Remaining game: MI (Jan 30) Gujarat Giants (GG) are second on the points table with eight points, but their playoff qualification isn’t certain yet because of their low net run-rate. Their last match against Mumbai Indians (MI) will decide their future. A win, by any margin, will take GG to the playoffs, but a loss…
Adam Zampa has warned that Australia can expect to be subject to the sort of trial by spin at the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka that sank them in their opening T20I against Pakistan. Zampa, who took 4 for 24 to ensure it was a competitive affair, accepts it will be a very different…
With a spotless 3-0 record – including wins against Pakistan and Zimbabwe carried forward from group C – England are clear favourites to finish among the top two in the group. Their last game, on Friday, is against New Zealand, who have struggled in this tournament, losing comprehensively – by 141 balls to spare against…
Already a World Cup winner, Salt was a minor component of England’s success in 2022, where he came into the XI in the semi-final, didn’t bat against India, and then made 10 against Pakistan at the MCG batting at No.3. In the time since, he has become one of the premier T20 openers in the…
One of them is the return of Kusal Perera, who had been dropped for the Pakistan series earlier this month, with Kamindu Mendis making way for him. Neither player has set the T20 stage alight of late. But replacing a batting allrounder capable of bowling spin with either hand – as well as an outstanding…
Former Under-19 World Cup captain Kayla Reyneke has earned a maiden call-up to the South Africa senior women’s squad for their T20I series against Pakistan at home in February-March, which will lead the teams into the T20 World Cup in June-July in England. The three-match T20I series will be followed by three ODIs. “Kayla Reyneke…
The announcement of Sophie Molineux as the next long-term captain of Australia came as a surprise. But there is a world, if not for injury, where she may have already led her country. Molineux, now 28, has been a leader ever since entering the Australian team as a 20-year-old. She captained Victoria’s Under-18s. She was…
Sophie Molineux has been announced as Alyssa Healy’s full-time successor as Australia’s all-format captain and will lead for the first time in the T20I portion of the upcoming multi-format home series against India. Molineux has been elevated ahead of current Australia all-format vice-captain Tahlia McGrath, who will remain in the role. Ashleigh Gardner, another captaincy…
USA batter Aaron Jones has been charged by the ICC with five breaches of the Anti-Corruption Code and suspended from playing all cricket with immediate effect. He has 14 days to respond to the charges. Jones, 31, was part of a group of 18 USA players in a training camp in Sri Lanka ahead of…
While Bangladesh have been a part of the women’s T20 World Cup since they first hosted the event in 2014, this is the first time Netherlands have made it to the main tournament. Both teams have been on winning runs in the qualifiers and secured berths for the marquee event later in the year in…