South Africa’s ODI captain Temba Bavuma was not aware of his opening partner Quinton de Kock‘s decision to retire from the format until the official announcement was made at the unveiling of the World Cup squad on Tuesday. De Kock will step away from the 50-over cricket after this year’s World Cup, but remains available for T20Is, albeit not for every international series. “I wasn’t in the loop, as per…
Former Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake has been arrested by Sri Lanka Police on Wednesday, on charges related to match-fixing. According to the police’s media division, he is due to be produced in court in the next 24 hours. Senanayake, 38, is alleged to have attempted to convince players to fix in the 2020 Lanka Premier League. Although he was not himself a player in this tournament, and is understood…
His quiet addition to the ODI squad for the upcoming series against South Africa barely raised an eyebrow back in Australia. But his call-up is not just an experiment where he keeps a seat warm while Australia wait for the return of injured batters Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell. It seems clear that David, without an ODI to his name, and just 16 List A games on his resume, the…
Sean Abbott earned a place among the pace bowlers in what was one of the few debatable positions, holding off a challenge from Nathan Ellis. Josh Inglis has been included as the back-up wicketkeeper and spare batting option. The squad can be amended until September 28 after which ICC approval is required. Related Cummins targets comeback in India ODIs ahead of World Cup Agar excited by return to India amid…
England won’t back down from their attacking style as they seek a return to winning ways in the third and final match of their T20I series with Sri Lanka, which is locked at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s clash in Derby. Sarah Glenn, England’s Derby-born legspinner, said her side’s surprise eight-wicket defeat in the second match at Chelmsford on Saturday, in which the hosts were bowled out for 104, came down…
Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott has confirmed that his team was unaware of the calculations that meant they were in with a chance of qualifying for the Asia Cup Super Four even after they had failed to reach their target of 292 in the stipulated 37.1 overs against Sri Lanka. At the end of the 37th over, Afghanistan were 289 for 8, which meant they needed three runs off one…
England have dropped their clearest hint yet that Harry Brook will be drafted into their World Cup squad. Matthew Mott, their white-ball coach, repeatedly emphasised on Tuesday that the 15-man squad they have submitted to the ICC is “provisional” and that “there’s a lot of water under the bridge” before they play New Zealand in Ahmedabad on October 5. Brook was a surprise omission from the squad selected for England’s…
Sussex 266 and 263 for 9 (Carter 80) lead Durham 505 for 9 dec (Clark 128, de Leede 103, Lees 103, Robinson 67, Borthwick 56) by 24 runs Durham are closing in on victory in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash against Sussex following another dominant performance on day three at Seat Unique Riverside. Bas de Leede produced an excellent all-round display as he notched his maiden first-class…
Somerset 137 (Barker 5-32) and 102 for 2 (Dickson 63*) need 400 runs to beat Hampshire 308 (Dawson 115, Brook 5-56) and 330 for 3 dec (Gubbins 139*, Vince 63, Middleton 52) Nick Gubbins effortlessly struck his third LV=Insurance County Championship as Hampshire ground Somerset towards submission on day three at the Ageas Bowl. Left-handed batter Gubbins gracefully hit an unbeaten 139 – his highest score for Hampshire since joining…
England won the toss and chose to bat first vs New Zealand Jos Buttler rested himself from England’s side for the fourth and final T20I against New Zealand at a sun-drenched Trent Bridge, with Moeen Ali – standing in as captain – choosing to bat first after winning the toss. Buttler was one of three changes, with Gus Atkinson and Chris Jordan also dropping out of the side that were…