Lancashire have named Keaton Jennings as their new men’s captain after Dane Vilas decided to stand down from the role he has held for the past four seasons. Jennings, who has signed a one-year contract extension to remain with Lancashire until at least the end of the 2025 season, was the leading run-scorer in Division One last year with 1233 runs at an average of 72, including a career-best 318…
Aaron Phangiso, South Africa and Joburg Super Kings’ left-arm spinner, has been suspended from bowling in the ongoing SA20 with immediate effect due to an illegal bowling action. The Independent Bowling Action Panel on Tuesday confirmed that his action didn’t adhere to the regulations laid down by the ICC. The panel, consisting of match referee representative Gerrie Pienaar, former South Africa seamer Vernon Philander, and CSA’s High Performance Manager Vincent…
Peter Siddle will return to Somerset for another county stint in 2023. Siddle, the 38-year-old Australian fast bowler, will be available from the start of the LV= Insurance County Championship season in early April through to the end of July. During that time he will also be available for Somerset’s Vitality Blast campaign. Last year, Siddle claimed 27 first-class wickets for Somerset at an average 23.92 with a best of…
The annual ICC teams for 2022 are out, in five categories: men’s Tests, ODIs and T20Is, and women’s ODIs and T20Is. Some of the usual suspects, the cream of the crop in each format, are there, of course, but there are a few names in each XI that might make you want to turn to the ESPNcricinfo stats pages for a quick double-check. Men’s Test XI: Usman Khawaja, Kraigg Brathwaite,…
Melbourne Renegades 143 for 4 (Finch 63*) beat Adelaide Strikers 142 for 7 (Carey 65, Ahmed 3-17) by six wickets Aaron Finch steered Melbourne Renegades to a six-wicket win over Adelaide, booking the club’s first BBL finals appearance in four years. Finch survived some early scares – including a ball hitting his stumps but failing to dislodge the bails – to hit an unbeaten 63 to guide Renegades home with…
There was a bizarre start to Melbourne Renegades’ run chase against Adelaide Strikers at Marvel Stadium for a number of reasons, but leading the way was the umpires initially missing the fact that Strikers had six fielders on the leg side which is not permitted. The situation, which was spotted as it played out by Sydney Thunder captain Chris Green in the Channel 7 commentary box, arose with the fourth…
Seventeen bidders, including seven entities that own men’s IPL teams, will participate in the BCCI’s January 25 auction to buy the five women’s IPL franchisees ahead of the inaugural edition in March. The auction will take place in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, and the five winners will be determined through a closed-bids process. A key eligibility criterion for bidding, as listed by the BCCI as part of clearing the technical-bid…
Trent Bridge, the home of men’s reigning champions Trent Rockets, will host the opening fixtures of this year’s Hundred on August 1, with the final once again scheduled for Lord’s, on August 27. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo, this year’s tournament will played in a reduced four-week window, to avoid a clash with the summer’s men’s international schedule that has restricted the availability of many of the tournament’s marquee players in…
New Zealand chose to bowl vs India Rohit Sharma said he would have batted first anyway because defending on such a small ground will be difficult, and he said he wanted to put the team in tougher situations. Having decided they were going to bat first, India threw their spinners a big challenge as they picked three of them in their XI. India’s two in-form bowlers, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed…
Australia 119 for 2 (Perry 57*) beat Pakistan 118 (Schutt 5-15) by eight wickets Megan Schutt‘s career-best T20I figures, and a crisp half-century from Ellyse Perry opening the batting, spearheaded Australia to a convincing eight-wicket victory in the opening T20I against Pakistan as they began the final build-up to their T20 World Cup title in South Africa last month. Schutt became the fourth Australia bowler to take a five-wicket haul…