Former Pakistan spinner Abdul Rehman has been promoted as Multan Sultans’ head coach after serving as the team’s assistant coach for the last five years. He replaces former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batter Andy Flower at the helm. Rehman joined Flower’s team in 2018 and under their coaching, Multan reached the final of the last three PSL editions and won the league in 2021. “The past five years have been a great journey…
Melbourne Stars have confirmed the signing of England batter Sophia Dunkley via the WBBL’s unusual direct nomination pathway with Dunkley one of six players to commit to playing in the tournament without entering the overseas draft. Dunkley was not in the WBBL draft last Sunday where seven of the eight WBBL clubs only chose two overseas players, with each club allowed to take three, and six of them committing to…
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan lamented his side’s poor powerplay with the bat as they suffered a seven-wicket loss against Pakistan in the Asia Cup Super Four opener. After winning the toss and batting first, Bangladesh slipped to 47 for 4 in the tenth over, allowing the home side to dictate terms from an early stage. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who made his second ODI century against Afghanistan in the previous…
Australia have named their XI for the first of five matches in South Africa with Mitchell Marsh to captain in an ODI for the first time while Pat Cummins is still unavailable due to his wrist injury. Marsh made a triumphant debut as Australia’s interim T20I captain with a 3-0 series sweep of South Africa last week. One of the debates surrounding Australia’s ODI side heading towards the World Cup…
Mitchell Starc will put himself up for a return to the IPL next year, viewing it as ideal preparation for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA in June. If picked up by a franchise, it would be Starc’s first appearance in the tournament since 2015 – overall he has made 27 appearances in two seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2018, he was bought by…
Sri Lanka 117 for 3 (Athapaththu 44) beat England 116 (Boucher 23, Athapaththu 3-21, Dilhari 2-16, Prabhodhani 2-16) by seven wickets Sri Lanka sealed their first series win over England in any format with a second successive shock victory. England failed to peel themselves off the canvas four days after their maiden T20I defeat to Sri Lanka, who bowled them out inside 20 overs for the second match in a…
Rehan Ahmed cherished a “special feeling” on Tuesday night as he played international cricket in his home town of Nottingham for the first time – and could play at Trent Bridge again later this month after declaring himself available for Leicestershire’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup final against Hampshire. Rehan, the 19-year-old legspinner, made his Test debut in Pakistan last December and won his first white-ball caps in Bangladesh earlier this…
Essex 304 (Browne 59, Cook 58, De Caires 8-106) and 319 for 7 dec (Cook 84, Critchley 65) beat Middlesex 179 (Porter 6-34) and 147 (Harmer 5-43) by 297 runs Essex won’t be denied just yet. With seven minutes left of the extra half-hour, at the end of a sweltering third day’s play at Chelmsford, Simon Harmer sealed the 34th five-wicket haul of his extraordinary county career, to wrap up…
England are getting the band back together. They train in Cardiff on Thursday before the first of four ODIs against New Zealand which serve as preparation for their defence of the 50-over World Cup in India, and the core of their 2019 squad will return to a format they have only played sporadically over the last four years. It marks the start of their World Cup run-in. England have only…
Pakistan 194 for 3 (Imam 78, Rizwan 63*, Shoriful 1-24) beat Bangladesh 193 (Mushfiqur 64, Rauf 4-19, Naseem 3-34) by seven wickets Haris Rauf bowled six impactful overs full of scary pace, skiddy lengths and relentless accuracy which restricted Bangladesh to 193, following which Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Rizwan finished the chase within 40 overs as Pakistan started their Super Fours with a win. With that, Pakistan got two points, and…