Scotland’s players refused to shake hands with Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane after their three-wicket loss in Kirtipur on Friday, a silent protest to the spinner’s continued presence and participation in the ICC’s Cricket World Cup League 2 series. The team shook hands with every other Nepal player after the game, but pointedly refused to do so with Lamichhane. Lamichhane is currently out on bail, facing charges of sexual coercion. He was…
Duminy is also likely to form part of the selection panel, which will only be made up of coaching staff at the moment. Victor Mpitsang and Patrick Moroney, who were in the jobs of selection convener and selector respectively, have been dismissed. Among their more controversial decisions was the inclusion of Simon Harmer in the Manchester Test, which changed a winning attack from Lord’s and forced South Africa to bat…
Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and opted to bat first in their Group 1 clash of the Women’s T20 World Cup against Bangladesh. This was after they suffered massive losses chasing in both their previous games to be bowled out for 76 and 67. New Zealand made two changes to the side that lost to South Africa. They left…
As they trudged off the Queens Sports Club after suffering a second successive Test thrashing, Zimbabwe were left disappointed at being comprehensively outplayed by West Indies. Defeat in this recently-concluded two-match series, however, was almost inconsequential for a nation emerging from an 18-month hiatus from Test cricket. Zimbabwe have only played 14 Tests over the last six years: in part because ongoing financial strife forced them to, and also because…
Robinson is far from off-broadway, already on equal billing with two active legends as he showcased with 4 for 51 on day two at Bay Oval. It was a haul that takes him to 64 dismissals after just 28 innings, keeping his average under 20 (19.60) in his 16th Test. And more importantly, his efforts kept New Zealand behind after their first innings before England were able to extend their…
India 21 for 0 (Rohit 13*, Rahul 4*) trail Australia 263 (Khawaja 82, Handscomb 72*, Shami 4-60, Ashwin 3-57, Jadeja 3-68) by 242 runs In one of the only two Tests India have lost at home in the last 10 years, Australia won the toss on a turning track and posted 261 in Pune in 2016-17. They batted with similar urgency after winning the toss on a Delhi pitch where…
Stumps Saurashtra 317 for 5 (Vasavada 81*, Jackson 59, Jani 57*, Ishan Porel 2-72) lead Bengal 174 (Shahbaz 69, A Porel 50, Sakariya 3-33, Unadkat 3-44) by 143 runs Bengal’s Ranji Trophy aspirations have taken a massive jolt with Saurashtra pulling away from their clutches slowly but surely on a leaden second day of the final at Eden Gardens. The match appeared to be on an even keel when Bengal,…
IPL 2023 will begin on March 31 as the league returns to its traditional home-and-away format in India for the first time since 2019. The tournament kicks off five days after the inaugural Women’s Premier League season ends on March 26, and the final will be held in Ahmedabad on May 28. IPL 2019 was the last time that the league was played across all the traditional venues in India….
India and Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out IPL 2023 with a lumbar stress fracture that will require surgery. This also puts him in considerable doubt for the 50-over World Cup at home this October-November. Prasidh, who will turn 27 on Sunday, hasn’t played any form of competitive cricket since India’s ODIs on the tour of Zimbabwe last August. He was subsequently picked for India A’s…
Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum, the Pakistan high court judge who headed the inquiry that eventually led to life bans for Saleem Malik and Ata-ur-Rehman and implicated a number of other Pakistani players in the first wave of match-fixing in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died. He was 79. Justice Qayyum was a prominent figure in the Pakistan legal community, as a senior judge in the Lahore High Court,…