Super Giants are in second place on the IPL points table, with five wins from 10 games. Their push for a second straight playoff appearance will now be spearheaded by Krunal Pandya, who takes over the captaincy on an interim basis. He has already led the team in one game, against Chennai Super Kings, although it got washed out. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Head coach Jason Gillespie believes that South Australia have put together the strongest group of fast bowlers in state cricket amid signs of a rejuvenation in the team’s fortunes. Related Buckingham runs through New Zealand A with six-for Aussies in county cricket catch-up: Ashes back-ups make their mark Buckingham joins Northamptonshire for three Championship fixtures “We’ve really worked hard to get some depth in our bowling,” Gillespie told reporters in…
August 30: 1st ODI, DurbanSeptember 1: 2nd ODI, DurbanSeptember 3: 3rd ODI, DurbanSeptember 7: 1st ODI, BloemfonteinSeptember 9: 2nd ODI, BloemfonteinSeptember 12: 3rd ODI, PotchefstroomSeptember 15: 4th ODI, CenturionSeptember 17: 5th ODI, Johannesburg Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Ravi Shastri and Tom Moody feel it is “inevitable” that IPL teams will start to influence world cricket by engaging players in long term contracts which will see them take part in multiple leagues. Last week, FICA confirmed that there have been informal conversations between some franchises and players about the possibility of such contracts, but nobody has officially signed one yet. “We have seen that slowly shift in the…
Australia pace bowler Kane Richardson could be heading for a freelance T20 career after being omitted from the Queensland contract list meaning he will be without a state deal next season. Richardson, 32, has played 25 ODIs and 35 T20Is, the most recent of which came in last season’s T20 World Cup against Afghanistan. He may still be in Australia’s plans for next year’s tournament in West Indies and the…
Glamorgan 245 (Labuschagne 65, Northeast 49, Edwards 3-54) lead Yorkshire 62 for 5 (Neser 3-15) There can’t be much Jonny Bairstow and the Archbishop of Canterbury have in common. But for the next few days at least, their hands are of great interest. Different levels, of course. The duties in Westminister Abbey of popping a crown on the head of King Charles III ranks higher than standing up to the…
Nottinghamshire 119 for 5 (Hameed 57*) trail Lancashire 214 (Bohannon 68, Hutton 5-66) by 95 runs DH Lawrence, who studied a few miles down the road from Trent Bridge at Nottingham High School, would have identified with Brett Hutton. The son of a coal miner, he would have recognised something familiar in Hutton’s bearded features and robust frame as he diligently went about his work. Something in his honest persistence,…
Sussex 63 for 1 trail Worcestershire 264 (Hose 59, Waite 59, Leach 53, Robinson 7-59) by 201 runs If the first day of this game illustrated the exceptional talent of a cricketer who will probably be facing Australia at Edgbaston in 43 days’ time, it also reminded the 2000-plus crowd of the deep well of ability that exists in the county game. On an afternoon when the press box was…
Kolkata Knight Riders 171 for 9 (Rinku 46, N Rana 42, Jansen 2-24, Natarajan 2-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 166 for 8 (Markram 41, Klaasen 36, Thakur 2-23, Arora 2-32) by five runs Varun Chakravarthy bowled overs 16, 18 and 20 for 12 runs – four of them off byes and leg byes – and one wicket as Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off an improbable win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, only their…
Surrey 1 for 0 trail Essex 314 (Westley 62, Critchley 60, Cook 51, Atkinson 6-68) by 313 runs No team had made 300 against Surrey this season, and that record threatened to stretch into a seventh consecutive innings at Chelmsford. Essex were coasting towards uncharted territory at tea on the first day, 204 for 3 and with Tom Westley, the captain, and Matt Critchley ensconced in an unbroken hundred stand,…