Month: July 2024

Mahika Gaur, England’s highly-rated left-arm seamer, has withdrawn from this year’s Women’s Hundred, to continue her recovery from a side strain Gaur, 18, had been retained by Manchester Originals after impressing in her debut season last year, but will instead use the competition’s month-long window to continue her rehabilitation, under the supervision of the medical teams at both the ECB and her regional side, Thunder. Gaur was not available for…

Vikram Rathour, India’s batting coach till the end of the T20 World Cup 2024, isn’t “too concerned” about the period of transition the team is heading towards, but wants the team management to handle it “in a controlled manner”. India’s next series is in Sri Lanka, where they will play three T20Is and three ODIs, and the T20I team will definitely be a new one, with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli…

Mason Crane, the legspinner who played a single Test for England, has signed a three-year contract with Glamorgan. He is a product of the Hampshire youth system and has spent his entire professional career under contract with them, but has enjoyed a successful spell in Cardiff this season after moving on a season-long loan. Crane, 27, is Glamorgan’s leading wicket-taker in both the County Championship (24 at 42.87) and the…

David Warner won’t be considered for next year’s ODI Champions Trophy after he said he would be open to playing the tournament despite announcing his international retirement. As Warner did in January when he said last year’s ODI World Cup would mark the end of his career in the format, he repeated his call about the Champions Trophy in a recent social media post following the end of the T20…

Pat Cummins is due back in the USA again. The Australia fast bowler, who was last seen in action during the T20 World Cup that took place in America and West Indies, will begin his stint with the San Francisco Unicorns midway through the season at the Major League Cricket tournament. Cummins signed a four-year deal with the franchise. The 31-year-old has previously played in only one overseas T20 league,…

Perth Scorchers and Western Australia allrounder Cooper Connolly has been handed his first international call-up for Australia’s T20I squad to face Scotland and England while Jake Fraser-McGurk has been included in both the T20I and ODI squad as the selectors start to glance towards the future. Australia will play three T20Is against Scotland and England from early September and the squad reflects the start of the transition from the group…

Northamptonshire 91 for 4 (Agar 31) beat Durham 90 for 5 (Turner 36*) by six wickets Ashton Agar and Lewis McManus blasted Northamptonshire Steelbacks to a crucial Vitality Blast win at the Seat Unique Riverside, as the visitors beat Durham by six wickets in a rain-affected match. Having been put in by the Steelbacks, Ashton Turner (36) continued his good form and along with Colin Ackermann (25) powered Durham to…

Surrey 189 for 9 (Jacks 86, Harmer 3-44) beat Essex 176 for 8 (Rossington 78, Jordan 3-34) by 13 runs Will Jacks hammered five sixes in a scintillating 86 to consolidate Surrey’s place at the head of the Vitality Blast South Group and guarantee a home match in the quarter-finals. Jacks hit five sixes in his 46-ball knock and put on 63 in five overs in a stand with Jordan…

Yorkshire 208 for 4 (Malan 93*, Thompson 40*, Brookes 4-41) beat Worcestershire 205 for 6 (Brookes 44, D’Oliveira 42, Chohan 4-30) by six wickets Yorkshire achieved the second highest successful run chase in their history in Vitality Blast cricket to keep alive their qualification hopes thanks to a brilliant innings from opener Dawid Malan against Worcestershire Rapids at New Road. The Vikings chased down a 206 target to win by…

Leicestershire 161 for 5 (Goldsworthy 67, Neesham 44) beat Nottinghamshire 160 for 6 (Martindale 44) by five wickets All-rounder Lewis Goldsworthy hit a career-best 67 as Leicestershire Foxes maintained their push to win a place in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast with a five-wicket victory over East Midlands rivals Notts Outlaws at the Uptonsteel County Ground. New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham backed up Goldsworthy’s performance with 44 from 22 balls…