Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to appoint Australia’s Luke Williams as their new head coach ahead of the second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), thus replacing Ben Sawyer in the role. Williams has a burgeoning reputation as a coach, having spent four seasons in charge of Adelaide Strikers in the WBBL. He coached them to their inaugural title in 2022-23 after two previous finishes as runners-up. Williams was…
Jos Buttler felt it was his responsibility as England’s white-ball captain to inform Jason Roy that he had missed out on selection for the World Cup. Buttler rang Roy last weekend to explain his omission from England’s final squad of 15, before head coach Matthew Mott followed up shortly after. Roy had been named in a provisional squad a month previously, but missed all four of England’s ODIs against New…
The USA leg of the 2024 T20 World Cup will be hosted in New York, Texas and Florida, following inspections that were conducted earlier this year, the ICC has announced. While Grand Prairie (in Dallas, Texas) and Broward County (Lauderhill, Florida) already have existing infrastructure to host games, the ICC will increase the stadium capacity at both venues. As for Nassau County in New York, the ICC has said that…
Siraj climbs eight positions to the summit of the rankings following his Asia Cup performance of ten wickets at an average of 12.2, that includes his spell of 6 for 21 that dismantled Sri Lanka for 50 all out in the final. That spell, “like a dream” – according to Siraj – included a four-wicket over, a feat only achieved three times in ODI history before. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
The ODI World Cup warm-up match between Pakistan and New Zealand, on September 29 in Hyderabad, will be played behind closed doors (without spectators in attendance) after the local police failed to provide assurance about arranging adequate security for the game. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has updated the BCCI about the development. The news, first reported by the Indian Express on Monday, will impact the…
Sri Lanka have announced a young squad for the 2023 Asian Games – essentially a Sri Lanka A side – with Sahan Arachchige set to lead the 15-member squad. A majority of the team have however appeared in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), so fans may not be completely unfamiliar with some of these names, but this will be a good opportunity to observe them over a more consistent period….
Tim Southee will undergo surgery on Thursday for the thumb injury he sustained against England last week and New Zealand remain hopeful he could still be available the World Cup. Southee dislocated and fractured his right thumb attempting to take a catch at slip offered by Joe Root at Lord’s. A decision on his availability will be taken early next week. “We’ve got our fingers crossed the surgery goes well…
Warwickshire 72 for 4 (Rhodes 36*, Murtagh 3-17) trail Middlesex 121 (De Caires 40, Hannon-Dalby 5-29) by 49 runs There’s a chance that Tim Murtagh was feeling rather sheepish when, shortly after 4pm, he stepped out of the pavilion as Middlesex’s No.11 to witness – in the middle distance, and on the most central and prestigious strip that Lord’s has to offer – a guard of honour lined up to…
Northamptonshire 171 for 6 (Nair 51*, Azad 48, Lawes 3-47) vs Surrey Even with an 18-point lead at the top of Division One and facing bottom-of-the-table Northamptonshire at home, Surrey arrived into this penultimate match of the season wary of complacency. At the Kia Oval, in weather confirming summer was really over, it was Tom Lawes, one of their own, who stepped up on day one. Northamptonshire closed on 171…
Somerset 214 for 2 (Lammonby 109, Goldsworthy 70*) vs Kent Tom Lammonby repaid Somerset’s faith with his first century of the season as the hosts ran up 214 for 2 after losing the toss on a rain-shortened opening day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with relegation-threatened Kent at Taunton. Having played in all 12 previous games without reaching three figures, the 23-year-old opener got the monkey off his…