Jaydev Unadkat has been called up to India’s Test squad in Bangladesh as a replacement for the injured Mohammed Shami. Unadkat is currently in Rajkot, waiting to complete his visa formalities, and is expected to link up with the Test squad in Chattogram over the next couple of days. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Beth Mooney hadn’t been well since reaching India for Australia’s five-T20I series. She turned up for training for the first time on the eve of the opening T20I, but wasn’t sure if she would be fit to play. A combination of going out sightseeing with “leader and mentor” Kirby Short, her former Brisbane Heat captain who is in Mumbai as part of the broadcast crew, and the efforts of the…
England 256 (Sciver 85, Selman 3-29, Matthews 3-56) beat West Indies 105 (Matthews 28, Ecclestone 3-9, Sciver 2-16) by 151 runs Nat Sciver was in the runs – again – and the wickets as England wrapped up a 3-0 sweep of their ODI series with West Indies in Antigua. Sciver, the player of the match and the series, scored her second half-century in three games since making her comeback on…
Defending IPL champions Gujarat Titans’ head coach Ashish Nehra has said that the side will look to rope in a fast bowler at the auction, to be held in Kochi on December 23. “Even if you win, still you make a few changes as per needs,” Nehra told reporters on Friday. “We might need a fast bowler. In a small auction, you make changes as per requirements. We are no…
IPL 2023 is likely to begin on April 1, while the inaugural season of the Women’s IPL is likely to be played from March 3 to 26 with both tournaments to be played in India. While the BCCI is yet to formalise the dates, it has earmarked a window for the WIPL with the tournament set to start a week after the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup final, which is…
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia won the toss and opted to bowl in the first of the five-match women’s T20I series against India, in Mumbai on Friday. With the injured fast-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar out of the series, India handed Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani an international debut. Sarvani was the leading wicket-taker in the Inter-State Women’s T20s, with 17 strikes at an average of 5.70 and…
Ben Duckett described Abrar Ahmed as “basically a legspinner who has a good googly” and hinted that England will look to go even harder against him in the second innings, after the Pakistan debutant took 7 for 114 in 22 overs on the first day in Multan. Duckett, who made 63 off 49, was the second of Abrar’s seven victims and scored 25 runs off the 18 balls he faced…
The probability of Indian captain Rohit Sharma returning for the Bangladesh Test series could be receding with the selectors asking Bengal captain and opener Abhimanyu Easwaran to join the national squad in Chattogram. Easwaran is currently in Sylhet, leading India A who finished a two-match red-ball tour against Bangladesh A on Friday. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Bangladesh are eyeing a maiden ODI series sweep against India, and as a result, will not rest players or drop their intensity for the final game, according to their fielding coach Shane McDermott. The home side sealed the ODI series by winning the second game by five runs in Dhaka, but McDermott said that the team has learned enough lessons in the last two years not to put their guard…
Big picture What more can you ask for from a three-match series, eh? A one-wicket win in the first match, a last-ball result with only one wicket remaining in the second, and every possible twist and turn on the way to those two finishes. It’s a pity that the same team won both games, and that the series finale will be a dead rubber, but do not rule out more…