Australia quick Tayla Vlaeminck will miss the remainder of the women’s T20 World Cup after she was injured during their previous group-stage game, against Pakistan on Friday. She has been replaced in the squad by Heather Graham. Vlaeminck dislocated her right – bowling – shoulder while trying to stop a boundary on the fourth ball of the match in Dubai. Running back from short third to cut off a shot…
Only twice in eight previous editions of the women’s T20 World Cup has a side lost out on a semi-final berth because of an inferior net run-rate. Sophie Devine has been part of both those heartbreaks, in 2014 and 2023. As luck would have it, New Zealand are faced with yet another net run-rate scenario this time around as well. By Sunday evening, New Zealand would have a fair idea…
Western Australia 301 for 6 (Whiteman 74, Cartwright 66*) beat Queensland 300 (Khawaja 76, Hearne 76, Neser 56, Richardson 3-36, Tye 3-78) by four wickets Western Australia’s One-Day Cup title defence is back on track after Hilton Cartwright‘s late heroics lifted them to a four-wicket victory over Queensland at the WACA Ground. Chasing 301, WA were looking shaky after stumbling to 349 for 6 in the 41st over of Sunday’s…
Toss Scotland chose to bat vs England Scotland have won the toss and opted to bat first against England in match 17 of the women’s T20 World Cup in Sharjah. This is the first meeting between England and Scotland in a women’s T20I, though there is familiarity between both sets of players through the English domestic circuit. This will also be England’s first day game of the tournament, with highs…
Pakistan are set to use the same pitch twice in a row in Multan as they look to respond to their innings defeat against England. Industrial-sized fans were set up at either end of the pitch as both teams held optional training sessions on Sunday after it was heavily watered by groundstaff in the aftermath of the first Test. Jason Gillespie and Shan Masood, Pakistan’s coach and captain, had a…
Tilak Varma will lead India A in the Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup, which gets underway in Oman on October 18. Varma, who has represented India in four ODIs and 16 T20Is, will have a few other players with international experience for company, with Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Chahar also a part of the squad. The rest of the squad can bank in their IPL experience with Ayush Badoni…
Babar Azam will be the biggest name casualty as Pakistan make significant changes to their squad for the second Test, two days after a chastening innings loss to England in Multan. ESPNcricinfo has learned Babar’s dropping was recommended by the newly formed selection committee, which met in Lahore within hours of the loss in the first Test on Friday. They met for a second time on Saturday in Multan, in…
Former New Zealand captain Tim Southee will be at the centre of a selection debate ahead of the first Test against India as the visitors ponder the balance of their attack for Bengaluru and weigh up whether to play three quicks. Southee stood down from the captaincy after the 2-0 defeat in Sri Lanka last month and there’s a chance he loses his place in the XI straightaway after a…
“Stay in the game,” is the title of a poem written by South Africa’s spin bowling coach Paul Adams, who read it out to the team before they took on Bangladesh in their final group stage match at the T20 World Cup. Now, they have to hope they will stay in the tournament. Despite a seven-wicket win on Saturday night, to add to their 10-wicket triumph over West Indies in…
Building a selfless team has been a key takeaway for India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav after his side swept Bangladesh 3-0 on a record-breaking day in Hyderabad. This was the second successive series sweep for Suryakumar and coach Gautam Gambhir since they took charge of the team in the shortest format. On Saturday, it was Sanju Samson who best exemplified India’s selfless and fearless approach with the bat. From 62…