Month: December 2024

Chris Dehring, the managing director and CEO of the 2007 ODI World Cup in the Caribbean, has been appointed the new Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive. He replaces Johnny Grave, who stepped down from the role in October. A CWI statement said that Dehring had been selected from a “competitive pool of over 50 applicants representing Europe, Australia, Afghanistan, India, and the Caribbean”. “Consistent with the priority to recruit…

Jason Gillespie, the former Australia cricketer who recently quit as Pakistan’s head coach in Test cricket, said on Monday that he stepped down after being “completely and utterly blindsided” by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Gillespie, whose contract was set to expire in 2026, resigned last week and he expressed his frustration over the lack of communication, which led him to feel that the Pakistan Cricket Board no longer wanted…

Sydney Sixers 172 for 5 (Henriques 53*, Vince 40, Sutherland 2-20) beat Melbourne Renegades 169 for 7 (Seifert 55, Sutherland 36*, Abbott 2-34, Dwarshuis 2-42) by five wickets Captain Moises Henriques once again kept his cool in a tense chase as Sydney Sixers overcame a new-look Melbourne Renegades to start their BBL season with a five-wicket victory at the SCG. Chasing a tricky 170, Sixers wobbled in the middle overs…

Jasprit Bumrah has defended the rest of the Indian bowling attack who have come under some criticism for the way they have struggled to provide support to him over the course of this Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia have been able to mount two big first-innings totals – 337 in Adelaide, which gave them a lead of 157 , and 445 in Brisbane, where they could prise only 76 runs at 2.61…

If there were loyalty cards in Test cricket, Matt Henry would be in line for a free Zak Crawley. Henry bagged Crawley for the sixth time this series – and eighth overall – late on day three in Hamilton, as England went to stumps on 18 for 2, chasing a ridiculous 658. An earlier lbw dismissal off the fifth ball of England’s second innings was overturned successfully on height, after…

That Prithvi Shaw is a gifted player was there for all to see when he scored a hundred on Test debut just before turning 19 in late 2018. He has since played only 11 international games in six years and if he wants to reach the peak of his game again, he needs to get his “work ethics right,” his Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer has said. Shaw was recently dropped…

India 51 for 4 (Rahul 33*, Starc 2-25) trail Australia 445 (Head 152, Smith 101, Carey 70, Bumrah 6-76) by 394 runs Only 33.1 overs were possible on what may have been the stop-startiest day in the history of Test cricket, featuring as many as eight stoppages for rain, but Australia kept alive their hopes of going 2-1 up with two days remaining at the Gabba. They stretched their first-innings…

Ben Stokes was forced to leave the field during day three of England’s third Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park after a suspected recurrence of a left hamstring injury. England’s captain pulled up after the second ball of the 56th over of New Zealand’s second innings – his 13th, and third of the day – on Monday afternoon, immediately feeling the back of his left thigh after delivering a…

Bangladesh 147 for 6 (Soumya 43, Hosein 2-13, McCoy 2-30) beat West Indies 140 (Powell 60, Mahedi 4-13) by seven runs Bangladesh thwarted Rovman Powell‘s stunning effort to power West Indies to an improbable win, after Hasan Mahmud defended nine runs in a heroic last over to seal a seven-run victory in the first T20I at the Arnos Vale Ground. The capacity crowd were presented with a thrilling contest in…

Afghanistan’s ace spinner Rashid Khan is set to play his first Test match in more than three years after having been named in their squad for the upcoming two-Test series in Zimbabwe. Rashid had earlier taken a break from the longest format on medical advice because of a groin injury. Rashid’s last Test, which also came against Zimbabwe, was back in March 2021 in Abu Dhabi. The squad includes seven…