Month: February 2023

Eoin Morgan, England’s 2019 World Cup-winning captain, has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect. Morgan, 36, retired from international cricket in July 2022 after a 16-year career – first with Ireland, then with England – but continued to play in short-form tournaments around the world. He captained London Spirit to the Hundred’s eliminator last year, was a losing finalist in the Abu Dhabi T10…

The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2023 WPL player auction in Mumbai. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 82 approx; INR 50 lakh = USD 60,400 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 120,000 approx) 2023 WPL auction sold players Live updates to follow… 2023 WPL auction unsold players Live updates to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Titas Sadhu is strong and fast, already a world champion, getting better, and one of the young Indian players to keep an eye on at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction. On January 29, she returned 2 for 6 and bagged the Player-of-the Match award at the Under-19 World Cup final as India beat England with some ease. After coming home, she has gone back to training, trying to become…

Tasmania 236 (Webster 75*, McDermott 50, Abbott 3-40, Zampa 3-41) and 0 for 6 need 281 more runs to beat New South Wales 8 for 417 dec and 1 for 105 dec (Hughes 63*) A desperate and winless New South Wales gambled with a generous declaration late on day three as the Sheffield Shield heavyweights chase a much-needed win over Tasmania at the SCG having declined to enforce the follow-on….

Scott Boland hopes he has put enough pressure on Australia’s selectors to keep his place for the second Test against India in Delhi despite Mitchell Starc‘s imminent return from a finger injury. Starc missed the opening Test in Nagpur because of the finger injury he suffered in late December. He remained at home for the start of the tour but has flown into Delhi and will train today on his…

South Australia 7 for 438 dec (Drew 208* and 6 for 191 dec (McSweeney 104*) beat Western Australia 162 and 303 (Bancroft 80, Cartwright 50, McAndrew 4-73) by 164 runs Sheffield Shield strugglers South Australia secured a memorable 164-run win over runaway leaders Western Australia at Adelaide Oval with the result lifting them into third on the table. South Australia have finished bottom in each of the past five seasons…

Indore has been confirmed as the venue for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy after Dharamsala was ruled out because the ground was not ready. The BCCI have confirmed that the teams will head to the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore for the third match starting on March 1 following the second Test in Delhi starting on February 17. The board had narrowed the choice of the third Test…

New Zealand began their preparations for the first Test against England without a full deck as Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on the travel plans of a number of their squad members. They trained on Monday morning at Bay Oval without Tom Blundell, Henry Nicholls, Matt Henry, Will Young, Blair Tickner and three support staff after sweeping rains and high winds caused widespread disruptions across the North Island. New Zealand Cricket…

From “one of the lowest phases” of her life following her omission from the 50-over World Cup, to a tension-easing half-century as India began the 20-over version with victory against Pakistan, Jemimah Rodrigues likes how life is going right now, but says she owes her turnaround to some turners on Mumbai’s maidans. They got there with just one over to spare and afterwards Rodrigues, who scored a 38-ball 53 not…

West Indies 133 for 4 (Reifer 53, Mavuta 2-24) lead Zimbabwe 115 (Kaia 38, Motie 7-37) by 18 runs Just like a more high-profile surface several thousands of kilometres away, the pitch at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo offered plenty of turn as early as the first session on day one, and West Indies’ left-armer Gudakesh Motie used the assistance to run through Zimbabwe with figures of 7 for…