Dwayne Bravo to retire from CPL after 2024 season

Dwayne Bravo, the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket, has announced that he will retire from the CPL after the ongoing season. Bravo, 40, made the announcement public hours before Trinbago Knight Riders’ opening game of CPL 2024, against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in Basseterre. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

August 31, 2024
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Kathyn Bryce keeps The Blaze's double hopes burning

The Blaze 249 for 4 (K Bryce 87*, Beaumont 59) beat Sunrisers 245 (Griffith 65) by six wickets Double-chasers The Blaze kept alive their chance of qualifying for the knock-out stage of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with a six-wicket win over Sunrisers at Derby, where they chased down a target of 246 with 39 balls to spare. Not for the first time, all-rounder Kathryn Bryce was their match-winner, top-scoring…

August 31, 2024
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Alastair Cook hails 'genius' Root after England-record 34th Test hundred

Alastair Cook hailed Joe Root as “a genius” after losing his record for the most England Test centuries to his former team-mate. Root made 103 in the second innings against Sri Lanka at Lord’s on Saturday, his second hundred of the match and his 34th overall in Test cricket, taking him clear of Cook’s former benchmark of 33. “He is quite simply England’s greatest, and it’s absolutely right that he…

August 31, 2024
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Oliver Hannon-Dalby's half-dozen secures Warwickshire's first win

Warwickshire 420 (Rhodes 201, Barnard 65) beat Kent 156 (Compton 70) and 243 (Bell-Drummond 78, Evison 65, Hannon-Dalby 6-43) by an innings and 21 runs Warwickshire banked their first Vitality County Championship victory of the season in the most emphatic fashion, by an innings and 21 runs over struggling Kent, before lunch on the third day at Edgbaston. Kent were bowled out in their second innings for 243 on the…

August 31, 2024
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Joe Root steers England towards impregnable position

Lunch England 427 and 159 for 4 (Root 45*, Smith 23*) lead Sri Lanka 196 by 390 runs Joe Root continued his productive Test match as England set about stretching their lead on the third morning at Lord’s. Root and Harry Brook added a brisk half-century partnership for the fourth wicket and although Sri Lanka chipped out three more England batters, there was a sense that they were fighting a…

August 31, 2024
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Lewis returns to captain Ireland in home series against England

Gaby Lewis has recovered from a quad strain she sustained in the opening ODI against Sri Lanka earlier this month, and will lead Ireland in their white-ball series against England at home. Regular captain Laura Delany is yet to recover from the ligament injury she sustained on her ankle in the second T20I against Sri Lanka. Alice Tector, who made her ODI debut against Sri Lanka, earned a maiden T20I…

August 31, 2024
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Shoriful Islam out of second Test against Pakistan with groin injury

Shoriful Islam was ruled out of the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi with a groin injury. The left-arm fast bowler is now in a race against time to be fit for the two Tests against India next month. According to Bangladesh team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan, Shoriful complained about discomfort in the groin area after the first Test last week, and subsequent tests confirmed the injury. “Shoriful underwent an…

August 31, 2024
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Bangladesh bowl, with Taskin Ahmed back; Pakistan rest Naseem Shah

Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs Pakistan After rain had washed out the opening day, a warm and sunny morning greeted the teams on the second day of the second Test in Rawalpindi. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss in what is now a four-day Test, and had no hesitation in opting to bowl first against a Pakistan side that is without Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah….

August 31, 2024
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Samit Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad

Allrounder Samit Dravid has been selected in India’s Under-19 squad for the first time, for the multi-format home series against Australia Under-19 in September and October. Mohamed Amaan, a middle-order batter from Uttar Pradesh, has been named captain of the 50-over squad, while Madhya Pradesh’s Soham Patwardhan will lead the team for the four-day matches. Batting in the middle-order, Dravid scored 82 runs at a strike rate of 114 in…

August 31, 2024
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Gus Atkinson stays grounded as maiden century shows head for batting heights

Joe Root’s grin as he sat on the Lord’s outfield made clear that his outlandish comparison between Gus Atkinson and Jacques Kallis was tongue-in-cheek. But while Atkinson is unlikely to graduate to official allrounder status anytime soon, there was no questioning the talent he showed in making his maiden Test – and first-class – hundred. Atkinson has shown glimpses of his batting abilities in his international career, thrashing 35 off…

August 30, 2024
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