Jhulan Goswami, the former India and Bengal fast bowler, will have a stand named in her honour in the ‘B’ Block of Eden Gardens in Kolkata, following a proposal by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). “I never imagined something like this would come to fruition. I would definitely love to watch a match from there,” Goswami said. “For any cricketer, the ultimate dream is to represent her district, state…
Mohammad Nazir, the former Pakistan offspinner and umpire, has passed away. Nazir jr, as he was also known, passed away in Lahore after a protracted illness. He was 78. He played 14 Tests and four ODIs for Pakistan. Although the Tests were spread across 14 years, he was best remembered for the impact in his very first Test, against New Zealand in October 1969. Playing in Karachi on a pitch…
Rohit Sharma is set to join the India side in Australia on November 24, and will play the two-day pink-ball tour game from November 30 in Canberra, ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide. The India Test captain was not available for the first Test in Perth as he stayed back in India for the birth of his second child. In the absence of Rohit, vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah will lead…
Big Picture You run into fast bowlers everywhere in Perth. One of them was walking down Plain Street, which is a five-minute walk from the WACA, with a bag of groceries. Mitchell Starc will be a little less chill once the clock hits 10.20am on Friday. This Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been on simmer for a fair while. Rohit Sharma faced questions about it at the start of the India home…
Melbourne Renegades 150 for 5 (Wareham 69, Stalenberg 36*, Carey 3-26) beat Hobart Hurricanes 128 for 8 (Villani 36) by 22 runs Melbourne Renegades locked in a WBBL finals berth and left Hobart Hurricane’s top-four hopes hanging in the balance after comfortably beating them by 22 runs. Georgia Wareham‘s career-best 69 helped the Renegades to 150 for 5 and the home side never threatened. Related Alana King back doing what…
Big picture: Bangladesh return to dreaded Antigua Bangladesh will get their usual Caribbean welcome. They will play the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, where they have opened the two previous tours with scores of 103 and 43 all out. This time, the visitors are also without two of their best batters, Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto, so the job to tackle West Indies’ pace…
The Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) remain at loggerheads with the ECB over the men’s T20 Blast’s schedule. The union, which represents all professional players in England and Wales, has reiterated concerns about player welfare after only a small reduction in the number of back-to-back matchdays in the schedule for 2025 unveiled by the ECB on Thursday. The ECB heralded a reduction by “almost a third” in the number of back-to-back…
Perth Scorchers 126 (Mooney 44, Halliday 41, Gardner 4-21) tied with Sydney Sixers 126 for 7 (Perry 67, King 3-21)Super over Sydney Sixers 15 for 0 tied with Perth Scorchers 15 for 1 Perth Scorchers edged into the WBBL finals frame with a dramatic Super Over tie against Sydney Sixers with Mikayla Hinkley hitting Ashleigh Gardner‘s last ball for four to again tie scores Gardner had taken four wickets as…
Australia contracted fast bowlers Lance Morris and Jhye Richardson are in line for their first Sheffield Shield appearances in a year after being named in Western Australia’s squad to face South Australia for the day-night game at Adelaide Oval. The pair have been carefully managed in the early stages of this season – Richardson has played four domestic one-day games and Morris three alongside the final ODI against Pakistan –…
The wait is finally over, and Pat Cummins might feel a sense of relief that the Border-Gavaskar series has arrived. He stood on the outfield at the MCG three weeks ago, the day before the start of an ODI series against Pakistan and fielded more questions about the Test side than he did about the one-day team. Related ‘Welcome to Test cricket’ – McSweeney prepares for baptism of fire Kohli…