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Essex have signed the South African fast-bowling allrounder Eathan Bosch on a short-term deal, covering four Vitality County Championship matches. Bosch, 26, has claimed 92 wickets in 38 first-class matches since making his debut for KwaZulu-Natal in 2017, and heads for Chelmsford with the club once again challenging for the County Championship title. They are

If you include the warm-up game, Shivam Dube spent 60 legal deliveries in the USA to hit his first six on the tour. This is a batter who has been hitting a six every eight balls or so in the IPL over the last year. In his T20 career overall, which includes times when he

Match details USA vs South AfricaSuper Eight, North Sound, June 19, 10.30am local time Big picture – Can USA slay another giant? It’s Super Eight time. Before the start of the T20 World Cup 2024, the ICC had allotted pre-decided seedings to the eight top teams. A2 was given to Pakistan. The match timings were

Cricket Australia’s review into the events of March 2018 painted Warner as the chief orchestrator of Sandpapergate, a scandal that cast a shadow over Australian cricket and led to wholesale changes within the national team’s culture and leadership. Cameron Bancroft received a nine-month ban from the sport for rubbing sandpaper on the ball in Cape

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs West Indies In the final group game of the men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Rashid Khan won the toss and Afghanistan opted to chase against West Indies. While Afghanistan were unchanged, West Indies made a couple of tweaks in the teams’ last match ahead of the Super Eight. Romario

Two matches were slotted on Monday’s opening day of the six-match bilateral series in Episkopi, and while Estonia won both, Chauhan’s time with the bat was as mixed as it could be. In the first game, the 32-year-old Chauhan was dismissed for a first-ball duck even as his team chased down Cyprus’ 195 for 7

Match details West Indies vs AfghanistanGros Islet, 8.30pm local Big picture – Battle of two unbeaten teams With a line-up packed with power-hitters from top to bottom, West Indies have always been the prototype of a perfect T20 batting side, and it’s no different at T20 World Cup 2024. Add the incisive fast bowlers and

This year, Travis Head has been flaying powerplays. Against Scotland, who bowled excellently in the opening six overs in St Lucia, it was a little different. Head wasn’t exactly slow; after the fielding restrictions, he was 24 of 20 balls – a strike-rate of 120 – having needed nine balls to find his first boundary.

Northamptonshire 143 for 6 (Breetzke 52, Raza 43, Taylor 2-16) beat Worcestershire 132 for 7 (Brookes 42, Sanderson 3-16) by 11 runs Northamptonshire enhanced their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast as they completed a double over Worcestershire with their fourth win in six matches this season. But in contrast a

Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat in the first of the three ODIs in Bengaluru on Sunday. The hosts handed debut to legspinner S Asha, who made her international debut at 33 in the T20I series against Bangladesh in May. Left-arm spinner

Jos Buttler has admitted that – for one night only – he will be an Australia fan, after his England team did the needful against Namibia, albeit in deeply stressful circumstances in Antigua. Needing a win of any description to keep their T20 World Cup hopes alive, England had to endure a three-hour rain delay

Match abandoned Canada vs India The T20 World Cup 2024 game between India and Canada was called off due to wet outfield. There wasn’t a lot of rain on the day – a passing drizzle – but the ground at Lauderhill had taken enough water on Friday when USA and Ireland had to settle for

A trial by spin awaits Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, with them looming as the odd team out in an otherwise all-Asian Super Eight group. Having won their first three games, Mitchell Marsh’s side will progress to the next stage of the tournament whatever happens in Sunday’s clash with Scotland in St Lucia.

Nepal chose to bowl against South Africa Nepal have won the toss and elected to bowl first in Kingstown as the T20 World Cup 2024 Group D action moves to the Carribean. Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel said he was expecting dew and thus felt the decision to chase would benefit their batters. Aiden Markram said

Scotland and Australia will play their first bilateral men’s T20I series this September in Edinburgh. It will be Australia’s first tour of Scotland in 11 years, and come before they play five ODIs against England. The games will be played at The Grange on September 4, 5 and 7, ahead of the first ODI against

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs PNG On the same surface that hosted the West Indies-New Zealand clash 24 hours ago, Afghanistan, returning after a six-day break, chose to chase against Papua New Guinea. There was no rain in the lead-up to the game, which meant that the used surface is likely to be slower.

Trent Copeland, Sydney Thunder’s general manager, is confident that David Warner will return to the club for another season and hopes he and the team can benefit from him being part of a full campaign. Warner made two appearances last season – which included him landing in a helicopter at the SCG ahead of the

Toss Netherlands chose to bowl vs Bangladesh Netherlands captain Scott Edwards elected to field against Bangladesh in the first international fixture at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown in nearly a decade. The toss was delayed by half an hour due to drizzle in the morning but the forecast is clear for the rest of