John Stephenson, Essex’s chief executive, says that the club now has a chance to “future-proof” itself through a significant redevelopment of its home ground at Chelmsford, and could even target the hosting of a Men’s World Cup fixture in 2030, following the ECB’s decision to name the county as one of eight Tier 1 clubs in the new professional structure for women’s cricket. Essex’s bid, which was made in conjunction…
West Indies Women 269 for 8 (Matthews 140*, Campbelle 45, Sadia 2-38, Tuba 2-48) beat Pakistan Women 156 (Tuba 25, Matthews 3-17, James 2-14, Fletcher 2-19) by 113 runs An authoritative all-round display from Hayley Matthews gave West Indies a winning start to their tour of Pakistan, their 113-run in Karachi stretching their run of successive wins in the country – dating back to 2004 – to seven ODIs. Matthews…
Sri Lanka are yet to qualify for either the T20 or ODI World Cup but their captain Chamari Athapaththu has already set a goal for them if they get there. “I want to see my team in the semi-finals of the World Cup,” she said after Sri Lanka ended their tour of South Africa with a six-wicket win in the third ODI. “I’ve worked so hard in the last 15…
India captain Rohit Sharma has said it will be “awesome” to play against Pakistan in a Test series overseas. In a chat with Club Prairie Fire podcast, co-hosted by Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan, Rohit said he would “love” India and Pakistan to resume playing bilateral cricket on a regular basis, something that has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team crossed the border to play a three-match ODI series…
India captain Rohit Sharma is “not a fan” of the Impact Player rule in the IPL, arguing that it’s detrimental to the growth of allrounders in Indian cricket. Rohit is the first high-profile Indian player to be critical of the Impact Player rule which was introduced in IPL 2023 and allows teams to bring in a 12th player at any point in a match to replace a player from the…
New Zealand and Chennai Super Kings wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway has been ruled out of the entire IPL 2024 with injury. CSK have added England seamer Richard Gleeson to their squad as his replacement. Conway had suffered a fracture in the joint of his left thumb during the second T20I against Australia in Auckland in February. He subsequently underwent surgery and CSK were originally hopeful of having Conway back in May…
Scott Boland‘s first spell in county cricket could be under threat from a heel injury that resurfaced on his debut for Durham. Boland bowled 13 wicketless overs for Durham in the first innings of their high-scoring draw against Warwickshire at Edgbaston but did not bowl after the first day of the match. Scott Borthwick, their captain, initially suggested Boland’s absence was precautionary but his injury has since been revealed as…
Maxwell has become the latest Australian player to sign in MLC and will join his Australia teammates in Head and Smith, along with his former IPL coach Ricky Ponting, at Washington Freedom. He told ESPN’s Around the Wicket that he was excited about the opportunity to play in the United States. Related Travis Head joins Steven Smith at Washington Freedom for Major League Cricket 2024 Steven Smith joins Washington Freedom…
Former Australia batter Stuart Law has been appointed as the new head coach of the USA men’s team. His first assignment in charge will be the three-match T20I series at home against Bangladesh before the T20 World Cup in June, for which the USA are co-hosts along with West Indies. “It is an exciting opportunity to join USA cricket at this time. USA is one of the strongest Associate nations…
Sangha, 24, has made the shift from New South Wales after his career had stalled last season playing just five Sheffield Shield matches and five Marsh Cup games. He did not play any matches for NSW in the second half of the season following the BBL. He averaged just 19.12 in eight Shield innings last year with one half-century and has not made a Shield century since scoring 142 against…