Andrew Tye, the Australia seamer, has signed for Northamptonshire for the 2023 T20 Blast. Tye was the stand-out performer in Durham’s Blast campaign last season, claiming 21 wickets in 10 matches, to take his overall record in the competition to 67 wickets in 48, following a previous spell at Gloucestershire between 2016 and 2019. He joins Northants off the back of his fourth BBL title, having helped Perth Scorchers overcome…
Bengal 307 for 4 (Majumdar 120, Gharami 112, Agarwal 2-21) vs Madhya Pradesh In what is a rematch of last season‘s Ranji Trophy semi-final, Bengal finished the first day in a stronger position – against defending champions Madhya Pradesh – courtesy twin centuries from Sudip Kumar Gharami and Anustup Majumdar. The duo batted for 69 overs through the afternoon to add 241 runs for the third wicket, however, MP reduced…
Are India about to unleash Suryakumar Yadav on Test cricket? It’s impossible to say, with Rohit Sharma remaining tight-lipped about specific selection calls on the eve of the Nagpur Test, but the India captain has promised a horses-for-courses approach through the four Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The course in Nagpur is expected to be a pitch that heavily favours spinners from day one, which could turn the Test match…
Surface tensions seem to erupt almost every time India host a major Test series – Nagpur 2015, Pune 2017 and Ahmedabad 2021 are three recent examples of matches that came to be defined by the pitches they were played on. There’s a distinct chance, now, that Nagpur 2023 could join that list, with charges of pitch doctoring, and rebuttals to those charges, dominating discussions on traditional, electronic and social media…
Big picture: get on the BGT hype train There are no absolutes except for the absolutes, one of which is time and how everything fades in front of it. This is especially true of stuff that take place on a pretty green field because, well, they aren’t as important as that list of things you need to go get for your mum’s birthday or the supplies that your kid needs…
England XI 465 (Brook 97, Lawrence 85, Root 77, Foakes 57) vs New Zealand XI For a warm-up fixture that had started to feel like an afterthought before it had even begun, England made the first meaningful day of cricket on this tour count. A score of 465 was blitzed in 69.2 overs against a New Zealand XI, with 55 fours and 17 sixes hammering home a mantra that the…
The second World Test Championship (WTC) final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7 to 11. The ICC, while confirming the dates, said that there will be a reserve day for the final, on June 12. The dates place the WTC final between the IPL final, which is usually in late May or early June, and the Ashes, which starts on June 16 in Birmingham. There…
It was a big-scoring series, with 271 the lowest team total, and 300 breached three times. Jos Buttler hit 131 in a total of 346 for 7 in the last ODI, which has pushed him up six spots to joint-20th among batters, while Dawid Malan, who scored 118 and shared a 232-run partnership with Buttler for the fourth wicket in that game, rose 31 places to 58th. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Pat Cummins says he won’t reveal Australia’s first Test XI until the toss on Thursday, but Todd Murphy is firming to make his Test debut, while Peter Handscomb‘s chances of a Test recall are increasing as Australia are wary of the problems too many left-hand batters might face on a made-to-order Nagpur pitch. The ground staff at the VCA Stadium were seen carefully curating the pitch two days before the…
123.2 to KR Mayers, Jaffa from Mavuta and Mayers is bowled through the gates! That was tossed up full outside off, Mayers looks to drive, but the ball turns in sharply and clatters onto the stumps. 373/2 127.4 to RA Reifer, Reifer has picked the lone fielder deep on the on-side! Oh, Reifer is livid with himself. Was an absolute long-hop outside off. He goes back and drills the pull….