Hobart Hurricanes 141 for 7 (Carey 52, Bates 3-20) beat Sydney Thunder 110 (Litchfield 51, Graham 3-19) by 31 runs Nicola Carey‘s shift up the order and some clutch bowling from Heather Graham has propelled the Hobart Hurricanes to a 31-run WBBL win over the Sydney Thunder. Hurricanes got their season off to the right start on Monday night, consigning Sydney to their fifth-straight loss at the recently re-named Ninja…
With KL Rahul, who has led the franchise since its inception in 2022, unlikely to be retained barring any last-minute change of mind from both parties, LSG will have one right-to-match (RTM) card at the auction. The exact amount the five players have been signed up for is not yet known, but based on the retention slabs put in place by IPL, INR 51 crore will be deducted from LSG’s…
Gary Kirsten has resigned as the head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I sides. Kirsten, who was appointed by the PCB on a two-year contract in April 2024, lasted barely six months in the role. ESPNcricinfo has learnt a public statement to this effect will be put out imminently. There had been a rift developing between Pakistan’s newly-appointed coaches, Kirsten and Jason Gillespie, and the PCB since the board decided…
Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson have been named to return for Australia’s T20I series against Pakistan, with all the Test players rested ahead of facing India, but a new captain has yet to be confirmed. Australia’s most recent T20I captains in Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are unavailable, as is the ODI and Test captain Pat Cummins. Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Matthew Short and Aaron Hardie have all…
Comparisons in sport are inevitable. Sometimes, for emerging players, they aren’t helpful. Being compared to Ellyse Perry would seem to be up there with the most daunting of prospects. Yet 15-year-old allrounder Caoimhe Bray, who put in a starring performance when she became the youngest WBBL player in history on Sunday for Sydney Sixers, is embracing it. “No, I love it,” she said prior to her debut where she claimed…
USA Cricket has announced the departure of Stuart Law as the head coach of the men’s national team. While the reason behind his departure has not been made public, Johnathan Atkeison, CEO of USA Cricket, said “it was not an easy decision to make”. The announcement came in the middle of USA’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 campaign, a day before their game against Nepal in Dallas. Law’s…
MS Dhoni has said he wants to enjoy “whatever last few years of cricket” he can play. While there are still doubts over his availability for IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan said last week he was hopeful that Dhoni will be part of the upcoming season. “I just want to enjoy whatever last few years of cricket I’m able to play,” Dhoni said at a promotional event…
Brendon McCullum, England’s coach, said that Ben Stokes is “hurting” after struggling to make an impact in their 2-1 series defeat in Pakistan, but has backed his “tough bugger” captain to return to his best in New Zealand next month. Stokes returned from two months on the sidelines with a torn hamstring ahead of England’s second Test in Multan last week but failed to contribute as Pakistan staged their comeback….
Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah all return to the national team for the ODI and T20I series against Australia next month. The trio, who were omitted from Pakistan’s last two Tests against England, make a return in both white-ball formats. None of them, however, will feature in the ODI or T20I series in Zimbabwe that immediately follow. No captain was announced in PCB’s statement. It read that…
The revised central contracts for the Pakistan men’s cricket team have been announced, nearly four months after they were due. Shan Masood, who captained Pakistan’s Test side to their first series win since July 2023 this week, keeps his spot in Category B. Whether he lasts the full year in that position, though, is uncertain, with a media release from the PCB stating his retention in the category was “subject…