Australia may be looking to arrest a run of two flawed performances, but for their captain Alyssa Healy, it’s far from panic stations after conceding defeat to England in their second T20I before a huge crowd at The Oval. While Australia managed to scrape a four-wicket victory with one ball to spare in the opening match at Edgbaston on Saturday, a sub-par fielding performance by their lofty standards, and a…
David and McDermott re-sign at Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL
Hobart Hurricanes have been able to shore up their BBL list by re-signing in-demand power hitters Tim David and Ben McDermott beyond next season. David, 27, has signed a one-year extension to take his contract through until the end of the 2024-25 season while McDermott, 28, has committed to the Hurricanes until the end of 2025-26. David has become a global T20 phenomenon since making his name at Hurricanes in…
Early start, early finish for the BBL might see overseas players stay longer
The BBL is set for one of the earliest starts and earliest finishes in competition history with the 13th edition of the tournament set to run from December 7 to January 24 and could allow overseas players to stay for the majority of the season, after issues with retaining talent last year. Australia’s men’s home international schedule is the main reason why the tournament will start so early in December…
Danni Wyatt and spinners keep England alive in the Women's Ashes
England 186 for 9 (Wyatt 76, Sutherland 3-28) beat Australia 183 for 8 (Perry 51*, Glenn 2-27, Ecclestone 2-35) by three runs Danni Wyatt‘s magnificent half-century set a Kia Oval crowd of 20,328 – and this Ashes series – alight before England’s bowlers combined to protect a lofty total and topple the mighty Australians by three runs in their second T20I. Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley had set the hosts off…
Farooqi provides the spark as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in the rain
Afghanistan 83 for 2 (Ibrahim 41*, Shakib 1-9) beat Bangladesh 169 for 9 (Hridoy 51, Farooqi 3-24) by 17 runs (DLS method) In between three rain breaks, Afghanistan sneaked a fine bowling performance to beat Bangladesh by 17 runs, to take a 1-0 lead in the ODI series. Play was suspended in Chattogram for a total of three hours and 15 minutes, reducing the game to 43-overs-a-side. But even that…
Derbyshire prepare for rebuild with David Lloyd capture
Derbyshire have signed David Lloyd, Glamorgan’s club captain, on a three-year contract as they look to rebuild their squad in anticipation of Leus du Plooy‘s departure. Lloyd missed Glamorgan’s recent T20 Blast campaign through a hamstring injury but at 32 will hope to be an all-format regular for Derbyshire for several seasons, and could take on a leadership role. He cited living in North Wales with his family as a…
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma earns maiden call up to India T20I squad
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma‘s stellar performances in the IPL have paved a way to the Indian T20I squad with the two quick-scoring left-handers chosen as part of a 15-member squad to play against West Indies from August 3. It is their first-call up to the senior side in short-form cricket. India T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik…
All guns set to blaze as England enter Bazball's last-chance saloon
Big picture: Shootout at the last-chance saloon “Sir, do you know they’ve cut us off? We’re entirely surrounded.” “Those poor bastards,” Puller said. “They’ve got us right where we want ’em. We can shoot in every direction now.” When he took over as England’s Test captain, Ben Stokes named Brad Pitt’s character Don “Wardaddy” Collier, from the 2014 World War II film ‘Fury’, as his leadership role model – a…
King century, Shepherd three-for hand West Indies first Super Six win
West Indies 222 for 3 (King 100, Hope 63*, Kaleemullah 1-49) beat Oman 221 for 9 (Suraj 53, Shoaib 50, Shepherd 3-44) by seven wickets A disciplined performance from the bowlers backed up by a century from Brandon King saw West Indies complete a clinical seven-wicket win over Oman in Harare. Kyle Mayers and Romario Shepherd were the pick of the bowlers before the spinners bogged Oman down, never letting…
Atit Sheth rescues West Zone; Kaverappa takes five on 14-wicket day
South Zone 63 for 4 (Agarwal 37*, Tilak 12*, Rana 2-19) trail North Zone 198 (Prabhsimran 49, Ankit 33, Sindhu 27, Kaverappa 5-28) by 135 runs As many as 14 wickets fell at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on an intense day where South Zone appeared to have taken the honours until they collapsed late in the day to even things up. Vidwath Kaverappa, the Karnataka fast bowler, picked up his third…