The Women’s T20 World Cup trophy will be taken on a nine-day tour of New Zealand after they won their maiden title earlier in October. New Zealand travelled to India directly after their World Cup triumph for a three-match ODI series that concluded on Tuesday, and will land back home on Friday. On Saturday, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will start the ‘trophy tour’, with members of the women’s team and…
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has had his contract extended until the end of 2027 meaning he will guide the team’s defence of their ODI World Cup title that year as well as throughout next cycle of the World Test Championship. When McDonald was initially appointed in 2022 it was on a four-year deal which took him to early 2026. The extension also includes an away Test series in India…
Shimron Hetmyer has been handed a recall to West Indies’ ODI squad for the three-match series against England, which starts in Antigua on Thursday. Hetmyer replaces Alick Athanaze in the squad as the only change from the touring group that has just returned from Sri Lanka. Hetmyer last played ODIs in December 2023, when he was part of the team that beat England 2-1. He missed the Sri Lanka tour…
Sri Lanka is set to host its first men’s T10 competition between December 12 and 22, according to a board release. SLC has long harboured aspirations of hosting a T10 tournament, though many of the previous plans had revolved around women’s cricket. But with a partner – T Ten Global Sports – now involved, the board is confident it will get a T10 tournament off the ground in December, for…
Zimbabwe will host Afghanistan for what will be the first Boxing Day Test in the country in 28 years, followed by their first-ever New Year’s Test, with both matches slotted for Bulawayo. The only previous Boxing Day Test in Zimbabwe was held in 1996, when England were on tour, and the rain-hit Test was drawn in Harare. The only other Boxing Day Tests Zimbabwe have been a part of were…
Dhaka Metropolis thumped Rajshahi Division by ten wickets to start the NCL with successive wins. Left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan took career-best figures of 8 for 56 in the second innings, and combined with young left-arm quick Maruf Mridha, who had bagged 6 for 22 in the first, to sink Rajshahi. Asked to bat first, Rajshahi were bowled out for 77, with No. 10 Mohor Sheikh top-scoring with 19, as Mridha,…
Pakistan cricket descended into familiar tumult when Kirsten on Monday resigned as the head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I sides. He was six months into a two-year contract and departed on the eve of Pakistan’s white-ball tour of Australia. Kirsten, who was at the helm of India’s triumph at the 2011 World Cup, leaves his role without having coached Pakistan in a single ODI. Even by PCB standards, the…
Adelaide Strikers 171 (Patterson 44, Wellington 40, Prendergast 39) beat Sydney Sixers 160 for 9 (Bryce 62, Perry 54, Mushangwe 3-27) by 11 runs Bridget Patterson was involved in a nasty incident while wicketkeeping during Adelaide Strikers’ victory over Sydney Sixers at North Sydney Oval. In the fourth over of Sixers’ chase Patterson took a ball in the face from a 119kph delivery by Darcie Brown which pitched in front…
Harshit Rana, the Delhi fast bowler, has been called up for India’s third and final Test against New Zealand, to be played in Mumbai from November 1. It’s unclear at this stage if he has been added as an injury cover – there is no update on any fresh injuries, especially to the fast bowlers – or as a main squad member. Named among three uncapped players in India’s 18-member…
Jacob Bethell, the Warwickshire batting allrounder, has been drafted into England’s Test squad for next month’s tour of New Zealand, as a replacement for Jamie Smith, who will miss the entire trip on paternity leave. Bethell, who turned 21 earlier this week, made a solid impression during his white-ball debuts against Australia in September, including a match winning 44 from 24 balls in the second T20I in Cardiff. However, he…