Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Afghanistan Pakistan won the toss and, as has been the theme of this series, elected to bat first against Afghanistan as the teams moved to Colombo for the third and final ODI. Since they have already sealed the series 2-0 and with their first Asia Cup fixture just four days away, Pakistan decided to rest some of the key members of the playing XI,…
Roger Binny, the BCCI president, will travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup as a board representative at an official PCB dinner in Lahore to commemorate their hosting of the tournament, along with Sri Lanka. An official invitation was extended by Zaka Ashraf, the current PCB managing committee chairman, to the top brass of the BCCI on August 15. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that all top board members from the participating…
Misbah, Dilshan, Afridi seal big win for New York Warriors over Morrisville Unity New York Warriors 139 for 6 (Misbah 38, Dilshan 37, Sreesanth 3-25) beat Morrisville Unity 106 for 3 (Shehan 44, Razzaq 1-12) by 33 runs New York Warriors strung together a batting exhibition through stunning cameos to take their side to a mammoth total of 139. Morrisville Unity, in response, relied on the promising innings of Shehan…
A total of 360 cricketers, from 18 regional teams, are going to be offered PCB domestic contracts for the 2023-24 season in Pakistan, nearly double the number of contracts they had offered over the last few seasons. Twenty of the players will be offered the A+ category, and the remaining 340 in categories A to F. The names of the players have not been announced yet. “Through this initiative, the…
Who should be India’s No. 4 at the World Cup? If AB de Villiers were to make that call, it’d be his former Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mate Virat Kohli. De Villiers didn’t explain the rationale behind his suggestion, but did mention Kohli’s ability to “put the innings together and play any kind of role in the middle order” would make him the “perfect fit.” “We’re still talking about who will…
New Zealand 126 for 3 (Bowes 35, Phillips 32*, Seifert 30) beat Worcestershire 124 (O Cox 63, Ferguson 3-11, Ravindra 3-15, Jamieson 3-28) by seven wickets New Zealand launched their warm-up programme for the four-match T20I Series with England by defeating Worcestershire by seven wickets at a sold out New Road. The Black Caps fielded six of the squad who will be in contention for the opening T20I at Chester-le-Street…
Gloucestershire 181 for 2 (Hammond 109*) beat Lancashire 177 (Aspinwall 47) by eight wickets Miles Hammond blazed his way to a breathtaking maiden List-A century as Gloucestershire trounced Lancashire by eight wickets at Bristol to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Metro Bank One Day Cup. Chasing a modest 178 for victory, the home side reached their target with 25.1 overs to spare thanks to a hard-hitting 109…
Brook was a surprise omission from England’s 15-man squad last week and responded by hitting 105 not out from 42 balls for Northern Superchargers at Headingley on Tuesday night. He walked in at 10 for 3 after 20 balls, and the next-highest score was just 15. As things stand, he is likely to travel to India as a reserve but England are allowed to change their provisional 15-man World Cup…
Laura Wolvaardt will use South Africa’s series against Pakistan and New Zealand to see if she is “able to handle” the pressures of captaincy alongside her batting in order to decide if she wants the job full time. Wolvaardt was named interim captain in place of Sune Luus, who stood down last week, and promised to be a “soft-spoken,” skipper who will “lead through my actions.” She will take charge…
As he gears up for his international debut, Dewald Brevis is waiting to ‘just straight run into’ Australia as they arrive in South Africa for a white-ball series that gets underway on August 30. “I must say I am so excited because it’s going to be proper heat and lots of fighting so I can’t wait for that,” Brevis said. “I always like it so I can’t wait to go…