The eight teams announced which players they had retained ahead of the draft earlier this month. Their squads for this summer’s 100-ball tournament – which runs from August 1-27 – will be fleshed out at the draft next month, which will be televised live on Sky Sports for the first time since 2019. In the women’s competition, each team could only retain four players, though will be able to use…
Warwickshire have signed Paul Stirling on a short-term deal as cover for Glenn Maxwell during the final stages of the IPL season. The move appears to confirm he will not be involved in Ireland’s Test against England at Lord’s from June 1-4. Maxwell recently signed a contract that will cover the majority of the Blast season, which runs from May 20 until July 15, but he will miss the start…
Moeen Ali, England’s vice-captain, believes his side have the skill and experience to thrive in front of a partisan home crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka in their first ODI in Bangladesh on Wednesday. England have lost five of their six ODIs this winter, generally fielding under-strength teams in front of underwhelming crowds in Australia and South Africa. But Wednesday’s game, the first of a three-match series in…
His value to Australia’s Test side has been made abundantly clear during the first two Tests of this series where the selectors have had to make concessions each way in his absence. Now the allrounder is back and Australia can for the first time, even in the absence of some senior players, at least look to balance the side however they wish in Indore. Related Cameron Green ‘100% ready to…
Rishabh Pant is “making some good progress with my recovery” after suffering a serious car accident in December 2022. The India wicketkeeper is expected to be out of action for most of 2023 after tearing three key ligaments in his knee, but is hopeful that “with the grace of God, and the support of the medical team, I will be fully fit very soon.” Pant’s influence on the Indian team…
Australia who won the women’s T20 World Cup for the third time in a row witnessed gains among their own players as well. Ashleigh Gardner, already the top-ranked allrounder, consolidated her position by scoring 110 runs and grabbing 10 wickets in the tournament. Also, with seven wickets at an economy rate of 5, Darcie Brown moved up five spots to No. 3 on the bowlers’ rankings. Sophie Ecclestone remains at…
It has been a frustrating wait for Bumrah, who has attempted to make a comeback more than once since suffering a back injury last August which had ruled him out of the Asia Cup. Initially, the injury had not seemed too serious as Bumrah was named in India’s T20 World Cup squad on September 12. To mark his fitness, Bumrah even played in the last two T20Is of the Australia…
Big picture: What next for Australia? So where do Australia go from here? Indore, of course, but in a more philosophical, soul-searching and series situation kind of way. Not surprisingly, 32 of their 40 wickets have fallen to spin so far, and 21 out of those 32 were either bowled or lbw. “Use your feet against the spinners,” they were told, and they went on the back foot a bit…
Rohit Sharma has hinted that India could request a green pitch for the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test in Ahmedabad if they win the third Test in Indore and seal their place in the World Test Championship final. India, currently 2-0 up in the four-Test series, need one more win to confirm their place in the WTC final, which is set to be played at The Oval from June 7 to 11….
Australia, South Africa, England, India, New Zealand and West Indies have earned automatic qualification to the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup by virtue of finishing in the top three of their respective groups at the 2023 edition of the competition. Bangladesh will also feature in next year’s edition, on virtue of being hosts, while Pakistan have qualified courtesy of being being the seventh-ranked team as of February 27. That means…