Month: July 2024

Two days after New Zealand’s golden era ended in Tarouba, some members of their next generation were hard at work in Chennai. The city in south India has become something of a satellite office for New Zealand cricket in India, thanks to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) connection. Spin-bowling allrounder Dean Foxcroft, top-order batter Tim Robinson and wicketkeeper-batter Mitch Hay, three of New Zealand’s brightest young talents, were countering local…

In 2020, Naveed Nawaz led a campaign that won Bangladesh the Under-19 World Cup. Now upon his return as coach of the Youth team, he hopes to use the same methods to secure the same piece of silverware which will be up for grabs again in 2026. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed Nawaz last month after Stuart Law’s contract was not renewed. Law was Bangladesh’s head coach in the…

Batter Antum Naqvi has received his maiden call-up for Zimbabwe for the five-match T20I series against India in Harare. His inclusion, however, is subject to confirmation of his citizenship status. Mainstays Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Ryan Burl, as well as Joylord Gumbie and Ainsley Ndlovu, were all dropped. The five players were part of Zimbabwe’s most recent T20I assignment – an away series in Bangladesh which they lost 4-1….

Rob Key, England men’s managing director, says he is picking as much on potential as performance in turning to Jamie Smith and Shoaib Bashir as the Test wicketkeeper and specialist spinner respectively for the upcoming series against West Indies, despite the fact that neither player is a first-choice option for their counties. Smith, who will turn 24 on day three of the Lord’s Test, made a century for Surrey in…

Seventeen female players, contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 2020 before the Taliban takeover, have asked the ICC to assist them in setting up a refugee team based in Australia in the absence of a national side. The players made their request in a letter sent to ICC Chair Greg Barclay on Saturday, pleading for “support and guidance” from the game’s governing body to formalise themselves, even as…

India 603 for 6 dec (Shafali 205, Mandhana 149, Ghosh 86, Harmanpreet 69, Rodrigues 55) and 37 for 0 (Shafali 24*) beat South Africa 266 (Kapp 74, Luus 65, Rana 8-77) and 373 (Wolvaardt 122, Luus 109, de Klerk 61, Gayakwad 2-55, Deepti 2-95, Rana 2-111 ) by 10 wickets India won the one-off Test against South Africa by 10 wickets on the final session of the final day at…

Allrounder Chloe Tryon has been picked in South Africa’s squad for the T20I series in India after recovering from a back injury that had sidelined her since April this year. “She [Tryon] brings a lot of experience to the team and we can’t wait to see her back on the field,” SA women interim head coach Dillon du Preez said. “We have our last three T20I matches against India. This…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have named Dinesh Karthik as the batting coach and mentor of their men’s team. Karthik, 39, was part of the RCB squad until IPL 2024 before retiring from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the season. The wicketkeeper-batter was picked by the RCB franchise at the IPL 2022 mega auction and stayed with them for three seasons. He also had a stint with…

क्रिकेट के सभी प्रारूपों से विदा ले चुके पूर्व भारतीय क्रिकेटर दिनेश कार्तिक अब नए अवतार में दिखाई देंगे। रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बेंगलुरु (RCB) ने उन्हें अपना बल्लेबाज़ी कोच और मेंटॉर नियुक्त किया है। अगले सीज़न से कार्तिक RCB के बल्लेबाज़ों को बल्लेबाज़ी के गुर सिखाते नज़र आएंगे। दिनेश कार्तिक ने अपने जन्मदिन के अवसर पर क्रिकेट के सभी प्रारूपों से संन्यास की घोषणा कर दी थी। कार्तिक IPL में RCB…

All the state squads for the 2024-25 Australian domestic season have now been locked in. Find out how the lists line up and who has moved where CA = Cricket Australia contract | R = Rookie contract ACT Women Alisha Bates, Paris Bowdler, Zoe Cooke, Grace Dignam, Holly Ferling, Angie Genford, Amy Hunter, Carly Leeson, Grace Lyons, Katie Mack, Shivani Mehta, Chelsea Moscript, Anesu Mushangwe, Olivia Porter, Gabrielle Sutcliffe, Annie…