The “disrespect” that was directed at Jamaica Tallawahs spurred the team to go all the way and clinch the CPL title, their captain Rovman Powell has said. Not many gave Tallawahs a chance to qualify for the playoffs, let alone make the final, and despite losing key personnel at various stages, they rallied to beat
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New Zealand Women 108 for 4 (Bates 54, A Kerr 21, Fraser 1-13) beat West Indies Women 107 for 5 (Knight 42, Jensen 3-24, Carson 2-12) by six wickets Hayley Jensen‘s three wicket-haul and Suzie Bates‘ half-century helped New Zealand beat West Indies by six wickets on the penultimate ball of a low-scoring second T20I at North
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and opted to field in their first Women’s T20 Asia Cup game, against India, at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned to India’s squad after missing the England tour because of a wrist injury, slotted straight
Ellyse Perry believes there could be long-term benefits of her recent downtime from bowling as she looks to regain her role as a fully-fledged allrounder in the Australia side. Perry bowled for the first time since March, when she was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back, in last weekend’s WNCL clash against South
The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is not yet giving up on injured India strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah turning up in Australia to participate in the T20 World Cup. Bumrah was rushed to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru from Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to undergo scans on his back after being ruled out of the ongoing
The grandstand at Riverway Stadium in Townsville has been officially named after Andrew Symonds. The Andrew ‘Roy’ Symonds Grandstand was unveiled by his children, Chloe and Will, and his mother Barbara on Friday. “It just feels like he’s going to be loved from every direction, like he’s going to be loved from everyone,” Chloe, 10,
It says a lot about Liam Norwell‘s drive that he hopes his 9 for 62, which dragged Warwickshire to safety with a five-run victory over Hampshire, will allow his team-mates and fans to forgive him for his absences this season. Norwell’s figures – the 12th best in first-class cricket for Warwickshire – saw a fourth-innings
Leicestershire 249 (Scriven 53, Conners 5-51) and 405 for 7 (Ahmed 122, Evans 64, Hill 60) trail Derbyshire 568 for 9 dec (Godleman 158, Reece 116, Madsen 92, Ahmed 5-114) by 188 runs Rehan Ahmed scored a superb maiden century to save Leicestershire from defeat in the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby.
Melbourne Renegades have made a shock signing by adding uncapped Melbourne-based Sri Lanka legspinner Ruwantha Kellapotha to their BBL squad as an overseas replacement player for the upcoming season. Kellapotha, 31, played 20 first-class matches and 12 List A matches in Sri Lanka between 2010 and 2013 before moving to Australia to live. He played
The ICC has invited bids for media rights to global cricketing events over the next four (or eight) years for the Australian, US, Caribbean and Canadian markets. This is the second phase in the ICC’s media rights process, after sealing a deal for the Indian market last month for an undisclosed sum. That winning bid,
Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has contracted pneumonia, and will stay in hospital overnight. The PCB announced that their in-house medical panel was monitoring him, and that any calls on his participation in the remainder of the ongoing series against England would be made after assessing his medical reports. However, the development effectively rules him
United Arab Emirates have named 15-year-old Rishitha Rajith in their squad for the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, starting later this week in Bangladesh. Rajith, a right-arm seamer, is uncapped in international cricket. There was, however, no room for her elder sisters Rithika and Rinitha, who were part of the last UAE squad, which finished seventh
Bangladesh 169 for 5 (Miraz 46, Mosaddek 27, Aayan 2-33) beat UAE 137 for 5 (Rizwan 51*, Hameed 42, Mosaddek 2-8) by 32 runs Bangladesh predictably claimed the hastily arranged two-match T20I series against the UAE, beating the home side by 32 runs in the second game in Dubai. The visitors would be relieved with
Moeen Ali, England’s captain, said the prospect of a Test between the two teams on English soil was an “awesome” prospect. “That would be brilliant,” he said. “It’s a shame that they don’t obviously play each other unless it’s a World Cup or an ICC event but they’re two great teams and two massive playing
Australia captain Meg Lanning will miss the WBBL with Melbourne Stars as she continues her indefinite break from the game. Lanning stepped away following Australia’s Commonwealth Games gold-medal success in Birmingham and it remains unclear when, or if, she will return. “The club respects her decision and asks that her privacy continue to be respected,”
MCC has performed a U-turn over the cancellation of its traditional Eton-Harrow and Oxford-Cambridge fixtures at Lord’s, following a rebellion by a prominent group of members. The fixtures, which have been held at Lord’s (with rare exceptions) since 1805 and 1827 respectively, are among the longest-running annual sporting rivalries in the world. However, both were
England will not take any risks with Jos Buttler‘s fitness during the Lahore leg of their Pakistan tour as they look to ease him back from a calf injury sustained playing in the Hundred last month. Buttler was never in contention to play in the first four T20Is in Karachi and, even with the series
Former Australian captain Tim Paine was not named in Tasmania’s first Marsh Cup team of the new season but he remains up for selection for their Sheffield Shield opener after training with Tigers over the past six weeks. Paine has been training with the Tasmania squad since mid-August but he was not named in Tasmania’s