New Zealand T20 captain Kane Williamson will lead a spin heavy side into India © Getty Images New Zealand will head to India next month armed with a three-pronged spin arsenal after offspinner Nathan McCullum, legspinner Ish Sodhi and left-arm orthodox allrounder Mitchell Santner were included in a 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 announced on Monday. All three spinners had been rotated through New Zealand’s limited overs squads…
England U19s storm into quarter-finals
Jack Burnham struck his second century in three matches as England breezed into the ICC Under-19 World Cup quarter-finals courtesy of a 129-run victory over Zimbabwe in Chittagong. The Durham batsman followed up his brutal 137-ball 148 in the thrashing of Fiji on Wednesday with another high-quality innings from number three, hitting an unbeaten 106 from 104 balls. Openers Max Holden and Dan Lawrence also contributed fifties while a late…
Burnham delighted to cash in
Jack Burnham was determined not to miss out on a “flat deck” in Chittagong as his unbeaten century fired England into the Under-19 World Cup quarter-finals. Brad Taylor’s side produced another high-quality performance to beat Zimbabwe by 129 runs and confirm their place in the last eight, where they will face Pakistan or Sri Lanka. In-form Burnham was at the heart of the third consecutive win with his second ton…
De Lange bolsters South Africa bowling stocks
Marchant de Lange has the prospect of his first ODI for more than a year © Associated Press Marchant de Lange has bolstered South fast bowling stocks ahead of the ODI series against England. But the likelihood that Albie Morkel will also be added, following injuries to Dale Steyn and Kyle Abbott, has receded because he has been afflicted by a back spasm. Morkel’s injury became apparent when he was…
Rhodes reflects on beneficial Lions stint
Steve Rhodes will be straight back into work with Worcestershire tomorrow morning, having relished every moment of his winter away with England Lions. Rhodes has been an ever-present alongside Head Coach Andy Flower through the Twenty20 and 50-over series against Pakistan A, as well as the Performance Programme training camp that preceded them last November – and the pair have forged a close working relationship. It is the opportunity to…
Ingram 97* lifts Warriors to second place
Warriors 285 (Ingram 97*, Thomson 3-54, Davids 3-39) beat Titans 271 (Thomson 79, van Buuren 52) by 14 runsScorecard File photo – Colin Ingram struck seven fours and a six in his unbeaten knock © Getty Images Colin Ingram‘s unbeaten 97 off 99 balls and a tight performance in the death from Warriors’ bowlers set up their 14-run win over Titans in East London. With the win, Warriors have now…
3rd ODI: Guptill, Williamson set up New Zealand two-ball win
Auckland – A record partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand victory with two balls to spare in a tense third one-dayer against Pakistan in Auckland on Sunday. Babar Azam of Pakistan (L) plays a shot watched on by Luke Ronchi of New Zealand (R) during the third one-day international cricket match in Auckland on January 31, 2016 © AFP Michael Bradley The three-wicket win in the…
Twenty questions with Kate Cross
31 January 2016 | David Clark Tweet [embedded content] In her own words, Kate Cross is “sweet all day, every day,” but what else do you know about the England women bowler? The 24-year-old took time out from preparing for the upcoming series against South Africa to answer 20 questions for ecb.co.uk. And, among other things, the Lancastrian reveals herself to be a ticklish Belieber!…
Namibia stun SA; Burnham ton helps England sail on
Play 04:35 Burnham century eases England past Zimbabwe Group C Jack Burnham‘s second century in five days stamped a dominant England Under-19s performance in Chittagong. They chose to bat, their top three all scored fifty-plus and a total of 288 for 4 proved 129 runs too many for Zimbabwe Under-19s. Dan Lawrence provided the early impetus by hitting fast bowler William Mashinge for a hat-trick of fours in the fifth…
Proteas call up De Lange
South Africa have included paceman Marchant de Lange to their squad for the upcoming one-day international series against England. De Lange has been added to bolster the Proteas’ depleted bowling stocks after injuries to Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Kyle Abbott. The 25-year-old claimed 2-69 for South Africa A in England’s emphatic warm-up win in Kimberley yesterday and, with concerns over the workload of Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel, is…