Western Australia 0 for 18 trail Queensland 6 for 295 dec (Street 83, Burns 72, Renshaw 54, Paris 3-26) by 277 runs Queensland were able to declare just before stumps on day two of the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the Gabba after the top three all made accomplished fifties. Queensland captain Jimmy Peirson declared leaving Western Australia to face four overs before the close, which they negotiated…
Lunch Pakistan 17 for 0 (Imam 11*, Shafique 6*) trail England 657 (Brook 153, Crawley 122, Pope 108, Duckett 107) by 640 While Pakistan made some gains on the second morning, they didn’t come without England piling on more pain as newcomer Harry Brook topped a towering scorecard. England’s record-breaking innings came to an end on 657 with Brook leading the four centurions, having resumed on 101 and slugged his…
Kieron Pollard has been named captain of MI Emirates, the team owned by the owners of Mumbai Indians in the ILT20, while MI Cape Town, the SA20 team owned by the same group, will be led by Rashid Khan. Both the tournaments, in their inaugural season, will be played between January and February next year. MI Cape Town will play the first match of the SA20 against Paarl Royals on…
Tactical substitutes could make an appearance in IPL 2023, with the BCCI looking to introduce the concept that it trialled for the first time during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy domestic T20s in October-November. “Also note that from IPL 2023 Season a tactical/strategic concept will be introduced to add a new dimension to IPL, wherein one substitute player per team will be able to take a more active part in…
Allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana will miss the five-match T20I series against Australia at home starting December 10. While the BCCI release announcing the squad said Vastrakar was unavailable due to an unspecified injury, it gave no reason for Rana’s absence. There was also a maiden national call-up for the Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani, who was the leading wicket-taker in the Inter-State Women’s T20s, with 17 wickets at…
Lunch West Indies 150 for 1 (Brathwaite 62*, Blackwood 9*) trail Australia 598 for 4 dec by 448 runs Debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul fell after notching his half-century, but a gritty West Indies showed resolve against an accurate Australian attack on a pivotal day three of the first Test. In response to Australia’s massive first innings of 598 for 4 declared, West Indies lost only Chanderpaul in the morning session as…
Teague Wyllie, the 18-year-old Western Australia batter who scored his maiden first-class century earlier this season, has been selected as part of a Cricket Australia XI to face South Africa in their warm-up match later this month. The match, which will be played between December 9-12 at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, has been downgraded from a full Australia A first-class fixture so that South Africa can use their full…
Kagiso Rabada has conceded that he “wasn’t up to scratch” at the T20 World Cup, where he finished as South Africa’s most expensive bowler, and with the fewest wickets among their frontline quicks. Rabada put the dip in performance down to fatigue, and said trying to push through the lethargy had the opposite effect to the one he hoped for. “I am not one to make any excuses – I…
Perth Scorchers have suffered a major blow to their BBl title defence with Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh and England batter Phil Salt both ruled out of the entire BBL due to injury. Marsh will miss three months of cricket after undergoing keyhole surgery on his troubled left ankle. He has carried the ankle problem for many years and reinjured it during Australia’s ODI series with Zimbabwe in August, which ruled…
Sam Curran, who was player of the final and the tournament at the 2022 World Cup, is among 21 men who have listed the maximum reserve price of INR 2 crore for the 2023 IPL auction. Not a single Indian player is listed in the INR 2 crore bracket which includes marquee names like England Test captain Ben Stokes, Australian allrounder Cameron Green, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and Nicholas…