ILT20 2023 runners-up Desert Vipers have signed up Mohammad Amir for the second season of the tournament. Amir will join his compatriots Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Azam Khan in the Vipers squad. Amir has 303 wickets so far in T20s and last played the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in September last year for Jamaica Tallawahs, where he was the third-highest wicket-taker. His last competitive series, however, was the…
David Teeger has been relieved of the South Africa Under-19 captaincy a week before the World Cup over concerns for his safety following his comments in support of Israeli soldiers in the ongoing conflict with Palestine. Cricket South Africa are bracing for protests at the tournament, which begins on January 19, and said there was a risk that they could “result in conflict or even violence, including between rival groups…
Aaron Finch believes he might get more emotional in his BBL and Melbourne Renegades farewell than he did when he retired from international cricket for Australia, as he prepares to play his last professional match in the Melbourne derby on Saturday night. Finch has announced his retirement from professional cricket despite having a year to run on his Renegades contract. He has only played four games for Renegades this season…
The BCCI has shortlisted Bengaluru and Delhi as venues to host the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL). The BCCI has also tentatively pencilled in a window between February 22 and March 17 for the second season of the tournament. ESPNcricinfo has learned the first part of WPL 2024 will be played in Bengaluru while Delhi will host the second leg, including the knockouts. Splitting the five-team tournament, comprising 22 matches,…
West Indies 251 for 8 (Greaves 65, Hodge 52, Brathwaite 52) and 315 for 5 dec (Da Silva 105, Hodge 99) drew with Cricket Australia XI 174 (Ward 50) and 149 for 5 (Sinclair 3-38) Joshua Da Silva wrapped up West Indies’ on-field preparations for the Frank Worrell Trophy by hitting a century against a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide. Five days out from the first Test in the South…
Shivam Dube has credited his CSK captain MS Dhoni for the transformation in his attitude and approach after he returned to the Indian team with a match-winning 60 off 40 balls against Afghanistan in the first T20I to script India’s six-wicket win. Dube’s fifty and bowling figures of 1 for 9 from two overs headlined India’s performance for the 1-0 lead as he returned to the T20I XI for the…
Richardson pulled up sore after Scorchers’ match against Brisbane Heat at the Gabba and subsequent scans showed the severity of the injury. He had not been at his best this season with six wickets and 40.33 in matches with an economy rate 9.18 but had earned a recall to the Australia squad for the first time since 2022 for the three ODIs against West Indies. Richardson has had to deal…
Pakistan chose to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan’s new T20I captain Shaheen Afridi elected to put New Zealand in first in the first T20I at Eden Park, on Friday. New Zealand have been dealt a late blow with the absence of Mitchell Santner, who was ruled out of the series opener after testing positive for Covid. NZC announced that Santner had self-isolated in his hotel room, and would travel onwards…
Hanuma Vihari has stepped down as the Andhra captain for the rest of the Ranji Trophy season. Ricky Bhui will lead the team now after Vihari led them to a draw against Bengal at home in the opening round of the season. Vihari continues to be part of the XI as Andhra take on Mumbai in their Group B clash at the Sharad Pawar Academy in BKC, Mumbai. Bhui had…
Legspinner Alana King continues to be squeezed out of Australia’s T20I squad in what remains a settled group for the limited-overs legs of South Africa’s multiformat visit which begins at the end of January. King will return for the three-match ODI series with Grace Harris, who is part of the T20I squad, dropping out. King, who has 21 wickets at 19.52 in T20Is, has not featured in the format since…