Month: January 2024

Brown received effusive messages from celebrities and fellow athletes to underline his jaw-dropping performance that made headlines throughout the cricket world. He understandably struggled to get much sleep following his match-winning 140 off 57 balls, which powered Heat past Adelaide Strikers on the Gold Coast in the Challenger. “It [messages] hasn’t stopped,” Brown told media in Brisbane on Tuesday. “I haven’t really felt it [sink in] yet. I’m pretty tired….

Rinku Singh has been added to the India A squad for the second four-day match against England Lions to be played in Ahmedabad from January 24 having earlier only been named in the squad for the third game. Rinku, 26, has had a busy five months and a bit ever since making his T20I debut against Ireland in August last year. He was part of the Asian Games men’s squad…

Australia are confident that Travis Head will be able to take his place in the second Test against West Indies despite having Covid since the end of the opening game in Adelaide. Head delayed his arrival into Brisbane by a day to give himself extra time to recover at home but was due to train with the rest of the squad on Tuesday evening at the Gabba. There remains hope…

Jasprit Bumrah‘s barometer for success will always remain his performances with the red ball because “Test cricket is king.” The 32-Test veteran is the most experienced member of India’s pace pack that will line-up for the first of five Tests against England in Hyderabad starting January 25. If he takes the field, which he should, it’ll be only his fifth home Test. “I am of that generation where Test cricket…

It was as recently as November that the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium was renovated with a new roof covering its stands. That explains why Brendon McCullum is gazing up at it like he’s been reacquainted with an old friend who has done something a bit different with their hair. It might have also been the look of a man wondering if he could have put a dent in it in…

Alex Davies has been named as the new captain of Warwickshire, following Will Rhodes’ decision to step down after four years in the role. Davies, 29, has played more than 50 senior matches for the club across formats since joining from Lancashire in 2021, and in last season’s Vitality Blast, he led the side to ten wins out of ten after stepping into the job following Moeen Ali’s unexpected Ashes…

Australia 95 for 6 (Weibgen 39*, Brassell 3-28, Badenhorst 2-29) beat Namibia 91 (van Vuuren 29, Vidler 4-17, Straker 3-16) by four wickets Australia’s fast bowlers, led by Callum Vidler, bundled Namibia out for under 100, before their captain Hugh Weibgen steered them through a tricky chase in their first game of the Men’s Under-19 World Cup. Weibgen came out to bat in the third over after opener Sam Konstas…

Brisbane Heat 214 for 7 (Brown 140, McSweeney 33, Payne 2-17, Pope 2-39, Boyce 2-50) beat Adelaide Strikers 160 (Nielsen 50, Kelly 41, McSweeney 3-3, Johnson 3-20) by 54 runs Opener Josh Brown took Brisbane Heat into the BBL final after bludgeoning the joint-second-fastest century in the history of the competition to halt Adelaide Strikers’ barnstorming late-season run. In an extraordinary display of power-hitting on the Gold Coast, Brown smashed…

Mumbai continued their winning streak, while defending champions Saurashtra finally managed a win by getting the better of Vidarbha. The weather, meanwhile, continued to play a big role. Here are the highlights from the third round of the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 season. The Mumbai juggernaut rolls on After two bonus-point wins over Bihar and Andhra, Mumbai beat Kerala by 232 runs in Thiruvananthapuram to catapult to the top of Group…

England began their Test preparations in Hyderabad without Shoaib Bashir after visa issues left him stranded in the UAE. England arrived in India on Sunday ahead of Thursday’s opening Test following a training camp in Abu Dhabi, where Bashir remains after a delay in his paperwork left him unable to travel with the rest of the squad. The Somerset offspinner, whose parents are of Pakistani heritage, is being accompanied by…