Knight, the England captain, is eligible for retention by Sydney Thunder having originally been due to join last season before being ruled out by injury. Ecclestone, who is the No.1-ranked bowler in ODIs and T20Is, was a key part of Sydney Sixers’ run to the final in 2022-23 where she claimed 20 wickets at 17.90 with an economy of 6.29 while made her runs at a strike-rate of 159.49. Related…
Southern Brave 120 for 6 (Garton 28) beat Birmingham Phoenix 119 for 8 (Mills 3-20, Rehan 3-22) by four wickets Rehan Ahmed celebrated his England T20I call-up with a spell of three for 22 as Southern Brave cruised to a four-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix. Teenage leg-spinner Rehan, who is the youngest male cricketer to play all three formats for England, bamboozled Phoenix through the middle sets, while the left-arm…
Worcestershire 253 for 3 (Jones 122, Libby 82*) beat Northamptonshire 252 (Taylor 100) by seven wickets Rob Jones struck a superb 122 from 126 balls, his first List A century, to lead Worcestershire Rapids to their fourth Metro Bank One Day Cup victory of the season against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Jones was joined by his skipper Jake Libby (82) in a record third-wicket partnership for Worcestershire against Northamptonshire, putting…
Pakistan head coach Grant Bradburn has said that Pakistan have bought into the new-look attacking style they adopted against Sri Lanka in the Test series, promising the ODIs would see more of the same being implemented. He also said the players called up to training camps in Lahore and Karachi over the past week had been geared to implement the attacking skills they have demonstrated in the nets in match…
Gloucestershire 218 for 5 (O Price 109*, T Price 32*) beat Glamorgan 217 (Byrom 60, Carlson 59, van Buuren 3-41) by five wickets The Prices were right for Gloucestershire as brothers Oliver and Tom saw them through to a victory over Glamorgan which strengthened their top three hopes in Group A. Oliver Price led the way with 109 not out, but he was running out of support until brother Tom…
Southern Brave 132 for 4 (Wyatt 43) beat Birmingham Phoenix 129 for 8 by three runs Smriti Mandhana overtook Tammy Beaumont to return to the top of the Women’s Hundred scoring charts as Southern Brave beat winless Birmingham Phoenix by three runs in a thriller. Indian opener Mandhana has 224 runs in the 2023 edition of the Hundred after a stylish 39, which all made her the first women past…
In a first for women’s cricket in Pakistan, the PCB has handed out domestic contracts to 74 cricketers. The contracts will run for 11 months, and include 43 players classified as emerging cricketers, in addition to 16 Under-19 cricketers. Thirteen of the players contracted have played international cricket. Among those are Javeria Khan, Kainat Imtiaz, Anam Amin, Iram Javed and Gull Feroza who all have been demoted from central contracts…
An independent anti-corruption tribunal has found the former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels guilty of four offences under the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) anti-corruption code. Samuels, who was charged by the ICC in September 2021, was found guilty after he exercised his right to a hearing. The tribunal will decide on a sanction after considering the submissions of each party. Related Marlon Samuels charged under ICC’s anti-corruption code Marlon Samuels,…
Wasim Akram has criticised a PCB video released on the country’s Independence Day, on August 14, for the conspicuous absence of their only ODI World Cup winning captain Imran Khan. The PCB released a two minute-plus video on August 14 with the hashtag #BeyondJustOneDay, highlighting the major contributions of some of their top players and some of the highlights from Pakistan cricket, since 1952 when they played their first international…
Jofra Archer has missed out on selection in England’s World Cup squad after running out of time to prove his fitness and will only fly to India as a travelling reserve, barring “something miraculous” in his recovery from injury. Archer was England’s leading wicket-taker when they won the tournament four years ago and closed out their triumph in the final with a nerveless Super Over, but has not played since…