Month: July 2023

Ajinkya Rahane has pulled out of a stint with Leicestershire following his recall to India’s Test team. He was expected to link up with the team for the One-Day Cup next month, but will instead take a short break from cricket. India’s next World Test Championship (WTC) assignment, though, is only in December-January, a two-match series away in South Africa. Peter Handscomb, meanwhile, will extend his stay with Leicestershire as…

Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs India West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl in the second ODI against India at Bridgetown on Saturday. They made two changes to the side that lost the opener by five wickets, with Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty coming in for Rovman Powell and Dominic Drakes. India, meanwhile, opted to rest Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, with Hardik Pandya leading the…

Stuart Broad said he had been told by umpire Kumar Dharmasena that if zing bails had been in use for the Ashes Steven Smith would have been given out on the second day at The Oval, but he was comfortable with the borderline decision having gone Smith’s way. What could be a vital moment in the Test – and crucial to whether the series ends 2-2 – occurred in the…

James Anderson has reiterated he is in no mood to retire from international cricket, despite his meagre returns in the Ashes series to date, and insists he’s not far away from regaining his best form. Anderson has so far claimed five wickets at 74.80 in his four appearances in this series, and with his 41st birthday looming on the fourth day of the ongoing Oval Test, speculation has been mounting…

Worcestershire 406 and 316 for 8 (Libby 117, Waite 62, van Meekeren 5-73) lead Gloucestershire 301 (O Price 115, Pennington 3-39) by 421 runs Jake Libby continued his prolific run of form to manoeuvre promotion-chasing Worcestershire into a position of strength on day three of the LV=County Championship match against neighbours Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. Worcestershire’s leading run scorer this season, Libby posted an assured 117 to steer his side to…

Lancashire 544 for 7 dec (Bohannon 128, Wells 119, Salt 107; White 3-85) drew with Northamptonshire 342 (Gay 144, Procter 75; Balderson 3-44, Morley 3-88) and 213 for 5 (Gay 61) One winter in the late 1980s the Lancashire slow left-armer, Ian Folley, was talking about spin bowling in County Championship matches. It was one of the many eras in the county’s history when the team was making regular tilts…

The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played from June 4 to 30 next year in the Caribbean and the USA, across 10 venues, ESPNcricinfo has learned. It is understood that this week an ICC team inspected some shortlisted venues in the USA, which will be hosting an international global cricket event for the first time. These include Lauderhill in Florida, which has hosted international matches already…

Australia 295 (Smith 71, Woakes 3-61) lead England 283 by 12 runs Underpinned by Steven Smith, Australia’s tortoises eked out a slender first-innings lead over England’s hares at The Oval. England had thrashed 283 in 54.4 overs on the first day, but Australia responded at a different tempo altogether. They edged ahead after exactly 99 overs of their innings, thanks in no small part to their captain, Pat Cummins. Cummins…

Australia 221 for 0 (Sutherland 109, Litchfield 106), beat Ireland 217 (Prendergast 71, Garth 3-34, Gardner 3-38) by 10 wickets Phoebe Litchfield became the second youngest Australian woman to hit an ODI century en route to taking her country to a comfortable 10-wicket win over Ireland in Dublin. Chasing 218 for victory, Litchfield hit an unbeaten 106 and Annabel Sutherland hit 109 not out to help Australia reach the target…

Derbyshire 318 (Reece 131, Came 65) and 360 for 0 dec (Reece 201*, Came 141*) drew with Glamorgan 521 for 8 dec (Ingram 136, Cooke 70, Zain-ul-Hassan 69, Carlson 57, Root 52) Luis Reece and Harry Came wrote themselves into the Derbyshire record books and ended Glamorgan’s victory hopes as the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby ended in a draw. Reece and Came set a new county record opening…