Victoria (Handscomb 51, Webster 2-17) beat Tasmania 224 (Webster 83, Boland 2-30) by three wickets An aggressive Peter Handscomb half-century has helped Victoria grind to a three-wicket win against Tasmania in the first round of the Marsh Cup. Chasing 225, Handscomb top-scored with 51 from 42 balls as Victoria reached 229 for 7 with 31 balls to spare despite an outstanding all-round display Tasmania’s Beau Webster, who made 83 and…
The Jamaican government has said that it opted against submitting an official bid to host games at next year’s men’s T20 World Cup because it had to “pay attention to the cost-and-benefit analysis” as a consequence of “limited resources” in the island. The Jamaica Observer quoted sports minister Olivia Grange as saying that “it wasn’t an easy decision” but after considering “different permutations”, the government felt that Jamaica’s cost of…
But it was defending champions Comilla Victorians who made some big-name signings. They were conservative in the draft because they already had Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine and Iftikhar Ahmed among their 11 overseas signings before the draft took place. During the draft, they picked the West Indian duo Rahkeem Cornwall and Matthew Forde, apart from bringing back their championship winning captain Imrul Kayes. Sylhet Strikers, who were runners-up last season,…
Guyana Amazon Warriors 99 for 1 (Ayub 52*, Hope 32) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 94 (Carty 38, Pretorius 4-26, Motie 2-7, Tahir 2-8) by nine wickets An emotional Imran Tahir couldn’t stop his tears all the way from the end of the CPL 2023 final to the presentation ceremony and beyond. He had, after all, played a big role in taking Guyana Amazon Warriors to their first CPL title after…
Bangladesh 65 for 5 (Shorna 14*, Sandhu 3-10) beat Pakistan 64 for 9 (Riaz 17, Shorna 3-16) by five wickets Shorna Akter first ran through Pakistan’s lower-middle order and then did the needful with the bat when Bangladesh’s lower-middle order could easily have unraveled similarly to take her team to the podium at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. It was a low-scoring bronze-medal playoff, with a total of 129 runs…
Australia’s bowlers have admitted they need to execute better among a host of problems they need to solve with just three games remaining before the ODI World Cup. The beleaguered bowlers copped yet another hiding in Indore on their way to a fifth consecutive ODI defeat. After winning the toss and bowling first for the fourth time in those five matches, they conceded 399 for 5 in 50 overs. It…
Charlotte Edwards‘ mum called it “a miracle” but in truth, Southern Vipers had it coming, even if it didn’t feel like it at times this season. The first team to claim the domestic double, with a convincing five-wicket win against Blaze in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final at Northampton on Sunday, has been building a juggernaut under the guidance of a coach who has also won the inaugural WIPL…
Southern Vipers 203 for 5 (Windsor 57*, Elwiss 50, Kemp 32*, Groves 3-39) beat The Blaze 200 for 8 (Beaumont 76, Smith 3-30) by five wickets Charlotte Edwards capped a stunning year as her Southern Vipers side became the first to complete the domestic double by defeating Blaze in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final. Edwards further enhanced her reputation as one of the best coaches in the game, having…
Bangladesh have named Najmul Hossain Shanto as captain for the third ODI in Mirpur against New Zealand on Tuesday. The hosts have also changed the make-up of the side from the first two ODIs, for which they had rested a number of World Cup-bound players. Most of those players have returned for the third ODI, while stand-in captain Litton Das, Tamim Iqbal and Mustafizur Rahman, who had played the first…
Every generation has a cricketer that is the best of the bunch to never play for England. A decade ago it was James Hildreth, now it’s Sam Northeast, but tomorrow it will never be Sam Hain. Having “made peace” with the idea that his chance for England may never come, Hain, 28, scored a fluent 89 off 82 balls on ODI, making a strong impression as he looks to force…