Australia’s brightest young T20 batting talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and one of their finest three-format batters of the generation Steven Smith have both been left out of Australia’s provisional 15-member T20 World Cup squad with selectors opting to take a second specialist spinner in Ashton Agar and a spare allrounder in Cameron Green to give them more flexibility throughout the tournament. As expected, Mitchell Marsh will captain the side after Cricket…
Matthews and West Indies trump Pakistan and Ameen in thrilling final-over finish
West Indies women 132 for 5 (Matthews 68, Campbelle 31, Sana 2-22) beat Pakistan women 130 for 8 (Ameen 63, Fletcher 2-20, Matthews 2-22) by two runs A stunning death-overs implosion from Pakistan amidst nore all-round heroics from Hayley Matthews helped West Indies take an unassailable 3-0 series lead over Pakistan in the T20I series. Another commanding half-century from Matthews – 68 off 49 balls – guided West Indies to…
Stoinis and bowling pack lift LSG to third spot
Lucknow Super Giants 145 for 6 (Stoinis 62, Hardik 2-26) beat Mumbai Indians 144 for 7 (Wadhera 46, Mohsin 2-36) by four wickets Having lost more wickets (4) than they hit boundaries (3) in the powerplay, Mumbai Indians were always going to struggle. Four of the first six overs cost a run a ball or less. Two of the last four suffered the same fate. A total of 144 did…
Six allrounders in Afghanistan's Rashid Khan-led T20 World Cup squad
Rashid Khan will lead an experienced 15-man Afghanistan squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup, the ACB announced on Tuesday. Of the 15 players, eight are currently involved in the IPL. This will be the first time that Noor, Janat and, Ishaq – who featured in the last two men’s U-19 World Cups – will play at the T20 World Cup. Hashmatullah Shahidi, who captained Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI…
Mayank walks off field after 3.1 overs under injury cloud
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) express pace bowler Mayank Yadav had another injury scare in IPL 2024 when he walked off the field while playing against Mumbai Indians, after bowling an incomplete fourth over. He finished his night after sending down 3.1 overs for figures of 1 for 31. Mayank had bowled his first three overs – while cranking up the pace – for 31 runs before he was given the…
Record-breaking Punjab Kings hope to conquer CSK and Chennai next
Match details Chennai Super Kings (third) vs Punjab Kings (eighth)Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Gaikwad’s new gear as CSK (almost) end home stretch The advantages of home comforts. The familiarity, the close circles, the minimal travel, the option of having everything around you. CSK will play their third home game in a row on Wednesday, when they host Punjab Kings, before they hit the road again till…
KKR's Harshit Rana suspended for one game after breaching code of conduct
Harshit Rana, the Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler, has been fined 100% of his match fee and suspended for a game, for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Delhi Capitals. Rana will now miss KKR’s game against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, on May 3. Though the IPL release did not specify the reason for Rana’s fine, he could’ve been pulled up due to…
Monty Panesar to stand as parliamentary candidate in UK general election
Former England spinner Monty Panesar will stand as a parliamentary candidate for George Galloway’s Workers Party at the next general election. Panesar, who was born in Luton and played 50 Tests for England, taking 167 wickets at 34.71, will be on the ballot in Ealing Southall. The constituency has been a Labour Party stronghold under Vivendra Sharma since 2007. Sharma currently holds a majority of over 16,000. Galloway returned to…
England IPL players to miss play-offs in preparation for T20 World Cup
The ECB have made members of England’s T20 World Cup squad unavailable for the IPL play-offs and will call them home ahead of a four-match T20I series against Pakistan which starts on May 22. As things stand, the decision is likely to affect Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings). Rob Key, England men’s managing director, spoke to the players selected in…
India's T20 World Cup squad: Pant, Dube and Samson make the cut
Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson have been selected in India’s 15-man squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup starting on June first in the USA and West Indies. The squad, announced on Tuesday afternoon, is led by Rohit Sharma and has Hardik Pandya as vice-captain. Yuzvendra Chahal, who was not part of India’s recent T20 international squads for the series in South Africa and at home against Afghanistan,…