Josh Little and Paul Stirling will miss Ireland’s T20I series in Zimbabwe next month in order to play in the SA20 and ILT20 respectively, in the latest example of franchise leagues’ growing impact on the primacy of bilateral international cricket. Ireland’s tour to Zimbabwe starts with three T20Is from January 12-15, followed by three ODIs – which are not part of the Super League – from January 18-23, with all…
Sydney Thunder 9 for 123 (Ross 28, Sandhu 20*, Coulter-Nile 3-19) beat Melbourne Stars 8 for 122 (Larkin 25, Farooqi 2-20, Sams 2-21) by one wicket Gurinder Sandhu held his nerve as Sydney Thunder produced a frantic one-wicket victory over Melbourne Stars on the last ball in a low-scoring thriller to launch the BBL season. Chasing a modest 123, Thunder’s chase imploded due to reckless batting, and they appeared down…
Big Picture World Cups. Selections. Injuries. Series losses. With the red ball in hand, India need to quickly put these things aside and shift focus to the World Test Championship now. India have played only five Tests this year, lost all three that were played away, and now brace themselves for a two-Test series against Bangladesh who are also formidable at home, but haven’t had a great run there since…
Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green, all of whom could potentially end up as the most expensive buys in 2023 IPL auction, have been listed in the second set to come up for bidding on December 23. The auction will begin at 2.30pm IST in Kochi with the batters’ set which features Indian opener Mayank Agarwal and the England pair of Joe Root and Harry Brook. The final auction…
McGrath, who made her T20I debut in October 2021, has already cemented her place in the Australia top order across formats. In T20Is, she has scored 485 runs in ten innings at an average of 121.25 and a strike rate of 149.69 so far. In the first T20I against India in the ongoing series, she scored an unbeaten 40 off 29 balls in Australia’s win and followed it up with…
Related Bowler to all-round match-winner – Mehidy comes of age ‘Bowl patiently, wait for mistakes’ – Taskin’s mantra Russell Domingo, Bangladesh’s head coach, said the big challenge for Test specialists like Joy, Mominul and Taijul Islam would to find their groove quickly – Bangladesh are playing a Test after six months, which isn’t much longer than India’s hiatus from the longest format. “Mominul and Joy last played international cricket six…
The Rawalpindi pitch has earned a “below average” rating for the second time in 2022. The latest rating follows the first Test between Pakistan and England earlier this month, in which England racked up a record 506 runs on day one to set up an eventual 74-run win. Though the match ended in a decisive result, there was little joy for the bowlers particularly in the first two innings, which…
Captain Moises HenriquesCoach Greg Shipperd Squad Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Chris Jordan (England), Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Izharrulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan), Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, James Vince (England) What happened in the draft Sixers went largely for what they know, but with one big surprise. Sixers are confident what they get from Chris…
Squad Wes Agar, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Ryan Gibson, Colin de Grandhomme, Travis Head, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald In Cameron Boyce, Colin de Grandhomme, Adam Hose, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti Out Spencer Johnson, Liam O’Connor, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall, George Garton, Fawad Ahmad What happened in…
Warner had said last month that he was not going to play the longest format beyond another 12 months. However, his experience is pivotal for Australia’s tour of India early next year. And, before that, he is expected to play his 100th Test starting Boxing Day against South Africa, who round off the series at his home ground at the SCG just after that. It could prove something of a…