Yorkshire have appointed Mitesh Velani, who left Saracens as part of the fall-out from their salary cap scandal, as their new chief financial and operations officer. Mitesh Velani, who will join Yorkshire in a newly-created role on September 16, spent a decade working for Saracens. He was the club’s finance director from 2010 until 2017, before taking over as chief executive – initially in an interim capacity – until 2020….
Shakib Al Hasan is set to play one County Championship game for Surrey, before Bangladesh’s tour India next month. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has reportedly issued him a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the match, set to be played from September 9, against Somerset in Taunton. Surrey will be without all of their England players as that round coincides with the end of the ongoing Sri Lanka Test series…
Flintoff has been involved in England’s white-ball set-up for the past year, including at June’s T20 World Cup, but will not be part of Trescothick’s coaching staff for the three T20Is and five ODIs against Australia next month. He recently had his first experience as a head coach at the Hundred, his Northern Superchargers finishing fourth and narrowly missing out on qualification. He is expected to link up with the…
Innings England 427 (Root 143, Atkinson 118, Asitha 5-102) vs Sri Lanka Gus Atkinson strode through to a magnificent maiden Test century, to land a clean sweep of Lord’s honours-board entries in only his fifth England appearance, as Sri Lanka’s toiling attack endured another of their off-colour sessions to surrender the initiative in the second Test. By the time Asitha Fernando had wrapped up a personally gutsy display with his…
The outgoing Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave reckons the idea of paying players a fee of US $10,000 for a Test match is “not even window dressing,” suggesting that the proposed US $15 million Test fund will not “make any difference to anything.” Recent reports suggested that the ICC could propose a dedicated fund from next year to reinforce Test cricket in nations outside of the Big 3,…
No play Pakistan vs Bangladesh Persistent rain allowed no play, not even the toss, on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. The umpires had an inspection at noon, even though the rain had not stopped, and called it off for the day. The chances of play were so bleak that the teams had not even left their hotel. There is a forecast for…
Barbados Royals 94 for 6 (Athapaththu 39*, Ramnath 2-18) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 93 for 8 (Pandey 28, Glasgow 24, Alleyne 4-21, Matthews 2-13) by four wickets A four-wicket haul from fast-bowling allrounder Aaliyah Alleyne paved the way for Barbados Royals’ second Women’s Caribbean Premier League title. In a low-scoring final, Royals restricted Trinbago Knight Riders to 93 for 8 before overhauling the target with five overs to spare. Royals…
Sophie Devine will step down as New Zealand’s T20I captain at the end of the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE but will remain in charge of the ODI side. Devine, who has led New Zealand in 56 T20Is, will continue to play the format but felt it was the right time to reduce some of her workload and help nurture the next generation of leaders. The next Women’s…
Adelaide Strikers Pre-draft signing Ollie PopeRetention rights Adam Hose, Jamie Overton, David PayneDraft picks 5, 11, 20, 29 Current squadJames Bazley, Jordan Buckingham, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Chris Lynn, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, D’Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald What might they want in the draft?It will be interesting to see the approach of new coach Tim Paine. Rashid Khan has not nominated this…
Joe Root dedicated his record-equalling 33rd Test hundred to Graham Thorpe, his long-term batting mentor who died this month aged 55. Root pointed to the skies after reaching three figures and paid tribute to Thorpe’s influence on his batting, saying he “definitely wouldn’t be where I am now” without him. “I’ve been very lucky to work with a lot of people, whether it be senior players, coaches, mentors, and Thorpey…