Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh has been left out of India Women’s white-ball squads for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. In her absence, Yastika Bhatia and Uma Chetry, who is uncapped in international cricket, are the keeping options for India. Chetry, who plays for Assam in domestic cricket, was recently part of the India A side in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Emerging Teams Cup. India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti…
Ben Stokes says he would have withdrawn the appeal if his side had dismissed a player in the manner that Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow on the final day of a thrilling Test at Lord’s. Australia won a see-sawing Test by 43 runs, surviving a Stokes scare along the way, but a pivotal moment came when Bairstow was dismissed shortly before lunch. England were settled, having only lost Ben Duckett…
MCC has issued an unreserved apology to Australia after some of their players were abused when walking through the Long Room on day five of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, following the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow, with Usman Khawaja describing what was said as “pretty disrespectful”. Khawaja and David Warner were shown on TV footage getting into a heated exchange with MCC members as the Australians went to…
Hampshire 107 for 2 (Vince 55*) beat Gloucestershire 105 (Turner 3-15, Wood 3-18) by eight wickets John Turner led a destructive bowling performance as defending champions Hampshire Hawks thrashed Gloucestershire by eight wickets and booked their place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals. Fast bowler Turner took his Blast wicket tally to 18 with 3 for 15, with Chris Wood‘s 3 for 18, Benny Howell’s 2 for 18 and miserly spells…
Northern Diamonds 209 for 3 (Winfield-Hill 116*, Tryon 57*) beat South East Stars 205 (Hill 63, Hall 4-33) by seven wickets Lauren Winfield-Hill hit a match-winning century as the Northern Diamonds beat South East Stars by seven wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham on Sunday. The England star produced a show-stealing 116 not out as the reigning champions cruised home with 17 overs to spare, leapfrogging the…
3.6 to MS Harris, gone! Beauty from Archer! Just full of a length, angles in, squares Harris up, no real movement off the seam but the perfect line and length from around the wicket, and a thin edge through to Bairstow! That’s the early breakthrough England were after.. 12/1 31.4 to DA Warner, finds the edge this time! Precision engineering from Archer, he recalibrates by a couple of millimetres and…
Sri Lanka 169 for 1 (Nissanka 101*, Karunaratne 30) beat Zimbabwe 165 (Williams 56, Raza 31, Theekshana 4-25, Madushanka 3-15) by nine wickets A clinical bowling performance backed by an unbeaten 101 from Pathum Nissanka helped Sri Lanka register a nine-wicket win in the Super Six clash against Zimbabwe and also confirmed their spot at the ODI World Cup in India later this year. The win was set up by…
England were left fuming by Australia’s decision not to withdraw their appeal for the stumping of Jonny Bairstow before lunch on the fifth day of the Ashes Test at Lord’s. With England five down, needing a further 178 runs to win, Bairstow ducked underneath a short ball from Cameron Green, scratched the crease with his boot and walked down the pitch towards his partner Ben Stokes at the non-striker’s end….
Her 61 off 41 balls against India set Australia up for a narrow nine-run victory last August before Ashleigh Gardner turned the screw with two wickets in as many balls and three for the match. On Saturday night, opener Mooney expertly marshalled Australia’s pursuit of 154 with an identical score – this time unbeaten and off 47 balls – in another tight finish as wickets fell around her, all the…
Mohammad Shahzad, who last played international cricket for Afghanistan at the 2021 T20 World Cup, was recalled to the T20I side that also included Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran. Hazratullah Zazai, who had been left out for the T20Is against Pakistan earlier this year, also returned to the squad. Wafadar Momand, who is uncapped in T20I and ODI cricket, too found a place in the squad alongside Sediqullah Atal, who…