Tom Abell has been ruled out of England’s upcoming tour to Bangladesh with a side strain, denying him the chance to win his first international cap. Abell, the Somerset captain who bats in the middle order, strained his left side while bowling the first ball of his third over in England Lions’ victory over Sri
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Cummins said no decision had been made on the composition of Australia’s XI as the selectors wait to see how Green and Starc recover later on Thursday. “Starcy and Green had good sessions yesterday and we will assess them later on today,” Cummins said on Thursday. “We don’t have a line through them yet, we’ll
Muneeba Ali knows that cricketers don’t get days like the one she had against Ireland very often. Only one of them will become the first woman from their country to score a T20I hundred. When more centurions come, they will join an elite club. It’s only once every couple of years that a cricketer can
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) has been tipped to be “a gamechanger” for women’s cricket, and the player auction was all the talk a couple of days ago, but that isn’t the focus of Australia’s current T20 World Cup squad. They were training in Gqeberha as the bidding began on Monday, Ellyse Perry, who found
Rashid Khan will lead a new-look 18-member Afghanistan squad for the three-match T20I series against UAE with as many as seven changes from that of the T20 World Cup last year. Mohammad Nabi, who stepped down from captaincy after the tournament, has been left out. Zahir Khan along with Rahmat Shah – who has been
Peshawar Zalmi 199 for 5 (Kohler-Cadmore 92, Babar 68, Hamza 1-13) beat Karachi Kings 197 for 5 (Imad 80*, Malik 52, Neesham 2-26) by 2 runs By the final delivery, Karachi Kings needed nine to win, but you still wouldn’t believe Peshawar Zalmi had triumphed until it was officially over. Not until a heroic Imad
West Indies 292 (Chase 70, Reifer 53, Nyauchi 5-56, Mavuta 3-73) beat Zimbabwe 115 and 173 (Ervine 72, Kaia 43, Motie 6-62) by an innings and 4 runs Gudakesh Motie spun West Indies to a 1-0 series win as they wrapped up the second Test against Zimbabwe by an innings and four runs. Despite good
The initial strategies at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction on Monday expectedly showed that the three franchises out of five that own IPL teams had a better idea of how to go about it. Four of the first six players went to two of those franchises – Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians
South Africa 132 for 6 (Tryon 40) beat New Zealand 67 (Mlaba 3-10) by 65 runs A fired-up South Africa reignited their home World Cup campaign with a 65-run win over New Zealand in front of a boisterous Boland Park crowd. After their shock defeat to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener and with six
Ireland opt to bat vs England Laura Delany said Ireland were “itching to get out there” after choosing to bat first in their T20 World Cup opener against England at Boland Park in Paarl. “It looks like a really good wicket,” Delany said, on a baking-hot afternoon in the South African sunshine. “Our preparation has
Scott Boland hopes he has put enough pressure on Australia’s selectors to keep his place for the second Test against India in Delhi despite Mitchell Starc‘s imminent return from a finger injury. Starc missed the opening Test in Nagpur because of the finger injury he suffered in late December. He remained at home for the
From “one of the lowest phases” of her life following her omission from the 50-over World Cup, to a tension-easing half-century as India began the 20-over version with victory against Pakistan, Jemimah Rodrigues likes how life is going right now, but says she owes her turnaround to some turners on Mumbai’s maidans. They got there
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs India Bismah Maroof called correctly as Pakistan elected to bat in their Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 opener against India in Cape Town on Sunday. Maroof hoped her side could put up a formidable total and defend later on a surface she described as dry. They were spin
Victoria 307 (Harris 100, Chandrasinghe 67, Neser 4-71) and 217 (Perry 75, Short 58, Bartlett 4-32) beat Queensland 175 (Sutherland 4-35) and 185 (Clayton 66, Holland 3-24) by 164 runs Will Sutherland‘s appointment as Victoria captain may have raised eyebrows in some circles but the 23-year-old allrounder has sailed through his first test as skipper
Gardner, the Indigenous Australian allrounder, took a career-best 5 for 12 from three overs – her maiden international five-for – to help bowl New Zealand out for just 76 as her side won their opening T20 World Cup match by a massive 97 runs in Paarl on Saturday. A Muruwari woman, Gardner had last month
Once Jani was out, legspinner Shreyas Gopal and seamer Vidwath Kaverappa ran through the lower order. Kaverappa, among the finds for Karnataka this season, ended with 5 for 83. In the absence of Prasidh Krishna, who is nursing a back injury, Kaverappa shouldered much of the responsibility and helped bowl Saurashtra out for 527.
Former India international Hemlata Kala, and Lisa Keightley, the former Australia cricketer with vast coaching experience, have been named the team’s assistant coaches. And Biju George, who has previously worked with the India women’s team, has been named the fielding coach. He is also the fielding coach of the Capitals men’s side.
Sandeep Lamichhane has been picked in Nepal’s 14-man squad for the tri-series against Scotland and Namibia. The selection was widely expected once the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) had lifted its suspension of the player and included him in a training camp for the series. Lamichhane is currently out on bail, though facing charges of