England allrounder Tom Curran has been banned for four BBL matches after being found guilty of intimidating an umpire in a pre-match altercation, but Sydney Sixers will appeal the sanction. According to CA, Curran completed a practice run-up and ran on part of the pitch during the warm-up before being verbally instructed by the umpire not to do so again. CA said Curran moved to the other end of the…
Allrounders Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta have been suspended with immediate effect by Zimbabwe Cricket for “allegedly breaching anti-doping rules”. They have been suspended from all cricket activities, pending a hearing, after they tested positive for a banned recreational drug in an out-of-competition case during a in-house dope test recently. They have been charged under the ZC Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials, and will appear for a…
South Africa Women 223 for 2 (Bosch 65*, Wolvaardt 54, Brits 50, Luus 47*) beat Bangladesh Women 222 for 4 (Fargana 102, Fahima 46*, Kapp 2-21) by eight wickets South Africa drew level in the ODI series against Bangladesh, with three half-centuries from the hosts’ top four batters trumping a century from Fargana Hoque and helping them ease their way through a chase of 223 in Potchefstroom. The victory was…
Exciting young quick bowler Jayden Seales is also unavailable due to a shoulder injury while, like Holder, allrounder Kyle Mayers has opted out of the tour to play T20s. The majority of those in line for their maiden Test appearance featured in the recent West Indies A tour of South Africa which included three four-day matches. Offspinning allrounder Sinclair, who has played seven ODIs and six T20Is, impressed on that…
Toss Australia chose to bat vs India On what was a quite cold 23-degree morning in Mumbai, Australia captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and elected to bat first in the only Test against India. There were debuts on both ends, with India handing a cap to wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh and Australia bringing in left-arm fast bowler Lauren Cheatle into the mix. From the side that had walloped England by…
Pace bowler Khurram Shahzad has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series in Australia due to a rib stress fracture and abdominal muscle tear. Shahzad had reported side soreness while bowling on debut in the first Test in Perth and was sent for scans with those revealing the fracture in his left 10th rib. He won’t be able to feature in either Melbourne or Sydney. “PCB will…
A year ago, Spencer Johnson hadn’t played a professional T20 match and it wasn’t long since he had been working as a landscape gardener. He still only has 20 official games under his belt and 17 wickets. But on Tuesday he became an IPL millionaire. While Mitchell Starc took the headlines for his record-setting price tag, it is a tale such as Johnson’s that is arguably more extraordinary as he…
Jason Holder says that his decision to make himself unavailable for West Indies’ Test series in Australia next month was prompted by his desire to focus on T20 cricket ahead of a World Cup on home soil in June 2024. Holder, who captained in 37 Tests between 2015 and 2020, does not feature in the 15-man squad named by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday, which includes seven uncapped players,…
Matthew Mott has said that England are “very close” to settling on their squad for the T20 World Cup next June. England are currently tied at 2-2 in their five-match series against West Indies, in a contest that has been enthralling throughout with over 100 sixes hit in four matches. The series has been invaluable preparation for England, with all of their group-stage fixtures for the World Cup next year…
Big picture: We have an ODI series decider If this series felt like an afterthought before, the ODI on Tuesday night confirmed it, when the broadcast in India kept talking about the IPL auction instead of the cricket that was happening. A South Africa victory though has given this upcoming game proper stakes. It’s a decider and that’s the kind of pressure both of these teams will want to put…