Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim gave his vote of confidence to the under-fire opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, saying he “wasn’t even thinking about a back-up opener” for the T20 World Cup next month. When asked if there was an intent to break up the opening pair in favour of a batter with a higher strike rate, Wasim said no such plans were in the offing. “Both…
'Rushed' Gaikwad finds his red-ball rhythm to score a fine century
Chennai Super Kings and India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad is hard at work trying to become an all-format cricketer. Playing for India A in the third unofficial Test against New Zealand A, the batter scored a magnificent hundred off just 127 balls. The pace of his run-scoring perhaps make sense when seen in the light of his exploits in white-ball cricket, especially in the IPL. But to be so fluent while…
Fit-again Washington, Natarajan to return to action with Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Allrounder Washington Sundar, who has had a recent history of injuries, is set to return to action for Tamil Nadu in the upcoming 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Washington has been appointed vice-captain, with Baba Aparajith replacing Vijay Shankar as captain. Vijay is yet to recover from the shoulder surgery he underwent after his IPL stint with Gujarat Titans. However, T Natarajan, who has been dealing with a recurring knee…
Jos Buttler on England's arrival in Pakistan for T20I tour: 'It's great to be back'
England’s men arrived in Karachi on Thursday morning for their first tour to Pakistan in 17 years and were immediately escorted off the upper deck of their Emirates flight from Dubai into bulletproof buses to take them to the team hotel. The team have been granted VVIP (very, very important person) status throughout their three-week tour, comprising seven T20Is – the first four in Karachi, the last three in Lahore….
Middlesex make light work of ten-wicket victory to push promotion hopes
Middlesex 390 (Stoneman 128, Simpson 76, Hollman 58, Harris 5-90) and 45 for 0 beat Glamorgan 214 (Cooke 52, Higgins 4-59, Murtagh 3-58) and 220 (Lloyd 70, Roland-Jones 5-61) by ten wickets Two collapses, one of them understandable on the first morning, the other barely forgivable on the third evening, did as much as anything to determine the outcome of this match. That slightly glib assessment gives insufficient credit to…
Yorkshire agree to pay Andrew Gale, Rich Pyrah compensation
Andrew Gale and Rich Pyrah have agreed compensation with Yorkshire after winning their case for unfair dismissal. Gale, the former captain and head coach, and Pyrah, who spent more than a decade on the Yorkshire playing staff before becoming bowling coach, were among 16 members of staff abruptly sacked last year in the wake of Azeem Rafiq racism scandal. Yorkshire’s accounts revealed that the club had set aside £1.9 million…
Yannic Cariah, played his last T20 in 2016, makes West Indies' T20 World Cup squad for 2022
Who is Yannic Cariah?Cariah is a 30-year-old legspin-bowling allrounder who has bolted into West Indies’ squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, for which they first need to qualify by playing against Scotland, Zimbabwe and Ireland in the opening round in Hobart. Cariah made his international debut only last month, in the first ODI against New Zealand at Bridgetown, in place of left-arm fingerspinner Gudakesh Motie, who was…
Fakhar Zaman out of Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad with knee injury
A knee injury has seen Fakhar Zaman miss out on Pakistan’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup, while Shan Masood has been called up. Fakhar was named in the reserves instead. There are no wholesale changes to the side that played the Asia Cup earlier this month. Usman Qadir kept his place despite playing just one match in the Asia Cup and limited match-time prior to it. Shaheen Shah…
Bangladesh to play UAE in two T20Is, and undergo training camp in Dubai
The Bangladesh team will travel to Dubai next week, to play two T20Is against UAE and complete a training camp that was interrupted by rain in Dhaka. Only one day of training was possible in the past week, as heavy rain lashed the capital and other parts of the country. BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the camp in Dubai will run from September 22 to 27, with the…
Michael Jones, Nic Maddinson ease Durham to seven-wicket victory
Durham 296 (Jones 97, Maddinson 56, Parkinson 3-56) and 108 for 3 (Jones 50, Maddinson 31*) beat Leicestershire 202 (Potts 6-52) and 198 (Kimber 75, Potts 7-49) by seven wickets Durham needed only 37 minutes to wrap up a seven-wicket victory after another chastening week for Leicestershire in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Michael Jones, who fell three runs short of a century in the first innings, added a 58-ball…