Laura Wolvaardt first wants you to know that she had “the best of conditions, won all the tosses, was able to chase under lights in the first four games and batted first today on a slow-ish wicket” before you look at her returns. Then, when you see she had four scores of fifty-plus – including…
The Barmy Army has distanced itself from reports that Vic Flowers, the organisation’s former cheerleader, is to stand for Reform UK at next week’s local government elections. Flowers, 74, rose to national fame in the early 2000s with his energetic support of England’s Test team, home and away. Habitually dressed in a St George’s cross…
Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Surrey’s 18-year-old left-arm spinner, is the stand-out inclusion in England’s 15-player squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup, which gets underway at Edgbaston on June 12. Corteen-Coleman shot to prominence as a 16-year-old, when she took four wickets in four balls for South East Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup in 2024. She…
Two-time defending Sheffield Shield champions South Australia have pulled off a major coup by luring incumbent Test opener Jake Weatherald back to Adelaide despite having two years to run on his deal with Tasmania. Weatherald, who is originally from the Northern Territory, propelled himself to a Test debut last summer on the back of his…
New Zealand Cricket has appointed former international fast bowler Geoff Allott as its new chief executive following the resignation of Scott Weenink late last year. Allott, 54, played 10 Tests and 31 ODIs between 1996 and 2000, including a stunning 1999 ODI World Cup where he was equal leading wicket-taker for the tournament with 20…
Bangladesh needing more than 100 runs in the last ten overs is usually a recipe for disaster. They have won just three such chases in T20Is, never at home. When they faced this exact situation in Chattogram on Monday, it was hard to imagine that it would pan out any differently. Only, it did. Bangladesh…
Speaking in between innings on ESPNcricinfo’s Time Out Show, former T20 World Cup winner Carlos Brathwaite praised Mohsin for his simplicity of method. “We talked about enjoying fast bowlers being metronomic in length, being disciplined, be boring. He got a little bit of assistance and when he went short, he really hammered the pitch. Sometimes…
Glenn Maxwell hailed a “special” performance from Hyderabad Kingsmen that saw them pull off an astonishing win which sealed qualification for the playoff stages. Kingsmen needed to win by a massive margin to overhaul Lahore Qalandars’ vastly superior net run rate, but ended up getting the job done in style in Karachi, romping to a…
“See, I think we definitely need a break,” Pant said at the presentation. “I think we’re going to refresh. You know, there is always pressure and it’s going to be a pressure game, always. But at the same time we have to look at answers inside, not outside. And just keep it simple, man. Just…
That the deliberations in the decision-making process were heard live on the broadcast was actually an educative experience for those willing to learn. Pandit didn’t burden himself with questions of intent, but was instead bothered with establishing only two fairly objective events: did Raghuvanshi change direction significantly and did he do it without probable cause?…