Australia captain Alyssa Healy‘s niggling knee will prevent her from keeping wicket in the ODI series against New Zealand. But she is hopeful she can play as a batter in all three games to ready herself for the Ashes in January. Beth Mooney will continue filling in for Healy behind the stumps, starting in Thursday’s series-opener at Basin Reserve in Wellington. “I won’t be wicketkeeping this series … but there’s…
Lisa Keightley has been appointed as the new head coach of the Northern Superchargers women’s team. Keightley, who was England Women’s head coach from 2019 to 2022, replaces Dani Hazell, who is leaving Superchargers at the end of her contract, after four years with the team. “The opportunity to be Head Coach of Northern Superchargers is a huge honour,” she said, “and I’m excited to build on the solid foundations…
Robert Lawson, a senior executive in the energy industry, has been named as the new Chief Executive and Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club, and will take up his new role at Lord’s in mid-February 2025. Lawson has served as Executive Vice President at Mercuria Energy Group since 2022. and succeeds Guy Lavender, who announced his departure from the role in August, after a seven-year tenure. Lawson’s career included a role…
Rocky Flintoff has been handed an official call-up to the England Lions squad for next month’s tour of Australia, where his fortunes will once again be overseen by his father, Andrew. Flintoff, 16, was a last-minute addition to the Lions’ trip to South Africa earlier this month – his father’s maiden tour as head coach – where he featured in the one-off tour match against a CSA Invitational XI in…
Sri Lanka have named a largely unchanged 16-man T20I squad to travel to New Zealand later this month. Only Dunith Wellalage misses out from the squad that faced the same opposition at home last month. The team is expected to leave for New Zealand on December 20. While no reason has been cited for Wellalage’s omission, it is likely that his spin-bowling attributes would have been less useful in New…
Brisbane Heat 163 for 2 (Peirson 72*, Bryant 36*, Stoinis 1-20) beat Melbourne Stars 162 for 6 (Harper 46, Clarke 32, Bartlett 3-25) by eight wickets Injury-hit Brisbane Heat kicked off their BBL title defence with a crushing eight-wicket win over the Melbourne Stars at the MCG. Chasing Stars’ 162 for 6, Heat cruised to victory with 11 balls to spare as wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson (72 not out) batted for…
Bethell rounded out an impressive maiden series with 76 on the final day of the third and final Test, as New Zealand thrashed the tourists by 423 runs to claim a consolation win. It was his third half-century of the tour – all of them in the second innings of games. He finishes the Crowe-Thorpe series, which England claimed 2-1, with 260 runs at an average of 52.00, having been…
Rohit Sharma took heart from India’s performance at the Gabba, particularly in the way they were able to save the follow-on and then take a few quick wickets when Australia were batting in the second innings. Although they fell behind in the game – after winning the toss and choosing to bowl – KL Rahul held the batting together in their first innings with his 84 and their lower-order rallied…
South Africa have gambled on the fitness of Keshav Maharaj and Wiaan Mulder, and included both in the Test squad to play Pakistan over the festive season. Maharaj suffered an 11th hour groin strain in the warm-ups for the first ODI in Paarl on Tuesday and had to be removed from the team sheet just before the toss. He will undergo a scan later on Wednesday to determine the severity…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has defended the output of his top-three batters – particularly makeshift opener Nathan McSweeney – in difficult batting conditions, as Australia’s selectors mull their options for the final two Tests of the series. Australia’s selectors are due to meet on Thursday morning to select the sides for Melbourne and Sydney after a rain-affected draw in Brisbane left the Border-Gavaskar Trophy poised on a knife’s edge at…