A biting northwesterly whipped through the venue after rain had washed out the morning session’s play. The New Zealand MetService put the average wind speed in Wellington at close to 60kph during the late afternoon, with some gusts likely far more powerful than that. Players’ hats, sunglasses, and even the bails on top of the
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Chief executive Andrew Cornish says “there is no hiding away” from Middlesex’s financial difficulties, after acknowledging that the club may require an ECB bail-out after racking up a loss of £952,000 in their most recently published accounts. In an open letter to Middlesex’s members, Cornish acknowledged that a recent report in the Daily Telegraph had
Dane van Niekerk, South Africa’s former captain, has confirmed her retirement from all forms of international cricket, but will continue to play in T20 leagues. As reported by ESPNcricinfo last week, she was set to hang up her boots amid uncertainty of whether she would get a new national contract. At the time, she had
Big picture: Last Test of New Zealand summer At a venue they had previously been decked in, in Christchurch, this Sri Lanka team pushed New Zealand close. Heading into the Wellington Test, there is likely to be some confidence in Sri Lanka’s seam attack, in particular. Kasun Rajitha delivered some excellent new-ball spells, Lahiru Kumara
Royal Challengers Bangalore 136 for 5 (Ahuja 46, Ghosh 31*) beat UP Warriorz 135 all out (Harris 46, Perry 3-16, Devine 2-23, Asha 2-27) by five wickets Finally, Royal Challengers Bangalore have won a match in the Women’s Premier League. After five matches and countless questions, Smriti Mandhana and Co got their first win, beating
David Warner will lead Delhi Capitals in the 2023 IPL, replacing the injured Rishabh Pant. ESPNcricinfo has learned that head coach Ricky Ponting and the management agreed Warner was the best man to be appointed interim captain as Pant gradually builds on his recovery having survived a horrific car crash in December. With Pant ruled
Capitals vs Giants – teams with contrasting runs face off Gujarat Giants have tried shuffling their openers around. They have chopped and changed their overseas players. And now they have returned to their original combination. What hasn’t changed is the brittleness of their batting line-up and poor death bowling. So there might be changes again.
Mumbai Indians 162 for 8 (Harmanpreet 51, Yastika 44, Gardner 3-34) beat Gujarat Giants 107 for 9 (Harleen 22, Sciver-Brunt 3-21, Matthews 3-23, Kerr 2-18) by 55 runs A little over a year ago, Harmanpreet Kaur felt as if pressure was gnawing at her from all sides. Her form had dipped, and what she brushed
More specialist bowlers than batters in the playing XI, and a better fielding display than England could manage, gave Bangladesh the decisive edge in the 3-0 T20I series win, according to their victorious captain, Shakib Al Hasan. The home side completed their whitewash with a 16-run victory in the third game, after engineering a mid-innings
Stumps Victoria 2 for 71 (Harris 48*, Stobo 1-22) trail Western Australia 122 (Cartwright 27, Turner 27, Boland 4-29, Holland 3-15, Sutherland 3-33) by 51 runs Test quick Scott Boland tore through league leaders Western Australia with four wickets on his Sheffield Shield return as a desperate Victoria dominated the opening day of their must-win
Delhi Capitals 154 for 4 (Capsey 38, Rodrigues 32, Kapp 32*, Jonassen 29*, Asha 2-27) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 150 for 4 (Perry 67*, Ghosh 37, Pandey 3-23) Royal Challengers Bangalore’s winless streak in the tournament continued as Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen kept their cool to guide Delhi Capitals home in a close encounter
Chad Bowes and Ben Lister are the two uncapped players in New Zealand’s extended squad for this month’s ODI series against Sri Lanka, with a host of regulars missing due to a clash with the IPL. Lister, who plays for Auckland Aces, enters the 50-over set-up after making his T20I debut in India last month,
The new PCB selection committee for the national senior men’s team, headed by Haroon Rasheed, has formed a new policy on managing workloads and player rotation. With the series against Afghanistan not a part of the ICC’s Future Tours Programme, it gave the selectors an opportunity a chance to try out their new plan. ESPNcricinfo
Mumbai Indians 164 for 2 (Harmanpreet 53*, Sciver-Brunt 45*) beat UP Warriorz 159 for 6 (Healy 58, McGrath 50, Ishaque 3-33) by eight wickets Who can stop Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League? UP Warriorz was the only team yet to play, and consequently yet to lose, to Mumbai in the WPL and they
The Bangladesh selectors have rested Mahmudullah for the first two ODIs against Ireland, saying that they want to see other players given a chance at the highest level. Mahmudullah, a veteran of 218 ODIs who has retired from Tests and is no longer part of Bangladesh’s T20I plans, scored 71 runs in the three ODIs
Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs England Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bowl first against England in the second T20I in Dhaka. The home side earned a 1-0 lead after winning the first game in Chattogram by six wickets, so Shakib stuck to the same formula in the second
Jofra Archer says that he has already surpassed his ambitions in battling back from persistent injury to resume his England career, but admits that he would consider it a “bonus” if he is able to feature in more than one Ashes Test this summer. Archer, 27, is in the midst of an encouraging but cautious
With the new ball in hand, and her wife Dane van Niekerk – who hinted at retirement from international cricket earlier today – watching from the stands, Marizanne Kapp delivered her best T20 performance as Delhi Capitals wrapped up a 10-wicket win against Gujarat Giants at the DY Patil Sports Academy.