Month: July 2024

Former South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk will make her return to professional cricket this summer after signing for provincial side Western Province. While she has long-term hopes of making a return to international cricket, she told ESPNcricinfo she has “no timeline”. For now, she just wants to “play again and have fun.” That means van Niekerk is unlikely to be in consideration for South Africa’s squad, led by Laura…

Trent Rockets 145 for 7 beat Manchester Originals 144 for 8 by one run Jordan Thompson stole the show and the match at Emirates Old Trafford, defending two runs from the final three balls of the game to secure Trent Rockets an improbable victory over Manchester Originals. Sikandar Raza scored 21 from 12 balls to take Originals to the brink, but when he was run out with one ball to…

Middlesex 319 for 5 (Stoneman 83, Fernandes 83, Broad 3-65) beat Northamptonshire 317 for 9 (Shaw 76, Miller 73, Zaib 58, Hollman 3-49) by five wickets Mark Stoneman and Nathan Fernandes shared a stand of 128 to get Middlesex’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign up and running with victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Radlett. The left-handed duo were joint top-scorers for the home side with 83 apiece before Martin Andersson…

Manchester Originals 137 for 6 (Jones 34, Bryce 32, Graham 2-31) beat Trent Rockets 136 for 4 (Sciver-Brunt 56*, Gardner 36, Filer 2-26) by one run Manchester Originals held their nerve with ball in hand to defy a record partnership between Nat Sciver-Brunt and Ash Gardner and take the victory at Emirates Old Trafford in The Hundred. Sciver-Brunt (56 not out) and Australian all-rounder Gardner (36) combined for a record…

It might have been against an inexperienced West Indies. But Brendon McCullum believes England showed a “harder” side to themselves during their 3-0 victory series win, vindicating personnel changes made to improve the team with a view to the 2025-26 Ashes. Sunday’s devastating finale at Edgbaston confirmed England’s sweep, repeating the scoreline of their last series win at the end of 2022 in Pakistan. It meant this three-match series only…

India will host the next edition of the Men’s Asia Cup cricket tournament in the T20 format in 2025 as a precursor to the T20 World Cup scheduled in the country in 2026, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) stated in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). Since 2016, when the tournament was first played as a T20 event, the Asia Cup has been used as a dress rehearsal for…

Jonathan Trott has been announced as the new head coach of Pretoria Capitals in the SA20, replacing Graham Ford who left the role last month. Trott is currently head coach of Afghanistan, a post he has held since 2022, and had his deal renewed in January to run through to the end of 2024. At this stage, there is uncertainty as to whether the 43-year-old will continue. With the SA20…

Big picture: Sri Lanka’s middle-order worries In the first T20I, Sri Lanka lost nine wickets for 30 runs. In the second, they lost seven for 32. This has been the theme for the hosts so far in Charith Asalanka’s first series as Sri Lanka’s full-time T20I captain. Asalanka himself managed just scores of 0 and 14 in the two games. The top three have fired in both matches, with Sri…

Washington Freedom 207 for 5 (Smith 88, Maxwell 40) beat San Francisco Unicorns 111 (Ravindra 3-23, Jansen 3-28) by 96 runs The result cemented Freedom’s standing as the team of the season having secured five wins in the group stage before progressing direct to the final with victory over Unicorns in the Qualifier. This contest turned their way through a stand of 83 off 39 balls between Smith and Maxwell…

Oval Invincibles 113 for 9 (Ferreira 30, Ball 3-24) beat Welsh Fire 103 for 8 (Payne 28, Zampa 3-24) by 10 runs In a match dominated by the ball, the Oval Invincibles made it two from two, beating the Welsh Fire by 10 runs in an exciting encounter in Cardiff. Although they only posted 113 for 9, the Invincibles’ stellar bowling unit tore through the Fire, with the hosts never…