Month: August 2023

Danielle McGahey is set to become the first transgender player to feature in international cricket after being named in Canada’s squad for the Women’s T20 Americas Qualifier, a pathway to the 2024 T20 World Cup. Several other sports, though, do not allow transgender women to participate in women’s competitions. McGahey, a 29-year-old batter, is originally from Australia but moved to Canada in 2020. According to BBC Sport, which reported the…

Andeson, 27, comes in on the back of a top domestic season for Canterbury, in which she topped the T20 batting charts with 536 runs at 59. She was subsequently in line for a call-up for the tour of Sri Lanka in July, but had to pull out due to a finger injury. Auckland’s Armstrong, 23, will only play the T20Is in South Africa, replacing Izzy Gaze who is in…

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs England England handed a debut to 17-year-old Mahika Gaur after a delayed start to the opening T20I of the series against Sri Lanka, with the tourists choosing to bowl first in a shortened game after winning the toss. Heavy rain during the day lead to a delayed start at Hove but the weather cleared up enough for a 17-over contest starting at 7pm,…

A bullish Dawid Malan doesn’t believe his place in the ODI World Cup is under threat from Harry Brook, saying “I don’t know where that comparison’s come from…I bat top three and he bats four, five, six.” Malan was speaking moments after England had wrapped up a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand, a victory that had seen the 35-year-old left-hander play a major role with 54 runs off 42…

Pete Russell, the CPL’s CEO, has defended the introduction of red cards to combat slow over-rates after Kieron Pollard had raised concerns over it. After Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders became the first team in the CPL to get a red card, he called the new penalty rule “absolutely ridiculous”. “I thought it did exactly what I wanted it to do (laughs). Unfortunately, Kieron didn’t quite see it that way, but…

Viacom18 has won the digital and TV media rights to India’s home games for the next five years, via an e-auction conducted by the BCCI on Thursday. Viacom18, who takes over the BCCI media rights from *Disney Star, already owns digital rights for the IPL, and both digital and TV rights for the WPL. The BCCI has not yet disclosed the amount Viacom 18 will pay for the next cycle,…

Surrey have signed Sai Sudharsan, the India A batter, for their LV= Insurance County Championship run in. Surrey are currently top of Division One, leading their closest challengers, Essex, by 17 points. With Tom Latham now on international duty after a short mid-season spell, Ollie Pope out injured and Will Jacks and Sam Curran currently with England, Sudharsan will add to the defending champions’ batting stocks. Sudharsan, 21, has only…

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat against Sri Lanka, as Group B in the Asia Cup got underway in Pallekele, Kandy. Shakib Al Hasan said he wanted to get runs on the board on what looked a dry wicket, while Dasun Shanaka was happy to lose the toss and bat second with rain on the horizon. For Bangladesh, there was a debut for Tanzid Hasan, who will be…

Prithvi Shaw will return to Northamptonshire next summer after signing for the second half of the season. The India international is expected to be available to play in the County Championship and One-Day Cup. Shaw scored 429 runs in four innings for Northants – including a record-breaking 244 off 153 balls against Somerset – earlier this month before a knee injury cut short his stay. He has signed a new…

South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Kyle Verreynne has been named Western Province’s captain for CSA’s upcoming domestic One-Day Cup which starts on September 16, replacing allrounder Wayne Parnell in the position. Verreynne had led the team in seven first-class games and three T20s during the 2022-23 season. Western Province head coach Salieg Nackerdien cited Parnell’s “high workload in recent months” and a consequent “shoulder niggle” as the reasons behind naming a new…