Amelia Kerr is hoping that with full-time professionals around now, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will “invest more” in the women’s game. Under a new five-year master agreement between NZC, the six major cricket associations in the country, and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, women cricketers will earn the same match fees as their male
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Australia quick Josh Hazlewood believes he is a chance to play in the World Test Championship final against India provided he can get through some heavy training loads over the next week after leaving the IPL early due to some soreness in his side. Hazlewood played just three matches in the IPL for Royal Challengers
Many Associate member boards fear the proposed new international revenue-distribution model, which heavily favours the game’s superpowers, could potentially stall the growth of the game. The ICC has proposed a new revenue-sharing model for the 2024-27 cycle to be voted on at its July board meeting in Durban. As reported by ESPNcricinfo earlier this month,
Soon after winning his fifth IPL title as the Chennai Super Kings captain, MS Dhoni chose to not opt for the fairytale ending to his career and vowed to return for “at least” one more season for the fans, if his body allowed it. Dhoni said retiring after winning the title would be the “best
After defending champions Gujarat Titans lost to Chennai Super Kings on the last ball of the IPL 2023 final in Ahmedabad, their captain Hardik Pandya said he didn’t mind losing to MS Dhoni, whom he considers his mentor. In a rain-affected game, it came down to CSK needing ten from two balls, and Ravindra Jadeja
Gloucestershire 181 for 9 (Hammond 59, Cullen 3-38) beat Middlesex 179 for 6 (Eskinazi 54, Price 3-21) by two runs Matt Taylor successfully defended seven from the final over as Gloucestershire claimed their first win of this season’s Vitality Blast with a narrow success against Middlesex at Merchant Taylor’s School. The left-armer conceded just four,
The squad gathered in Brisbane on June 29 for a training camp ahead of their departure to England but will travel without their skipper Lanning, who has withdrawn from the series to remain at home to manage an undisclosed medical issue. Nitschke could not shed any light on what Lanning was dealing with but admitted
Ireland 232 for 0 (Moor 118*, McCollum 100*) and 419 beat Essex 343 and 307 for 8 dec (Adair 85, Buttleman 65, Hume 3-50) by ten wickets Ireland openers PJ Moor and James McCollum produced an unbroken double-century stand to steer their side to a ten-wicket win on day three of their tour match against
Australia have pushed Mitchell Marsh and Matt Renshaw into their reserves for the upcoming WTC final against India, trimming their squad to 15 members in the process. Josh Hazlewood, meanwhile, has been retained after scans had revealed no substantial damage – he left the IPL early after complaining of side soreness. Josh Inglis, who is
In the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy, he scored 315 runs in five matches, averaging 45.00, with one fifty and a century. He followed that season up with 213 and 144 in the Irani Trophy for the Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh. His aggregate of 357 runs in the match was the most for a batter
Essex 343 and 59 for 2 (Das 27*, Hume 2-14) trail Ireland 419 (Stirling 107, Tucker 97, McBrine 67, Richards 5-96) by 17 runs Paul Stirling made a century and Lorcan Tucker 97 as Ireland recovered from a rocky start to their first innings against Essex, eventually being dismissed for 419 to take a lead
Chennai Super Kings may be playing their 10th IPL final, but there’s a tinge of nervousness as if it’s their first. Stephen Fleming, their head coach, believes that isn’t necessarily a bad thing ahead of Sunday, when they take on Gujarat Titans at their home venue in Ahmedabad. “We’re excited, but there’s a bit of
Chasing 234 can on any surface can be daunting. On Friday, in a knockout, Mumbai Indians had to disturb a settled batting line-up by having a formidable middle-order batter (Nehal Wadhera) open, accommodate a concussion substitute (Vishnu Vinod) for Ishan Kishan, have one of their big-hitters (Cameron Green) go off due to a blow on
Hardik Pandya hailed Shubman Gill‘s century to put Gujarat Titans in the final of IPL 2023 as “one of the finest” knocks he has ever seen in a T20 game. Gill’s 129 off 60 balls helped Titans to their second successive IPL final and knocked Mumbai Indians out in the second Qualifier in Ahmedabad. When
The bans will only take effect if the individuals seek to return to playing/coaching within the ECB’s jurisdiction. They each have until Friday, June 9 to appeal the CDC decisions. Gale, the former Yorkshire captain who went on to be head coach between 2016-2021, was fined £6000 and given a four-week suspension from coaching, although
An Australian squad arriving for an Ashes tour of the UK is not like it used to be. Long gone are the days of landing en masse at Heathrow airport in late April to begin a month of county matches before the real thing started. Even a single warm-up game is no longer a reality.
Paradkar was included in part to serve as cover for fast bowler Ali Khan, who is set to miss USA’s first two matches of the tournament, against West Indies and Nepal, in order to serve a two-match ban he received after being reprimanded for his behaviour during USA’s victory over Jersey in their last match
Durham have announced the signing of Wayne Parnell for the T20 Blast, reinforcing their depleted bowling stocks on the eve of their opening fixture against Northamptonshire on Friday night. Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin and Mitchell Killeen are all sidelined through injury, while Matthew Potts, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes are set to join up with