Month: December 2024

Left-hand batter Ben Curran and left-arm seamer Newman Nyamhuri have received maiden call-ups to the Zimbabwe squad for their home T20I and ODI series against Afghanistan starting December 11. In a Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) statement, the 28-year-old Curran was selected following “stellar performances in domestic cricket.” The England-born middle brother of England internationals Sam and Tom – and son of former Zimbabwe international and coach Kevin – Ben represented Northamptonshire…

Bengal 159 for 9 (Karan 33, Shami 32*, Pramanik 30, Jagjit 4-21, Bawa 2-27) beat Chandigarh 156 for 6 (Bawa 32, Yadav 27, Ghosh 4-30, Seth 2-35) by 3 runs Bengal are through to the quarter-finals of the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after prevailing by three runs in a thriller against Chandigarh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday afternoon. The hero was seamer Sayan Ghosh, who picked up…

Joe Root has hailed Harry Brook as “far and away the best player in the world” after Brook powered England to their first series victory in New Zealand since 2008. Both Root and Brook registered centuries in an emphatic 323-run win in the second Test against the Black Caps that confirmed an unassailable 2-0 scoreline after just three days at the Basin Reserve. It was their 35th and eighth hundreds…

South Africa 358 and 317 (Bavuma 66, Markram 55, Jayasuriya 5-129) beat Sri Lanka 328 and 238 (Dhananjaya de Silva 50, Maharaj 5-76) by 109 runs South Africa have moved to the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) table after a 109-run win over Sri Lanka at St George’s Park. They swept the series 2-nil after bowling Sri Lanka out for 238 in 69 minutes on the final morning…

South Australia 398 for 6 dec & 233 for 9 dec (McInerney 75, Sangha 61, Kuhnemann 4-67) beat Tasmania 203 & 426 (Ward 142, Hope 69, Weatherald 65, Silk 65, Agar 3-91, McAndrew 3-123) by two runs South Australia have pulled off one of the most remarkable wins in the Sheffield Shield’s 132-year history, beating Tasmania by two runs on the final ball of the match in Hobart. Tasmania required…

New South Wales 493 for 9 dec (Patterson 167*, Konstas 88) beat Western Australia 211 & (Bancroft 48, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-24) by an innings & 68 runs Jack Edwards has bowled New South Wales to a thrilling Sheffield Shield win over Western Australia, taking the final wicket with 13 balls to spare. Edwards claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match on Monday to help the Blues win by…

Saikia, who hails from Assam, is a former first-class cricketer. He is currently the BCCI joint-secretary. Binny used his constitutional powers to appoint Saikia as acting secretary in a stop-gap arrangement till a permanent secretary is appointed under the BCCI rules and regulations. In a letter addressed to Saikia, which is in possession of PTI, Binny cited clause 7(1) (d) of the BCCI constitution to hand secretarial powers to Saikia,…

It was like Scott Boland had never been away. Against India in Adelaide, in his first home Test for two years, he could have had a wicket with his first delivery of the match if not for his heel being on the line rather than behind. Instead, Boland struck with his first ball of the second innings, one of his five wickets in a game where he got the crowd…

Devon Conway will miss New Zealand’s third and final Test against England this week ahead of the birth of his first child. New Zealand coach Gary Stead said the team supported Conway’s decision. “Family comes first in this environment and we’re all really excited for Dev and his wife Kim to welcome their first child,” Stead said. “Mark was with the Test squad in India recently and returned to the…

Melbourne Stars have signed New Zealand quick Adam Milne for a pre-Christmas stint in the BBL as a replacement for Pakistan legspinner Usama Mir who will miss the first three matches of the season. Meanwhile, Stars are set to unveil a new captain this week after Glenn Maxwell stood down at the end of last season. Maxwell is unlikely to be fit for the first match against Perth Scorchers on…