Pieter Seelaar, the Netherlands allrounder who has captained the national side for the last four years, has retired from international cricket with immediate effect due to a persistent back injury. Scott Edwards, the wicketkeeper-batter who has made two half-centuries in the ongoing ODI series against England and captained the side in the second match against
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Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs India South Africa made a change in captain but not a change in strategy as Keshav Maharaj called correctly and opted to chase, for the fifth match in succession, following the approach used by Temba Bavuma. South Africa’s white-ball captain was forced out of the finale after injuring
Stumps West Indies 265 (Brathwaite 94, Blackwood 63, Mehidy 4-65) and 49 for 3 (Campbell 28*, Blackwood 17*, Khaled 3-14) need another 35 runs to beat Bangladesh 103 and 245 (Nurul 64, Roach 5-53, Joseph 3-55) Bangladesh went from looking like losing by an innings to beating West Indies on a compelling day three of
Three-hundred-and-eighty-two days into his job, Amol Muzumdar can now heave a sigh of relief after coaching Mumbai to within touching distance of a record 42nd Ranji Trophy triumph. They will meet Madhya Pradesh in the final, which begins on on June 22 in Bengaluru. Getting the team “back on track in red-ball cricket” was his
Big picture Well, how do you follow that? The logical answer – if logic has anything to do with what happened in Amstelveen on Friday – is that England will aim to top 500. And on the back of a record-breaking display, headlined by Jos Buttler‘s berserker 162 off 70 balls, few would bet against
Bangladesh 103 and 50 for 2 (Mahmudul 18*, Joseph 2-14) trail West Indies 265 (Brathwaite 94, Blackwood 63, Mehidy 4-59) by 112 runs Captain Kraigg Brathwaite scored 94 as West Indies pressed their advantage on day two of the first Test. West Indies were dismissed for 265 after tea at barely two runs an over
Birmingham 261 for 2 (Hain 112*, Hose 88*) beat Nottinghamshire 206 (Clarke 86, Moores 40, Brathwaite 3-31) by 55 runs And now this, in the Blast. Birmingham strengthened their hold on a top-four place as they achieved the highest total in English T20 history, their 261 for 2 surpassing Yorkshire’s 260 for 4 against Northants
South Africachose to bowl vs India For the fourth match in succession, Temba Bavuma called correctly and chose to chase as South Africa look to close out the five-match series, which they lead 2-1. In what is a must-win game for India, Rishabh Pant said would have also chased if given the chance. He also
West Indies 95 for 2 (Brathwaite 42*) trail Bangladesh 103 (Shakib 51, Seales 3-33, Joseph 3-33) by eight runs Bangladesh gained another share of an unwanted record on Thursday when six players were out for ducks in their paltry first innings of 103 on the first day of the first Test against the West Indies.
All up, Porterfield scored 4343 runs at 30.58 and 1079 at 20.35 in ODI and T20I cricket respectively. “It’s been an honour to represent my country for 16 years – it’s something I had always wanted to do since I was a child,” Porterfield was quoted as saying by Cricket Ireland. “I have to say,
South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje is still some way away from being at the level he was before his back and hip injuries, which kept him out of action for almost five months. Nortje was cleared of any serious injury just before IPL 2022 and allowed to continue his rehabilitation with Delhi Capitals. He
Luke Wood is set to make his England ODI debut in the Netherlands but has not played a 50-over game for three years. As such, his call-up to Matthew Mott’s first white-ball squad for the three-match series which starts on Friday, squeezed in between the second and third New Zealand Tests, is a revealing moment.
Brendon McCullum urged England to “attack the danger” during their run chase in Nottingham, with the result being what Stuart Broad called “the most outrageous hour I’ve seen in Test cricket”. Broad was padded up and watching on from the dressing room at Trent Bridge as Jonny Bairstow blew the doors off England’s chase of
Michael Bracewell, the New Zealand allrounder, has tested positive for Covid, and is undergoing five days of isolation ahead of next week’s third LV= Insurance Test against England at Headingley. Bracewell undertook a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after waking up with symptoms in Nottingham, on the morning after England’s thrilling five-wicket victory in the second
Sometimes seeing is believing. England have not so much talked about positive cricket over the last fortnight, as preached it. And sure, they played some enterprising stuff in victory last week at Lord’s, followed up by scoring 500-plus at a run rate of more than four per over in Nottingham. But to witness Jonny Bairstow
It may take some time for the shock to wear off, but when it does it may strike New Zealand how close they were to winning this Test – which, given the final make-up of their XI – might have counted among one of their most remarkable wins. A post-tea mishit to a fielder, a
Lunch England 539 and 36 for 1 (Lees 30*, Pope 6*) need 263 runs to beat New Zealand 553 and 284 (Mitchell 62*, Young 56, Conway 52, Broad 3-70) Trent Boult made an early dent in England’s attempts to chase down a final-day target of 299, dismissing Zak Crawley for a duck to send them
The BCCI has announced a hike in monthly pensions of former cricketers – both men and women – and also former umpires, with effect from June 1, 2022. First-class players who earlier got INR 15,000 will get INR 30,000 while former Test players, who get INR 37,500, will now receive INR 60,000 under the new