Legspinner Ish Sodhi, who last played a Test match four years ago, the uncapped Blair Tickner, and Glenn Phillips, who has one Test cap, have been picked for New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan which begins on December 26. The two-match series will be Tim Southee’s first assignment as New Zealand’s full-time Test captain after Kane Williamson stepped down from the post earlier on Thursday. It will be Williamson’s first series…
England 141 for 6 (Dunkley 43, Matthews 3-15) beat West Indies 125 for 8 (Fletcher 18, Dean 3-22) by 16 runs Charlie Dean grabbed her chance with three wickets to lead an experimental England side to victory in their second T20I against West Indies. Sophia Dunkley top-scored for the visitors with a run-a-ball 43 in the face of Hayley Matthews‘ three-wicket haul which kept England to a modest total of…
Kane Williamson has stepped down as New Zealand’s Test captain and will be replaced by Tim Southee for the upcoming tour of Pakistan. Williamson, who led New Zealand to victory in the inaugural World Test Championship final against India at the Ageas Bowl in 2021, will continue as white-ball captain. “Captaining the BLACKCAPS in Test cricket has been an incredibly special honour,” he said. “For me, Test cricket is the…
Babar Azam will replace Wahab Riaz as Peshawar Zalmi’s captain for the upcoming season of the Pakistan Super League. After trading in Babar from Karachi Kings in exchange for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali, the franchise continues a transformation that started in 2021 in the hope to form a new core. Related PSL looks to expand salary caps to stay ahead in battle between T20 leagues Karachi Kings trade Babar…
Nearly 200 of Pakistan’s domestic cricketers are still awaiting payments for participating in a domestic season that is less than a month from its conclusion. ESPNcricinfo understands that 192 players who have taken part in a number of domestic tournaments – including the National T20 Cup and the Quaid-e-Azam trophy – have not been paid their monthly retainers or even match fees, despite the season having started on August 30….
Ollie Pope says there is no animosity between him and Ben Foakes after he usurped his Surrey team-mate as England’s Test wicketkeeper in Pakistan. Foakes came into the tour as the first choice behind the stumps, having played in six of the first seven Tests under captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. Regarded as one of the finest operators with the gloves in world cricket, he affected 34…
Toss: India opt to bowl vs Australia Harmanpreet Kaur won a second straight toss as India chose to bowl in the third T20I at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The hosts made one change, bringing in left-arm fingerspinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad in place of seamer Meghna Singh, in their quest for a 2-1 series lead. Related India take a step towards exorcising ghosts of Lord’s, Edgbaston India clinch Super Over to…
Adelaide Strikers 184 for 6 (Short 84, Lynn 41, Hose 40, Abbott 3-37) beat Sydney Sixers 133 for 7 (Silk 36, Thornton 4-20, Rashid 3-21) by 51 runs Adelaide Strikers have made an impeccable start to their BBL campaign, dazzling with both bat and ball to trounce Sydney Sixers by 51 runs at Adelaide Oval. After amassing an imposing 184 for 6 on Wednesday evening, largely on the back of…
Sachin had scored his maiden first-class century on debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in 1988, against Gujarat, as a 15-year-old. Thirty-four years later, 23-year-old Arjun, whose primary role is that of fast bowler, had got to 112 not out by tea on day two of Goa’s game against Rajasthan, at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground in Porvorim. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Fast bowler Diana Baig has been named in Pakistan’s squads for the ODI and T20I series in Australia in January and the women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, after recovering from a shoulder injury. Pakistan will be taking the same set of players to the T20Is in Australia and the World Cup. Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal also made a return to both the ODI and T20I squads,…