Month: September 2024

Essex have been fined £100,000, £50,000 of which is suspended for two years, after being sanctioned by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) for systemic and longstanding racism and discrimination within the club. The punishment comes in the wake of an independent report, compiled by Katherine Newton KC and published in December 2023, which centred on the testimony of three former players, one of whom was nicknamed “Bomber” due to his…

Liam Livingstone has become the No.1-ranked men’s T20I allrounder following his Player of the Series performances against Australia. He has toppled Marcus Stoinis by climbing seven places on the back of 124 runs and five wickets in the two matches which took place with the decider at Old Trafford washed out. Related Liam Livingstone embraces veteran status and targets ODI comeback Livingstone and Bethell star as England level T20I series…

It tells you just how serenely Harry Brook‘s international career has progressed that he came under scrutiny after averaging 30 in a series win. But by his own admission, Brook finds himself trying to avoid paralysis by overanalysis as he prepares to captain England for the first time at Trent Bridge on Thursday after his approach was questioned during Sri Lanka’s recent victory at The Oval. Brook made 19 and…

Markhors 284 for 9 (Ghulam 113, Rizwan 51, Ashraf 4-50, Hamza 2-26) beat Dolphins 192 (Asif 50, Shakeel 41, Imran 3-28, Agha 3-34) by 92 runs Kamran Ghulam‘s second century in three outings, backed by three wicket-hauls from Mohammad Imran and Salman Agha handed Markhors their third consecutive win, as they beat Dolphins in Faisalabad. The win helped them consolidate their lead at the top of the points table. It…

Essex 232 (Snater 69, Miles 4-58, Barnard 3-72) beat Warwickshire 78 (Rhodes 29, Snater 5-13, Porter 3-15) and 114 (Briggs 51, Porter 6-36) by an innings and 40 runs Essex completed a crushing innings-and-40 runs Vitality County Championship win over Warwickshire inside five sessions at Edgbaston. Warwickshire’s top-order was blown away by the visiting seamers on the second morning, just as it had been on the first, to set up…

Big Picture After a T20 series where the view was longer-term to 2026, a number of big names were missing and the decider was washed out on a horrid day in Manchester, it feels like this upcoming five-match ODI series – yes, old-school and, yes, probably overkill – has a little more immediate relevance with an eye on next year’s Champions Trophy as some key multi-format players return. Related Australia’s…

Big picture: Can Bangladesh achieve another first? It is time for India to dust the cobwebs off their whites as a long Test season beckons. Having not played a Test match in more than six months, they will now play ten in the next three-and-a-half, starting with Bangladesh’s visit for a two-match series. It is no secret that India is one of the toughest destinations for any team, and Bangladesh…

Toss South Africa chose to bat against Afghanistan Aiden Markram, captaining in place of an ill Temba Bavuma, asked Afghanistan to chase in their first ODI against South Africa outside of World Cups. The teams will play three matches in Sharjah, which is hosting its 250th ODI. South Africa have identified Afghanistan’s bowling as their strongest suit and will have to negotiate the return of Rashid Khan, who has not…

Suryakumar Yadav has been cleared by the National Cricket Academy to play in the final round of 2024-25 Duleep Trophy, beginning in Anantapur on Thursday. He will replace Sarfaraz Khan in the Abhimanyu Easwaran-led India B, who take on the Shreyas Iyer-led India D. Sarfaraz is part of India’s Test squad, which takes on Bangladesh in a two-Test series starting in Chennai on Thursday. Suryakumar had been withdrawn from the…

India are in the middle of a fundamental change and it is partly because of Jasprit Bumrah. Ahead of his first Test series in charge, Gautam Gambhir touched on how he’s started to have an effect far beyond just his cricket. “It has not happened many times in India where we started talking about the bowler,” Gambhir said. “I think it has always been about batters, batters and batters. India…