Canterbury reached their sixth successive Super Smash final, after knocking Auckland out in the Eliminator on January 30, but ended up being outplayed by Northern Districts (ND) in the title clash on Saturday. They are searching for their first T20 title since 2005-06, the inaugural season, when their current coach Peter Fulton was still an…
Josh Hazlewood, Tim David and Nathan Ellis have all be passed fit for the World Cup. Hazlewood has not played since injuring his hamstring and Achilles prior to the Ashes. David missed most of the BBL and the Pakistan series because of a hamstring injury, while Ellis missed the BBL finals and the Pakistan tour…
Pathirana, the 23-year-old slinger, returned figures of 1 for 18 across his four overs – and it might have been two had Pathum Nissanka not grassed a chance in the deep – but his impact was immense, as evident in ESPNcricinfo’s MVP index, where he was only behind Adil Rashid, whose 3 for 19 ripped…
Gujarat Giants (GG) have now made two straight playoffs after finishing last in the first two editions of the WPL. On Friday, they got there after achieving their first win over Mumbai Indians (MI) to put an end to a winless – 8-0 – record against the opponents. “I’ve been involved in a few of…
New South Wales and Sydney Sixers will part ways with decorated title winning coach Greg Shipperd with a year to run on his current contract in both roles. Shipperd, who turns 70 in November, was re-signed on a two-year deal to coach both New South Wales and Sydney Sixers until the end of the 2026-27…
Harry Brook accepts he has “more to learn” about his off-field responsibilities as England’s white-ball captain, after admitting that he was not the only player present when he was punched by a nightclub bouncer on a night out in Wellington in October. In a statement issued after England’s victory in the first T20I against Sri…
England U19 234 for 7 (Mayes 53, Falconer 47, Reddy 2-28, Clarke 2-38) beat New Zealand U19 169 (Reddy 47, Lumsden 5-17, Morgan 2-38) by 65 runs New Zealand kept England on a leash for much of the first innings, but the batters didn’t throw wickets away as the pressure built, and backed their bowlers…
Gujarat Giants chose to bowl vs Mumbai Indians GG captain Ashleigh Gardner cited her team’s record of winning each of their four matches this season while batting first as a reason for their choice. She wanted them to “set the game up with the bat in hand” and went in with the same XI that…
Muhammad Waseem, who will captain the 15-member squad, Alishan Sharafu and Junaid Siddique are the only members from UAE’s squad that last played the T20 World Cup in 2022. Waseem has the most T20I appearances for them (92) and is their leading run-scorer in the format while Siddique has picked up the most wickets for…
Quinton de Kock realised half-an-hour before the team bus was leaving for SuperSport Park that he had left an essential item behind when he travelled up to the Highveld: his bats. “I felt a bit stupid when I noticed earlier,” he said after the second T20I against West Indies, which South Africa won to take…