Quinton de Kock is likely to make himself unavailable for South Africa’s home white-ball series against India this December, after signing up for the BBL in Australia. According to documentation seen by ESPNcricinfo, de Kock was confirmed as available for the tournament between December 10 and January 5 after he was picked up by Melbourne Renegades but that stint clashes with the India games, which run from December 10 to…
It is however not clear who Litton is replacing in the squad. It is more likely that he is being treated as a “traveling reserve” in the squad, and will step in if someone else is ruled out. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said that they were sending Litton to Pakistan due to a number of injury concerns in the team. “The Asia Cup squad has a few injury concerns and…
Warwickshire 161 (Burgess 54, Roach 4-64, Worrall 3-34) and 126 for 7 (Worrall 3-17, Clark 3-22) trail Surrey 396 (Foakes 125, Steel 71, Barnard 5-66) by 109 runs Surrey are closing in. They took 17 Warwickshire wickets at the Kia Oval on Monday and, with Essex unlikely to reach a third batting bonus point against Middlesex, will go at least 18 points clear at the top of the Championship table…
Pakistan 150 for 5 (Maroof 39, Sekhukhune 2-24) beat South Africa 144 for 5 (Wolvaardt 72, Sandhu 2-16, Iqbal 2-25) by six runs South Africa were still in the 151 chase till the 19th over with Laura Wolvaardt batting on 72 off 53 balls before Iqbal had her caught. The visitors, needing 18 off the next nine balls, eventually fell six runs short. After being put in, Pakistan were off…
Worcestershire 284 and 127 for 8 (McIlroy 4-27) lead Glamorgan 170 (van Beek 4-42, Pennington 3-43) by 241 runs Left-armer Jamie McIlroy led a powerful Glamorgan fightback with the ball to loosen Worcestershire’s grip on the LV=Insurance County Championship encounter at New Road. McIlroy returned career best figures of 4 for 27 from 11 overs to revive his side’s hopes in the top three encounter in which 18 wickets fell…
Essex 303 for 9 (Browne 59, Cook 58, De Caires 7-105) vs Middlesex As the sun beat down with unfamiliar vigour at Chelmsford, reminding the returning Championship crowd that cricket in September need not be exclusively a race against autumn’s creeping shadows, you got the sense – long overdue after the dank weather of recent weeks – that we might be in for an Indian summer after all. Alas for…
Yorkshire 297 and 179 for 2 (Bean 64) lead Derbyshire 247 (Madsen 93, Wagstaff 52, Thompson 3-48, Fisher 3-54) by 229 runs Wayne Madsen narrowly missed out on a century in his 200th first-class appearance for Derbyshire as Yorkshire seized control of the LV= Insurance County Championship match on day two at Scarborough. Madsen, 39, impressed with a very watchable 93 off 140 balls in Derbyshire’s 247 all out as…
Gloucestershire 159 and 179 for 8 (Scriven 3-43) lead Leicestershire 204 (Patel 73, Akhter 4-46) by 134 runs Leicestershire held, lost and then regained the upper hand over Gloucestershire on an eventful second day of their fast-moving LV=Insurance County Championship match, which ended with the home side eyeing up a win inside three days as they seek to strengthen their promotion challenge. On a pitch that continued to make batting…
The Asia Cup matches previously scheduled in Colombo may be relocated to Hambantota, as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) scrambles to reduce the risk of matches being impacted due to rain. Hambantota typically receives significantly less rainfall in September than Colombo and Pallekele, which is why there is a push to move the matches there. However, there are logistical complications with moving matches to this venue on the southern coast…
Hampshire 308 (Dawson 115, Brook 5-56) and 45 for 0 lead Somerset 137 (Barker 5-32) by 216 runs Keith Barker blew Somerset away with his first LV=Insurance County Championship five-wicket haul of the season as Hampshire took control on day two at the Ageas Bowl. Left-arm seamer Barker had only taken 14 wickets in his opening eight red-ball appearances of 2023 but after a fine Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign,…