Proactivity has been the buzzword around the Australia batting group both before and after the disastrous innings defeat India inside three days. But Carey admits he probably took it a little too far. He played the most proactive innings of the match in the first innings on day one. He got off the mark with a reverse sweep and raced to 36 off just 32 balls with seven boundaries. But…
Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out of the series against England, and faces another extended period on the sidelines after a recurrence of his back stress fracture, while Matt Henry will also miss the first Test. Jamieson, 28, had been in line to play at least one of the upcoming Tests having not feature in international cricket since June when he initially picked up the back injury in England. However,…
South Africa 132 for 6 (Tryon 40) beat New Zealand 67 (Mlaba 3-10) by 65 runs A fired-up South Africa reignited their home World Cup campaign with a 65-run win over New Zealand in front of a boisterous Boland Park crowd. After their shock defeat to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener and with six of the playing XI including captain Sune Luus going unsold in the WPL auction, South…
Lahore Qalandars 175 for 6 (Zaman 66, Baig 32, Mir 2-25) beat Multan Sultans 174 for 6 (Rizwan 75, Masood 35, Talat 1-16) by one run It all went to plan, and yet it was unpredictable right till the end. Lahore Qalandars’ death bowling was as unplayable as you might expect from a line-up that boasts Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan, while it was impossible to prevent Mohammad…
ESPNcricinfo understands that Cricket South Africa is willing to give Dané van Niekerk a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to play in the inaugural WPL after she was picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Van Niekerk was sold for her base price of 30 lakh (approx. US$37,000) and told ESPNcricinfo that she was “[in] a bit in shock but absolutely thrilled” to get a deal. Even though CSA’s policy is to only…
West Indies 290 for 8 (Chase 70, Reifer 53, Nyauchi 3-56) lead Zimbabwe 115 by 175 runs Heavy rain brought an early close to the second day’s play in Bulawayo, but not before West Indies had put Zimbabwe under pressure with a 175-run first-innings lead. Roston Chase hit 70 and Joshua Da Silva got a patient 44, capitalising on Raymon Reifer’s half-century from the first evening. Play didn’t resume after…
Ireland opt to bat vs England Laura Delany said Ireland were “itching to get out there” after choosing to bat first in their T20 World Cup opener against England at Boland Park in Paarl. “It looks like a really good wicket,” Delany said, on a baking-hot afternoon in the South African sunshine. “Our preparation has gone quite well. Morale is definitely up. There’s a really good energy and buzz around…
Bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 1.8 crore“I feel great, I have always seen Mumbai Indians doing well in the IPL, and now I also have the opportunity to be part of the team”, Harmanpreet told Sports 18. “I think it’s a gamechanger for all of us because we are going to experience this pressure [for] the first time. I’m very excited and at the same time, this will entirely…
“Baz brought that up, actually,” James Anderson said with a smirk. “He wasn’t happy with it. He was fuming. Apparently the whole team [New Zealand] were fuming at the time with Auckland.” Of the myriad numbers and quirks in a career entering its 22nd year, there is one that sticks out within Anderson’s 282 first-class appearances. One that his current Test coach Brendon McCullum still holds against him. Back on…
RCB spent nearly 50% of their INR 12 crore purse on three players in the first marquee set, also buying allrounders Sophie Devine at her base price of INR 50 lakh (US$ 61,000 approx) and Ellyse Perry for INR 1.7 crore (US$ 207,000 approx). Mumbai Indians, who failed to buy Mandhana, beat off competition from RCB and Delhi Capitals for Harmanpreet Kaur and bought the India skipper for INR 1.8…