A decision on Will Pucovski‘s playing future has been delayed with Victoria receiving a special exemption from Cricket Australia (CA) on his state contract after his assessment with a medical panel was pushed back due to the fact he had suffered extended symptoms from his latest concussion in March. Cricket Victoria (CV) finally released their contract list on Friday after weeks of delays, which included new signing Josh Brown from…
Dooley cut by Tasmania following recruitment of Kuhnemann and MacMillan
Paddy Dooley has been left off Tasmania’s contract list after the Tigers went on a spin recruitment drive to land Test spinner Matthew Kuhnemann and Australia Under-19 World Cup winning off-spinner Raf MacMillan. Dooley was recruited from Queensland for the 2023-24 season after joining Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL and played seven of Tasmania’s eight Marsh Cup games last summer. He picked up nine wickets, including scalps in six of…
Bhuvneshwar Kumar on his nerveless final over: 'I was not thinking about the result'
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins “didn’t really think” his team had the game in the bag till the very last ball was bowled, and was glad to come out on the right side of a thriller against Rajasthan Royals. “Amazing game. That last ball I kind of forgot if we take a wicket, we could win. I was just thinking Super Over,” Cummins said. Chasing 202, Royals lost Jos Buttler…
Can Mumbai Indians still qualify for the playoffs?
Do Mumbai Indians have any chance of making the playoffs? They do. Even though Sunrisers Hyderabad’s victory over Rajasthan Royals has made their task tougher, they can still make the top four with 14 points. As things stand, it’s still possible for MI to be tied for third spot on 14 points, if RR and Kolkata Knight Riders win most of their matches and take the top two positions. For…
Cummins, Bhuvneshwar help SRH snatch thriller by one run
Sunrisers Hyderabad 201 for 3 (Nitish Kumar Reddy 76*, Head 58, Avesh 2-39) beat Rajasthan Royals 200 for 7 (Parag 77, Jaiswal 67) by one run Till the 19th over of the chase, the highest Rajasthan Royals let the asking rate rise to in a 202 chase was 10.88, which was at the end of the first over. And yet, Sunrisers Hyderabad won by one run. Pat Cummins bowled a…
Iqbal, Dar, Zafar consign West Indies to their first loss of the tour
Pakistan 87 for 2 (Zafar 42*, Feroza 21, Fletcher 1-6) beat West Indies 84 for 9 (Campbelle 26, Iqbal 3-18, Dar 3-19) by 8 wickets Pakistan secured their first win of the tour, beating West Indies by eight wickets after a comprehensive all-round performance. It came thanks to a clinical all-round performance after the visitors won the toss and batted first, with Sadia Iqbal and Nida Dar taking three wickets…
Shreyas 'is one of the strongest people', says KKR assistant coach
Shreyas Iyer has been on a rollercoaster side. He scored two hundreds and three half-centuries in India’s run to the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup in November, then suffered a recurrence his back troubles, had his commitment to red-ball cricket questioned, lost his BCCI contract, and was not even talked about among the contenders for selection to India’s 2024 T20 World Cup squad. He also came into this…
Josh Baker, Worcestershire spinner, dies at the age of 20
English cricket has been left stunned by the news of the death of Josh Baker, the Worcestershire left-arm spinner, at the age of 20. Baker, who signed his first contract with the club at the age of 17 in 2021, claimed 43 wickets in 22 first-class matches, and a further 27 in 25 white-ball appearances. He was also a burgeoning allrounder, as demonstrated by two half-centuries including a career-best 75…
PCB chief medical officer quits after damning report over Ihsanullah's treatment
The PCB’s chief medical officer Dr Sohail Saleem has quit after a damning independent report criticised “delays in the diagnosis of [fast bowler] Ihsanullah‘s injury and inappropriate prescription of treatment”. Ihsanullah, who was injured last April and remains out with what was initially an elbow injury, did not have his right elbow pain treated, addressed and operated on appropriately, and never received the formal rehabilitation process required by his condition….
No concerns about Kohli's strike rate, says Agarkar
India’s chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar was asked that question at a press conference to discuss the squad for the T20 World Cup in Mumbai on Thursday. Though he didn’t specify, it’s possible the questioner may have meant Kohli’s strike rate against spin. “I don’t think we’ve been discussing it,” Agarkar said. “Look, he has been in great form fortunately in the IPL, so there are no concerns there at…