Ben Stokes has been named men’s Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2023 edition of the Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack, published on Tuesday. Stokes, who achieved the honour in 2020 and 2021 for his performance with bat and ball, has made it three wins in four years primarily off the back of his leadership. Since being appointed as Test captain at the start of last summer, the 31-year-old has overseen…
Chennai Super Kings 226 for 6 (Conway 83, Dube 52, Siraj 1-30) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 218 for 8 (Maxwell, 76, du Plessis 62, Deshpande 3-45, Pathirana 2-42) by eight runs In February earlier this year Faf du Plessis was back in yellow, leading Jo’burg Super Kings to the inaugural SA20 semi-finals along with coach Stephen Fleming. Two months on in the IPL, du Plessis, in red and gold, launched…
The 2023 season of the CPL will be played across five countries in the Caribbean from August 17 to September 24. Compared to the five venues that hosted matches last season across four countries – there were two venues in Trinidad & Tobago – this year’s CPL will also have matches played in Barbados; the island wasn’t in the schedule last time. The CPL will start with defending champions Jamaica…
Liucknow Super Giants’ IPL 2023 home game against Chennai Super Kings has been brought forward from May 4 to May 3 because of the municipal elections in Lucknow on the original date. The game was scheduled to have a 3.30pm start, as part of a Thursday double-header, with Sunrisers Hyderabad facing Kolkata Knight Riders in the later game. The rescheduled game will also start at 3.30pm, making it a Wednesday…
Toss New Zealand opt to bat vs Pakistan New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first in the third T20I against Pakistan in Lahore. The visitors must win to remain alive in the five-match series, with Pakistan having taken a 2-0 lead. Having lost the first two matches while chasing, Tom Latham opted to set a target this time. He made two changes to the side that lost…
In his first eight innings in Test cricket, way back in 2017, Sadeera Samarawickrama‘s best innings were two thirty-odds. There was promise there for sure – his first knock, a sparkling 38 off 35 balls in a Dubai Test that Sri Lanka won, was especially good. But then he went to India, as tough a place as there is for a 22-year-old batter to tour, and made 23, 0, 13,…
The hosts’ dominance was more-or-less unceasing through the course of the day, leaving Ireland in a woeful situation at stumps – they are still 474 runs behind, with three first-innings wickets in hand. The pitch has begun to take significant – if not unplayable – turn too. To challenge Sri Lanka in Galle in April’s unrelenting heat was always going to be difficult for Ireland, who have never played a…
Key takeawaysFour out of the six clubs that have qualified for the Super League were always strongly placed: the top four – Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Abahani Limited, Legends of Rupganj and Prime Bank Cricket Club – were around the top four for most of the league’s first phase. Only the star-studded Mohammedan Sporting Club had to make a late move, winning their last six games on the trot to…
Big picture: A winning streak will stop One of these teams will have its winning momentum snapped, the other will take its winning streak to three matches when Sunrisers Hyderabad host Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad. They both made identical starts to the season with two successive defeats before bouncing back with two wins each. Sunrisers might well have made a pivotal move in Harry Brook‘s T20 career by using him…
Faith Thomas, the first Indigenous woman to play for Australia in any sport, has died aged 90. ESPNcricinfo has been granted permission to use Aunty Faith Thomas’ name and image. Thomas was a survivor of the Stolen Generations policy, and was raised at Colebrook Home in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, where she played cricket on dirt roads using homemade bats and a rock if there was no ball as a…