India captain Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Mumbai Indians franchise in the inaugural edition of the WPL, set to begin on March 4 in Mumbai. Harmanpreet was not the most expensive player bought by Mumbai at the auction last month but she was expected to lead the side, which will feature other top international names such as Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr. “As the national captain, she has…
Najam Sethi, the PCB chairman, made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday night and said Maroof would continue to be available for selection as a player. “It has been an honour for me to captain my country and I feel fortunate to have led an incredible and hardworking bunch of cricketers,” Maroof, 31, said in a statement released by PCB. “It has been one exciting ride, which has been full…
South Africa 342 (Markram 115, Elgar 71, Joseph 5-81) vs West Indies South Africa’s lower order squeezed out 28 runs from 4.3 overs on the second morning to reach 342, but Alzarri Joseph got Gerald Coetzee and Anrich Nortje to register his first Test five-for and limit the damage. He finished with 5 for 81 but went for runs when he pitched the ball up on the second morning; in…
Anderson had displaced Australia’s Pat Cummins as the No. 1 bowler on February 22, after taking seven wickets in the first Test against New Zealand. At the age of 40, he was the oldest top-ranked bowler since Australian legspinner Clarrie Grimmett in 1936. However, Anderson took only three wickets in the second Test against New Zealand, which wasn’t enough to hold off Ashwin’s surge up the charts. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs England Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first against England in the first ODI in Dhaka. He said that he would like his batters to make the best use of the conditions at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. The home side picked three spinners in the line-up, including Taijul Islam, with Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman the pace options. Tamim returns to take…
Having not been parachuted into Australia’s tough tour of India, in-form opener Cameron Bancroft is instead focusing on continuing his run glut in the domestic season ahead of the Ashes. Australian selectors resisted replacing the injured David Warner with Bancroft, who is the leading run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield with 767 runs at 63.91 with four centuries. Bancroft played 10 Tests sandwiched between his lengthy ban for his part in…