Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia opted to bowl in the second T20I against India in Thiruvananthapuram with a couple of changes. Matthew Wade made the call hoping for dew to play a role later on, while also expecting the pitch to get better later. There was a lot of grass on the pitch, which looked dry too. Wade made two changes to the side that lost the…
A five-wicket defeat to Uganda, their second loss in three games at the Africa Region Qualifier, has dealt a serious blow to Zimbabwe’s hopes of reaching the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe came into this game having lost their tournament-opener to hosts Namibia – a result their coach Dave Houghton had called “embarrassingly bad” – and won their second game against Tanzania by nine wickets. As things stand, Zimbabwe…
Chennai Super Kings Players released: Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorious, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala Players retained: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, , Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana Delhi Capitals Players released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya,…
Darren Bravo has decided to take a break from cricket following his non-selection in West Indies’ squad for their three-match ODI series against England next month. The 34-year-old, who last played for West Indies in February 2022, continued to be left out despite topping the run charts in the 2023-24 Super50 Cup, where he scored 416 runs at an average of 83.20. It is not yet clear how long Bravo…
Sydney Sixers 126 for 1 (Perry 82*) beat Sydney Thunder 123 (Knight 38, Litchfield 34, Gardner 4-26) by nine-wickets Sydney Thunder were left having to undertake a hasty cross-country journey in their bid to reach the WBBL final after falling to defeat against local rivals Sixers at the SCG. Victory would have secured Thunder a home Challenger final on Wednesday, but instead they will have to take the long route…
Adelaide Strikers 164 for 3 (Wolvaardt 73) beat Hobart Hurricanes 87 (McGrath 3-8) by 77 runs The in-form Adelaide Strikers are pulling all the right moves in pursuit of back-to-back WBBL titles, thrashing the Hobart Hurricanes by 77 runs in their last game of the regular season. Strikers won Sunday’s game with a patient first innings anchored by Laura Wolvaardt, who it was later confirmed will be available for the…
England batter Joe Root, who had made his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals earlier this year, has opted out of IPL 2024 just a day before the retention deadline. Royals said in a statement on their website that they “respect” Root’s decision. “During our retention conversations, Joe informed us of his decision to not take part in IPL 2024,” Kumar Sangakkara, Royals’ director of cricket, said. “Even in a short…
With India resting some of their key players for the five-match T20I series against Australia, the fringe players have a chance to make an impression ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. However, Tilak Varma doesn’t want to put himself under pressure by thinking about that. “My mindset is clear,” Tilak said on the eve of the second T20I in Thiruvananthapuram. “I have got a role in the…
Chris Read, the former Nottinghamshire and England wicketkeeper, has been appointed as the new head coach of Thunder, and will take over from Paul Shaw who stepped down at the end of the 2023 campaign after four seasons in charge. Read, who played 15 Tests between 1999 and 2007 and represented England in all three formats, has since served as assistant coach with Trent Rockets in the women’s Hundred and…
Graham Onions has agreed a return to his home club of Durham as lead bowling coach, after calling time on his six-year spell at Lancashire. Onions, who made more than 250 appearances for Durham across formats between 2004 and 2017, was instrumental in the club’s glory years, playing a key role in three County Championship titles between 2008 and 2013, and the One-Day Cup in 2014. He then moved to…