After meaningful discussions with national selectors, legspinner Amanda-Jade Wellington believes she knows what it takes to be part of Australia’s title defence at the T20 World Cup following her surprise omission for next month’s tour of India. Wellington was notably overlooked from the 15-player squad for the five-match T20I series, which is seen as important
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Martin Guptill has become the latest New Zealand player to be released from their central contract after he recently lost his place in both white-ball teams. Guptill was part of the T20 World Cup squad in Australia but did not play during the tournament with Finn Allen preferred at the top of the order and
Luke Wright, the former England and Sussex allrounder, has been named as the new England Men’s selector. The role, which covers many of the duties previously carried out by the former national selector, Ed Smith, will see Wright sharing responsibility for the selection of England’s red- and white-ball teams, alongside the coaches and captains of
Joe Root will enter the upcoming IPL auction on December 23 in a bid to break into the competition for the first time in his career. A combination of international commitments and a five-year tenure as England Test captain have restricted Root’s opportunities, both on the T20 franchise circuit and in the format altogether. His
Hobart Hurricanes have made a surprise signing recruiting England Test opener Zak Crawley as an overseas replacement player for the upcoming BBL season. Crawley, who will be in Pakistan with the England Test squad at the start of the BBL season, has been recruited as a replacement for Pakistan legspinning allrounder Shadab Khan who is
Nicholas Pooran has stepped down as white-ball captain of West Indies following the team’s first-round exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup, Cricket West Indies has confirmed. Pooran had taken over the captaincy from Kieron Pollard in May earlier this year. Under his captaincy since he took over full-time, West Indies won just four out
The third T20I between New Zealand and India could give hints of what is to come as it will be their last game of the format this year, hoping to head into 2023 with more answers than questions. The hosts’ inability to gain absolutely any momentum chasing 192 on Sunday further highlighted their lack of
David Warner can now formally apply to have his lifetime leadership ban modified after Cricket Australia’s board amended its code of conduct policy. Warner was previously unable to hold a captaincy position in Australian cricket after being handed a lifetime ban as a result of 2018’s ball-tampering scandal and under the previous code of conduct,
When Rachael Haynes lofted a catch to mid-off, she walked off to a standing ovation. At the end of the game both teams, and players from Sydney Sixers who had remained from their earlier match, formed a guard of honour as she carried her son, Hugo. Watched by her family, her team-mates had allowed her
Batter Shweta Sehrawat will lead India Under-19 women against New Zealand Under-19 women in a series of five T20Is in Mumbai from November 27 to December 6. The series is part of India’s build-up towards the inaugural women’s Under-19 World Cup (T20 format) to be played in Bangladesh in January 2023. Sehrawat, a top-order batter,
Afghanistan have named allrounder Gulbadin Naib and uncapped left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad in their 18-man squad for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka that gets underway in Kandy later this month. The rest of the squad remains the same as Afghanistan’s last ODI series, against Zimbabwe in early June when they blanked the hosts
R Ashwin has defended India head coach Rahul Dravid being given a break from the ongoing tour of New Zealand, highlighting the physical and mental strain that the team has been under since they began building up to the 2022 T20 World Cup. In Dravid’s absence, former India batter and current head of the National
West Indians 424 for 9 dec (Thomas 77*, Brathwaite 75, Brooks 56, Holder 50) and 114 for 4 drew with Combined NSW & ACT XI 426 for 4 (MacDonald 177*, Davies 115) West Indies’ batters missed a chance to find their groove on Australian pitches before their tour game against a NSW/ACT XI was declared
Since late 2021, the Sharma-led selection panel was reduced to four members after Abey Kuruvilla, the former Mumbai and India fast bowler, completed the maximum tenure of five years. While Kuruvilla moved on to the role of BCCI general manager (cricket development), the board did not appoint his replacement on the selection panel.
Jon Lewis, the former England Men’s seamer and coach, has been appointed as the new head coach of England Women. Lewis succeeds Lisa Keightley, who stepped down in September after three years in the role. Lewis has been the ECB’s elite pace bowling coach since 2021, supporting the men’s team on last winter’s Ashes tour,
New Zealand vs India – match abandoned India’s white-ball tour of New Zealand began with the first T20I in Wellington being washed out without a toss. Both sides were consigned indoors due to continuous rain. Barring a very short dry spell, it was wet throughout. That was disappointing news for the fans in attendance at
A buoyant Steven Smith has proudly announced his superb one-day innings against England was the best he has felt batting in six years. The bold claim from one of the country’s greatest batters will strike fear into West Indies and South Africa ahead of the Australian Test summer. Smith belted an unbeaten 80 from 78
Cricket Scotland has announced that it will offer paid contracts to players in its international women’s team for the first time. Scotland sit 14th in the ICC’s T20I rankings and missed out on qualification for February’s T20 World Cup in South Africa but will move towards professionalism as part of the board’s bid to make