Stephen Parry, the former Lancashire and England left-arm spinner, has been appointed as the Head Coach of Manchester Originals’ women’s team. Parry, who was born and raised in Manchester, played 249 times for Lancashire and is the county’s all-time leading wicket-taker in men’s T20 cricket, with 118 at 24.88 including a best of 5 for 13 against Worcestershire in 2016. He played a total of seven white-ball matches for England…
The ICC hopes they will be able to co-ordinate a women’s international cricket calendar with fewer clashes with franchise leagues than they have done in the men’s game by getting ahead of the T20 circuit thanks to their already published Future Tours Programme. Last year, the ICC unveiled its first women’s FTP, months before the Women’s PSL and IPL were confirmed, and the game’s global governing body is confident of…
The opener hit 33 fours and a six, adding 123 runs for the first wicket with Musheer Khan and an unbeaten 192 for the third with Ajinkya Rahane, as Mumbai went into stumps on 389 for 2. Shaw was severe on Roshan Alam, thumping the left-arm spinner for 76 runs at a run-a-ball. Related Gambhir picks Hardik, Shaw as India’s future captaincy candidates India’s contenders for the 2023 ODI World…
Gayathri, a former cricketer whose career was cut short by injury, is currently officiating in the second round match between Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh in Jamshedpur. Janani, an ex-software engineer, is umpiring in Surat for the game between Railways and Tripura, while Rathi, a former scorer, is in charge for the Goa vs Pondicherry match in Porvorim. Hailing from various backgrounds, the trio, already well-respected on the women’s circuit, made history…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI, in Guwahati. Rohit Sharma said India would have chased too, largely because substantial dew tends to form in the evening at this ground, which makes gripping the ball more difficult for bowlers. Sri Lanka made one change to the side that played the third T20I, bringing in young…
An emotive Jess Jonassen has explained what “the second coming” of Meg Lanning has done to the spirit of the Australian squad ahead of the T20 World Cup defence in South Africa next month. The 30-year-old Lanning took a break from cricket after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with the team she has captained to the greatest heights since 2014. Related Lanning returns to captain Australia against…
Trevor Griffin has been sacked as Sydney Thunder’s WBBL head coach after another disappointing season for the club, two years after he led them to their first title. Thunder won just one of 14 matches in this year’s tournament to finish bottom of the table after a seventh-placed performance in 2021. A Thunder statement said “management concluded it was time for a change of direction.” The club have not been…
David Warner claims Cricket Australia’s decision to only offer Justin Langer a six-month contract was a “kick in the face”, while admitting the coach lost several key players in the team. The build up to and fallout of Langer’s exit as coach last year is a key focus of the second season of The Test documentary, which will be released on Friday on Prime Video. Langer’s departure at the end…
Bruce Murray, who played a starring role in New Zealand’s first ever Test victory in Pakistan, has died aged 82. Murray, a right-hand opening batter, made his debut in February 1968 and played 13 Test matches, scoring 598 runs at an average of 23.92, including five fifties. We are deeply saddened to learn of of the passing of former Test Cricketer Bruce Murray earlier today. Our thoughts are with his…
Usman Khawaja believes the stability in Australia’s Test squad puts them in a strong position to challenge India next month as they look to win a series in the country for the first time since 2004. Australia will announce their squad on Wednesday and the fact only a handful of positions are really up for debate, especially in the batting, reinforces Khawaja’s view. Since the final Test of last year’s…