Cricket

News The 22-year-old set for a stint in the WBBL after her recent England debut Melbourne Stars have signed recent England debutant batter Maia Bouchier for the upcoming WBBL season. The 22-year-old made her T20I debut in England’s recent series against New Zealand following some promising performances for Southern Brave in the women’s Hundred. She

Report Kings needed only four off the final over with eight wickets in hand, but they came up short A banner statistical day for Punjab Kings that included KL Rahul passing 3000 runs in the IPL, 2000 runs in the league for Mayank Agarwal, and a maiden IPL five-for from left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh became

News Moores, who was linked with Pakistan coach role, has committed his future to the county Peter Moores, the Nottinghamshire head coach, has signed a contract extension with the county after links with the vacant Pakistan role. ESPNcricinfo understands that Moores, who coached England across two spells from 2007-09 and 2014-15, was among the PCB’s

Report India hand ODI debut to Richa Ghosh, who replaces Taniya Bhatia as wicketkeeper in Mackay Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia have won the toss and opted to send India in on a fresh surface in Mackay for the opening ODI of the multi-format series. Australia captain Meg Lanning, playing her 200th game

News Allrounder relinquishes role after tough campaign at New Road Joe Leach has chosen to return to the ranks at Worcestershire, after five years as the captain. Leach will lead his side for the final time this week, when Worcestershire take on Leicestershire in their final LV=Insurance County Championship match of the season, starting at

News “Some days back she got a hit on the thumb and she is not available,” coach Powar said on match eve Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s vice-captain in the longer formats, has been ruled out of the first ODI against Australia scheduled for Tuesday. She sustained a thumb injury a few days ago, said head coach

News Need to find a way to take 20 wickets more regularly to complement a strong batting unit Captain Mitchell Marsh Coach Adam Voges FixturesSeptember 22: South Australia (Marsh Cup), Karen Rolton OvalSeptember 24-27: South Australia (Sheffield Shield), Karen Rolton Oval Winter movesThe bulk of the squad is unchanged from last year with only changes

News Kohli reiterates that he will remain with the team as a player “until my retirement from the game of cricket” Virat Kohli has announced his decision to step down as Royal Challengers Bangalore captain at the end of the ongoing season of the tournament. The news was made public on Sunday evening, while the

Report NZ unchanged as Wyatt makes 200th England appearance with Brunt managing workload New Zealand win toss, bowl vs England New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second of five ODIs against England in Worcester. England took a 1-0 series lead by winning the opening match at Bristol on Thursday,

Kent 167 for 7 (Cox 58*, Smeed 43, van der Merwe 3-19) beat Somerset 142 for 9 (Smeed 43, Denly 3-31) by 25 runs Kent ended a 12-year drought without a trophy with a decisive 25-run victory against Somerset in the final of the Vitality Blast. And no matter how often it might be repeated

Report Sussex come unstuck as George Garton’s allround efforts are thwarted Kent 168 for 8 (Bell-Drummond 82, Stevens 47*; Mills 3-33) lead Sussex 147 (Garton 41; Klaassen 4-17, Milnes 3-22) by 21 runs It comes to something when one of the players of the match in a T20 Blast semi-final is less than five years

News Ronnie Irani voices concerns that off-field activity has caused downturn in performance For most clubs, a season in which they effectively finish seventh in the County Championship might not be considered too bad. But such has been Essex’s success in recent years, their results in 2021 have sparked an internal review which is understood

News Sussex captain laments talent drain from South Coast as side aims for Finals Day glory Luke Wright has called upon Sussex’s hierarchy to ensure that players are offered extensions before entering the last year of their contracts and said that the loss of Phil Salt and Chris Jordan “hurts me to my core”. Salt

News Nottinghamshire allrounder was best known as a swashbuckling white-ball batter for Somerset Peter Trego has called time on his playing career at the age of 40 after announcing his retirement from the professional game with immediate effect. Best known as a swashbuckling white-ball batter during his long-term association with Somerset, Trego also enjoyed spells

File – Kane Williamson, David Warner and Trevor Bayliss have a chat © BCCI “Facing something new can mean fear or excitement. This time I’m going for excitement.” David Warner was promoting his bat sponsor but these could very well have been his inner thoughts as he resumes the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad. This time,

News Comedian will be second non-cricketer to deliver lecture, following Archbishop Tutu in 2008 The actor and presenter Stephen Fry is to deliver the Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s promising to represent the “the point of view of the fan”. Fry, who has played memorable roles in series such as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and was

News He will remain in the role for the rest of the season despite Shreyas Iyer having returned from his shoulder injury Rishabh Pant will continue as Delhi Capitals’ captain for the rest of the 2021 season despite regular captain Shreyas Iyer having returned from a shoulder injury. Pant had been named captain after Iyer

News India’s three ODIs in New Zealand likely to be postponed, with team not on government’s latest managed-isolation list Bangladesh, Netherlands and South Africa’s men’s teams are set to visit New Zealand in the 2021-22 season, having secured spots in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities, which are mandatory for people flying into the country.