New Zealand coach Gary Stead is “very confident” of Kane Williamson returning to action for the first Test of their home summer, against England, which will be played at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch from November 28 to December 2. The New Zealand team management didn’t want to run the risk of rushing Williamson back into action for the Mumbai Test, which will begin on Friday, and will continue to…
The amounts CSK are paying to each retained player is yet to be confirmed but they will lose at least INR 65 crore from their overall purse of INR 120 crore. The five retentions will leave them with one right-to-match option at the auction. Dhoni, 43, is likely to be retained as an uncapped player after the IPL brought back a rule that allows those who haven’t played international cricket…
Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy are set to be retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad as their final two capped retained players ahead of the 2025 IPL auction. ESPNcricinfo has learned Head is likely to be be retained for INR 14 crore while Reddy is set to get INR 6 crore. With these two signings, SRH will have completed their quota of five capped retained players before the auction, securing the…
They are also unlikely to retain Mitchell Starc, who they had bought for the record price of INR 24.75 crore at the IPL 2024 auction. Starc had a poor league phase before playing vital roles – 3 for 34 and 2 for 14 – in KKR’s victories in Qualifier 1 and the final in IPL 2024. There is also a possibility that KKR will retain a second uncapped player in…
Meanwhile, Rachin Ravindra and Saud Shakeel entered the top ten of the Test batting charts for the first time. Ravindra, who followed up his century in Bengaluru with a half-century in Pune, moved up eight spots to go tenth, while Shakeel shot up 20 places to reach seventh, following his 134 against England. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Jason Holder, West Indies’ former captain, says that England’s third white-ball tour of the Caribbean in as many years is a “massive boost to their survival as an international team”, and goes a long way towards repaying the ECB’s debt to his team after they helped to save the finances of English cricket during the Covid summer of 2020. Holder, 32, led the West Indies squad that played three Tests…
The ICC has appointed Sri Lanka’s Sumathi Dharmawardena as the new independent chair for its anti-corruption unit (ACU). “The Independent Chair of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit is responsible for overseeing and leading the ACU, which is managed at the executive level by the General Manager – Integrity. Mr Dharmawardena starts in the role on 1 November 2024,” an ICC media statement said. Dharmawardena has served as the additional solicitor general…
Australia A captain Nathan McSweeney says he is confident of fronting up to the new ball and opening the batting in the first Test against India if the selectors go down the route of a non-specialist. The race to partner Usman Khawaja has seemingly come down to back-to-back four-day matches between Australia A and India A. Former Test openers Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris are set to open the batting…
South Africa 413 for 5 (Mulder 12*, Rickelton 11*) vs Bangladesh Resuming on 307 for 2, Tony de Zorzi and David Bedingham began the second day confidently. Bedingham cut Hasan Mahmud to the boundary and then slammed Taijul for a six and four off consecutive balls in the seventh over. De Zorzi struck Taijul for two more fours in his next over. The ball after Bedingham struck his fourth six,…
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…