Scans have confirmed that Tim Southee has dislocated and fractured a bone in his right thumb, the injury occurring while he attempted to take a catch in the 14th over of the England innings at Lord’s on Friday in the fourth ODI against New Zealand. A timeline for his recovery will be established tomorrow when he undergoes further assessment. He suffered the injury trying to grab a catch off Joe…
Robin Uthappa could become the first Indian player to feature in the SA20, after having registered for the auction ahead of the second season of the South African franchise T20 league. And in another first, he could be joined by five Pakistan players, including Naseem Shah. Neither Indian nor Pakistani players were part of the inaugural season of the SA20. While Uthappa is the only Indian in the list, there…
Criticising the decision to add a reserve day for the Asia Cup Super Four match between Pakistan and India – the only game in the tournament apart from the final to get the advantage – after the tournament had started, Arjuna Ranatunga has warned that favouring one team (read India) over others will put international cricket in peril. “You take the Asia Cup. You have rules before the tournament, but…
England won the toss and bat first vs New Zealand Jos Buttler won the toss and chose to bat first in the fourth and final ODI against New Zealand, having named a team with three changes from the 181-run victory at The Oval on Wednesday, but notably Jason Roy was not one of them. Roy, who missed the first three matches after suffering back spasms, appeared to be fit to…
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs South Africa Injury concerns have hit the hosts, who are without Anrich Nortje, Sisanda Magala and Temba Bavuma as they look to keep the Australia ODI series alive. Nortje is struggling with a lower-back injury that kept him out of the first and third matches and will rule him out for the rest of the series. His World Cup participation is also in doubt,…
Nat Sciver-Brunt expects to return to England’s bowling attack for their winter tour of India after playing a curtailed role with the ball through the summer. The world’s top-ranked allrounder and batter in ODIs, Sciver-Brunt returned to England’s 50-over side against Sri Lanka purely as a batter having sat out the T20s to rest. After picking up a knee injury during the Ashes Test in June, Sciver-Brunt bowled six overs…
Nortje had already missed the third ODI in Potchefstroom earlier this week with back spasms. He “underwent scans and consulted with a specialist this week, and will start bowling again this weekend under the supervision of the Proteas medical team”, a CSA release stated. He played just the second ODI in Bloemfontein where Australia amassed 392 for 8 and Nortje leaked 58 runs in five wicketless overs. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Former Australian Test bowler Stuart MacGill has been charged over the supply of a commercial quantity of cocaine that led to his purported kidnapping. Six men have been charged over the alleged kidnapping, which took place on Sydney’s lower north shore in April 2021. Police launched an investigation into an alleged drug supply operation after the incident was reported to officers and on Friday they confirmed MacGill, 52, was arrested…
Australia A 229 for 8 (Short 52, Davies 48, O’Rourke 3-44) beat New Zealand A 228 (Seifert 100, Carter 41, Thornton 4-32) by two wickets Will Sutherland returned to bowling for the first time since the end of last season then played an important hand with the bat to help Australia A to a narrow victory in the final one-day game against New Zealand A and a 3-0 series scoreline….
Josh Inglis made 50 off 37 balls in Bloemfontein • Gallo Images/Getty Images Josh Inglis knows that his chance to feature in the ODI World Cup might come with a last-minute tap on the shoulder. It’s a situation he’s getting used to as a regular back-up player in Australian squads. The ongoing tour of South Africa has seen him offered more opportunity than has often been the case: the three T20Is then…