Hope also said he will keep his own batting position flexible during the T20 World Cup, and that they will address their dot-ball issues and struggles against spin, which were pivotal in their recent 2-1 series loss to Afghanistan. Sampson made his CPL and T20 debut only five months ago, and impressed with 241 runs…
In a sensational display of batting, Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Nat Sciver-Brunt finally broke the WPL’s nervy run of near-misses, becoming the tournament’s first centurion as she powered MI to 199 for 4 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Monday. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine had both fallen short of three figures earlier this season, dismissed…
The squad wears a different look to the one that co-hosted the previous T20 World Cup, in 2024, with Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell among the big names who have retired from international cricket since. But West Indies still have the experience of Jason Holder and Johnson Charles to bank on. While Holder has played…
Tilak Varma will go into the T20 World Cup having played no T20 cricket this year. The 23-year-old India batter is on his way back from testicular surgery and has been given extra time to regain match fitness. Tilak is expected to join the India squad in Mumbai on February 3 and will miss the…
Former BCCI president IS Bindra died in New Delhi on Sunday at the age of 84. While he served as the BCCI president from 1993 to 1996, Bindra’s stranglehold as the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) chief lasted 36 years, from 1978 to 2014, when he retired from cricket administration. He put the PCA Stadium in…
Harmanpreet Kaur and Rohit Sharma were among several sports persons nominated for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour. The central government announced a list of 131 awards on Sunday which included the two World Cup winning captains. Harmanpreet made history last year when she led India to their first world title in women’s cricket…
Scorchers sealed their sixth BBL title with a crushing six-wicket win on Sunday with 15 balls to spare in front of 55,018 fans at Optus Stadium. Sixers entered the decider on the back of an energy-sapping travel schedule which had them fly to Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and back to Perth in the space of eight…
“So stoked. Can’t explain it,” Stubbs said after SEC’s six-wicket win against Pretoria Capitals in the final on Sunday. “I don’t know what we did or how we did it, but just so much like we actually did it type thing. It was pretty awesome.” Chasing 159, SEC were down in the dumps at 48…
Joe Root has backed England’s under-pressure head coach Brendon McCullum, calling the Kiwi “one of the best coaches I’ve ever had”. The ECB are reluctant to make wholesale changes, but with reports that managing director Rob Key is set to keep his job, further spotlight has been placed on McCullum’s position. “I think Baz is…
Last week, at an ICC Board meeting, Bangladesh were told that if they cannot come to India for the T20 World Cup, they would be replaced. Amzad said the BCB had taken this to their government, which reiterated its stance that there remained concerns for their players security in India. When the BCB came back…