England are primed for a last-minute shift to their plans for the second Test at Trent Bridge, as Ben Duckett prepares for the imminent birth of his first child. The opener delayed his arrival to England’s training session on Tuesday morning, having been the first in and out of the nets on Monday to be with his fiancée, Paige. That this is a home Test for Duckett aids the logistics…
Big picture: New guard? Not quite It’s the start of a new era up at Trent Bridge although, at a glance, it looks a lot like the old era. There’s a solitary change to England’s winning line-up from Lord’s, albeit a significant one, as James Anderson takes his leave of the team after 188 appearances and 21 years. But if you thought the future starts here and now, then the…
Former Sri Lanka Under-19 captain Dhammika Niroshana has died at the age of 41 after he was shot by an unidentified individual outside his home in Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lankan Police, investigations are underway to identify and apprehend the shooter. Niroshana, who is survived by his wife and two children, had a promising cricketing career before his early retirement from all forms of the game in 2004….
Tom Latham, who could be New Zealand’s next ODI captain, has said that the team will have to become increasingly flexible with how they adapt to players opting out of central contracts to take up franchise deals. Kane Williamson, Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne made themselves unavailable for the latest batch of contracts although former captain Williamson, who will play the SA20 in January, was given a casual agreement to…
Tours by Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia have been confirmed for New Zealand’s 2024-25 home season alongside the previously announced three-Test series against England with the latter stages of the men’s schedule featuring Pakistan likely to overlap with the IPL. In total, the men’s side will play six ODIs and eight T20Is during the season while the women will feature in six ODIs and six T20Is. The Tests against England…
Glamorgan 145 for 6 (Labuschagne 50*) beat Kent 132 for 5 (Billings 33, Rogers 31*) by 13 runs Marnus Labuschagne starred with bat and ball as Glamorgan eased to a 13-run victory over the Kent Spitfires in a rain-shortened dead-rubber at Canterbury. After the weather delayed the start, Glamorgan made 145 for 6 from their 13 overs, with Labuschagne blasting an unbeaten 50 from 26 balls, before claiming an economical…
No sooner had India beaten USA on June 12 in the 2024 T20 World Cup at the Nassau County International stadium in New York than cricket’s first fully modular stadium was being brought down, packed and folded up. Cranes were at the venue before both teams had left, to remove the four drop-in pitches, with workers ready to dismantle the stands, to be returned to Las Vegas Formula One, from…
England U19 73 for 1 (Denly 57*) trail Sri Lanka U19 153 (Weerasinghe 77, Sharma 5-44) by 80 runs Naavya Sharma put the skids under Sri Lanka as England gained the upper hand on the opening day of the second Youth Men’s Test at Cheltenham. On a day when 25 overs were lost to rain, the Middlesex pace bowler served up an incisive display to return career-best figures of 5…
Though Hardik was Rohit’s deputy in the USA and the Caribbean during the World Cup, and is a more experienced captain, having led India in three ODIs and 16 T20Is over the years, as well as Gujarat Titans in two seasons of the IPL and Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024, it is understood that concerns about his fitness tipped the scales against him. Who should be India’s full-time T20I captain?…
The seed was planted in Nelson back in March, when a bungled run-chase saw England squander the chance to go 3-0 up in a T20I series against New Zealand. England ended up winning 4-1 and, while the White Ferns threw on some fertiliser with a consolation win in the last of three ODIs, England captain Heather Knight believes the root of her team’s domination of the return tour can be…