A humble Jack Leach was in disbelief at achieving 100 Test wickets, regarding the feat as more than he felt he’d ever achieve and something he did not think “would ever happen” on the day he became the 49th England bowler to pass the milestone. The left-arm spinner took 4 for 98 on the second day of the Multan Test, as Pakistan were dismissed for 202 in their first innings….
Less than a year after he captained India Under-19 to the World Cup triumph, 20-year-old Yash Dhull has been named captain of the Delhi Ranji team with 100-Test veteran Ishant Sharma and IPL star Nitish Rana in its ranks. Dhull will be one of the youngest ever to captain Delhi and that too in his ninth first-class game after a promising start in the Ranji Trophy last season. In eight…
ESPNcricinfo revealed this week that Jayawardene’s promotion from head coach to head of global performance at Mumbai Indians had prompted him to step down from his position in the Hundred, and Brave have moved quickly to secure a successor. Fleming, the former New Zealand captain, has won four IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings and is widely regarded as one of the leading short-form coaches around the world. He attended…
Kemp was not involved in any of the three ODIs during England’s 3-0 clean sweep of the West Indies and has been suffering with back pain. “England Women’s all-rounder Freya Kemp has been ruled out of the rest of the West Indies series with back pain limiting her cricket,” an ECB statement said. “Kemp will now return to the UK for further exploratory scans.” England and West Indies play the…
South Africans 9 for 0 (Elgar 6*, Erwee 2*) and 335 for 7 (Elgar 109, Verreynne 76*, Kuhnemann 4-78) lead Cricket Australia XI 226 all out (Kellaway 105, Ngidi 3-26, Coetzee 3-36) by 130 runs Two of the brightest young stars on either side had productive days with South Africa quick Gerald Coetzee claiming a hat-trick and Cricket Australia XI batter Campbell Kellaway scoring a century in the four-day clash…
Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) trail England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) by 79 runs England surged into command of the second Test on the second morning at Multan, picking up Pakistan’s remaining eight wickets for 95 including a pre-lunch flurry of three for none in six balls, as Pakistan lost their composure against the spin of Jack Leach and Joe Root, and with it…
Australia had applied the squeeze successfully. From a high-flying 45 for 1 in four overs, they had brought India to 76 for 4 in the 12th over. India had tried to claw back, with Devika Vaidya and Richa Ghosh putting on 56, but Australia kept them largely under control. At 132 for 5 with three overs to go, India were in danger of not crossing even 150. A packed crowd…
West Indies 214 (Chanderpaul 47, Phillip 43, Lyon 3-57) trail Australia 511 for 7 dec (Head 175, Labuschagne 163, Thomas 2-53) by 297 runs The last thing West Indies’ injury-riddled tour needed was self-inflicted wounds but that’s exactly what they delivered with two calamitous run-outs bookending a horror first session on day three as the visitors crumbled to be all out for 214 on the stroke of dinner. Australia opted…
Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs India Bangladesh captain Litton Das won a third consecutive toss against India and chose to bowl on a grassy Chattogram pitch on Saturday. They made two changes, bringing in a fit-again Taskin Ahmed and local boy Yasir Ali in place of Nasum Ahmed and Najmul Hossain Shanto. Taskin had missed the first two ODIs with a groin injury, but has now recovered sufficiently to…
Defending BBL champions Perth Scorchers have signed English duo Adam Lyth and Stephen Eskinazi after losing Phil Salt, Laurie Evans and Mitchell Marsh for the season. Scorchers have also signed Western Australian left-arm wrist-spinner Hamish McKenzie to round out their squad ahead of starting their title defence against Sydney Sixers next Saturday. Lyth is a direct replacement for Salt after he was withdrawn from the BBL due to a shoulder…