Month: December 2024

Mithali Raj, the former India captain, has parted ways with the Women’s Premier League (WPL) franchise Gujarat Giants (GG) ahead of the tournament’s third edition, which is slated to be held in February 2025. Mithali, who served as GG’s mentor during the first two editions, has taken up a similar role at the Andhra Cricket Association, where she’ll be in charge of looking after the state’s pathway structures, apart from…

Top salaries in the men’s Hundred have been boosted by 60 percent for 2025 as the ECB pushes to attract the world’s best players to the competition in its transitional season. The board mooted even bigger hikes to prospective investors earlier this year, with further increases expected once the ongoing sales process is fully complete. The biggest women’s salaries have also increased, though only by 30 percent, and the highest…

South Africa have selected their strongest available squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Pakistan in order to make full use of their last opportunity to play together ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy. Though South Africa will play a tri-series in Pakistan, which also includes New Zealand, in February next year, those matches will take place too close to the conclusion of the SA20 on February 8 for…

Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of South Africa’s ongoing T20I series against Pakistan after breaking the big toe in his left foot. Nortje was initially left out of the opening match with what was then called “a contusion”, and scans have since revealed a fracture. Nortje will consult an orthopaedic specialist to determine his recovery time. Uncapped seamer Dayyaan Galiem has been added to South Africa’s squad as a…

Mitchell Marsh has insisted there is no limit to the number of overs he can send down against India, having put his trust in the coaching and medical staff amid a cautious build-up to the series and then careful management ahead of the Adelaide Test. Marsh has been nursing periodic back stiffness since the white-ball tour of the UK in September, where he bowled just once – in the ODI…

The ECB has pledged to avoid an “IPL takeover” of English cricket after the latest deadline in the Hundred’s sales process arrived with significant American interest. Prospective investors were given until Monday to submit bids in the second round of the process, with each host county or club now preparing to choose their two preferred partners for a joint venture. As many as eight of the ten IPL franchises are…

Pakistan Test head coach Jason Gillespie is considering his options after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided not to renew his assistant coach Tim Nielsen‘s contract for Pakistan’s upcoming Test tour of South Africa. Nielsen, who was appointed in August this year, officially designated as the “high-performance red-ball coach”, had seen his contract run out; it was up for renewal after Pakistan’s tour of Australia, and he had been waiting…

Adelaide Strikers (Tristan Lavalette) Squad* Fabian Allen, James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Jamie Overton, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, D’Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald How they stack up Strikers struggled for consistency last season, but a stunning upset of Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium in the knockout final has them believing they aren’t…

Delhi 193 for 3 (Rawat 73*, Arya 44, Dhull 42) beat Uttar Pradesh 174 (Garg 54, Prince 3-36, Suyash 2-36) by 19 runs Perhaps the only thing that could have stopped Anuj Rawat‘s assault was the end of Delhi’s allotted overs. No matter which Uttar Pradesh bowler bowled at him in the death overs of the quarter-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Bengaluru, the ball either went to…

Having gone through what went wrong at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Australia rebounded with a series clean sweep of India as they build towards a defence of their 50-over crown next year. Australia outplayed India after two comfortable victories in Brisbane before finishing the series with an 83-run win in a topsy-turvy contest in oppressive conditions at the WACA in Perth. Australia entered the ODI series with an…