Month: April 2023

காயம் காரணமாக ஐபிஎல் 2023 போட்டியிலிருந்து விலகிய கேன் வில்லியம்சனுக்குப் பதிலாக இலங்கை டி20 கேப்டன் தசுன் ஷனகா தேர்வாகியுள்ளார். ஐபிஎல் 2023 போட்டியின் தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் கேட்ச் பிடிக்க முயன்றபோது கேன் வில்லியம்சனுக்குக் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது. சிக்ஸருக்குப் போகவிருந்த பந்தை எல்லைக்கோடு அருகே நின்றுகொண்டிருந்த கேன் வில்லியம்சன், கேட்ச் பிடிக்க முயன்றார். சிக்ஸருக்குச் செல்வதையும் தடுத்தார். கடைசியில் அது பவுண்டரியானது. இந்த அருமையான முயற்சியில் நிலை தடுமாறி கீழே விழுந்தார். அப்போது அவருடைய வலது கால் முட்டியில் பலமாக அடிபட்டது. பிறகு, இருவரின் உதவியுடன் தான் வில்லியம்சனால் மைதானத்தை விட்டு வெளியேற முடிந்தது. இயல்பாக நடக்கக் கூட…

Shanaka, Sri Lanka’s T20I captain, is a batting allrounder who has played 181 T20s, scoring 3702 runs at a strike rate of 141.94 and taking 59 wickets with an economy rate of 8.8. He had scored 124 runs at a strike rate of 187.87 during Sri Lanka’s three T20Is in India in January this year. This will be his first stint in the IPL. In his debut game for Titans,…

Shaheen Shah Afridi is set to return to international cricket after four months, having been named in Pakistan’s T20I and ODI squads for the home series against New Zealand. Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who were rested for the T20Is against Afghanistan, are also back in the side for the series which will be played in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi from April 14 to May 7. Shaheen had sustained…

Before the Dhaka Test, Harry Tector played just a single first-class match in four years. He didn’t feel too nervous coming into this game, admittedly not as much as he thought he would, but enough to keep him awake to the challenge at hand. Ireland’s long gap from Tests was the overriding theme on the first day at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. The batters needed a lot of adjustment…

Big picture: High-scoring contest likely This contest has produced some huge totals in recent seasons. At Sharjah in 2020, Rahul Tewatia played an iconic innings to help Rajasthan Royals chase down 224. At the Wankhede in 2021, Punjab Kings scored 221 but won by only four runs. Ground dimensions and pitch conditions were key factors in those high-scoring matches, and their clash in Guwahati could go the same way. In…

India batter Shreyas Iyer will undergo surgery on his injured back and will therefore miss the entire 2023 IPL, and the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Iyer, who’s Kolkata Knight Riders’ full-time captain at the IPL, will be travelling overseas for the surgery and is expected to be out for at least three months before he resumes training. An impinged nerve caused by a…

Rajat Patidar has been ruled out of IPL 2023, after having failed to recover sufficiently from a heel injury. His team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, said as much while announcing the update that they “have decided not to name a replacement player for Rajat just yet”. Patidar, 29, had been undergoing rehab at the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru over the past few days, and it was understood that he…

Tom Latham, the New Zealand Test opener, has agreed a short-term deal with champions Surrey to play in five LV= Insurance Championship matches in June and July. Latham, who has previous experience of county cricket with Kent and Durham, will arrive in time for the away fixture at Kent starting on June 11 and be available until the trip to Taunton in the final week of July. His signing will…

Central Districts 296 for 9 dec (Clarkson 79, Heaphy 56) and 156 for 5 dec (Boyle 47, Somerville 3-56) beat Auckland 161 for 1 dec (O’Donnell 76*, Guptill 45) and 103 (Toole 7-57, Dudding 3-32) by 188 runs Raymond Toole‘s career-best performance of 7 for 57 inspired Central Districts to the Plunket Shield title triumph on Tuesday with a dominating 188-run win over Auckland in Nelson. Central Districts finished level…

Lucknow Super Giants may have lost to Chennai Super Kings on Monday night after leaking 217 runs, but their bowling coach Morne Morkel sees the rise of their two international players as “a bonus” in the IPL. Mark Wood has already picked up eight wickets after hauls of 5 for 14 and 3 for 49, and Kyle Mayers is only behind Ruturaj Gaikwad on the run-scorers’ list following scores of…