Sri Lanka will almost certainly be without Dushmantha Chameera for the entirety of the Asia Cup, and appear unlikely to have Wanindu Hasaranga in their XI for the group stage either. Meanwhile, Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando – who were likely to make the Asia Cup squad – have tested positive for Covid-19, and are now under observation. Their inclusion depends on the speed of their recovery. Chameera picked up…
Moreeng, who is in his 11th year in the post and has had his contract extended until December 31, went as far as to describe the environment as “not unhealthy,” following a two-week camp where players were given the opportunity to air their views. He did not elaborate on what was discussed but indicated the squad is united on the eve of their departure to Pakistan for a six-match white-ball…
It was business as usual in the final analysis for Rehan Ahmed on Wednesday, as Southern Brave overcame Manchester Originals in their crucial final group-stage encounter at Emirates Old Trafford, to book themselves a rematch in Saturday’s Men’s Hundred Eliminator. There they were on the score-sheet: game-turning figures of 2 for 26 in 20 balls for Rehan, including the critical scalp of England’s captain Jos Buttler, who was suckered into…
Kallis, Powell and Irfan help California Knights edge past Atlanta Riders California Knights 94 for 2 (Kallis 38*, Powell 33*) beat Atlanta Riders 89 for 4 (Simmons 37, Siddle 2-15) by five runs Once captain Aaron Finch fell for 2, Kallis led California with an unbeaten 38 off 27. Powell dispatched three consecutive Elias Sunny deliveries to the ropes to end a boundary drought before Kallis followed it with a…
Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine has joined the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL as an assistant coach. Strikers coach Jason Gillespie says luring Paine, who retired from first-class cricket at the end of last season, is a coup for the franchise. “Tim has all the skills to be a fantastic coach,” Gillespie said in a statement on Friday. “The experience he will bring is sure to help our players…
Australia quick Tayla Vlaeminck‘s horror run with injury continues with shoulder surgery ruling her out of a second straight WBBL season months before the tournament is set to get underway. It was Vlaeminck’s first foray back into representative cricket in 18 months following a long rehabilitation for a stress fracture in the navicular bone in her right foot. That injury initially kept her out of the 2020 T20 World Cup…
Birmingham Phoenix 185 for 5 (Smith 52, Duckett 47) beat London Spirit 108 (Mitchell 57, Milne 4-20, Sangha 3-15) by 77 runs Birmingham Phoenix blazed belatedly into form in the Men’s Hundred, signing off their campaign with a 77-run win over London Spirit at Edgbaston. Phoenix at last delivered the collective batting power display which has eluded them until the last game, piling up 185 for 5, led by Jamie…
Back in March, Kate Cross was on a pre-season tour to Mumbai with the Thunder watching the inaugural women’s Hundred draft. Since the end of the previous season, she had been plotting Manchester Originals’ strategy with their coach Stephen Parry, working out how best to recruit a team that would take them to the play-offs. Teams were only allowed to retain four players before the draft, but Originals thought they…
London Spirit (Harris 87, Ghosh 29) beat Birmingham Phoenix 99 (Kerr 4-13) by 73 runs London Spirit rounded off their low-key Women’s Hundred campaign on a high with a commanding win as they hammered Birmingham Phoenix by 73 runs at Edgbaston. Grace Harris‘ belligerent 87 off 47 balls lifted Spirit to 172 for 5 after they were put in by a Phoenix side already doomed to finish bottom of the…
Qasim Akram will captain Pakistan at the Asian Games, where the men’s team will play for a gold medal in – T20 – cricket between September 28 and October 7 in Hangzhou, China. With World Cup preparations in full swing, Pakistan have, as expected, named a young, second-string squad, with Asif Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir among the highest-profile names. Neither the captain, Akram, nor the vice-captain,…