Kemar Roach believes that James Anderson will be remembered as “one of the greatest” fast bowlers in history when he retires from international cricket this summer – but has challenged his West Indies team-mates to “ruin” Anderson’s final Test match by beating England at Lord’s in July. With Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph also at their disposal, West Indies will have one of their strongest seam attacks in years when…
Spin-heavy SL confident of success at T20 World Cup
While the ongoing IPL may be a certifiable run-fest, the current school of thought surrounding the upcoming T20 World Cup is that conditions in the USA and Caribbean might be a little less batter-friendly. At least, that’s the working assumption Sri Lanka’s selectors were going on when they named their 15-man squad for the tournament. “If you look at the conditions in America and the West Indies, most of it…
County commitments force Ackermann and van der Merwe to miss T20 World Cup
Netherlands have called up Daniel Doram, the Leeward Islands left-arm spinner, to a full T20I squad for the first time. The T20 World Cup clashes with the start of the Vitality Blast, England’s county T20 competition, which has forced Associate players to choose between their primary employers and their national teams. Bas de Leede (Durham) and Fred Klaassen (Kent) will be released by their counties for the T20 World Cup,…
Surrey wrap up nine-wicket win to go clear at top of Division One
Surrey 464 (Smith 155, Sibley 64, Foakes 52, Abbott 50*, Miles 5-43) and 89 for 1 (Sibley 46*) beat Warwickshire 343 (Barnard 108, Clark 4-65) and 209 (Yates 52, Roach 6-46) by nine wickets Surrey took just 39 minutes on the fourth morning to complete an impressive nine-wicket victory against Warwickshire at the Kia Oval and go 21 points clear at the top of the Vitality County Championship. Dom Sibley…
Livingstone leaves IPL early to get his knee 'sorted' ahead of T20 World Cup
Liam Livingstone, the Punjab Kings and England allrounder, has left India ahead of schedule in a bid to get his knee “sorted” ahead of June’s T20 World Cup. Livingstone has suffered from a series of muscle injuries in the past two years and missed two games early in the IPL season after he went down in the field during a defeat to Lucknow Super Giants last month. He was later…
Seccombe and McKay join Renegades and Stars as high performance managers
Melbourne Renegades have hired Brisbane Heat BBL title-winning coach Wade Seccombe as their new high performance manager while former Australia fast bowler Clint McKay will take over as Melbourne Stars’ equivalent with the two clubs creating the new roles in an attempt to improve their on-field performance. Seccombe coached Heat to their second BBL title earlier this year, having led them to the BBL final the season before, but lost…
Du Plessis: We are proud of our bold style of cricket
“We want to play that style of cricket – RCB talks about playing bold,” du Plessis said, “and just proud that we can actually do that now, putting our performance together.” RCB came into the game with the knowledge that a loss would knock them out of the tournament. They even lost their du Plessis and Virat Kohli cheaply after being sent in. But that didn’t stop Will Jacks and…
IPL playoff scenarios: RCB, CSK move closer with crucial wins
With just eight more games to go in the league stage of IPL 2024, only Kolkata Knight Riders have qualified for the playoffs and three spots are still available. Here’s how the teams in contention stack up. Royal Challengers Bengaluru Played: 13, points: 12, NRR: 0.387Remaining match: CSK (h) RCB’s fifth win in a row – against DC – has propelled them to fifth place on the points table, a…
Haseeb Hameed carries bat into record-books with match-seizing 247 not out
Lancashire 331 and 100 for 6 (Pennington 3-25) trail Nottinghamshire 503 (Hameed 247*, Stone 90, Balderson 4-102) by 72 runs Haseeb Hameed struck a record-breaking career-best 247 not out as Nottinghamshire took control of their Division One match against Lancashire in the Vitality County Championship at Trent Bridge. The sometime England opener scored almost half his side’s runs as Nottinghamshire, all out for 503, turned an overnight deficit of 52…
Patidar, bowlers keep RCB in playoffs race with NRR-boosting win
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 187 for 9 (Patidar 52, Jacks 41, Salam 2-23, Khaleel 2-31) beat Delhi Capitals 140 (Axar 57, Dayal 3-20, Ferguson 2-23) by 47 runs A fifth successive win not only kept Royal Challengers Bengaluru in contention for a playoffs spot but also lifted them to fifth spot on the points table, just above Delhi Capitals who have the same points as RCB but an inferior net run…