Month: February 2023

Matthew Hoggard and Tim Bresnan, the former England fast bowlers, along with ex-Scotland international John Blain have all joined Andrew Gale in withdrawing from the disciplinary process relating to allegations of historical racism at Yorkshire. The quartet of former Yorkshire cricketers were among seven people due to appear before the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) in March, on charges levelled by the ECB in June following allegations made by their former…

Big Picture The BBL final will be one of contrasts. On the one hand you have the powerful Perth Scorchers who, barring the occasional blip, have looked the best team (again) this season. On the other, you have Brisbane Heat who were bottom on January 14 but have now strung together seven wins in eight matches to reach the final – their first since 2012-13 – the hard way from…

Middlesex have reopened their search for a successor to Mike O’Farrell, the club’s outgoing chair, after failing to identity a suitable replacement during the original recruitment process. The situation was discussed at a board meeting this week, with the expectation that an interim chair will be appointed at the club’s forthcoming AGM, with O’Farrell due to step down from the role on April 4. “The nominations committee will begin the…

“The likes of Rachael Haynes, Nooshin Al Khadeer, Tushar Arothe, and Gavan Twining will certainly take the performance of the team notches up,” Raj said in a statement released by the franchise. “Not only have they carved a niche for themselves in their roles, but their stories of resilience will [also] be an inspiration for the team.” Haynes, who retired as a player late last year after a glittering international,…

With the inaugural season slated to begin this July, the USA’s Major League Cricket franchise T20 tournament will have a player draft on March 9, which will take place at the NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. According to sources, MLC officials are in the process of organising a player scouting combine that will take place in Houston from March 1-8 in the lead-up to the draft. The eight-day…

Back on January 7, after being thrashed by Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium, the finals weren’t even on Brisbane Heat’s radar. They had just two wins from their first eight matches, after all. Less than a month later, Heat have journeyed back to Perth, only a win away from a second BBL title. If they cause a boilover on Saturday against Scorchers, the defending champions, at a sold-out Optus Stadium,…

Joginder has represented India in four ODIs and as many T20Is for India between 2004 and 2007, picking a total of five wickets across the formats. In the crunch moments of the T20 World Cup final against Pakistan, Joginder was picked as a surprise choice by the then captain MS Dhoni to bowl the final over. With Pakistan needing six off four balls with one wicket remaining, he got Misbah-ul-Haq…

Mickey Arthur, who is in line to become the team director of the Pakistan men’s national team, has reached out to Yasir Arafat, the former fast bowler, for the role of bowling coach. It is understood that the PCB wants three separate coaches – for batting, bowling and fielding – to work with Arthur after he comes on board. As things stand, there is no formal arrangement between Arthur and…

Bengal 328 and 69 for 1 (Abhimanyu 28*, Gharami 26*, Shukla 1-24) beat Jharkhand 173 and 221 (Sen 64, Chakraborty 41*, Roy 40, Ghatak 3-21, Shahbaz 2-45, Akash Deep 2-46) by nine wickets Bengal got past Jharkhand by nine wickets at Eden Gardens to secure their spot in the semi-finals of the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy. After putting Jharkhand in to bat, Akash Deep ran through their line-up, with some help…

When it comes to T20 cricket, Dan Christian has been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the trophies. As his career came to a close with Sydney Sixers defeat at the SCG on Thursday, he perhaps unsurprisingly left the game extolling the virtues of the format, and believes that what appears to be the unstoppable growth of T20 is the key to other parts of the game surviving. Christian…