Month: September 2024

Cricket South Africa has confirmed it will continue to engage Afghanistan in bilateral fixtures because it does not believe in punishing the men’s team for the Taliban’s actions in their home country. CSA’s statement comes in response to severe criticism including from activist organisation Lawyers for Human Rights, which said that by playing Afghanistan, South Africa were tacitly endorsing a repressive regime and called for CSA to boycott Afghanistan. The…

England won the toss and chose to bat first vs Australia Harry Brook won his first toss as England captain and chose to bat first in the first ODI at the Kia Oval, against an Australia team that has been struck down with a sickness bug over the past few days. “We have 11!” as Mitchell Marsh, Australia’s captain, put it at the toss, among them the New South Wales…

England allrounders Gus Atkinson and Tom Curran will return to the competition, having played for Desert Vipers in the first season. While Atkinson, who made his Test debut this year, will turn out for Sharjah Warriors, Curran will play for season-one winners Gulf Giants. Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler who recently knocked back his national contract, has been signed up by Vipers. Ferguson was snapped up by Sydney Thunder…

Lunch New Zealand 5 for 0 (Conway 4*, Latham 1*) trail Sri Lanka 305 (Kamindu 114, Kusal 50, O’Rourke 5-55) by 300 runs New Zealand needed little time to get the remaining three Sri Lanka wickets on the second morning in Galle, as the hosts were bowled out for 305, adding just three runs to their overnight total. Will O’Rourke got two of the three wickets to fall to add…

Former Sri Lanka international Dulip Samaraweera has received a 20-year ban from Cricket Australia for conduct that has been described as “utterly reprehensible” and will not be allowed to hold any position within CA, the state associations, BBL or WBBL clubs during that time. Samaraweera, 52, was found to have committed a series breach of CA’s Code of Conduct during his time as a Cricket Victoria employee with a CA…

Bangladesh chose to bowl vs India Bangladesh kickstarted India’s home season with a surprising decision of bowling first, the first time such a call has been made in India in five years and the first time in seven years in a series involving India in India. The last time a side chose to field first in a Test in India and involving India, it was in a rain-affected Test on…

Injury-prone Cricket Australia contracted pace duo Lance Morris and Jhye Richardson are set for domestic white-ball returns with both quicks named in Western Australia’s 14-man squad for their opening One-Day Cup matches against New South Wales and South Australia on Sunday and Tuesday respectively at Cricket Central in Sydney. Morris has not played cricket at any level since suffering a side strain in February in his second ODI which ended…

Pakistan 181 for 4 (Muneeba 45, Sana 37, Sekhukhune 2-30) beat South Africa 168 for 4 (Luus 53*, Tryon 30*, Sandhu 2-20, Iqbal 2-27) by 13 runs A superb bowling display by left-arm spinners Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal combined with a collective batting display helped Pakistan win the second T20I against South Africa and level the series in Multan. Sune Luus and Chloe Tryon put up an unbroken 80-run…

Yorkshire 361 ((Hill 90, Wharton 63, Bess 50, Govin 4-67) and 116 for 1 (Lyth 55, Bean 53*) lead Glamorgan 239 (Ingram 82, Coad 4-55, Fisher 4-55) by 238 runs Yorkshire took a significant step towards a return to Division One by taking control of this game, despite a late fightback from Glamorgan’s tail in saving the follow-on. Matthew Fisher and Ben Coad took four wickets apiece to dismiss the…

Kent 225 (Evison 76, Farhan 4-37) and 85 for 0 (Muyeye 55*, Compton 22*) f/o trail Nottinghamshire 433 (Slater 160, Haynes 62, Hameed 56, Gilchrist 4-101) by 123 runs Kent were once again fighting to save a match in the Vitality County Championship, reaching 85 for no wicket in their second innings against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, still 123 behind at stumps on day two. Tawanda Muyeye was unbeaten on 55…