Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs South Africa Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in Dubai. It was the last league fixture for both teams, with Bangladesh all but out while are South Africa well in contention for the semi-final. “It is a good opportunity for the team to take back something for the country,” Sultana said at the toss. Bangladesh also…
India continued to put themselves under the pressure of posting a total and defending in the dew as they won the toss and decided to bat first. Najmul Hassan Shanto, the Bangladesh captain, said Bangladesh would have chased anyway. India, currently leading the T20I series 2-0, are looking to complete a whitewash across formats after winning the Tests 2-0. Having sealed the series, India rested left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, but…
Pakistan remain in contention for the knockouts but need to beat New Zealand by a substantial margin on Monday, and hope other results go their way. If India beat Australia out Sunday, Pakistan will not be able to reach the semis. Sana, who was named captain of the side in August, was missed on Friday, where Pakistan were also without senior seamer Diana Baig, who has yet to recover from…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat against New Zealand Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in Sharjah. Sri Lanka are of course out of the running for a place in the semi-final, but for New Zealand a win is paramount to their qualification chances. Chamari Athapaththu acknowledged that their batting has been a let-down across the tournament, but she’s backing them to come good today and…
Quick bowler Lance Morris has suffered an injury setback having picked up a quad strain in training although it is hoped the layoff will be brief with the aim to return before the end of the month. Morris, who faced South Australia in Sydney in late September as part of a carefully managed return to action after another winter recovering from back problems, will miss Western Australia’s one-day game against…
The beats that bring out the best in players at this World Cup include Lady Gaga’s Just Dance, which was the tonic that turned West Indies around after their opening defeat and inspired two big wins, Punjabi music in the Pakistan camp that even has the injured Diana Baig dancing and a proverbial mix-tape of Afrikaans music and Amapiano – a mix of house, electronic, jazz and soul – that…
India will go into the home Test series against New Zealand with pretty much the same squad that took on Bangladesh in September – that means Mohammed Shami hasn’t recovered in time for what will be India’s last red-ball action ahead of the five-Test series in Australia to close out this year. Yash Dayal, who had received his maiden Test call-up for the Bangladesh Test series, also missed out. Jasprit…
The Indian team is trying to “push the limits” of what they can do. According to assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate, they are doing this in order to be well-prepared for the challenges in the next 18 months: the Champions Trophy, Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. With Rohit Sharma as captain and Rahul Dravid as coach, India had shed their safety-first approach with bat in limited-overs cricket. It paid…
Vlaeminck was attempting to stop a boundary off Muneeba Ali’s fine edge on just the fourth ball of the match in Dubai on Friday. Running back from short third, Vlaeminck slid but her knee got stuck in the turf as she reached for the ball and flicked it back before tumbling over the rope, crying out and clutching at her shoulder as she did so. Lying on the boundary’s edge…
Toss Australia opt to field vs Pakistan Excited by their first and only visit in the group stage to Dubai, Australia captain Alyssa Healy chose to bowl against Pakistan. Australia included extra firepower in the seam bowling department. Tayla Vlaeminck was included in the XI and will play her first T20 World Cup match since the 2018 tournament, and only the second of her career. Grace Harris was left out…