Pakistan batter Bismah Maroof and legspinner Ghulam Fatima suffered minor injuries after being involved in a car accident on Friday. The PCB said in a statement that the two received immediate first aid and were placed under the care of the board’s medical team. The series, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, is scheduled to begin on April 18, with all eight matches to be played at the National Stadium…
Sophie Devine will return to lead New Zealand for the third and final ODI against England in Hamilton on Sunday. Devine had missed the fifth T20I and the first two ODIs with a quad strain. “Having Sophie lead them out tomorrow will fill the team with confidence,” New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer said. “Sophie is always going to be a big miss whenever she is unavailable so we’re delighted…
Abhishek Sharma put his powerplay bash – he scored 37 in 12 balls and was dismissed in the third over – against Chennai Super Kings down to his observations about the Hyderabad surface, which he expected to slow down once the ball got old. “While bowling, we felt that it was a bit [of a] slow wicket. So we knew that somehow if we take the powerplay on, then we…
Leicestershire164 for 5 (Harris 56; Hill 3-25)) vs Yorkshire Seamer George Hill claimed three key wickets, including Australian opener Marcus Harris for 56, as Yorkshire had the better of a shortened opening day of the Vitality County Championship season against Leicestershire at Headingley. Heavy overnight rain meant a wet outfield and a delayed start until 3.40pm, with Division Two title favourites Yorkshire opting to bowl upon winning the toss. The…
Glamorgan 370 for 3 (Northeast 186*, Carlson 77, Root 67) vs Middlesex In a dank start to the year, few would be able to state with any confidence that they’ve yet heard their first cuckoo of spring. But cock an ear to the shires on this cold grey day in April, and you’d hear loud and clear the mocking laugh of the Kookaburra – an invasive species in these parts,…
Essex 244 for 9 (Cox 84, Elgar 80; Paterson 5-49) vs Nottinghamshire Dean Elgar and Jordan Cox made eye-catching debuts for Essex but it was Elgar’s fellow South African Dane Paterson who stole the show on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship season at Trent Bridge. Opener Elgar, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, looked more than capable of filling the void left by Sir Alastair…
Worcestershire 316 for 7 (Kashif 110, Roderick 68) vs Warwickshire Kashif Ali scored an accomplished maiden century as Worcestershire made a solid 316 for 7 against Warwickshire on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship season at Edgbaston. Kashif struck 110 off 188 balls and Gareth Roderick added a nuggety 68 as the visitors returned to Division One with a strong day’s work following promotion last year. Warwickshire captain…
Sunrisers Hyderabad 166 for 4 (Markram 50, Abhishek 37, Head 31, Moeen 2-23) beat Chennai Super Kings 165 for 5 (Dube 45, Rahane 35, Bhuvneshwar 1-28, Cummins 1-29) by six wickets Sunrisers Hyderabad sussed out the conditions quicker than Chennai Super Kings on a black-soil surface and cruised to their second successive win at home. In the absence of Mustafizur Rahman, who had returned to Bangladesh to sort out his…
Northamptonshire 95 for 2 (Seales 2-33) vs Sussex Northamptonshire had the better of the half day’s play that was possible on the opening of the Vitality County Championship match at Hove. They lost the toss but their batters battled hard and reached 95 for 2 when bad light – with no option for floodlights – drove the players from the field just after 6pm. Play started four hours late, at…
James Anderson believes that the British government’s £35 million investment in grassroots cricket will “make a massive difference” to the sport’s profile and accessibility over the next five years. Rishi Sunak, the UK’s Prime Minister, announced a funding package at The Oval on Friday morning which Richard Thompson, ECB chair, described as a “seminal” step towards his ambition to make cricket “the most inclusive team sport in the country”. The…