Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies due to “mild groin discomfort,” following South Africa’s win at Centurion. No replacement has been named in the squad which leaves South Africa with only three seamers: Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen, and certain to play a spinner at the Wanderers. Senuran Muthusamy played as a batting-allrounder at SuperSport Park but with Nortje ruled out, Keshav…
Pat Cummins will not return to India for the final Test in Ahmedabad, and Steven Smith will lead Australia again as they seek to level the Border-Gavaskar series. Ahmedabad will be the fourth time Smith has stood in for Cummins since they came together in the new leadership structure before the 2021-22 Ashes, but Smith insisted he had no interest in another full-time go at the captaincy. Related How Australia…
Jhye Richardson has been ruled out of Australia’s ODI tour of India, and his IPL stint with Mumbai Indians is also unlikely, after he suffered a hamstring injury recurrence in his first grade game back since the initial injury occurred during the BBL. He has also been sidelined from Western Australia’s Marsh Cup final against South Australia, to be played in Perth on Wednesday. Richardson had not played any cricket…
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (or Harmanpreet Kaur vs Smriti Mandhana) After locking in Smriti Mandhana in the WPL auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore also bid for India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who eventually went to Mumbai Indians. At a press conference, Mandhana was asked about face-offs with Harmanpreet, and she said, “We haven’t played a lot of domestic cricket in the last four-five years and so didn’t get opportunities to…
Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat against Bangladesh Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first against England in the third ODI in Chattogram. He has won all three tosses, deciding to bat first in all occasions. Tamim said the wicket looks dry, and they want to put up a good score with the hope that the ball spins in the second half. Rehan Ahmed was handed…
Indore. India’s first innings. Todd Murphy to Virat Kohli. 19.5 Beaten as this skids through. Kohli plays for turn from around the stumps but there’s none there. 21.4 Big appeal and Kohli has been given! He has reviewed after a brief chat with KS Bharat. This one’s fired full and fast, keeps a touch low too, Kohli plays across the front pad and is beaten as he prods forward. Ball…
Dane van Niekerk has the chance to get back to playing competitive cricket after a lengthy layoff, and all she wants is to “find the Dane” she might have lost in an emotional rollercoaster of a journey over the past year. “I just want to get back into it,” van Niekerk told ESPNcricinfo on the sidelines of the Women’s Premier League, where she is a part of the Royal Challengers…
Islamabad United 183 for 8 (Munro 63, Ashraf 39*, Umaid 3-37) beat Quetta Gladiators 179 for 6 (Najibullah 59, Nawaz 52, Farooqi 3-25) by two wickets Islamabad United beat Quetta Gladiators by two wickets in a seesawing game to confirm qualification for the last four for the seventh time in eight seasons. Half-centuries from Mohammad Nawaz and Najibullah Zadran helped Gladiators recover from a horror start to post 179. In…
UP Warriorz 175 for 7 (Harris 59*, Navgire 53, Garth 5-36) beat Gujarat Giants 169 for 6 (Deol 46) by three wickets Gujarat Giants came so close to pulling off a comeback win against UP Warriorz. A day after going down by 143-runs to Mumbai Indians and losing their captain Beth Mooney to injury, Gujarat recovered from Saturday’s disastrous collapse to score 169 for 6. Then they had Warriorz down…
Mark Wood has played down his expectations of involvement in England’s bid to regain the Ashes this summer, suggesting that he is unlikely to play more than two or three of the five Tests against Australia. Wood was England’s leading wicket-taker and best bowler during their 4-0 defeat on the 2021/22 tour, but has only played three Tests since due to injuries and the ECB’s attempts to manage his workload…