David, a former left-arm spinner who played 10 Tests and 97 ODIs, is the second Indian woman after Diana Edulji to be included in the ICC Hall of Fame. “It is truly an honour to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame, something that I consider to be the highest recognition available to anyone who puts on their national team jersey,” David said in an ICC statement. “This comes…
The ECB’s senior leadership have conceded that cricket’s need to “protect broadcast rights” will see no changes to participating teams at next year’s Champions Trophy regardless of whether India decide to travel to Pakistan. The tournament is due to be staged in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi but India have not played an international match in Pakistan since 2008. Richard Gould and Richard Thompson, the ECB’s chief executive and chair, said…
New Zealand have now gone six consecutive days of Test cricket in India without any actual cricket. After the Afghanistan misadventure in Greater Noida, you could hardly blame the ground for this one, though. The first day of the first Test in Bengaluru remained a non-starter as the rainy week continued. Bengaluru did wake up to optimistic news as the expected apocalyptic rain had skirted the city. However, a drizzle…
Former India seamer Paras Mhambrey has been appointed Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach ahead of IPL 2025. Mhambrey, who had served as MI’s assistant coach previously, will work alongside current bowling coach Lasith Malinga under newly appointed head coach Mahela Jayawardene. Mhambrey served as India’s bowling coach from 2021 till August this year under Rahul Dravid and was part of the T20 World Cup-winning side in the Caribbean. He was also…
Buttler will join Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell and Maheesh Theekshana, who were all retained by Gladiators. Matheesha Pathirana, Theekshana’s Sri Lanka team-mate, meanwhile went to New York Strikers. Strikers, the defending champions, have retained their core of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Amir. The UAE pair of Muhammad Waseem and Muhammad Jawadullah, who has also played for Sharjah Warriors in the ILT20, were also retained by the franchise….
Allrounder Mitchell Marsh will bowl in the upcoming Sheffield Shield round as he prepares to help cover Cameron Green‘s absence during the India Test series. Marsh’s fitness and whether he can return to bowling have grown in significance for Australia since it emerged that Green will miss the entire season due to a stress fracture of his back. Related Green out for the season as he takes surgery option Cummins…
Pakistan 358 for 8 (Jamal 37*, Noman 29*) vs England England’s bowlers enjoyed a productive first hour on a hazy second morning in Multan, but were thwarted by a ninth-wicket stand of 49 between Aamer Jamal and Noman Ali, as Pakistan stretched their first innings by 99 runs for the loss of three more wickets, to reach 358 for 8 at lunch. Worryingly for Pakistan, however, Aamer – whose key…
George Bailey was very careful with his words when he revealed that Steven Smith would no longer be opening the batting in Australia’s Test team. “Steve had expressed a desire to move back down from that opening position,” Australia’s chair of selectors said on Monday before stating that captain Pat Cummins and coach Andrew McDonald had confirmed that Smith would be moving. Bailey was explicit too in noting that he,…
Cricket Australia has unveiled the dates for the 2025-26 Ashes series in Australia with the Gabba set to host the day-night second Test while Adelaide will host the third Test as a day game under a new agreement to have the pre-Christmas Test for the next seven years. CA confirmed that Perth will host the first Ashes Test next summer from November 21-25 before the second Test is played with…
West Indies needed to chase down 142 to qualify for the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2018 – a target Matthew later said she’d have “bitten your hand off” for at the start of the game. It turns out Joseph was simply in the mood. Related Inspired by Narine, Ramharack goes from being sidekick to hero Mithali Raj: Time for ‘saturated’ India to move on from…