Essex stalwart Graham Napier will retire from professional cricket at the end of the upcoming season. The 36-year-old, who has represented his county 467 times across all formats since making his debut in 1997, will become director of the Graham Napier cricket academy at Royal Hospital School in September. Napier, who was an unused member of England’s 2009 World Twenty20 squad, currently has 421 first-class wickets to his name at…
Croft to coach England ODI squad in South Africa
Former Glamorgan and England off-spinner Robert Croft will travel to South Africa later this month to work with the England one day squad during their five match series against the Proteas. Croft will join the coaching team of Trevor Bayliss, Paul Farbrace, Ottis Gibson and Graham Thorpe as a consultant spin bowling coach for a 12 day period at the start of the series. Croft played 50 ODIs during a…
Wessels to remain at Trent Bridge
Batsman Riki Wessels has committed his future to Nottinghamshire by signing a new three-year contract. The Australian-born 30-year-old, who also has the ability to keep wicket, will continue to ply his trade at Trent Bridge until the end of the 2018 campaign. Wessels, son of former Australia and South Africa international Kepler Wessels, has compiled 6,792 runs in 177 appearances for Nottinghamshire since signing from Northamptonshire in 2011. He has…
Bangladesh spin WI out for 114 and win
Bangladesh Under-19s 116 for 2 (Shanto 41*, Saif 39*) beat West Indies Under-19s 114 (Pope 31, Shawon 4-24) by eight wicketsScorecard Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Saif Hassan took Bangladesh Under-19s to victory © BCB The Bangladesh spinners gobbled up eight wickets to bowl West Indies out for 114 and secure an eight-wicket win in the first Youth ODI in Mirpur. Left-arm spinner Saleh Ahmed Shawon took four wickets while offspinners…
Murray, top order guide New Zealand U-19 to win
New Zealand Under-19s 256 for 7 (Ravindra 77, Phillips 74, Shadab 3-51) beat Pakistan Under-19s 255 for 9 (Hasan 50, Fayyaz 50, Murray 5-55) by three wicketsScorecard Fifties from Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips, along with a five-for from debutant Felix Murray lifted New Zealand Under-19s to their second successive victory, by three wickets over Pakistan Under-19s, in the tri-nation one-day tournament in Dubai. Chasing 256, Phillips gave his team…
New Zealand All-Rounder Todd Astle Named in Squad for Pakistan T20s
Todd Astle is yet to play a one-day or Twenty20 international (Image was tweeted by @BLACKCAPS). © Twitter Wellington: Allrounder Todd Astle has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for their three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan, three years after making his international debut. (New Zealander Colin Munro Slams 14-Ball Fifty) Astle made his solitary appearance for New Zealand in a Test against Sri Lanka in 2012 and has yet…
White, Bravo keep Renegades' campaign alive
Melbourne Renegades 5 for 176 (White 61, Bravo 47) beat Sydney Thunder 5 for 173 (Khawaja 62, Watson 62, Bravo 2-26) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Cameron White took charge of Melbourne Renegades’ chase with a series of flat sixes down the ground © Getty Images Melbourne Renegades fought back brilliantly to keep their Big Bash League season alive after Sydney Thunder made a flying start at the Sydney…
Shahzad, Dawlat break into ICC top 10 rankings
Mohammad Shahzad has 681 points, which is only three behind New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum © Chris Whiteoak Less than a week ago Afghanistan confirmed their place among the top 10 teams in the world, as rated by the ICC. Now they have a representative each in the top 10 batsmen and bowlers rankings in Twenty20 cricket. Mohammad Shahzad struck 118 off 67 balls last night – the highest score by…
Napier to retire after 2016 season
Graham Napier came close to an England cap but it never quite arrived © Getty Images Graham Napier, the Essex allrounder, has announced he will retire at the end of 2016 English season to take up a position running his cricket academy. Napier, 36, made his Essex debut in 1997 and is widely considered a player unlucky not to have earned an England cap in white-ball cricket. The closest he…
Australia New Boys Joel Paris, Scott Boland to Face India in Perth ODI
Australian pacer Joel Paris has picked up 24 wickets in 13 List A games in domestic cricket. (Image credit: Joel Paris/Twitter) © Twitter Perth: Australian pacemen Joel Paris and Scott Boland will make their international debuts but Shaun Marsh will miss out when the one-day series opener against India starts in Perth on Tuesday. (Joel Paris Feels India Can be Tamed With Accuracy) Western Australia’s Paris and Victoria’s Boland get…