Month: September 2023

Northamptonshire 369 (Keogh 172, Broad 56*) beat Essex 211 (Westley 49, Sanderson 3-17) and 119 (White 5-57) by an innings and 39 runs Northamptonshire seamer Jack White rounded off the LV= Insurance County Championship campaign with a five-wicket haul to ensure his relegated side bowed out of Division One in style by crushing runners-up Essex. White, who received the Northamptonshire supporters’ player of the season award during the lunch interval,…

2.25pm Hampshire 219 (Brown 78, Lawes 5-27) and 138 for 5 lead Surrey 207 (Sudharsan 73, Clark 50*, Dawson 5-44) by 150 runs A butterfly flapped its wings – in this case, Tom Taylor clattering the stumps of No.11 Jamie Porter at Wantage Road – and 115 miles away at the Ageas Bowl, Will Jacks pulled out of delivering the fourth ball of the 24th over to clap the travelling…

Offspinner R Ashwin is likely to replace left-arm spinner Axar Patel in India’s final 15 for the 2023 World Cup. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Axar, who left the Asia Cup with a quadriceps strain, needs at least three more weeks to recover fully. Today is the deadline for teams to make changes – no questions asked – to their World Cup squads, as per the ICC’s regulations. From tomorrow, any…

Australia will carry an injured Travis Head through the first part of the World Cup but have provided themselves with extra batting cover by including Marnus Labuschagne at the expense of Ashton Agar who has been ruled out with a calf injury. Head, who suffered a fractured hand against South Africa, has been included in the final 15-player squad but will be unavailable for first half of the tournament. However,…

Simon Kerrigan, Northamptonshire’s former England spinner, has announced his retirement from the game. Kerrigan, 34, made a comeback at Wantage Road in 2020 but has only played once in the County Championship this season. Slow left-armer Kerrigan was prolific in the early part of his career at Lancashire and played one Test, against Australia at The Oval in 2013. But after a suffering a chastening debut, he faded from contention…

Shakib Al Hasan has outlined his retirement plan, saying the 2025 Champions Trophy might be his final assignment as an international cricketer. He said he plans to quit T20Is after the 2024 T20 World Cup, and could retire from Tests after the upcoming ODI World Cup in India. “The 2025 Champions Trophy for ODIs and the 2024 T20 World Cup for T20Is. Tests may be sooner. Maybe (after the World…

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma will miss his team’s two World Cup warm-up games because he is travelling home for family reasons. South Africa are due to play Afghanistan and New Zealand on September 29 and October 2 in Thiruvananthapuram and will be led by Aiden Markram. Bavuma is expected to re-join the squad in time for South Africa’s opening match of the World Cup – against Sri Lanka in…

Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a Tinder date through the act of “stealthing”. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old as he sat at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Thursday listening to the decision. “The evidence establishes that there was no opportunity for the accused to remove the condom during intercourse because that intercourse was continuous,” the judge said in handing down…

The Rajkot game was only Glenn Maxwell’s second ODI since returning from the badly-broken leg  •  BCCI Glenn Maxwell‘s successful return to Australia colours with the ball was a timely tonic for a team whose World Cup preparation had hit several glitches in the last few weeks – and an insight into a vital part of their gameplan. Maxwell, who had not featured in any of the preceding matches in South Africa…

Former Otago allrounder Sam Wells has been appointed New Zealand’s selection manager, taking over from Gavin Larsen ahead of the start of the upcoming domestic season. Wells, who has also been a selector for Otago, will be working alongside head coach Gary Stead, who is also New Zealand’s chief selector. Wells, 39, played 61 first-class and 43 List-A games for Otago, and two first-class matches for New Zealand A, in…