Lasith Malinga will return to Mumbai Indians for IPL 2024, this time as their fast-bowling coach. He will replace Shane Bond, who had held that position for the past nine seasons. After retiring in 2021, Malinga had joined Rajasthan Royals in 2022 as their fast-bowling coach, a position he served for two seasons. This will be Malinga’s second stint in Mumbai’s support staff, having served as their mentor in 2018….
Australia opener Usman Khawaja says he will keep playing Test cricket just as long as he continues to tick three crucial boxes. It’s a case of so far, so good for the 36-year-old, who topped the Ashes batting aggregate across both sides in the recent 2-2 series draw in England that ensured Australia retained the urn. Khawaja was asked at Cricket Australia’s Play Cricket Week campaign in Brisbane if the…
Ireland middle-order batter Shauna Kavanagh has retired from international cricket. Kavanagh, 31, played 27 ODIs and 58 T20Is, the last of which came in September 2022 against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup Qualifier. She was picked for the recent T20Is against Netherlands but didn’t get a game. Kavanagh played in the 2016 and 2018 T20 World Cups and was part of the squad this year too. She will continue…
Harry Brook is “trying not to think about” his omission from England’s provisional 15-man squad for the upcoming World Cup in India and is hoping to “move on” from the disappointment as soon as possible. Brook was widely expected to make the cut after a bright start to his international career across formats but was squeezed out by Ben Stokes’ decision to reverse his retirement from ODIs, with England backing…
New York Warriors vs Morrisville Unity Shehan Jayasuriya and Calvin Savage brought Morrisville Unity extremely close to their target of 125 against New York Warriors but even a 21-run last over wasn’t enough to seal victory when they needed 28 off the last six balls. After hitting two fours and two sixes in the first five balls of the over, Jayasuriya had to hit a six to tie the game…
London Spirit 160 for 6 (Rossington 53, Wade 42, Mitchell 34) beat Northern Superchargers 147 for 7 (Brook 44, Hose 33, Bopara 4-21) by 13 runs Ravi Bopara went form villain to hero as London Spirit beat Northern Superchargers by 13 runs at Lord’s to keep alive their hopes of a place in the knockout stages. The veteran allrounder dropped a sitter of a catch early in Superchargers’ attempted chase…
Leicestershire 173 for 5 (Handscomb 54*, Bamber 3-27) beat Middlesex 191 (Robson 58, Scriven 3-33, Salisbury 3-41) by 23 runs via DLS Leicestershire Foxes clinched their place in the knock-out stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with a 23-run victory over Middlesex in a rain-affected contest at the Uptonsteel County Ground. In a day-night match reduced to 47 overs per side after the start was delayed, further rain caused…
Worcestershire 254 for 5 (Kashif 88, Libby 73, Jones 53) beat Derbyshire 192 (Reece 96) by 62 runs An exhilarating exhibition of strokeplay by Kashif Ali powered Worcestershire Rapids to a 62-run win over Derbyshire in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at Derby. Kashif plundered 88 off only 36 balls and dominated a fourth wicket stand of 119 from 56 with skipper Jake Libby who made 73. The 25-year-old…
Warwickshire 104 for 3 (Barnard 32) beat Northamptonshire 80 for 6 (Rhodes 3-22) by 24 runs Warwickshire secured their place in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knockout stage with a 24-run win over Northamptonshire in a ten-over thrash at Edgbaston. The endeavours of the Edgbaston groundstaff and the patience of the impressively large number of home fans who stayed through the rain was rewarded with a 5pm start and a…
Gloucestershire 311 (J Taylor 106, O Price 95, Crocombe 4-63) beat Sussex 145 by 166 runs Gloucestershire, inspired by Ollie Price and Jack Taylor, maintained their fine form in the Metro Bank One Day Cup with their fifth victory in seven matches, also boosting their net run rate as they defeated the Sussex Sharks by 166 runs at the 1st Central County Ground, Hove. For Sussex this was another failure…