London Spirit 195 for 4 (Lawrence 93) beat Trent Rockets 193 for 5 (Root 72*) by two runs Dan Lawrence hammered the highest score of the Men’s Hundred so far and set up London Spirit’s first victory of the competition as they scraped past holders Trent Rockets by two runs in a tense finish at
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The 2023 Caribbean Premier League – men’s and women’s – has announced severe penalties for teams going through their overs slowly, even putting in place a red card-like system of removing a player if the fielding side is behind schedule at the start of the 20th over of an innings, a first in the game.
Bangladesh are looking to the future with Tanzid Hasan gaining a maiden call up to the ODI side for the upcoming Asia Cup. The 22-year-old whose nickname is Tamim, is one of two openers selected to cover for Tamim Iqbal who is recovering from a back injury. Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan and Nasum Ahmed were
Big picture – India, West Indies look at the long term After losing the first two T20Is, India kept the five-match series alive with a thumping win in the third. While, in the long run, the result of this series will matter little, India are looking to try out personnel for the 2024 T20 World
Hilton Moreeng will stay on as coach of the South African national women’s team, extending his tenure beyond 11 years. Moreeng has been in charge since 2012 and was expected to move on after the home T20 World Cup, in which South Africa reached the final, but will continue for at least the 2023-24 season.
Pace bowler Diana Baig has returned to the Pakistan women’s squad for the home series against South Africa next month, having recovered from a finger injury that made her miss the T20 World Cup earlier this year. Pakistan and South Africa will play three T20Is and as many ODIs with the 50-over games being part
Australia cricket superstar Ellyse Perry could easily have found herself playing alongside Sam Kerr and the other Matildas at the Women’s World Cup. An equally gifted footballer, Perry made her international debut at 16 – playing her first match for Australia against Hong Kong in 2007. The brilliant cricket allrounder made her first World Cup appearance
Four months after he was appointed head coach of the Pakistan women’s side for the second time, Mark Coles has resigned with immediate effect citing personal reasons. Coles had earlier served as the head coach of the team from 2017 to 2019. The resignation comes at a less-than-ideal team for the women’s side, who take
New Zealand quick Trent Boult, who last played an ODI nearly a year ago soon after shunning a national contract to ply his trade in the T20 franchise world, is “as hungry as ever” to play for his country again and lift the World Cup. Boult returned to the ODI squad for the upcoming series
It has been some week for Spencer Johnson. On Sunday, he was playing in the final of the Global T20 Canada. On Monday, he was called up by Australia for their T20I series in South Africa later this month. And on Wednesday night, he finished his debut for Oval Invincibles in the Hundred with ludicrous