India fast bowler Umesh Yadav has signed with Essex for the final three matches of the ongoing County Division One Championship, the English club has announced. Umesh will replace New Zealand quick Doug Bracewell in the squad, joining Simon Harmer as the second overseas player. Umesh had turned out for Middlesex last year and played three Championship games for them, picking up four wickets at 71.50. A quad injury, which…
Ashley Giles has pulled off the first major transfer coup of his tenure as Worcestershire’s chief executive, signing allrounder Tom Taylor on a four-year deal from Northamptonshire. Giles arrived at New Road in July with a number of players out of contract, and watched three young, homegrown players sign for Nottinghamshire in Jack Haynes, Dillon Pennington and Josh Tongue. Pat Brown is also leaving for Derbyshire, while Ben Cox is…
TossAfghanistan chose to bat vs Pakistan Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat in the second T20I against Pakistan in Hambantota on Thursday. Pakistan lead the three-match series 1-0 after a crushing 142-run win in the opener on Tuesday. Afghanistan made two changes to the XI that played in the first match with Rahmat Shah and Azmatullah Omarzai, who retired hurt in the first ODI, out. Riaz Hassan and…
South Africa have named Laura Wolvaardt as the new captain of their senior women’s team. Wolvaardt, 24, has for now been appointed for just under two months, for the tour of Pakistan and the home series against New Zealand, which ends on October 15. Wolvaardt’s appointment comes barely a week after Sune Luus had stepped down from the post last week and also because of the unavailability of Chloe Tryon,…
India’s Asia-Cup-bound players have begun arriving in Bengaluru for a six-day conditioning camp that begins on Thursday at the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) Three Ovals campus in Alur. While fitness parameters of players, particularly those who returned from the Caribbean earlier this month, will be a key focus area, the camp also aims to serve as an exercise in team bonding before the focus shifts to the final stages…
Texas Chargers 109 for 7 (Stevens 36, Sreesanth 4-12, Piedt 2-15) beat Morrisville Unity 75 for 8 (Shehan Jayasuriya 22, Hafeez 3-10, Tanvir 2-8, Edwards 2-10) by 34 runs Chargers got off to a poor start as Sreesanth sent Hafeez and Mukhtar Ahmed packing in the second over. Unfazed by the early dismissals, captain Ben Dunk smashed Dane Piedt for a four and a six in the next over. Dunk…
Cricket Australia has been given a significant boost with Rashid Khan relenting on his threat to boycott the BBL and telling officials he intends on playing in the tournament this summer. Rashid created headlines in January when he threatened to quit the BBL over Australia’s decision to withdraw from a white-ball series against Afghanistan on human-rights grounds. The world’s top-ranked T20 bowler was upset Cricket Australia had cancelled the series…
Ashes stars Harry Brook and Zak Crawley headline a host of English players unveiled as the latest nominations for the upcoming BBL draft but England’s Test tour of India in January, as well as clarity over the ILT20 dates means clubs will have some decisions to make as to whether to recruit the biggest names or those with the most availability. Brook, Crawley, Ollie Pope, Will Jacks and Dan Lawrence…
Southern Brave 134 for 4 (Conway 54*) beat Manchester Originals 130 for 8 (Buttler 45, Mills 3-27) by six wickets Tymal Mills continued his excellent Men’s Hundred campaign with three more wickets to help Southern Brave beat Manchester Originals by six wickets chasing 131 at Emirates Old Trafford and qualify for Saturday’s Eliminator – against the same opponents. Brave leapfrogged Welsh Fire into third place in the table with their…
Match abandoned without a ball bowled Ireland vs India A persistent drizzle and later a wet outfield meant the third and final T20I between India and Ireland in Malahide was abandoned without even the toss taking place. India took the series 2-0. The day started with a steady drizzle and continued throughout. The rain did relent with the umpires coming out for an inspection at 5.45pm local time, but the…