Rashid Khan will lead Afghanistan at the T20 World Cup next year, as they named their 15-member squad for the tournament in India and Sri Lanka. The same side will also play West Indies in a three-match T20I series in the UAE in the lead-up. Mujeeb’s inclusion, meanwhile, has pushed mystery spinner AM Ghazanfar to…
Former Australia batter Damien Martyn is in a Queensland hospital suffering from meningitis. Martyn, 54, was taken ill on Boxing Day with news emerging on Tuesday evening of his condition, with details confirmed to ESPNcricinfo. Martyn is currently in an induced coma. Former players started to take to social media on Wednesday in support. “Lots…
The Kolkata pitch on which South Africa beat India inside three days last month has received a “satisfactory” rating from ICC match referee Richie Richardson. The rating means Eden Gardens avoids any sanction for a pitch that attracted widespread censure. “Satisfactory” is the second level of the ICC’s four-tier pitch rating system, between “very good”…
Then, facing the fifth ball of the 20th over, Phillips went a step further, taking stance as a left-hand batter against left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox. Warner, notably, has done this on occasion, switching hands even before the bowler begins his run-up, but even he may not have pulled off what followed. Source link
A statement from Heat said Afridi “will be further reviewed upon the team’s return from Adelaide”, where they will play their next game, on Wednesday, against Adelaide Strikers, suggesting that Afridi might return to Pakistan after that process. “I’m massively thankful to the Brisbane Heat team and fans for showering me with immense love and…
The 15-man squad also includes Josh Tongue, uncapped in international limited-overs cricket. Tongue has been drafted in by head coach Brendon McCullum and white-ball captain skipper Harry Brook as a strike bowler they believe will thrive on the flatter pitches expected for the tournament in India and Sri Lanka. Jamie Smith has been axed completely…
Zia, whose death was announced at 6.00am local time on Tuesday, served two terms as the country’s prime minister, from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006. She was Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, and the wife of Ziaur Rahman, former president of Bangladesh. She had been the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh…
Riding on Kumar Kushagra’s hundred and Anukul Roy’s 98, Jharkhand posted 368 for 7 in Ahmedabad. Among the Puducherry bowlers, Aman was one of only three to complete his full quota of ten overs, but he finished with an economy rate of 12.3. In reply, Puducherry were bowled out for 235 in 41.4 overs. The…
Beams, 41, represented Australia in all three formats from 2014 to 2017. She will join head coach Lisa Keightley, bowling coach and mentor Jhulan Goswami, batting coach Devika Palshikar and fielding coach Nicole Bolton in the MI support staff. This will also be Keightley’s first season with MI, having worked with Delhi Capitals in the…
Big picture – Can Sri Lanka challenge India one final time? After three low scores, three tosses lost and three heavy defeats, Sri Lanka gave hosts India more of a fight in the fourth T20I on Sunday when they finally got to chase a target instead of setting one. They got somewhat close thanks to…