Grant Bradburn will join Glamorgan as head coach next month after signing a three-year deal, which formally brings his brief tenure as Pakistan men’s head coach to an end. Bradburn took over from Saqlain Mushtaq last year and oversaw Test series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, as well as the 50-over World Cup in India. He worked in conjunction with Mickey Arthur, who juggled his position as Derbyshire’s coach…
Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat first in the second ODI, under cloudy skies at Khettarama. The visitors made one change to their side, at the top of the order, bringing Joylord Gumbie into the XI, with Takudzwanashe Kaitano making way. Gumbie has hit two half-centuries in his ten ODI innings so far, including in his most recent match, against…
Khawaja and Labuschagne are both set to feature for the undefeated Brisbane Heat against Perth Scorchers at the Gabba on Wednesday while Carey will line up for Adelaide Strikers against Hobart Hurricanes the day before. Related Warner hopes to helicopter in for Thunder’s BBL clash against Sixers Chaudhary’s fifty in vain for Hurricanes as Heat win thriller The next generation: who could star in Australia’s future? The availability of Khawaja…
Heinrich Klaasen has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. Klaasen will continue to be available for South Africa in white-ball formats. Klaasen played four Tests between 2019 and 2023, the most recent against West Indies last summer. He is the second senior player to retire from the format after Dean Elgar’s Test career came to an end with the New Year’s Test against India. Klaasen was not…
Azeem Rafiq has criticised the expected return of Colin Graves as Yorkshire chair and urged sponsors to walk out on the club if he is reappointed. Rafiq – who spoke out against the racism he experienced as a Yorkshire player, leading to the club being fined £400,000 and docked 48 points in last year’s County Championship, in addition to sanctions against six individuals – said in a Sunday newspaper column…
Pollard was recently in action for New York Strikers in the Abu Dhabi T10 league, where his side lost the final to Deccan Gladiators. Pooran, who is Pollard’s CPL team-mate at Trinbago Knight Riders, had turned down his West Indies central contract in December 2023 to become a free agent. Pooran was unveiled as Durban’s Super Giants’ wildcard pick in September 2023, and is likely to play three matches in…
Australia 133 for 4 (Perry 34*, Healy 26, Deepti 2-22) beat India 130 for 8 (Deepti 30, Wareham2-17, Sutherland 2-18, Garth 2-27) by six wickets A disciplined bowling effort and a memorable cameo from Ellyse Perry, on her 300th international game, handed Australia a six-wicket win in the second T20I against India, helping them level the series 1-1, with one game to go at the DY Patil Stadium, on Sunday….
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to India’s T20I squad after an absence of more than a year from the format for the three-match series against Afghanistan, India’s last T20I series before the T20 World Cup in June. Rohit and Kohli have not played T20Is since India’s semi-final defeat to England in the T20 World Cup in November 2022, choosing to prioritise Test cricket and ODIs in the lead-up…
Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will not be part of the Indian squad for the three-match T20I series at home against Afghanistan that starts on January 11. Ruturaj Gaikwad is also unavailable with a finger injury, and is likely to miss the first part of the England Test series as well. ESPNcricinfo has learned that both Suryakumar and Hardik are expected to be back in action from the IPL. Suryakumar,…
Brisbane Heat 132 for 7 (Munro 56, Jordan 3-19, Ellis 2-23) beat Hobart Hurricanes 116 for 9 (Chaudhary 55, Bartlett 3-30, Johnson 2-21) by one run via DLS method Brisbane Heat have beaten Hobart Hurricanes by one run to remain undefeated and wrap up a BBL finals spot in a rain-interrupted low-scoring thriller at the Gabba. The Hurricanes needed 13 runs from the final over and three off the final…