Former South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will join the New Zealand coaching staff for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in February. Morkel, 38, was recently part of the Namibia men’s coaching staff during the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, and is presently a bowling coach with Durban Super Giants in the SA20 League. He will join the New Zealand women’s team before their first game…
Zimbabwe 144 for 6 (Ervine 54, Burl 30*, White 2-26) beat Ireland 141 for 9 (Tector 47, Madhevere 2-8, Jongwe 2-23) by four wickets Player of the Match Ryan Burl went 6, 6, 4 off George Dockrell when Zimbabwe needed 23 off 15 balls and the game was in the balance. In the end, he finished with 30 not out from 11 deliveries to turn the screws in the chase…
The incident took place in the 43rd over when Virat Kohli pulled Chamika Karunaratne in front of square leg. Vandersay sprinted to his left from deep-backward square leg, and Bandara to his right from deep midwicket. Both fielders put in the slides but ended up colliding with each other. Bandara tried to stop the ball from reaching the boundary but as soon as he attempted to get up, he went…
Sydney Sixers 151 for 5 (Philippe 54) beat Perth Scorchers 145 for 7 (Eskinazi 66*, Abbott 3-18) by six runs Sean Abbott produced another clutch BBL performance and Dan Christian delivered a vital single-over spell as Sydney Sixers kept themselves in touch with top spot in the BBL table by overcoming leaders Perth Scorchers. Stephen Eskinazi anchored Scorchers’ chase after they lost early wickets but there wasn’t quite the power…
The BCB have said that TV umpire Tanvir Ahmed made a correct lbw decision during the BPL game between Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal on Saturday. Tanvir had adjudged Jaker Ali lbw in the 14th over of the Comilla innings, which the batter reviewed after on-field umpire Morshed Ali Khan had given him out. Replays indicated that the ball pitched outside leg-stump, but the BCB have explained that part of…
Meg Lanning‘s break from the game gave her a chance to feel normal and while she isn’t putting a time frame on how long her career may continue as she returns to international cricket she is motivated by what she can still achieve in the game. Lanning stepped away after Australia’s Commonwealth Games gold medal victory in August which completed a Grand Slam of triumphs alongside the Ashes and ODI…
Should day-night matches in India begin earlier to minimise the impact of the dew factor? R Ashwin certainly thinks so. The India offspinner wants matches at the upcoming ODI World Cup, which will be played in India in October-November 2023, to begin at 11.30am – a full two hours earlier than the usual start of day-night ODI games in India. In a video on his YouTube channel, Ashwin took the…
Rohit Sharma won the toss in the dead rubber in Thiruvananthapuram and elected to bat first, wanting to test the bowling attack in potentially dewy conditions. He went ahead and made the task all the more difficult by resting Hardik Pandya, leaving India only five bowlers including two fingerspinners in Axar Patel and Washington Sundar. Rohit also made a decision that will be extremely popular among the fans, bringing in…
Hobart Hurricanes 5 for 136 (David 76*, Sams 4-18) beat Sydney Thunder 135 (Davies 45, Ellis 4-27, Dooley 3-22) by five wickets Seamer Nathan Ellis claimed a hat-trick before Tim David powered Hobart Hurricanes to a vital five-wicket victory over slumping Sydney Thunder at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. After electing to bat in sunny conditions, Thunder never recovered from David Warner’s dismissal for a duck in the opening over….
Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter are expected to be unveiled as South Africa’s new coaches respectively. Conrad’s most recent position was in charge of South Africa’s Under-19 side, while Walter will move from his role as head coach of Central Districts in New Zealand. The pair were preferred to current interim coach Malibongwe Maketa, former West Indies director of cricket Richard Pybus and former national assistant coach Adi Birrel (who…