest England player, male or female, to make a T20I half-century. She went on to be named the Women’s Young Player of the Year by…
Melbourne Renegades 166 for 7 (Maddinson 87, Russell 35, Kuhnemann 3-32) beat Brisbane Heat 144 for 6 (Peirson 43, Munro 35, Hosein 3-15) by 22 runs Melbourne Renegades captain Nic Maddinson plundered a scintillating 87 against Brisbane Heat to set up a 22-run victory in his 100th BBL game. Maddinson got out of the blocks quickly, kept his cool when four wickets fell in a clump, and put his foot…
South Africa will need to be greater than the sum of their batting parts if they are to challenge Australia across the three-Test series which could have a huge bearing on who reaches the World Test Championship final in June. While there is an expectation that the visitors will be able to go toe-to-toe with their pace attack – albeit one light on experience in Australia – they will need…
Squad Asif Ali (Pakistan), Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan), Iain Carlisle, Zak Crawley (England), Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Mitch Owen, Joel Paris, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Chris Tremain, Matthew Wade, Mac Wright In Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Zak Crawley, Paddy Dooley, Shadan Khan, Jimmy Neesham, Billy Stanlake, Chris TremainOut Peter Handscomb, Sandeep Lamicchane, Tom Rogers,…
Southee, 34, was appointed on Thursday after Williamson ended his six-year tenure as Test captain, even though he had never led New Zealand in Test cricket before. Southee’s captaincy is limited to limited-overs internationals: 22 T20Is and one ODI. Latham, on the other hand, led New Zealand in nine Tests when Williamson was unavailable, winning four and losing five. He most recently captained New Zealand to 1-1 draws in home…
Lunch India 348 for 7 (Ashwin 40*, Kuldeep 21*, Taijul 3-100, Mehidy 2-96) vs Bangladesh R Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav frustrated Bangladesh on the second morning in Chattogram with an unbroken stand of 50 to take the visitors close to the 350 mark by lunch. The ball continued to stay low and turned like it did on the first day and Bangladesh would have hoped for more wickets once they…
The perennial runners-up of the Lanka Premier League, Galle Gladiators, have had an indifferent start to this season’s LPL, but under new leadership they look to be steadily building up a head of steam that they hope will take them over the final hurdle this time around. In the first, it was the batting that let them down and in the second their bowlers failed to defend a target of…