Twenty more runs, and who knows what Canada might have been able to achieve? And looking at the way Aaron Johnson started they threatened to go past the run-a-ball mark, which has been successfully defended in New York on the last two days. Canada now have only a remote chance to make it to the Super Eights but for a while they dreamed. All thanks to Johnson’s half-century on a…
An unsung hero of India’s win against Pakistan was the allrounder Axar Patel. Not only did he provide batting depth, he also provided flexibility in the batting order by moving up to face the moving ball and protect more-valuable batters. Not only that, he bowled a crucial 16th over and shut out a left-hand batter who had the shorter leg-side boundary and favourable wind. Axar’s was not a conventional selection…
Somerset 81 for 1 (Banton 49*, Kohler-Cadmore 30*) beat Middlesex 79 (Cornwell 15*, Helm 15, Meredith 4-12, Davey 2-13) by 9 wickets Riley Meredith led the rout as Somerset bowled Middlesex out for 78 at Lord’s – their lowest ever score in the history of Vitality Blast cricket. The 27-year-old Tasmanian with six white-ball caps for his country took 4 for 12, while Craig Overton, Josh Davey and the competition’s…
Pakistan 107 for 3 (Rizwan 53*, Babar 33, Heyliger 2-18) beat Canada 106 for 7 (Johnson 52, Amir 2-13, Rauf 2-26) by seven wickets There was finally something at the T20 World Cup for Pakistan to be happy about as they produced a strong all-round show to record their first win of tournament, beating Canada by seven wickets in New York. The win was set up by the fast bowlers,…
Durham have secured a key signing ahead of their first season as a Tier 1 women’s team in 2025, with the return of Dani Hazell, Northern Diamonds’ highly rated head coach, to Chester-le-Street on a three-year deal. Hazell, who made 141 appearances for England between 2009 and 2018, including two World Cups and three Ashes wins, is also head coach of the Headingley-based Northern Superchargers, a role she will retain…
With their World Cup hopes once again hanging in the balance, Jos Buttler says that England’s only focus is on victory as they prepare for a critical encounter with Oman in Antigua, and that they will worry about the question of net run-rate only when they’ve earned the right to do so. With one point from a possible four so far, England go into their penultimate Group B fixture on…
Match details India vs USANew York, 10.30am local, 8.00pm IST, 2.30pm GMT Big picture: Party in the USA The New York Times is writing articles about it. Drake has been making money off it. Baseball fans have been triggered by it. Look out, America, our beautiful game is starting to take you over. India themselves are somewhere near the front of this charm offensive, eager to tap into a market…
Rocky Flintoff, the son of former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff, has been called up to England men’s Under-19 squad for their three-match youth ODI series against Sri Lanka later this month. Despite being just 16, Flintoff has impressed for Lancashire 2nd XI this season. He made his debut two days after his 16th birthday and scored a maiden century in April against Warwickshire 2nd XI at Edgbaston. His father, Andrew,…
Guyana Amazon Warriors have signed Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz for CPL 2024. Imran Tahir, who captained the team to their maiden title last season, has been retained. Gurbaz will return to the franchise, having been a part of them in 2022. He played six matches and scored 157 runs with two half-centuries. Among the other overseas players retained are Pakistan batters Saim Ayub and Azam Khan and South African allrounder…
Match details Nepal vs Sri LankaLauderhill, Florida, 7:30pm local time Big picture: Nepal’s best chance of beating Sri Lanka So, you’re saying there’s a chance? That will be the essence of Sri Lanka’s thinking from here on as they seek to keep alive their dwindling hopes of Super 8s qualification in the T20 World Cup 2024. After two defeats in two – to South Africa and Bangladesh – the former…