Month: April 2024

“Yes, I think so, Pant should be part of the World Cup squad,” Ganguly said at a media round table in New Delhi on Monday. “He should bat in the middle-order. Where exactly is difficult to say because of match-ups, right-left combinations depending on who bowls. It also depends on the situation.” Ponting believes Pant had been a little apprehensive early in the season on what he could do, especially…

Durham have signed Peter Siddle for their next six County Championship matches after fellow Australian seamer Scott Boland was ruled out of his stint at the club with plantar fasciitis. Boland had originally signed until the end of July, on a multi-format deal that would have seen him feature in Durham’s T20 Blast campaign. However the foot injury caused him to arrive too late for their opening Division One fixture…

Delhi Capitals allrounder Mitchell Marsh will not return to India for the remainder of IPL 2024 as he continues to recover from a right hamstring niggle, head coach Ricky Ponting said in New Delhi on Monday. Marsh flew back to Perth on April 12 to consult CA’s medical staff and a decision on his return to the IPL was delayed at the time to give him adequate time to recover…

Virat Kohli has been fined 50% of his match fee for breaching the IPL’s code of conduct during RCB’s match against KKR at Eden Gardens on Sunday. Though the IPL statement did not specify why Kohli was being fined, it is likely to do with his reaction to his dismissal for 18 off 7 balls, in the third over of RCB’s chase of 223. Related Why Kohli’s dismissal against KKR…

Cricket Ireland has confirmed that they cannot afford to host Australia this summer and that they have postponed what would have been the teams’ first-ever men’s bilateral series. Australia were due to travel to Ireland in late August for three ODIs and a one-off T20I before moving onto England for a tour which comprises three T20Is and five ODIs. Richard Holdsworth, Cricket Ireland’s performance director, told ESPNcricinfo last month that…

New Zealand’s win over Pakistan in the third T20I has raised familiar questions around Pakistan’s approach to T20 cricket, with Babar Azam defending Pakistan’s batting performance and rejecting suggestion that a middle-overs slowdown played a part in his side’s defeat. This, even as Shadab Khan stressed that T20s needed “impactful innings” – something Pakistan lacked on the day. Pakistan posted 178 on what Babar acknowledged at the toss was an…

Gujarat Titans 146 for 7 (Tewatia 36*, Gill 35, Harshal 3-15) beat Punjab Kings 142 (Prabhsimran 35, Brar 29, Sai Kishore 4-33) by three wickets The first 11 overs of Gujarat Titans’ spin won them the match, essentially. Before Rashid Khan came on to bowl the fifth over, Punjab Kings were going nicely, at 42 for no loss. Then Rashid bowls a four-run over, and the Titans slow-bowling show begins…

Derbyshire 167 (Lloyd 54, Scriven 3-30) and (Madsen 59*, Thomson 46*, Currie 3-36) trail Leicestershire 574 for 7 dec by 183 runs Wayne Madsen was again a thorn in Leicestershire’s side as he rescued Derbyshire from the threat of a three-day defeat in the Vitality County Championship match at Derby. After Derbyshire were made to follow-on 407 runs in arrears, the 40-year-old blocked the visitors’ push for victory with an…

Kent 244 and 120 for 5 (Worrall 3-18) trail Surrey 543 for 7 dec (Sibley 150, Lawrence 112, Burns 69, Smith 58, Parkinson 5-177) by 179 runs Surrey are closing in on an emphatic victory against Kent in the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury, after reducing the hosts to 120 for five in their second innings, a deficit of 179. Worrall took three for 18 as the champions rattled through…

Northamptonshire 605 for 6 dec (Nair 202*, Vasconcelos 182, Zaib 100*) lead Glamorgan 271 (Ingram 82, Crane 61, Sanderson 5-92) and 104 for 3 (Root 41, Sanderson 1-22, Zaib 1-22) by 230 runs Karun Nair‘s majestic unbeaten double hundred propelled Northamptonshire into a strong position to push for victory in their Vitality County Championship Division Two battle against Glamorgan. The former India Test player racked up 202 not out from…