David Warner is expected to fulfil his commitments to Sydney Thunder before taking up a deal with Dubai Capitals in the ILT20 although Australia international duty could also be a factor in his availability. On Monday, Warner was unveiled among Capitals’ new batch of signings – which also included England quick Mark Wood – for the tournament that will take place in January and February and may overlap with the…
Bangladesh fast bowler Ebadot Hossain has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup because of the knee injury he sustained in the ODI series against Afghanistan last month. Ebadot was named in the 17-member squad 10 days ago, but he hasn’t recovered through the rehab programme on time. He will be replaced by the uncapped 20-year-old fast bowler Tanzim Hasan, and it is unclear as of now if Ebadot…
Big Picture – Will Bumrah give chances to Jitesh, Shahbaz and Avesh? India have largely achieved what they wanted from this Ireland series. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna have made excellent returns to form and fitness and have subsequently been drafted into the Asia Cup squad. Ruturaj Gaikwad has returned to the T20I set-up with one unbeaten knock and one quick half-century. Sanju Samson looked fluent during his 40 in…
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Afghanistan On a hot Hambantota afternoon, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan as the two sides finalise their preparations for the Asia Cup. Pakistan fielded a full-strength side, with Naseem Shah returning and Shaheen Shah Afridi slotted at No. 9, thus offering batting depth. They also had seven bowling options, including Agha Salman and Iftikhar Ahmed. For Afghanistan, Rashid…
Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha spoil Finch’s six party New Jersey Triton’s 117 for 4 (Yusuf 35, Ojha 25) beat California Knights 116 for 3 (Finch 75*, Milind 27) by six wickets Former India players Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan led the New Jersey Triton’s chase at different points to give them a six-wicket win over California Knights. Batting first in a game that was to be originally played on August…
Mitchell Marsh, Australia’s new T20I captain and stand-in leader of the ODI side, has been “blown away” by his brief sightings of left-arm quick Spencer Johnson who will get his first taste of international cricket in South Africa. Marsh expects all the uncapped players heading on the tour – there are four overall including Matthew Short, Tanveer Sangha and Aaron Hardie – will get the opportunity to showcase their skills,…
Steven Smith has revealed that he carried his left wrist injury through the final three matches of the Ashes series after damaging it at Lord’s while fielding during the second Test. He is hopeful of being fit for Australia’s subsequent three-match ODI series in India which starts on September 22 in Chandigarh but it leaves him just three matches and a warm-up game to prepare for the 50-over World Cup…
A bowling captain who plays all three formats, and leads in two of them. Pat Cummins has a lot on his plate, especially with an ODI World Cup in India coming up, but Matthew Hayden feels that with Steven Smith always “flapping around” on the field, “it’s a solution that Australia’s got covered” at the moment. However, Hayden feels Cummins is a very different sort of ODI World Cup captain…
Oval Invincibles 151 for 5 (Billings 76*) beat Trent Rockets 148 for 7 (Munro 36, Gregory 35, Zampa 2-20, T Curran 2-31) by five wickets Oval Invincibles skipper Sam Billings steered his side into their first Men’s Hundred final with a display of ruthless hitting to overcome current champions Trent Rockets by five wickets. Billings, who had endured a lean tournament with the bat – averaging 12.5 in his previous…
Oval Invincibles 155 for 6 (de Klerk 51*) beat Trent Rockets 152 for 8 (Lee 61) by three runs Nadine de Klerk‘s unbeaten half-century set up a consolation win for outgoing champions Oval Invincibles against Trent Rockets to round off their campaign. The South African all-rounder hit 51 not out from 25 balls to rescue the Invincibles’ innings and led them to 155 for 6 at The Kia Oval. The…