Sri Lanka Cricket’s internal politics and administration is set for sweeping change after the board announced a drastic reduction in votes, from 147 to 60. What is remarkable is that this decision was made by the voting members, meaning the voting body has used their own votes to reduce the size of that very body by 59%. These events took place during an extraordinary general meeting of SLC on Friday,…
It’s been over two days since R Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket. The tributes to a modern-day great have been pouring in. Here’s one more – perhaps the most special of them all – from Prithi, Ashwin’s wife, on her Instagram feed. “It has been a blurry two days for me. I have been thinking about what I can say.. Do I put this down as a tribute…
South Africa have suffered another bowling injury with Ottneil Baartman ruled out of the third ODI against Pakistan with a right knee problem. Baartman is the second bowler after Keshav Maharaj who’s injured in the ODI series and the sixth seamer this summer to be sidelined. Gerald Coetzee, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaad Williams and Anrich Nortje are the others. Corbin Bosch, who earned his maiden call-up to the Test…
Adelaide Strikers 165 for 6 (Short 60, Ross 35, Siddle 2-21, Milne 2-32) beat Melbourne Stars 150 for 9 (Harper 48, Pope 3-21, Short 2-23, Overton 2-44) by 15 runs Legspinner Lloyd Pope earned redemption and late inclusion D’Arcy Short starred as Adelaide Strikers beat early-season strugglers Melbourne Stars by 15 runs at Adelaide Oval in the BBL. Short (60 off 42 balls) wasn’t scheduled to play but was called…
Ian Botham has been elected as honorary president of Durham, after completing a seven-year term as the club chair, with Phil Collins, his vice-chair, stepping into the role with immediate effect. Botham, who was appointed in 2017 having played for Durham in the club’s maiden seasons as a first-class county in 1992 and 1993, attracted controversy last year for his scathing response to the report into cricket’s racism crisis by…
Glamorgan have signed Sri Lanka fast bowler Asitha Fernando for the first two months of the season. He is expected to be available for seven County Championship fixtures up until the end of May. Asitha, 27, has taken 72 wickets 26.66 in Tests and impressed on Sri Lanka’s tour of England earlier this year, when he finished as the leading wicket-taker on either side as well as winning a spot…
Rinku Singh has been appointed Uttar Pradesh captain for the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy beginning on December 21. He takes over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who led UP at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy that finished last week, where they lost to Delhi in the quarter-final. It’s the first time that Rinku will captain a state team at the senior level. Earlier this year, he led Meerut Mavericks to the UPT20…
Nathan McSweeney has been dropped from Australia’s squad for the final two Tests against India with 19-year-old opening batter Sam Konstas earning his first call as the home side shake up the top order amid their struggles against Jasprit Bumrah. Pace bowler Jhye Richardson has also been recalled to provide further cover following the injury to Josh Hazlewood although Scott Boland is expected to come into the XI at the…
Bangladesh 189 for 7 (Jaker 72*, Parvez 39, Shepherd 2-30) beat West Indies 109 (Shepherd 33, Rishad 3-21, Mahedi 2-13) by 80 runs Bangladesh completed their demolition of West Indies with an 80-run win in the third T20I in Arnos Vale. It resulted in their first 3-0 win in a T20I series in nearly two years, as they capped off a tough West Indies tour with a trophy in hand….
The Australian men’s domestic One-Day Cup will be named the Dean Jones Trophy in recognition of a player who “revolutionised” the limited-overs game. Earlier this year a campaign was launched across Cricket Australia’s digital platforms to identify a shortlist of players to name the tournament after with Jones, Michael Bevan and Andrew Symonds being the three that were then assessed by the Australia Cricket Hall of Fame committee. Related Thank…