Esha Oza, the UAE captain, called correctly and elected to bowl in a must-win game against India at the women’s Asia Cup in Dambulla. UAE are looking to bounce back from an opening-day loss to lower-ranked Nepal. Oza announced an unchanged XI while stating the need to restrict India to as low a score as possible on what she described as a “fresh wicket.” India come into the game on…
Shreyanka Patil has ruled out of the women’s Asia Cup after picking up an injury to her left hand. A press release from the Asian Cricket Council on Saturday said The 21-year old India offspinner “sustained a fracture to the fourth finger of her left hand.” Shreyanka took a full part in the team’s only game of the tournament so far, against Pakistan on Friday, bowling 3.2 overs and picking…
Toss Bangladesh opted to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and elected to bat in their opening game of the women’s Asia Cup against hosts Sri Lanka. “Seeing the conditions it looks good. The ball is coming on to the bat very nicely and we want to put a score on the board. We make this tournament equally important as the T20 World Cup. We…
Lunch West Indies 457 (Hodge 120, Da Silva 82*, Athanaze 82, Woakes 4-84) lead England 416 (Pope 121, Duckett 71, Stokes 69) by 41 runs Joshua Da Silva‘s resolute half-century and some late-innings thrashing by Shamar Joseph took West Indies 41 runs ahead of England on the third morning of the second Test at Trent Bridge. Da Silva remained unbeaten on 82, having added fifty runs to his overnight score,…
Former India allrounder Abhishek Nayar and former Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate are set to join India’s support staff as assistant coaches for the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The pair will reunite with newly-appointed India head coach Gautam Gambhir, having recently served as assistant coaches during Kolkata Knight Riders’ run to the IPL 2024 title. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Toss Thailand chose to bat vs Malaysia Thailand’s new captain Thipatcha Putthawong called it right at the toss and opted to bat first in their first game of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 against Malaysia. With a translator in tow at the toss, Putthawong said she wanted to make use of conditions that were breezy and sunny to their advantage. Thailand have a young squad with Natthakan Chantham and regular…
The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused No-Objection Cetificates (NOCs) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada. In a statement, the PCB said it had decided against issuing these NOCs “after consulting with the three players and the selection committee”. The decision comes shortly after the PCB also refused Naseem Shah’s NOC to play the Hundred last week. Naseem had been signed by…
Durham 159 for 2 (Lees 72, Ackermann 54) beat Derbyshire 155 for 8 (Sowter 2-18, Raine 2-19, Parkinson 2-33) by eight wickets Alex Lees and Colin Ackermann scored unbeaten half-centuries to take Durham to an eight-wicket victory over Derbyshire Falcons in the Vitality Blast match at Derby. Lees made 72 off 60 balls and Ackermann 54 from 30 with the pair sharing an unbroken stand of 88 as Durham ended…
Nottinghamshire 209 for 9 (Haynes 50, Cliff 4-31) beat Yorkshire 181 for 6 (Wharton 52, Harrison 2-19, Fletcher 2-36) by 28 runs Yorkshire’s Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes were ended with defeat to the North Group’s bottom side Nottinghamshire, the Vikings failing to chase 210 in a must-win game at Headingley. Coming into this final group fixture, Yorkshire had to win and hope for favours from elsewhere. But they fell short…
Northamptonshire 203 for 6 (Breetzke 76) beat Lancashire 210 for 9 (Dockrell 45, White 3-16) by four wickets Matthew Breetzke‘s thunderous 31-ball 76 helped Northamptonshire Steelbacks secure a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast by beating Lancashire Lightning by four wickets at Emirates Old Trafford. It was the visitors’ first T20 victory on this ground in eight attempts but no one could doubt that it was thoroughly deserved. Reply to…