Month: February 2023

Jos Buttler, England’s white-ball captain, has admitted to “frustrations” that his team’s preparation for the defence of their 50-over World Cup title has been hampered by scheduling clashes ahead of this month’s tour of Bangladesh. However, Buttler insists there will be no consequences for those players who have made themselves unavailable for the tour – among them Alex Hales, Sam Billings and David Willey – given that the opportunities currently…

Ireland will stage their final Super League series against Bangladesh in May at a venue in England to maximise their chances of World Cup qualification. Ireland’s hopes of finishing in the top eight of the Super League will rely on South Africa and Sri Lanka’s results against Netherlands and New Zealand respectively. But unless Sri Lanka win 3-0 in New Zealand in March, a 3-0 Ireland victory over Bangladesh is…

Fast-bowling allrounder Kyle Jamieson makes a comeback to New Zealand’s squad for the two-Test series against England at home in February. It is the first time Jamieson has been selected since he injured his back on the tour of England in June last year. Jamieson returned to New Zealand’s domestic cricket circuit only in January this year, and at the time of his selection in the Test squad, he had…

South Africa’s hopes of direct qualification for the ODI World Cup later this year have suffered a setback after they were docked one point from their tally in the Super League standings for maintaining a slow over-rate during their defeat to England in the third ODI in Kimberley on Wednesday. Match referee Jeff Crowe imposed the sanction, finding Temba Bavuma‘s team to be one over short of the target after…

England Under-19s 1st Innings  BATTING   R B M 4s 6s SR Harry Singh  lbw b Balkin 67 163 – 10 0 41.10 Ben McKinney  c †Aitken b Vernon 12 22 – 2 0 54.54 Jacob Bethell (c) c †Aitken b Straker 2 8 – 0 0 25.00 James Rew † c Balkin b Straker 26 50 – 1 2 52.00 Matthew Hurst  lbw b Balkin 55 66 – 7 1 83.33 Danial…

Brisbane Heat 117 for 6 (Neser 48*, Brown 20, Naveed 2-28) beat Sydney Sixers 116 for 9 (Hughes 23, Patterson 19, Kuhnemann 3-17, Johnson 3-28) by four wickets Michael Neser produced a match-winning knock under pressure on a slow SCG surface as new-look Brisbane Heat qualified for the BBL final after producing a stirring upset victory over Sydney Sixers. Powerhouse Sixers were strong favourites, having won their last eight matches…

Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in the final of the women’s T20I tri-series in East London. The visitors brought in spin-bowling allrounder Sneh Rana in place of pacer Shikha Pandey. South Africa made two changes by playing Lara Goodall and Ayabonga Khaka for allrounder Marizanne Kapp and pacer Tumi Sekhukhune in the XI. The hosts…

Rehan Ahmed is set to make his England white-ball debut in Bangladesh next month. Rehan, the 18-year-old legspinner who took seven wickets on Test debut in Karachi in December – including a second-innings five-for – has been named in the ODI and T20I squads for the tour, England’s first to Bangladesh since 2016. Saqib Mahmood returns for the ODI series, nearly a year after his most recent international appearance. He…

Temba Bavuma‘s performances in South Africa’s 2-1 ODI series win over England have landed him an SA20 deal after he was snubbed at the auction last year. Bavuma will replace Tom Abell at Sunrisers Eastern Cape with Abell joining the England Lions and the franchise impressed by Bavuma’s big-hitting. Bavuma was South Africa’s leading run-scorer in the series, with 180 runs from three matches, which was his most successful as…

Chandika Hathurusingha‘s appointment as Bangladesh coach has drawn diverse reactions in the country. The new two-year deal will be Hathurusingha’s second stint in this position after he spent three years, from 2014 to 2017, before leaving abruptly for the Sri Lanka role. He has now returned as the all-format coach, according to BCB president Nazmul Hassan, which all but rules out S Sriram as the T20I coach of the team….