Month: September 2023

Will Pucovski has not been named in Victoria’s squad for their opening Marsh Cup matches next week due a minor thumb fracture but there is cautious optimism that he could play a significant portion of the Sheffield Shield season, which begins on October 4, following a successful uninterrupted winter playing club cricket in England. Pucovski suffered his thumb injury a month ago at the back end of his stint in…

Pakistan have also brought in an extra legspinner in Usama Mir, who made his ODI debut earlier this year against New Zealand but was not part of the Asia Cup squad. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Wasim Jnr make up the remainder of Pakistan’s pace attack, while Mohammad Haris is among the reserves. Spin-bowling allrounder Mohammad Nawaz also keeps his place in the side, while Faheem Ashraf misses…

Sri Lanka 84 for 2 (Sanjeewani 32, Putthawong 2-21) beat Thailand 78 for 7 (Sutthiruang 31, Priyadharshani 4-10) by eight wickets Inoshi Priyadharshani‘s career-best returns of 4 for 10 backed up by a quick 32 from Anushka Sanjeewani helped Sri Lanka brush aside Thailand by eight wickets and advance to the semi-finals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Chasing 79 in the rain-reduced 15-overs-a-side quarter-final, Sri Lanka coasted to a…

Australia captain Meg Lanning is in line to make her long-awaited return to cricket in the WNCL after being included in Victoria’s squad for their opening two matches against Western Australia in Perth on September 26 and 28. Lanning will need a final tick of approval from Victoria’s medical staff before she is cleared to play in the WNCL opener, but will make the trip to Perth in a bid…

Derbyshire 94 for 1 (Reece 50*) trail Sussex 100 (Chappell 4-32, Conners 4-39) by six runs Brooke Guest had a day to remember as Derbyshire ran through Sussex in the LV=Insurance Division Two County Championship match at Derby. After the first two days were washed out by rain, Guest marked his 100th appearance for the county as a wicketkeeper by taking seven catches to equal the record number of dismissals…

Blaze 52 for 2 (S Bryce 34*) beat South East Stars 148 (MacDonald-Gay 26, Kelly 2-7, Gordon 2-14, Higham 2-20, K Bryce 2-36) by eight wickets (DLS method) A bizarre day ended with early season pace-setters Blaze overturning a three-game losing streak at the perfect moment to defeat South East Stars and secure a place in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final. Originally set 149 to win after they had…

Surrey 158 for 6 (Overton 50*) trail Northamptonshire 357 (Nair 147, Taylor 66) by 199 runs There was a moment, before rain arrived after the completion of the 40th over in Surrey’s first innings, that “The Great Escape – 2023, Steelbacks Edition” looked on. Northamptonshire, bottom of Division One, 32 points from safety, had Surrey, the 18-point league leaders, on their knees at 91 for 6, trailing by 266. A…

Durham 10 for 0 trail Worcestershire 313 (D’Oliveria 63, Libby 57) by 303 runs Durham clinched the LV=Insurance County Championship Division Two title after bowling out Worcestershire shortly before the close of a rain-affected third day at New Road. Promotion had been secured for Durham last week without bowling a ball when Leicestershire failed to secure a batting point against Sussex at Hove. They required a maximum of five points…

Yorkshire 155 and 113 for 1 (Lyth 51*) lead Leicestershire 223 (Swindells 73, Hill 4-63) by 35 runs Harry Swindells, the unlikely hero as Leicestershire picked up their first silverware in 12 years last weekend, kept alive their hopes of a return to Division One in the LV= Insurance County Championship for the first time in 20 years on day three against Yorkshire at Grace Road. Fresh from his match-winning…

Middlesex 121 and 96 for 1 (Robson 51*) trail Warwickshire 315 (Rhodes 102, Briggs 99, Murtagh 6-83) by 98 runs There were four seasons in one day at Lord’s on Thursday, and a send-off to their man for all seasons too, as the soon-to-be-retired Tim Murtagh was celebrated in front of the pavilion during the lunch-break, having been the main source of his team’s current haul of three points in…