Cricket

There will be an Australian influence on West Indies as they aim to topple the world champions on their home soil over the next two weeks with Shane Deitz taking charge for his first series as the new head coach. Deitz, the former South Australia wicketkeeper-batter who has previously coached the Bangladesh and Netherlands women’s

New Zealand 346 for 5 (Ravindra 97, Chapman 65*, Mitchell 59, Williamson 54, Mir 2-68) beat Pakistan 345 for 5 (Rizwan 103, Babar 80, Shakeel 75, Santner 2-39) by five wickets Mohammad Rizwan‘s century and half-centuries from Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel went in vain as Pakistan couldn’t defend 345 in their warm-up match against

Prior to that, England were the only side to beat India in the league stage of the 2019 ODI World Cup, after which India jettisoned their two-wristspinner strategy. As it turns out, only one of them, Kuldeep Yadav, has made it to this World Cup, but he has done so after two years in the

Ellyse Perry‘s knee injury could keep her from bowling for the entire white-ball series against West Indies that kicks off the women’s home summer. Perry hurt her left knee playing the second one-day international of Australia’s series against Ireland in July. The injury forced her out of the final match against the Irish, as well

South Africa 257 for 3 (Wolvaardt 124*, Luus 53, Kapp 45*, Tahuhu 2-40) beat New Zealand 253 (Amelia Kerr 88, Green 43, Mlaba 3-41, de Klerk 3-44) by seven wickets Laura Wolvaardt‘s unbeaten 124 helped South Africa chase down New Zealand’s 253 with seven wickets and 28 balls to spare in the second ODI in

Simon Kerrigan, Northamptonshire’s former England spinner, has announced his retirement from the game. Kerrigan, 34, made a comeback at Wantage Road in 2020 but has only played once in the County Championship this season. Slow left-armer Kerrigan was prolific in the early part of his career at Lancashire and played one Test, against Australia at

Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a Tinder date through the act of “stealthing”. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old as he sat at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Thursday listening to the decision. “The evidence establishes that there was no opportunity for the accused to remove

Yorkshire 24 for 0 trail Worcestershire 389 (D’Oliveira 103, Kashif Ali 93, Allison 75) by 365 runs Brett D’Oliveira, Worcestershire’s captain, said that he would take pride in securing a special place in both the club’s history, and his own family history within it, after his century led the way in their promotion back to

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson plans “to have some involvement in the warm-up games” ahead of the World Cup, as he gradually makes his way back from a six-month lay-off. Williamson is returning to action after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the opening game of the IPL in March. He was continuing his

England batter Danni Wyatt has withdrawn from the WBBL, where she was set to play for Perth Scorchers, due to fatigue. Wyatt was a gold pick by Scorchers in the draft earlier this month after they had retained Sophie Devine at platinum. She was recently rested from England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka. Scorchers then

Middlesex 162 for 3 (Higgins 60*) vs Nottinghamshire Relegation-threatened Middlesex closed a truncated opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 162 for three as they began the last round of the 2023 season with one eye on Kent’s progress against Lancashire in Canterbury. Middlesex have to better Kent’s result or

India won the first two ODIs against Australia, taking the series in the process. The first win, which took India to the No. 1 position in the ICC’s ODI team rankings, came by five wickets with eight balls in hand, after Australia fought back from a poor position. But in the second, India were as

Marcus Trescothick says he has been buoyed seeing Andrew Flintoff “grow back into Freddie” during his stint with the limited-overs squad, and hopes to see more of his former England team-mate in a coaching capacity in the future. Flintoff, 45, has been working as an unpaid assistant coach for England’s men during their one-day series

The PCB has expressed its strong displeasure to the ICC over the delay in visas being issued to the Pakistan team, and warned of the adverse impact on the team’s preparations for the World Cup. With the team scheduled to fly out of Pakistan early morning on Wednesday, visas had still not been issued to

Sachithra Senanayake, the former Sri Lanka offspinner, has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court, the police media division has confirmed. Senanayake had been arrested on September 6 on charges related to match-fixing. Bail was granted on two sureties of LKR 5,000,000 each, while the previously court-imposed travel ban is still in effect.

Charlotte Edwards‘ mum called it “a miracle” but in truth, Southern Vipers had it coming, even if it didn’t feel like it at times this season. The first team to claim the domestic double, with a convincing five-wicket win against Blaze in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final at Northampton on Sunday, has been building

Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India In hot and humid Indore, it was Australia who won the toss and chose to bowl, with stand-in captain Steven Smith saying he’d “fancy chasing” with dew potentially playing a part. Smith also said that regular captain Pat Cummins was being rested, as were Mitchell Marsh and Marcus

Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga may be out of the World Cup completely, and may even require surgery, after aggravating his Grade 3 hamstring tear over the past few days. Meanwhile, fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, and spinner Maheesh Theekshana also still on the road back from injury. But there is greater hope those two can