A West Indies ‘A’ side will tour Nepal for five T20 games as part of an A team tour in April-May to help both sides prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA in June. It will be the first time that a West Indies side will tour Nepal. All five games will be played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur starting…
Worcestershire 360 and 295 for 3 (Kashif 133, Libby 75*) lead Warwickshire 333 (Barnard 89, Rhodes 64) by 265 runs Warwickshire and Worcestershire launched their Vitality County Championship season with a draw after bad weather shunted a hitherto intriguing game up a cul-de-sac at Edgbaston. Worcestershire were frustratingly denied a chance to press for victory on their return to Division One after a wet outfield prevented play before lunch on…
Surrey 15 for 0 drew with Lancashire 202 (Bohannon 84, Steel 5-25, Lawrence 4-91) Lancashire are hoping that “common sense prevails” in their discussions with Cricket Australia over Nathan Lyon‘s availability, after his debut for the county against Surrey was heavily curtailed by the Manchester weather. Asked if Lyon’s cameo would count as one of his seven permitted appearances, Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein said: “I hope not. We have asked…
Durham hope that Scott Boland‘s arrival in the north east will provide them with a timely boost after their first match back in Division One of the County Championship was washed out without a ball bowled against Hampshire. Boland has been training at Chester-le-Street over the weekend – he had his Durham headshots taken on Monday – but did not arrive in time to be considered for selection in the…
“I’m still not decided [on retirement],” she said in East London, where Sri Lanka will play South Africa in the first of three ODIs tomorrow. “We can talk about it later. At the moment, I’m focused on the [South Africa] ODIs and World Cup qualifiers. Let’s see in the future.” Athapaththu, who is 34 and is due to play her 100th ODI for Sri Lanka in the upcoming series, raised…
The start of the new season at Derby ended in anti-climax and frustration when the Vitality County Championship match between Derbyshire and Gloucestershire was abandoned without a ball bowled. Weeks of rain leading up to the match followed by more bad weather over the four days left the County Ground outfield saturated and unfit for first-class cricket. Following more rain on Sunday night, umpires Ian Blackwell and Neil Pratt called…
Williams has joined Capitals for his base price of INR 50 lakh. This will be his first stint in the IPL. Williams will bolster Capitals’ pace department, which comprises his compatriot Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Jhye Richardson and Mukesh Kumar. They also have two pace-bowling allrounders in Mitchell Marsh and Sumit Kumar. Capitals also had in their ranks Lungi Ngidi, but he withdrew from the tournament as he…
Tim Paine would be “very interested” in putting his name forward to be Adelaide Strikers’ head coach if South Australia decide to split the state and BBL coaching roles following Jason Gillespie‘s departure. There is a significant overhaul going on at South Australia this off-season with long-time general manager of high performance Tim Nielsen departing along with Gillespie. Luke Williams, who has become a sought-after coach in T20 leagues, has…
USA 133 for 4 (Monank 50, Gous 50) beat Canada 132 (Bin Zafar 29, Kenjige 3-21) by six wickets Canada, after being asked to bat, could only muster 132 from their 20 overs. Plenty of batters made starts, but couldn’t push on and string together any meaningful partnership, as USA struck at regular intervals. That Canada got to their total at the end was thanks to a late 16-ball 29…
Marsh’s hamstring concern Mitchell Marsh is set to be confirmed as Australia’s T20I captain for the World Cup but there is a major concern over his fitness after he missed Delhi Capitals’ loss to Mumbai Indians on Sunday with a hamstring injury. Capitals’ assistant coach Pravin Amre called it a “worrying sign” for Capitals but it is a greater concern for Australia given his injury history. “He has gone for…