The BCB has appointed David Hemp and Andre Adams as the new batting and bowling coach on two-year contracts. They will start from next month’s home series against Sri Lanka. Hemp, the county cricket giant who played a 24 ODIs for Bermuda, was the team’s batting coach during their tour of New Zealand last year. He had joined the BCB in May 2023 as the high-performance head coach before this…
Multan Sultans 214 for 4 (Usman 96, Shaheen 2-39) beat Lahore Qalandars 154 (Farhan 31, Usama 6-40) by 60 runs Usama Mir became the first spinner in PSL history to grab a six-wicket haul as Multan Sultans beat Lahore Qalandars by 60 runs on Tuesday, handing the two-time champions their sixth straight loss. Legspinner Mir picked up 6 for 40 and bowled out Lahore for 154 in 17 overs. Table-topper…
As England nursed the collective disappointment of their series defeat, head coach Brendon McCullum defended Ollie Robinson after a tough first outing in India. But Robinson finds himself at another juncture in a Test career only in its third year, with questions remaining about his robustness. Robinson had been primed for a pivotal role during the backend of this five-match series, and England pulled the cord for the fourth Test…
Yorkshire have issued a public apology to Wayne Morton, their long-standing physiotherapist, as part of an out-of-court settlement after he was one of 14 people sacked in December 2021 at the height of the club’s racism crisis. Morton, 62, was dismissed from his role as head of sports science and medicine by the club’s former chair, Lord Kamlesh Patel, after putting his name to a joint letter criticising Yorkshire’s handling…
Eoin Morgan, England’s World Cup-winning captain, has been appointed as the new President of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. Morgan, 37, captained England to victory in the 2019 World Cup and retired in 2022 after more than 350 international appearances across formats. He will succeed the outgoing president Charlotte Edwards, to become the role’s tenth incumbent. During his time as England captain, Morgan sat on the Team England Player Partnership (TEPP)…
Big picture – A rare Test for Afghanistan and Ireland Six-and-a-half years ago, these two sides were awarded Full Member status, but aside from the financial perks that brings, that promotion for Ireland and Afghanistan has seemed little more than theoretical. Neither side is part of the World Test Championship; none of them have even played a three-match Test series. The two have combined for 15 Tests, nearly all of…
Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl vs Gujarat Giants Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and, as has been the norm so far this season, elected to field against Gujarat Giants as they looked to continue their winning march at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The toss result was much to the delight of the local crowd who once again packed the stadium in numbers. Mandhana confirmed that…
Shreyas Iyer will feature in the Ranji Trophy semi-final for Mumbai after recovering from back spasms that ruled him out of the quarter-final at home against Baroda. Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan also returned to competitive cricket on Tuesday, turning up for the Reserve Bank of India in the DY Patil T20 tournament – a popular corporate tournament featuring top domestic players – in Navi Mumbai. Shivam Dube, however, will continue to…
England head coach Brendon McCullum says it would be “slightly mad” if Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir are unable to build on a breakthrough tour of India in county cricket, and has suggested clubs should produce pitches to assist in the development of spinners across the country. Hartley and Bashir have been two plus points in a series in which England competed well but still lost after India took an…
Playing against Nepal, he brought up his century in 33 balls, thus bettering Nepal’s Kushal Malla’s record by one ball. In all, Loftie-Eaton scored 101 off 36 balls, which included 11 fours and eight sixes. The 92 runs he scored in boundaries were also the most by a batter in T20Is. Malla’s feat had come during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, when Nepal had smashed 314 for 3 against…