West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has signed with Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming WBBL season. In five of the past seven years, Matthews has played for Hobart Hurricanes where she scored 865 runs at 18.02 and took 41 wickets. Her signing means she will team up with Harmanpreet Kaur in Renegades’ top order. “Any team
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On Monday evening, members of the England men’s Test squad taking part in the ongoing series with South Africa – and a handful of others – filed into the Ham Yard Hotel in central London for the premiere of Ben Stokes: Phoenix From The Ashes. On the face of it, there’s nothing particularly unusual there.
Marnus Labuschagne is a self-confessed tinkerer when it comes to his batting, sometimes changing things mid-innings, and he is focused on using the upcoming six ODIs against Zimbabwe and New Zealand in northern Australia to continue to adapt his middle-order game with little more than a year to go until the World Cup. Labuschagne now
Southern Brave 132 for 1 (Stirling 74*, de Kock 37) beat Welsh Fire 129 for 8 (du Plooy 37, Critchley 32*) by nine wickets Paul Stirling proved he has lost none of his firepower as he guided Southern Brave to another nine-wicket victory over Welsh Fire at Sophia Gardens. The Ireland opener won the match
A groin injury has cut short Krunal Pandya‘s stint with Warwickshire. The allrounder, who was signed by the county team for the Royal London One-Day Cup, is due to return to India on Monday evening. Krunal picked up the injury while scoring 37 during Warwickshire’s match against Nottinghamshire on August 17. He didn’t come out
A calf strain has put Dushmantha Chameera, Sri Lanka’s premier short-format quick, out of the Asia Cup. A member of the Sri Lanka team management told ESPNcricinfo that Chameera picked up the injury “three-or-four days ago” and will not recover in time for the Asia Cup. A doctor working with the team confirmed to ESPNcricinfo
There are 12 platinum players overall, featuring a mixture of names who had already been announced and a significant group confirmed on Monday after the registration process closed the previous evening. The full list of platinum players, who will be paid AU$340,000 (US $233,853 approx.) regardless of how many games they are available for, reads:
Northern Superchargers 164 for 3 (Wolvaardt 90*) beat Manchester Originals 160 for 3 (Dottin 68*, Lee 40) by seven wickets Deandra Dottin produced some of the finest hitting seen in either edition of the Women’s Hundred but her efforts were trumped by Laura Wolvaardt, whose perfectly judged 90 not out took the Northern Superchargers to
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Netherlands Pakistan have opted to bat in the third and final ODI of a series that they have an unassailable lead in. Pakistan have rung in four changes, heavily rotating the side that turned out in the first two games. Imam-ul-Haq drops out to make way for Abdullah Shafique
David Warner‘s return to the BBL for the first time since 2013 has been confirmed with a two-year deal for his original club Sydney Thunder. Late last month the Australian reported that Warner was going to request permission to play in the new ILT20 league in the UAE rather than the BBL after the cancellation
Dhawan used his feet against the high pace of Tanaka Chivanga, who replaced Richard Ngarava in the Zimbabwe XI, cutting and driving well. India had raced to 41 for 1 inside six overs before Chivanga got revenge with a perfect fast bowler’s response. After being driven crisply through covers, Chivanga angled a bouncer into Dhawan,
Yorkshire are expected to sign Shan Masood, the Pakistan opening batter, after he confirmed that he had turned down Derbyshire’s offer of a new contract and would leave the club at the end of the season. Masood, who is regarded in Derbyshire circles as one of their most influential overseas signings, could also be offered
Northern Superchargers 169 for 6 (Lyth 56, Hose 53, Wiese 34) beat Birmingham Phoenix 137 for 9 (Wiese 3-15) by 32 runs An exceptional all-round display from David Wiese and a quickfire Adam Lyth half-century helped Northern Superchargers end Birmingham Phoenix Men’s unbeaten home record in front of a packed house at Edgbaston. Wiese wiped
Birmingham Phoenix 153 for 4 (Jones 48, Davidson-Richards 3-30) beat Northern Superchargers 148 for 5 (Healy 46) by five runs Birmingham Phoenix Women maintained their perfect start to The Hundred with a five-run win over Northern Superchargers at Edgbaston. It’s three wins out of three now for Phoenix after a stroke-laden 48 from Amy Jones,
We may continue to wonder whether ODIs are still relevant but Shikhar Dhawan clearly loves the format. He said so before the series. He reaffirmed his love by scoring an unbeaten 81 in the first ODI on Thursday, his third half-century in four matches over last month. “It is a balanced format where you should
Manchester Originals 188 for 3 (Buttler 68, Russell 64*, Salt 38) beat Southern Brave 120 (Walter 3-20) by 68 runs Jos Buttler and Andre Russell smashed scintillating half-centuries as Manchester Originals crushed reigning champions Southern Brave by 68 runs at the Ageas Bowl. Buttler hammered 68 off 42 balls and Russell flayed an unbeaten 64
UAE have named CP Rizwan as their new T20I captain. The middle-order batter takes over from left-arm spinner Ahmed Raza, who will continue to lead the team in ODIs. Rizwan’s first assignment will be the Asia Cup Qualifier, which is set to run from August 20 to 24 in Al Amerat. UAE are among the
More international cricket on the menuEven as new franchise T20 leagues sprout up like mushrooms during the monsoon – the South African and UAE variety will debut in January – the ICC’s new FTP contains an increased number of international matches during the 2023-27 cycle. From 694 matches in the current FTP (2019-23), the 12