Melbourne Renegades have poached BBL-winning batter Josh Brown away from Brisbane Heat on a two-year deal as a replacement for the retired Aaron Finch. Brown, 30, burst onto the scene in the last two seasons as a mature-age find for Heat after dominating Brisbane grade cricket and had a huge impact for Heat helping them reach two finals and claim the title last season. In his first 23 matches in…
“Thank you. When GT is playing, don’t think that, eh?” Gujarat Titans are the kings of the chase, certainly in IPL cricket. They have won 16 of 22 matches batting first and often enough they have come from out of nowhere to claim victory. Wednesday night was one such occasion and in the sweet afterglow their new captain Shubman Gill couldn’t help but indulge in that throwaway line about writing…
Gujarat Titans have done it again. They are incredible at chasing a target down to the point that it almost seems like tempting fate to give them the chance. Here they had to hunt down 197 in conditions where there was no dew, and it still looked bleak when the match winner Rashid Khan came in to bat. They needed 40 off 15 17.3 Avesh Khan to Rashid Khan, 1…
8.2 to B Sai Sudharsan, huge appeal, not given! Full and speared into middle and off. Sudharsan shapes for the lap but makes a complete hash of it. Seems to miss it completely and gets pinned on the pads, right in front of middle and off. Kumar Dharmasena has a long look at it, grimaces too but does not raise his finger. RR go upstairs. No bat involved. Ball Tracking…
Match details Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Spin struggles of a different kind for MI and RCB The security guards in the lower tier of the stands at the media end of Wankhede Stadium were kept busy on Wednesday. They all had ‘ball retrievers’ added to their job description for the evening. Faf du Plessis had two stints…
Fully immersing himself into the rehab process over the last three months has helped Suryakumar Yadav “grow as a person and athlete”. Suryakumar rewired his “body and brain” to focus on the smaller things as he underwent recovery for sports hernia, an ankle injury and right knee pain at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. “It’s a little difficult to describe the last three months,”Suryakumar told the official IPL website….
Derbyshire have signed Daryn Dupavillon, the South African seamer, as an overseas player for the majority of the 2024 season. Dupavillon effectively replaces Mohammad Amir, whose international recall will limit him to six appearances for the county in the T20 Blast. Dupavillon is expected to join Derbyshire in time for their County Championship fixture against Sussex, which starts on May 3, following his commitments with the Dolphins franchise in South…
Former Cricket Australia chair Jack Clarke has passed away in Adelaide aged 70. Clarke was an influential figure in Australian cricket having served on the CA board from 1999 to 2011 and was chair for the final three years of his tenure. The Big Bash League was launched during his time as chair from 2008 to 2011 and he also commissioned the Argus review into the performance of the Australian…
Former New Zealand legspinner Jack Alabaster died at the age of 93 in Cromwell on Tuesday night. Considered among the best legspinners to come out of New Zealand, Alabaster played 21 Tests, taking 49 wickets between 1955 and 1972. Alabaster was part of New Zealand’s first four Test wins. He was on tours to India and Pakistan in 1955-56, England in 1958, South Africa in 1961-62 and West Indies in…
USA 230 for 3 (Monank 68, Gous 57, Taylor 54) beat Canada 199 (Johnson 74, Harmeet 2-14) by 31 runs USA’s top three batters – Steven Taylor, Andries Gous and the captain Monank Patel – all raised half-centuries, as the team made 230, paving the way for a comfortable 31-run win in Prairie View. USA, after being inserted, began strongly, as the openers Taylor and Monank added 104 in 8.3…