Pace and bounce. Those are the words that come to mind when one thinks of cricket in South Africa. However, things have been completely different in the first two T20Is of the current series. There was so much help for spinners that India looked more at home than the hosts. South Africa’s batters had no clue against Varun Chakravarthy, now an overspin bowler with more tricks in his bag than…
Munaf Patel, the former India bowler and ODI World Cup winner, will be the new bowling coach of Delhi Capitals (DC). The franchise made the announcement on Tuesday, with Munaf joining head coach Hemang Badani and director of cricket Venugopal Rao in the team’s new-look backroom staff for IPL 2025. This will be Munaf’s first high-profile coaching gig after retiring from competitive cricket in 2018. Since then, he has been…
Amite Hasan‘s maiden double-hundred kept Sylhet Division unbeaten in the NCL after they drew against Khulna Division at the academy ground in Cox’s Bazar. According to ESPNcricinfo’s records, Amite’s ten hours and 38 minutes at the crease is the third-longest individual innings in first-class cricket in Bangladesh. Amite struck 18 fours and a six in his 455-ball stay, as he continued on an impressive conversion rate in first-class cricket. He…
Big picture – both teams have issues to address This series is a bit of an oddity, with two sides at below full strength, with a number of big names rested for more pressing engagements, facing off in a format that’s taken a bit of a back seat in terms of wider relevance, with no immediate world event to build towards. It’s also an oddity in that it’s four matches…
The PCB has written to the ICC and asked them to provide a written confirmation from the BCCI that they are unable to play the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, as well as giving a reason for it. The PCB was told last Friday by the ICC that the BCCI has not been given permission by the Indian government for the Indian team to travel to Pakistan for the tournament, scheduled…
A professional county coach has been suspended from cricket for six months by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) after engaging in inappropriate conduct with a player under his care. The incidents took place in March 2024, on a pre-season tour for the men’s and women’s teams from an unspecified county. It was regarded as serious misconduct by The Cricket Regulator, with the coach losing his role in the professional game….
Reece Topley, the England fast bowler, has been fined 15 percent of his match fee by the ICC, after smashing a chair in anger in response to another injury setback during the first T20I against West Indies in Barbados. Topley, 30, jarred his right knee in his delivery stride during the series opener on Saturday, and though he attempted to continue to bowl his over after a short rain delay,…
Liam Norwell, the former Warwickshire seamer whose final-day heroics saved the club from relegation in 2022, has been advised to retire on medical grounds after failing to recover from a series of long-standing injuries. Norwell, 32, was released by Warwickshire in August, having not made a single senior appearance since taking a career-best 9 for 62 at Edgbaston in September 2022, to beat Hampshire by five runs in a thrilling…
Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi has said he wants to retire from the ODI format after the 2025 Champions Trophy. Nabi revealed his plans at the end of the ODI series against Bangladesh in the UAE, while claiming his Player-of-the-Series award in Afghanistan’s 2-1 series victory. “In my mind, from the last World Cup, I was retired but then we qualified for the Champions Trophy and I felt if I could…
South Australia 198 for 4 (Carey 75, Lehmann 46*, Scott 42*) beat New South Wales 197 (Edwards 35, Conway 3-27) by six wickets Alex Carey continued his superb form and Liam Scott starred with bat and ball as South Australia rocketed to the top of the One-Day Cup table by smashing New South Wales by six wickets in their One-day Cup match. SA sit top of the table in the…