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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.

Report The allrounder smashed an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls to deny the Kings in a last-ball thriller The experienced old pros of Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis and Dwayne Bravo may have helped propel St Kitts & Nevis Patriots into the 2021 CPL final, but it was the young guns – Dominic Drakes, Joshua Da

Report Alastair Cook has rare bowl as contest peters out after third-day washout Surrey 161 (Amla 84) and 113 for 2 (Amla 34*) drew with Essex 439 (Cook 165) Hashim Amla led Surrey’s rearguard action with huge skill and commitment as Essex were forced to accept a final-day draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship

News The pink ball and an unknown venue will add to the challenging elements for the day-night Test against India Alyssa Healy is looking towards Rohit Sharma for a formula to find cross-format success opening the batting as she prepares for the multi-format series against India that will include a pink-ball Test. Healy, who has

Evin Lewis blitzed another scintillating knock © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 181 for 3 (Lewis 77*, Gayle 42) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 178 for 9 (Hetmyer 45*, Jaggesar 2-19, Fawad 2-22) by seven wickets Coming off an unbeaten century in his last innings, Evin Lewis continued his

Report Avoidance of innings defeat provides crumb of comfort for Taunton faithful Lancashire 373 (Wells 103, Croft 71, Bailey 63, Bohannon 50; Brooks 4-77, Abell 3-63) and 32 for 0 beat Somerset 90 (Blatherwick 4-28, Bailey 3-9) and 314 (Lammonby 100, Azhar Ali 50; Wells 3-9) The statisticians from cricket’s black museum were out in