West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has retired from international cricket, ending a career that began in 2012. The 36-year-old played 59 Tests, 25 ODIs and two T20Is picking up a total of 202 wickets. “During the past 12 years,” Gabriel said on Instagram on Wednesday, “I have dedicated myself to playing international cricket for the West Indies. Playing this beloved game at the highest level has brought me immense…
Kings, who made it to the Eliminator after finishing third on the points table last season, have replaced Klaasen with New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert, who has previously played for Trinbago Knight Riders and won the title with them in 2020. Klaasen was part of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team in 2022, but that was before he came into his own as a limited-overs cricketer. He made 118 runs in…
Ali Maiden, England’s assistant coach, when they won the 2017 ODI World Cup, will leave Yorkshire’s men at the end of the season after his appointment as the first head coach of Bears women. Maiden has predominantly been working in the men’s game in recent years but was an assistant coach to Ashley Noffke when London Spirit won the Hundred this year, and said he had been actively seeking a…
Dhananjaya de Silva hopes that his Sri Lanka team-mates can earn more opportunities in county cricket through their performances in England, which he believes would be particularly beneficial to their batters. Counties have been allowed to field two overseas players in their XI in each format since 2021. A relaxation of visa criteria has enabled a series of players with minimal or no international experience to win deals, yet Sri…
Big picture: Sunny weather, sunny times? Is there a danger that a competitive Test series might break out in London over the coming fortnight? This is a city where Sri Lanka, remarkably, have not lost a single Test in six visits since August 1991. Admittedly, five of those have been draws at Lord’s, although next week’s return to The Oval for the first time since Murali’s match in 1998 will…
Ben Stokes is on track to recover from his hamstring injury in time to play a full role as an allrounder in England’s Test series against Pakistan in October. Stokes tore his left hamstring two-and-a-half weeks ago while playing for Northern Superchargers in the Hundred. He was ruled out for the rest of the summer but has been with the England squad during their ongoing series against Sri Lanka, and…
Sanjiv Goenka, the Lucknow Super Giants owner, did not give much away about his team’s retention plans and captain KL Rahul‘s future with the franchise, but admitted that the upcoming mega auction will mean the team “resets” in some aspects ahead of IPL 2025. Speaking to the media in Kolkata alongside newly unveiled mentor Zaheer Khan, Goenka said LSG’s retention decisions will not be made with a short-term view. “All…
South Africa will tour Pakistan for a short T20I series in the lead-up to the women’s T20 World Cup, with three games packed in a five-day window from September 16 to 20. All the games will be played in Multan. South Africa will reach Multan on September 13, CSA said in a statement, and leave for the UAE on September 21, the day after the final game against Pakistan, to…
Pakistan have called up legspinner Abrar Ahmed to the squad ahead of the second Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Amidst a slew of other call-ups, Aamer Jamal, who the PCB had declared was ruled out of the series, will also join the Pakistan camp, his participation “subject to fitness clearance”. Shaheen Shah Afridi, who left the side after the first Test following the birth of his son, also rejoins, while…
Brook overtook Babar Azam, Steven Smith and Rohit Sharma, with Babar dropping six places to ninth following a golden duck and 22 in Pakistan’s first ever Test loss to Bangladesh, in Rawalpindi. Mohammad Rizwan, one of the few bright spots for Pakistan in that Test with scores of 171 not out and 51, went up seven spots to be ranked joint 10th with Usman Khawaja. Saud Shakeel, the other Pakistan…