Month: December 2024

Shakib Al Hasan has been suspended from bowling in all competitions run by ICC-approved national federations, both domestic and international, the BCB said in a statement on Sunday. Shakib had been suspended from bowling by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for an illegal action, and this, the BCB said, was the automatic next step. The board also said Shakib will soon appear for reassessment at an accredited testing…

Mumbai 180 for 5 (Suryakumar 48, Rahane 37, Shedge 36*, Tripuresh 2-34) beat Madhya Pradesh 174 for 8 (Patidar 81*, Dias 2-32, Thakur 2-41) by five wickets Mumbai have yet another star in the making, and yet another trophy in a cabinet which is fast running out of space. Even before the ball landed beyond the straight boundary to confirm victory in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final against…

The uncapped Indian players grabbed headlines as they fetched big money at the Women’s Premier League [WPL] 2025 auction held in Bengaluru. Simran Shaikh, the Mumbai allrounder, turned out to be the biggest buy on auction day with Gujarat Giants picking her up for INR 1.9 crore (USD 223,000 approx). Mumbai Indians meanwhile picked up 16-year-old Tamil Nadu batter G Kamilini for INR 1.60 crore (USD 190,000 approx) while Uttarakhand…

Hilton Cartwright was sent to hospital for a possible neck injury sustained in a fielding mishap late in the BBL season-opener between Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium. In the 13th over of Scorchers’ chase, Cartwright sprinted from deep point as he attempted to prevent a boundary from Scorchers batter Cooper Connolly. He sprawled across the turf in a full-bodied dive towards the rope but appeared to jar…

West Indies won the toss and put India to bat at the DY Patil stadium. Captain Hayley Matthews said she thinks the wicket won’t change too much. Harmanpreet Kaur, her counterpart, said she would have “definitely bowled” had she won the toss. India have decided to hand Saima Thakor, who has played six ODIs so far, her T20I debut. With Shafali Verma missing out, Uma Chetry has been slated to…

Perth Scorchers 150 for 4 (Connolly 64, Turner 37*, Curran 1-25) beat Melbourne Stars 146 for 9 (Curran 37, Stoinis 37, Richardson 3-19, Morris 2-30) by six wickets On a ground he has played the hero before, allrounder Cooper Connolly stepped up with a game-changing half-century as Perth Scorchers continued their long-time dominance over Melbourne Stars in the BBL season-opener at Optus Stadium. Chasing 147, Scorchers were in trouble at…

Australia 405 for 7 (Head 152, Smith 101, Carey 45*, Bumrah 5-72) vs India Centuries from Travis Head and Steven Smith, those two great India tormentors, put Australia in control of the third Border-Gavaskar Test at the Gabba, on a fast-moving second day that produced 377 runs and seven wickets. Five of those wickets fell to the exceptional Jasprit Bumrah, who kept India in the contest almost singlehandedly while swelling…

Englandwon the toss and chose to bat first vs South Africa England awarded two new caps for their one-off Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein. Maia Bouchier will open the batting with Tammy Beaumont while 20-year old Ryana MacDonald-Gay was included in the XI in place of Kate Cross, who is recovering from back spasms. Cross suffered the injury in the 3rd ODI but trained on the eve of the…

Innings break New Zealand 347 (Santner 76, Latham 63, Potts 4-90, Atkinson 3-66) vs England Mitchell Santner and Will O’Rourke frustrated England through the first hour of the morning on day two in Hamilton, adding 32 runs to the New Zealand score before Matt Potts ended a cat-and-mouse contest with the first ball after drinks. With England spreading the field for Santner and focusing only on getting out O’Rourke, the…

Abandoned South Africa vs Pakistan The third T20I between South Africa and Pakistan in Johannesburg was washed out by persistent rain without a toss. The game was initially delayed by lightning strikes in the area, before a steady drizzle set in. The drainage at the Wanderers is exemplary, and the groundstaff remained poised. When the rain briefly relented, an official inspection was announced and the groundstaff sprung into action. But…