Month: December 2024

The Telegraph reported the boycott threat on Friday, and ESPNcricinfo understands that players have raised it as a nuclear option with their agents, and in crisis talks with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), if the policy does not change. The PCA declined to comment, and the prospect of a boycott has so far been discussed independently of the players’ union. The timing is particularly unfortunate for the ECB ahead of…

Rangpur Riders are concerned about their participation in the final of the Global Super League after the BCB asked them to release three Bangladesh players from the competition. The final, against Victoria, is in Providence, Guyana, on December 6, two days before Bangladesh’s first ODI against West Indies in Basseterre, St Kitts, on December 8. Rishad Hossain, Afif Hossain and Soumya Sarkar are the players in question. They have played…

Jamaica Scorpions captain John Campbell has been handed a four-match suspension for not turning up for the toss against Barbados Pride, resulting in the Super50 final being forfeited for 2024-25. Campbell said he “sincerely regretted” the incident in a statement put out by Cricket West Indies (CWI). “I sincerely regret any disruption caused during the final and acknowledge that my actions may have been perceived as resistance to the match…

Australia 86 for 1 (McSweeney 38*, Labuschagne 20*, Bumrah1-13) trail India 180 (Reddy 42, Rahul 37 Starc 6-48, Cummins 2-41) by 94 runs Mitchell Starc‘s sizzling spell with the pink ball headlined the opening day of the day-night Test in Adelaide as Australia responded to their 295-run drubbing in Perth by dismissing India for 180. Jasprit Bumrah then got rid of Usman Khawaja in the twilight but the under-pressure Marnus…

TeaSri Lanka 103 for 1 (Nissanka 41*, Chandimal 29*) trail South Africa 358 (Verreynne 105*, Rickelton 101, Bavuma 78, Kumara 4-79) by 255 runs Dimuth Karunaratne edged Kagiso Rabada behind the wicket for the third consecutive time this series, but Sri Lanka were otherwise ascendant in the second session, battling their way to 103 for 1 by tea, having withstood some excellent new ball spells. They find themselves still 255…

India 175 for 3 (Suryavanshi 67) beat Sri Lanka 173 (Abeysinghe 69, Shanmuganathan 42, Chetan 3-34) by seven wickets Vaibhav Suryavanshi starred with a second successive half-century as India stormed into the Under-19 Asia Cup final with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Sharjah on Friday. The 13-year-old, who became the youngest cricketer ever to be bought at an IPL auction last month, smashed five sixes and six…

Kyle Verreynne will return to Nottinghamshire in 2025 and will hope that the first part of his stint ends up being preparation for South Africa’s potential involvement in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Verreynne, the wicketkeeper-batter, played three games for Notts in the County Championship last year, and scored 248 runs including an unbeaten 148 against Warwickshire which helped to confirm their survival in Division One. He will return…

Former international JP Duminy has stepped down from his role as South Africa’s white-ball batting coach for personal reasons. Duminy was appointed in March 2023 as part of Rob Walter’s support staff when Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed new coaches after the Mark Boucher era. Duminy was previously head coach of the SA20 side Paarl Royals and the domestic side Boland but it is not clear if he will continue…

New South Wales 97 for 0 (Konstas 55*, Nikitaras 29*) trail Western Australia 211 (Inglis 41, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-48) 114 runs Sam Konstas has made another statement to Australia’s selectors, backing up his hundred against India with an unbeaten half-century in the Sheffield Shield. Konstas went to stumps on day one of their Shield clash with Western Australia not out on 55, with New South Wales 97 for 0…

South Australia 329 for 3 (Sangha 151, Hunt 136*) against Tasmania New recruit Jason Sangha and opener Henry Hunt have posted sparkling centuries to put South Australia in complete control of their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. South Australia went to stumps on day one at a dominant 329 for 3, with Sangha (151 off 257 balls) and Hunt (136 not out off 292 balls) the stars…