Month: December 2022

Eighteen-year-old opening batter Shafali Verma will lead India at the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa early next year. Shweta Sehrawat, who is currently leading the team in the five-match T20 series against New Zealand Women’s Development side in Mumbai, has been named her deputy. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, 19, who has played 25 T20Is and 17 ODIs for the senior women’s team, also found a place in…

Lunch Pakistan 579 and 163 for 3 (Shakeel 63*, Rizwan 42*) need another 174 runs to beat England 657 and 264 A half-century to debutant Saud Shakeel and some punchy strokes from Mohammad Rizwan kept Pakistan on track despite England claiming the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq on an intriguing final morning of the first Test in Rawalpindi. Having resumed on 24 not out, Shakeel moved to an unbeaten 63 by lunch,…

A 3am phone call is seldom a gleeful one. Seam-bowling allrounder Kim Garth, who made her international debut for Ireland in 2010 at the age of 14, received a maiden call-up to Australia’s T20I squad for the tour of India – where they play five T20Is starting December 9. She wanted to convey the happy news to her parents in Ireland immediately. “I rang mom and dad straightaway. They were…

England allrounder Liam Livingstone has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series with Pakistan after sustaining a right knee injury during the first Test. Livingstone, who was making his debut in the format, jarred his knee while fielding a ball on the boundary on day two, after England had posted 657 in their first innings. He remained off the field for all of Pakistan’s first innings, but did bat…

England 307 for 7 (Sciver 90, Wyatt 68, Henry 3-59) beat West Indies 165 (Knight 39, Dean 4-35) by 142 runs Brisk half-centuries from Nat Sciver and Danni Wyatt, and a four-for from offspinner Charlie Dean, powered England to a 142-run win and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against West Indies. England posted 307 for 7 after being put in to bat and bundled out the hosts for…

Lance Morris, the Western Australia pace bowler who is rated the quickest bowler in Australia, has been called up into the squad alongside Queensland seamer Michael Neser as bowling reinforcement for the second Test against West Indies in Adelaide. Morris, 24, has had an outstanding Sheffield Shield season where he is the leading wicket-taker with 27 and 18.40. He almost bowled WA to a remarkable victory at the Gabba on…

Mehidy Hasan Miraz stood in the middle of the Shere Bangla National Stadium, surrounded by India fielders just waiting for the final wicket to fall. At the other end, he had No. 11 Mustafizur Rahman, batting average of 6.30. Bangladesh needed 51 runs. They had a lot of overs in hand but they had just lost their last five wickets for eight runs. A portion of the full-house crowd had…

KL Rahul is unaware of the exact reason why Rishabh Pant has been released from India’s ODI squad in Bangladesh. He is, however, ready to play the wicketkeeper’s role – as he did in the first ODI on Sunday – whenever required to in white-ball cricket. “We haven’t played a lot of ODIs in the last 6-7 months, but if you look at, since 2020 or 2021, I have kept…

Queensland 6 for 295 dec (Street 83, Burns 72, Renshaw 54) and 7 for 97 (Morris 3-22) drew with Western Australia 7 for 427 dec (Bancroft 164*, Cartwright 78, Agar 72) Queensland’s lower order saved the side’s blushes, batting into the darkness at the Gabba to secure a Sheffield Shield draw against Western Australia. A stalemate looked all but certain when WA batted through the morning untroubled, Cameron Bancroft unbeaten…

Cummins, who was jogging for balls in the outfield on Sunday at Perth Stadium to protect his quad, will be given right up until Thursday morning to prove his fitness. Related The Pat Cummins show: Illusions from a handsome magician Concerns over Cummins as Smith takes the reins Lyon continues outstanding Perth record with six to secure victory “I felt okay,” Cummins said. “It was more not trying to run…