After skipping the Pakistan tour, Chloe Tryon is back in the South Africa squad that will play three ODIs and five T20Is against New Zealand at home. Laura Wolvaardt will continue to lead the side, having taken over in an interim capacity for the tour of Pakistan after Sune Luus stepped down from the position last month. Tryon, the vice-captain under Luus, had asked for a “leave of absence” for…
Harry Dixon is 18 years old, has been blazing runs for Australia Under-19s, idolises David Warner, and has just been handed a two-year deal with Melbourne Renegades. Dixon, a left-handed opener, has been highly regarded around the Victoria grade system – he hit his maiden hundred for St Kilda in the final round of last season – and has just come off a memorable few days in England where he…
Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh says his side will learn a lot from being exposed by South Africa’s spinners in spinning conditions in Potchefstroom while the fitness of spinner Ashton Agar is a worry after he was unavailable due to soreness with his next opportunity to play before the World Cup unknown because of paternity leave. Australia were 140 for 1 in the 15th over chasing an imposing but reachable…
Trent Boult is “very happy” to be back playing international cricket ahead of the World Cup in India, but said that New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had never given him any guarantees about selection for the tournament when he negotiated a release from his central contract last year. Boult won his 100th ODI cap in New Zealand’s defeat to England at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday, taking 3 for 37 to…
India 213 (Rohit 53, Rahul 39, Wellalage 5-40, Asalanka 4-18) beat Sri Lanka 172 (Wellalage 42*, de Silva 41, Kuldeep 4-43, Bumrah 2-30, Jadeja 2-33) by 41 runs On a surface where India picked three frontline spinners and lost all ten of their wickets to spin for the first time in ODIs, it was the quality of their fast bowlers that made the telling difference. Defending 214, India had Sri…
Nottinghamshire 265 (Mullaney 86, Nijjar 4-67) and 177 for 5 f/o (Clarke 61*, Evison 3-22) trail Kent 446 (Leaning 64, James 2-30) by 4 runs A defiant rearguard action from Joe Clarke and Lyndon James gave Nottinghamshire hope of avoiding defeat in their LV= Insurance County Championship with Kent at Canterbury after they were forced to follow on. Nottinghamshire ended day three on 177 for 5 in their second innings,…
Leicestershire 108 (Patel 48, Karvelas 4-14) and 221 for 3 (Ackermann 103*, Amin 61*) need a further 278 runs to beat Sussex 262 and 344 for 9 dec (Coles 63, Scriven 4-55) An unbeaten century from Colin Ackermann kept Leicestershire in the hunt for an unlikely victory that would reignite their promotion challenge in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Ackermann was 103 not out at stumps on day three at…
Lancashire 330 for 5 (Vilas 124, Wells 97) lead Middlesex 194 (Robson 86, Bailey 3-38) by 136 runs Lancashire’s batters maintained their side’s grip on the LV= County Championship Division One match against Middlesex and had built a 136-run first-innings lead by the close of yet another rain-shortened day. Replying to the visitors’ 194, the home side were 330 for five at stumps with Dane Vilas marking his final month…
It was a hospital pass. On the day that Jofra Archer linked up with England’s white-ball squad, training at the Kia Oval as he continues his rehabilitation from an elbow injury, David Willey found himself sitting in the indoor school, fielding questions from the media. Four years ago, Archer was fast-tracked into England’s ODI squad in the weeks before the World Cup and Willey was squeezed out as a result….
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Adam Lyth, 24.3 ov), 2-225 (Finlay Bean, 50.1 ov), 3-240 (James Wharton, 53.3 ov), 4-372 (George Hill, 87.6 ov), 5-393 (Jonathan Tattersall, 92.2 ov), 6-446 (Matthew Revis, 105.6 ov), 7-482 (Shan Masood, 116.5 ov), 8-482 (Jordan Thompson, 116.6 ov), 9-495 (Ben Coad, 121.1 ov), 10-500 (Benjamin Cliff, 121.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo