Mumbai 224 for 4 (Rahane 84, Shaw 49, Dube 37*, Shedge 36*, Parwani 2-33) beat Vidarbha 221 for 6 (Taide 66, Wankhade 51, Dubey 43*, Ankolekar 2-32) by six wickets “Beware of us,” was the message Mumbai seemed to convey as they marched into the semi-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Six days after hunting down a record 230 against Andhra, Mumbai mowed down a target of 222 against…
Only weeks after both pushed ultimately unsuccessful cases for the Test opening vacancy, Bancroft and Konstas are set for more internal competition at Thunder. Related BBL and WBBL introduce new player trade window Melbourne Stars sign Adam Milne for pre-Christmas BBL stint Stoinis named new Melbourne Stars BBL skipper Nic Maddinson’s finger surgery has left the pair as the two clearest options to partner new captain Warner at the top…
Toss England chose to bowl vs South Africa South Africa responded to their six-wicket defeat to England by making four changes for Wednesday’s series decider in Potchefstroom. Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Sinalo Jafta and Ayanda Hlubi were all left out, and Lara Goodall, Anneke Bosch, Mieke de Ridder and Masabata Klaas came in to the side. Their new-look top three will be challenged early after England won the toss and…
Rashid Khan won the toss and elected to bat to begin Afghanistan’s multi-format tour to Zimbabwe. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who played his last T20I in June, is returning post-injury and will form the visitors’ spin attack along with Rashid and Mohammad Nabi. Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said he would have bowled first anyway. Trevor Gwandu replacing Tinotenda Maposa is the only change they have made from their final T20I against…
Marc Broom has been appointed as Middlesex’s first full-time Women’s Head Coach. Broom takes on the role having most recently worked as Assistant Head Coach for Sunrisers from 2022 to 2024, which ended with Sunrisers lifting the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in the final year of the Elite Women’s regionalised structure. Having represented Middlesex age-groups from Under-11 to Under-19, and as a second XI player for two seasons, Broom began…
Baroda 172 for 7 (Rawat 40, Rajput 37, Pramanik 2-6) beat Bengal 131 (Shahbaz 55, Meriwala 3-17, Hardik 3-27) by 41 runs It was a tale of two birthday boys in Bengaluru. Baroda’s left-arm quick Lukman Meriwala celebrated by nabbing three top-order wickets in the same over, before Bengal allrounder Shahbaz Ahmed kept his side alive with a half-century in the chase of 173. Shahbaz ran out of partners though,…
Joe Root isn’t the No. 1 Test batter in the world anymore. The man he said was “far and away the best player in the world at the minute”, Harry Brook, has gone to the top of the pile following his 123 and 55 in the second Test in New Zealand, which came on the back of a 171 in the first Test, which had taken him to the second…
Madhya Pradesh 174 for 4 (Gaud 42, Venkatesh 38*, Mankad 1-20) beat Saurashtra 173 for 7 (Jani 80*, Venkatesh 2-23, Avesh 2-51) by six wicketsScorecard Harpreet Singh and Venkatesh Iyer‘s big hits helped Madhya Pradesh chase down 174 against Saurashtra with four balls and six wickets to spare in Alur. MP entered their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy semi-final since 2010-11. Player of the Match Venkatesh ended on 38 not…
Toss India chose to bowl vs Australia India captain Harmanpreet Kaur elected to bowl in stifling conditions at the WACA as India seek a consolation win in the ODI series-finale against Australia. India were thoroughly outplayed across the opening two matches in Brisbane as their dreams of a first ODI series victory over Australia in Australia ended in familiar disappointment. They are hoping for a quick turnaround and have made…
Marcus Stoinis has been confirmed as the new Melbourne Stars captain for the upcoming BBL season, replacing long-time skipper Glenn Maxwell who resigned at the end of last summer. Stoinis, 35, has led Stars once previously in Maxwell’s absence last season. He had been a candidate to be interim captain when Maxwell missed the entire 2022-23 BBL season due to his broken leg but Stars opted to give the role…