Middlesex 485 (Simpson 109, Roland-Jones 85, Malan 64, Robson 62, Currie 6-93) trail Sussex 523 (Pujara 231, Alsop 135, Helm 5-109) by 138 runs A typically nugget-like century from wicketkeeper John Simpson saved Middlesex from the follow-on on day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship match with Sussex at Lord’s. The redoubtable gloveman reached three figures for the ninth time in his career in an almost five-hour vigil as…
Leicestershire post highest Grace Road total since 2004
Glamorgan 111 for 2 (Northeast 50*) trail Leicestershire 584 (Mulder 156, Mike 91, Hill 81, Kimber 68, Walker 64, Swindells 52, Salter 4-158) Glamorgan face an uphill battle to emerge with even a draw after Leicestershire built their highest total on this ground since 2004 on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship match. No Foxes side has prospered to the same degree since a Brad Hodge double century…
KL Rahul tests positive for Covid-19, likely to miss T20Is against West Indies
Already in a race to prove his fitness ahead of the West Indies T20Is in the Caribbean and USA, KL Rahul endured another setback when he tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The news was confirmed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly after an apex council meeting in Mumbai. Rahul had been recuperating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru following a surgery for sports hernia in Germany last month and…
Knee injury rules Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi out of second Test against Sri Lanka
Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle that begins on Sunday. The PCB said in a statement that Afridi suffered a knee injury during the fourth day of the first Test that Pakistan won by four wickets. Afridi had played a key role in Sri Lanka’s first innings in the opening Test, taking 4 for 58 in 14.1…
Nortje hopes bubble relaxations will ease workload management
While England’s schedule continues to overwhelm them, South Africa are itching to play a little more, at least in the longest format, and are concerned with getting the balance between travel and playing days right. Asked how he views the current calendar, Anrich Nortje explained that he anticipates tours to become shorter as travel normalises post-pandemic, leaving sufficient time for being at home and playing. Related CSA forfeits Australia ODIs…
Tom Wood cleared for Derbyshire return after backdated anti-doping ban
Tom Wood, the Derbyshire batter, has been cleared to return to cricket after a backdated six-month ban for failing to declare his use of an asthma inhaler. Wood was tested for the first time in his professional career in September 2021 and tested positive for terbutaline, a controlled substance found in asthma inhalers which Wood has used since 2004. Wood told a National Anti-Doping panel that it was his “genuine…
Kyle Coetzer announces T20I retirement after giving up Scotland captaincy
Kyle Coetzer, who captained Scotland at last year’s T20 World Cup in the UAE, has retired from T20Is with immediate effect. “After considered discussions with Cricket Scotland and the head coach, the team would gain more from someone else playing in the upcoming T20 fixtures and the subsequent T20 World Cup,” Coetzer said. “It was a pleasure to take part and lead my country in the previous World Cup and…
Pubudu Dassanayake resigns as Nepal head coach, takes up role with Canada
Pubudu Dassanayake has submitted his resignation as Nepal head coach citing “family reasons” with almost a year and a half left on his current contract in order to take up the same position with Canada. His contract with Canada will run until the end of 2023. Dassanayake, 52, played Test cricket for Sri Lanka in the mid-1990s before migrating to Ontario in 2001. He eventually made his debut for Canada…
Nissanka returns, Manasinghe replaces injured Theekshana for the second Test
Theekshana, the SLC revealed, had suffered an injury to one of his fingers on his right hand – his bowling hand – during the first Test against Pakistan, which Sri Lanka lost by four wickets. He had only made his Test debut in the second Test against Australia earlier this month, having been drafted into the Test side following a spate of Covid-related withdrawals. He kept his place in the…
Supreme Court to hear case on tenure of Ganguly-led BCCI administration on July 28
The Supreme Court of India will now hear the BCCI’s petition seeking amendments to its constitution on July 28, after a hearing on Thursday. The amendments sought could allow Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah, the BCCI president and secretary respectively, and other office bearers to stay in power until 2025 through a relaxing of the mandatory cooling-off period. The three-judge bench, led by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana,…