Having initially been behind in the game – Udeh was part of a poor top-order performance where four of five batters fell for single-digits – Nigeria turned things around with the ball and not a moment too soon either. Ireland were 40 for 2 in the eighth over, looking quite comfortable in the chase when Udeh triggered the collapse that defined the match. Four wickets for 14 runs later, they…
Sam Konstas has shown his character with a classy response to being dropped for the first Test against Sri Lanka, says Australia selector on duty Tony Dodemaide. Dodemaide stopped short of guaranteeing Konstas would reclaim his opening spot for the home Ashes this summer but insisted the star teenager remained part of succession plans for an ageing Australian squad. Australia cited Travis Head‘s form as an opener on the last…
Australia captain Alyssa Healy has declared herself “good to go” for Thursday’s historic women’s Ashes Test at the MCG but conceded the final decision on whether she plays will not be up to her with the selectors set to announce the team at the toss. Meanwhile, England captain Heather Knight confirmed Sophia Dunkley will come back into the Test side after missing the last game in South Africa as a…
Toss Australia chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Josh Inglis will make his Test debut for a new-look Australia, while offspinner Todd Murphy has been preferred over quick Scott Boland, as captain Steven Smith elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the series-opener in Galle. Inglis, the Western Australia wicketkeeper and a noted player of spin, will replace Head at No. 5 and play as a specialist batter. He is…
Geoff Allardice has resigned as chief executive of the ICC after four years in the role, citing a desire to “pursue new challenges”. Allardice was appointed chief executive in November 2021, having taken over on an interim basis eight months previously when his predecessor, Manu Sawhney, was suspended. He has worked at the ICC since 2012, initially as general manager of cricket after a previous role with Cricket Australia. “It…
England U19s 299 (Farhan 90, Home 63, Mokoena 5-61, Daniels 4-49) and 275 for 8 (Rew 71*, Vaughan 44, Fonseka 43, Mason 4-97) lead South Africa U19s 319 (Rowles 90, Bulbulia 88, Farhan 4-78) by 255 runs Thomas Rew‘s run-a-ball 71 helped England Men U19s to take a 255-run lead into the final day of the first Youth Test against South Africa Men U19s in Stellenbosch. Leg-spinner Chad Mason claimed…
Vishwa Fernando, the Sri Lanka left-arm seamer, has signed for Warwickshire for the start of their County Championship campaign this season. Fernando has taken 79 Test wickets, including four in his last outing in South Africa in December, and will be available for Warwickshire’s Division One games in April. He impressed last summer in a three-match stint with Yorkshire, taking 17 wickets including nine in the match against Derbyshire, and…
Toss India chose to bowl vs England Suryakumar Yadav won his third toss in a row, with India once again choosing to field first in Rajkot. India, who are 2-0 up and can seal the series with victory, brought back Mohammed Shami for his first international appearance since the 2023 ODI World Cup final. On what is expected to be the best surface for batting in the series so far,…
Prospective investors in Hundred franchises have expressed their frustration with the ECB’s sales process, which will be determined by final bids in the next two weeks. Bidders fear that the efforts they have put into building relationships with potential partners over the past five months may have been wasted, with the process ultimately determined by “pure financial factors”. The ECB invited bids for 49% stakes in each of the eight…
Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva has described his team’s Test schedule this year as “really disappoining”. He believes it is a “big disadvantage” for a team such as Sri Lanka to play as few Tests as they have scheduled this year. Beyond this two-match Australia series, Sri Lanka only have two home Tests against Bangladesh to come in 2025. Their next World Test Championship cycle has only 12 Tests…