Jake Weatherald will look to make a fresh start to his state career after moving to Tasmania on a two-year deal from South Australia. Weatherald, 28, did not play for South Australia since last December having stepped away from the game to manage his mental health early in the BBL. “I’m really excited and grateful
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Big Picture: Rahul back to scene of heroics KL Rahul needs no reminding that he holds the record for the fastest IPL half-century, which he hit in Mohali. It’s a good time to rekindle those memories as he leads Lucknow Super Giants against his former franchise, the Punjab Kings, yet again, after going down narrowly
Poonam Yadav, the legspinner, who had previously been placed in the highest bracket when the central contracts were last made public in May 2021 (for the period October 2020-September 2021), drops out altogether along with the now-retired pair of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, who had both been placed in Grade B (worth INR 30
Royal Challengers Bangalore gave Kolkata Knight Riders “a freebie” on Wednesday night, and “deserved to lose” after all their lapses in the field, Virat Kohli, standing in as captain in place of Faf du Plessis, said after the 21-run defeat at home in Bengaluru. “To be honest, we handed over the game to them,” Kohli
Matt Parkinson will feature for Durham against Derbyshire in the LV= County Championship on Thursday, after joining the club from Lancashire on a two-week loan. Legspinner Parkinson, 26, has featured in just one of Lancashire’s three Championship fixtures to date, taking 5 for 120 in the second innings against Surrey, and comes into the Durham
Cricket Australia will allow Big Bash clubs to sign nationally-contracted players outside of their salary cap in a bid to avoid the Steven Smith fiascos of the past two seasons. Under rules unveiled by CA on Wednesday, players will be able to sign with individual clubs on a marquee supplementary list if they are not
Sunil Gavaskar feels Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians and India captain, should take some time off from the ongoing IPL and come back fresh for the last few league games and the subsequent World Test Championship (WTC) final. “I would like to see some change in the batting order [for Mumbai Indians],” Gavaskar said on
Jonny Bairstow confirmed he is ready to push for a place in this summer’s Ashes, after producing a hard-hitting innings of 97 from 88 balls for Yorkshire 2nd XI, in his first competitive innings since breaking his leg last summer. Bairstow, 33, had been in the form of his life for England’s Test team in
Mark Wood is set to miss the final stages of IPL 2023 to attend the birth of his daughter in late May, but the majority of England players involved in the competition are expected to stay in India for the whole season. Wood has missed Lucknow Super Giants’ last two matches due to illness but
Delhi Capitals 144 for 9 (Pandey 34, Axar 34, Washington 3-28, Bhuvneshwar 2-11) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 for 6 (Agarwal 49, Klaasen 31, Axar 2-21, Nortje 2-33) by seven runs For a large part of the contest, Sunrisers Hyderabad seemed to have a hold on Delhi Capitals. Like when Washington Sundar picked up three wickets