Australia left-arm seamer Lauren Cheatle has been ruled out of the rest of the domestic season and the WPL after undergoing a medical procedure for skin cancer on her neck. Cheatle underwent the procedure on Wednesday. She had previously undergone treatment for skin cancer in 2021. She had been signed by Gujarat Giants for this season’s WPL which begins on February 23 but will now miss the tournament as well…
Ben Stokes has confirmed that Jack Leach will not be available for the second Test in Visakhapatnam after failing to recover from a knee injury sustained during the first Test. Leach hurt his knee fielding on the first day of the Test in Hyderabad, before exacerbating the issue on the second morning. Though restricted to short spells for the rest of the match, Leach managed to bowl 10 overs in…
South Africa’s Test team will draw inspiration from the national women’s side, who beat Australia in a T20I for the first time this week, as they embark on a two-Test series against New Zealand with a makeshift side. “It’s the first time we beat Australia in Australia. That’s a massive thing for any Proteas side,” Shukri Conrad, South Africa’s Test coach said from Christchurch, where South Africa drew their warm-up…
South Africa 103 for 1 (Pretorius 53*, Stolk 37, Kamuriwo 1-31) beat Zimbabwe 102 (Ronak 32, Maphaka 5-34, Luus 3-25) by nine wickets Left-arm quick Kwena Maphaka picked up 5 for 34, including three of the top four batters, as South Africa crushed Zimbabwe in the Super Sixes of the Under-19 World Cup. Maphaka’s spell helped bundle Zimbabwe out for 102, with the hosts’ top order hunting down the target…
Shoaib Malik will rejoin the Fortune Barishal squad on February 2, after leaving the BPL abruptly last week. He will be available for the team’s last game of the Sylhet leg, against Khulna Tigers on February 3. It was not clear initially why Malik had left. Later, he tweeted: “I would like to address and dismiss the recent rumours circulating about my playing position with Fortune Barishal. I had a…
Mitchell Marsh has capped a remarkable rise to one of Australia’s most important players by being named the Allan Border Medalist at the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards, while Ashleigh Gardner has taken out the Belinda Clark Award for a year where her bowling became integral to the team across formats. Marsh made a stunning return to Test cricket during the Ashes in England in mid-2023 when he was recalled at…
All eight matches during the second week of the BPL’s ongoing 2023-24 season were held in Sylhet, arguably the country’s best batting track. Khulna Tigers remained undefeated – they now have four victories from as many games – even as Sylhet Strikers failed to get on the board in five attempts. Here are some of the highlights from the week gone by. While table-toppers Khulna followed up two wins from…
He will be given some injections that will keep him pain-free for the duration of his travel back to Bengaluru, where he is expected to check-in to a private hospital for further investigations. ESPNcricinfo understands Agarwal will need at least two days of hospitalisation. This automatically rules him out of Karnataka’s upcoming fifth-round Ranji Trophy fixture against Railways, beginning on Friday. On Tuesday, Agarwal had developed a burning sensation in…
Omitted, meanwhile, is Pathum Nissanka, who was part of Sri Lanka’s last Test squad, though he has not played a Test since the middle of 2022. Dilshan Madushanka, who is currently in the UAE playing in the ILT20, is not in this squad either. The same goes for Kusal Perera. This is the first Test squad named by Sri Lanka’s new selection committee, headed by Upul Tharanga. The match, which…
Sylhet Strikers captain Mashrafe Mortaza has announced that he is taking a break from this season’s BPL, to concentrate on his political career. Mashrafe is a member of parliament after getting elected for a second time in the position, in the country’s general elections earlier this month. His party the Awami League has also appointed him as a whip. “Mashrafe will be available to play for the Strikers further in…