Delhi Capitals 110 for 1 (Capsey 38*, Shafali 33) beat Mumbai Indians 109 for 8 (Vastrakar 26, Kapp 2-13, Pandey 2-21, Jonassen 2-25) by nine wickets There’s passion in everything Marizanne Kapp does on the cricket field. When she bats, you simply cannot breathe easy until the moment she is out. And when she bowls, she runs in with a fierce look on her face, eyebrows in a slight furrow,…
Mushfiqur Rahim‘s 60-ball century against Ireland was a shining example of the aggressive intent Bangladesh have been trying to adopt, especially through the middle and late overs of ODI cricket. At the end of the match, which got washed out, Litton Das, who scored 70 off 71 himself, said they have been trying to get this balance right for a while now and added that he has noticed things clicking…
UP Warriorz 181 for 7 (Harris 72, McGrath 57, Garth 2-29) beat Gujarat Giants 178 for 6 (Gardner 60, Hemalatha 57, Chopra 2-29, Gayakwad 2-39) by 3 wickets Just like the first Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz game, this, too, went down to the penultimate ball, and just like then, Grace Harris played the match-defining hand, and it was a three-wicket win for Warriorz, which put them in the WPL…
Curran announced in February that he would take an indefinite break from red-ball cricket, saying that prioritising white-ball cricket was “the right decision for my body and for my mental health”. “Tom Curran returned early from the Pakistan Super League and scans have shown he has suffered a stress fracture of the lumbar spine,” Surrey, his county, said in a statement. The club did not put a timeframe on Curran’s…
Big Picture A week ago, Royal Challengers Bangalore were languishing at the bottom of the table with zero wins. Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, were riding high on top of the table with a perfect five. Mumbai had sealed their top-three spot while Royal Challengers’ chances were hanging by a thread. Earlier in the tournament, Mumbai had inflicted a heavy defeat on Royal Challengers the last time these teams had met. But…
David Miller has pledged to throw his support behind South Africa’s new T20I captain Aiden Markram even as he acknowledged he hoped he would be considered for the job. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested,” Miller said, ahead of South Africa’s second ODI against West Indies in Potchefstroom. “I’ve really enjoyed the journey I’ve had with the Proteas and the experience that I’ve got. The fact that…
All of Bosch, Tucker and de Klerk were in the squad for the recent T20 World Cup and have been around South African squads in the recent past. The only player not on the contract list from the T20 World Cup squad is Annerie Dercksen, with Tumi Sekhukhune, who missed the tournament, keeping her spot. Following the retirements of van Niekerk and Chetty last week, there are no surprises on…
Dan Lawrence has been appointed captain of London Spirit men in the Hundred, replacing the retired Eoin Morgan in the role. Lawrence, 25, has never captained a team in a professional T20 fixture and his leadership experience extends to one Championship match for Essex and a warm-up match for England Lions in Abu Dhabi earlier this winter. He has played nine times for the Spirit across the first two seasons…
Aaron Finch became Major League Cricket’s first overseas signing during the T20 franchise league’s domestic player draft on Sunday night at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Finch was one of six names that were unveiled during the draft, followed over the next 90 minutes by fellow Australians Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Marsh, as well as South Africans Anrich Nortje and Quinton de Kock and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga….
Dimuth Karunaratne wants to step down as Test captain after the Ireland Tests next month. It is an ongoing conversation with the Sri Lanka selectors, who have not accepted his resignation yet. But after four years in the job, and with a fresh World Test Championship (WTC) cycle looming, Karunaratne – who turns 35 in April – wants to hand over to a new captain for the next cycle, with…