Month: January 2025

Durbar Rajshahi have promised to pay their local players on Thursday, a day after the players boycotted training in Chattogram to protest the non-payment of fees by the franchise. Jayed Ahmed, the operations in-charge of Rajshahi, said in a late-night video statement on Wednesday that they spoke with BCB president Faruque Ahmed and assured him that the unpaid dues would be cleared. Bangladesh Premier League franchises are supposed to pay…

During January 2014, it was in Hobart that England secured the win that retained the Ashes. The following year, Australia got the trophy back and haven’t relinquished it. This year, England return to Tasmania needing a victory to rescue this series. Otherwise, they will have a mountain to climb. Friday’s game at Bellerive Oval (these days called Ninja Stadium under its latest sponsor) will be a huge test of the…

Durbar Rajshahi cancelled their training session in Chattogram on Monday after their Bangladeshi players protested for remaining unpaid by the BPL franchise. Several of the players, seeking anonymity, confirmed that they took the stance after Rajshahi owner Shafique Rahman shifted the payment date several times. The players informed the team management of their reluctance to go to training on Monday morning, following which the franchise informed the media that “the…

Karnataka 238 for 5 (Padikkal 86, Smaran 76, Sindhu 2-47) beat Haryana 237 for 9 (Ankit 48, Himanshu 44, Shetty 4-34, Shreyas 2-36, Prasidh 2-40) by five wickets Devdutt Padikkal put on a batting exhibition on an up-and-down surface at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara as he helped Karnataka to their fifth Vijay Hazare Trophy final. He continued his stellar run in the competition, hitting his seventh successive fifty-plus score…

South Africa have been dealt a massive blow ahead of the Champions Trophy after Anrich Nortje was ruled out with a back injury. Nortje has not played any international cricket since the T20 World Cup last June and was due to make a return for the white-ball series against Pakistan but broke his toe in the nets. He has since not played at all for his SA20 franchise, Pretoria Capitals,…

Pakistan fast bowler Ihsanullah has reversed a decision to retire from all franchise cricket less than 24 hours after he announced it. The former Multan Sultans player said he had made the decision in “an emotional state of mind”. “I take my decision back,” Ihsanullah said, speaking to TV channel Geo Super. “No franchise picked me, and the comments of a lot of people sent me over the edge. I’m…

Pratika Rawal has made one of the strongest starts to an ODI career by any batter, male or female. No woman has scored as many runs in their first six innings as Rawal has – 444 at an average of 74.00 – and only one man, South Africa’s Janneman Malan, has done better. Mandhana, India’s stand-in captain in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, was full of praise for Rawal after…

Sydney Sixers 183 for 7 (Smith 52, Dwarshuis 30, L Pope 2-33, Overton 2-35) beat Adelaide Strikers 182 for 5 (O Pope 57, Ross 48, Overton 32*, Murphy 2-2) by three wickets Steven Smith produced another blistering BBL innings before Hayden Kerr and Sean Abbott kept their cool at the death as Sydney Sixers completed a nerve-jangling chase that has almost ended Adelaide Strikers’ slim finals prospects. Chasing 183 at…

James Vince has quit first-class cricket for 2025 in a move that will enable him to play in the Pakistan Super League despite the ECB’s new policy on No-Objection Certificates (NOCs). Vince will continue to lead Hampshire’s T20 side but has stepped down as club captain after nine seasons in charge, and will play no part in their County Championship campaign this summer. Vince, 33, was retained by Karachi Kings…

Cricket Australia XI 176 (Hearne 106, Cook 4-15) and 97 for 1 (Ward 39*, MacMillan 11*) need another 164 runs to beat England Lions 223 (Davies 54, Gannon 5-27) and 213 (McKinney 94) Durham’s Ben McKinney fell just short of a century for England Lions, as a Cricket Australia XI took control of their four-day encounter at the Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane. On a day when wickets continued to…