Former South Africa batter Lizelle Lee has signed with Hobart Hurricanes in the WBBL for the upcoming season, joining her third different WBBL club in four seasons. Lee retired from international cricket but stated she will continue to play in franchise tournaments and has been a sought-after player in the WBBL. She played three seasons
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South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England Stand-in captain David Miller opted to bowl first in the first men’s T20I between South Africa and England at Bristol after Jos Buttler lost his seventh success toss as captain. South Africa welcomed Rilee Rossouw back into their side, nearly six years after
Babar Azam is currently the only batter in the top three of the ICC rankings in every format of international cricket, while Abdullah Shafique has scaled heights previously only achieved by two of Test cricket’s greatest batters. Babar – the No. 1 batter in ODIs and T20Is – moved to No. 3 in Tests for
Liam Livingstone looks likely to be a Platinum pick in the upcoming BBL overseas draft as the headline act of 70 Englishmen who have nominated, but availability will be a key consideration for teams with a number of players likely to head to other leagues halfway through the tournament. Livingstone is set to be the
The ICC Board has finalised Lord’s as the venue for the next two World Test Championship finals, scheduled for 2023 and 2025 respectively. The inaugural WTC final was held in Southampton in 2021 when New Zealand got the better of India in four days. That match was originally scheduled for Lord’s, too, but it had
Tea Sri Lanka 378 and 109 for 4 (Mathews 35, Chandimal 16*, Karunaratne 4*, Salman 1-9) lead Pakistan 231 (Salman 62, Imam 32, Ramesh 5-47, Jayasuriya 3-80) by 256 runs Pakistan removed Sri Lanka’s top four after lunch, clawing back somewhat in a match in which they are well behind, on account of having been
Marizanne Kapp, South Africa’s in-form allrounder, has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games after cutting short her participation in the tour of England for family reasons. At the time, Cricket South Africa said her availability for the Games, starting in Birmingham later this week, was yet to be confirmed and, as expected, head coach
Toss England chose to bat vs South Africa England have won the toss and opted to bat first in the final T20I to round out their multi-format series against South Africa in Derby. Heather Knight, the England captain, remains sidelined with an irritation in her hip joint, which kept her out of the previous game,
Tea Pakistan 111 for 4 (Fawad 18*, Salman 13*, De Silva 1-15) trail Sri Lanka 378 (Chandimal 80, Dickwella 51, O Fernando 50, Naseem 3-58, Yasir 3-83, Nawaz 2-80) by 267 runs By tea, Pakistan were 111 for 4, still 267 runs behind Sri Lanka’s 378. There were no major issues with the surface, which
The eight players will integrate with local Indian players for training sessions, one one-day match, and a two-day game. Former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera will coach the group after being part of the coaching staff for the Australia A team in Sri Lanka. Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will also be there as
New Zealand have picked a full-strength squad for their white-ball tour of the West Indies, with six of their senior players including captain Kane Williamson returning after being rested for the latter parts of the team’s ongoing tour of Europe. Williamson, Trent Boult, Devon Conway and Tim Southee all returned home following the three-match Test
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first versus England South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first on a warm day at Headingley, as both teams named unchanged XIs in their quest for an outright series win, with the contest locked at one game apiece. Keshav Maharaj, South Africa’s captain,
Australia 0 for 28 (Healy 12*, Mooney 11*) vs Pakistan 94 for 8 (Bismah 32*, Jonassen 4-17) – No result Rain has left Australia four balls short of a resounding victory over Pakistan in their final T20I before the Commonwealth Games after Jess Jonassen bagged 4 for 17 in Bready. Pakistan limped to 94 for
South East Stars 283 for 8 (Brewer 61, Southby 54, Davidson-Richards 50, Skelton 5-54) beat Western Storm 247 (Luff 95, Davidson-Richards 4-33) by 36 runs Alice Davidson-Richards produced a brilliant all-round performance to inspire South East Stars to a 36-run victory over Western Storm in an entertaining Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy encounter at Cheltenham. Davidson-Richards
An Indian team is set to go up against a Pakistan team come September, away in Namibia. Around the time the Asia Cup takes place – most likely in the UAE – Cricket Namibia will host the four-team Global T20 Namibia series, with Bengal [from India], a representative Lahore Qalandars side [from Pakistan], and a
The ICC will confirm the hosts for four marquee women’s global events in the 2023-27 period during their annual conference starting in Birmingham this weekend. The four tournaments feature two T20 World Cups, one 50-over World Cup and one T20 Champions Trophy, which were part of the half a dozen events the ICC recently finalised
Derbyshire 318 (Guest 109, Madsen 74) and 249 for 4 (Reece 86, Came 70) drew with Nottinghamshire 618 for 8 dec (Duckett 241, Hameed 196, Patterson-White 54) A combination of rain and determined batting denied Nottinghamshire victory on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. The Division Two leaders
Chetan Sakariya and Mukesh Choudhary will headline the overseas presence at the KFC T20 Max series in Queensland next month. They will also train at Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre in Brisbane and be involved in Queensland Bulls’ pre-season preparations, as part of the old exchange programme with the Chennai-based MRF Pace Foundation, which had