Month: February 2023

Northern Districts 156 for 3 (Seifert 51, Joe Carter 30*, Shipley 2-42) beat Canterbury 154 for 6 (McConchie 54, Leo Carter 37, Santner 3-16, Wagner 2-22) by seven wickets Northern Districts’ New Zealand seniors Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, and Tim Seifert ushered them to their fourth domestic T20 title and second in a row. The result meant Cole McConchie‘s Canterbury suffered their third successive defeat in a Super Smash final….

Smriti Mandhana, the India vice-captain, has been ruled out of the team’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan in Cape Town on Sunday due to a finger injury. However, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, the stand-in coach, has confirmed there’s no fracture, which means Mandhana is likely to be available from India’s second game onwards, against West Indies on February 15. He was more bullish on Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain, who has been…

Australia were bowled out for 91 inside a session on the third day to lose by an innings and 132 runs. It was Australia’s lowest-ever total in India and their second consecutive innings defeat on the subcontinent after they were hammered by Sri Lanka in the second Test in Galle last year. The omission of Head, who had scored 525 runs at 87.50 in his last five Test matches during…

After 24 of the 30 wickets were taken by spinners in the Nagpur Test, which India won by an innings and 132 runs, their captain Rohit Sharma has laid down the template for how to play on turning pitches: use your feet, be a bit unorthodox, try to sweep and reverse sweep, and put pressure on the bowler. The lead up to the first Test of the series was dominated…

South Australia 7 for 438 dec (Drew 208*, Hunt 62, McAndrew 56*) and 2 for 31 lead Western Australia 162 (Stoinis 56, McAndrew 3-51, Agar 3-54) by 307 runs An unbeaten double century from Daniel Drew and fine work from Nathan McAndrew and Wes Agar have South Australia into a commanding position In their Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia. SA ended day two at Adelaide Oval on 2 for…

Ravindra Jadeja has been docked 25% of his match fee and handed a demerit point for breaching Article 2.20 of ICC’s code of conduct for players during the Nagpur Test against Australia. The clause relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game. The incident in question took place in the 46th over of day one of the Test when the Australia first innings was on….

35.5 to M Labuschagne, beautiful bowling. He did this to Michael Clarke all those years ago. Now he has got Marnus Labuschagne. He has pegged him back with quick deliveries, then slows one down, Labuschagne is dragged forward to defend, but is not extremely close to its pitch, which means his back foot is dragged too. The ball then turns away with a puff of dust, and he is stumped….

Queensland 175 and 2 for 65 (Clayton 34*, Street 16*, McClure 1-7) need 285 runs to beat Victoria 307 & 217 (Perry 75, Short 58, Bartlett 4-32) Jack Clayton and Bryce Street defied Victoria’s emerging pace attack late on day three, but Queensland still faced an uphill battle to escape defeat in a pivotal Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG. Chasing a tough 350 runs in four sessions, Queensland lost…

New South Wales 3 for 272 (Hughes 153*, Patterson 56) vs Tasmania Veteran New South Wales opener Daniel Hughes made his highest first-class score with an unbeaten 153 to underpin one of his team’s few good Sheffield Shield batting efforts this season. The left-hander eclipsed his previous best score of 136, notching 17 fours, as NSW made 3 for 272 after winning the toss at the SCG. Hughes’s ton, the…

Delhi Capitals have roped in former Surrey, Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire wicketkeeper-batter Jonathan Batty as their head coach for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). Former India international Hemlata Kala, and Lisa Keightley, the former Australia cricketer with vast coaching experience, have been named the team’s assistant coaches. And Biju George, who has previously worked with the India women’s team, has been named the fielding coach. He is also the fielding…