Sinikiwe Mpofu, the Zimbabwe women’s assistant coach, has died aged 36. Her death comes less than a month after her husband, Shepherd Makunura, who was the men’s team fielding coach, died on December 15. According to the Zimbabwe Cricket website, Mpofu was pronounced dead on arrival at a medical facility after she collapsed at her
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Big picture: Pakistan, NZ build for ODI World Cup Very little seems to ride on the ODI series these days, something especially true for this three-match rubber between Pakistan and New Zealand. Both sides have qualified for the World Cup later this year, and hosting the limited-overs matches as the dessert rather than hors d’oeuvre
Sydney Sixers 134 for 3 (Silk 59*, Henriques 53*, Green 2-29) beat Sydney Thunder 133 for 8 (Whiteman 42, Ross 34, Abbott 3-9, Dwarshuis 2-28) by seven wickets Paceman Abbott spearheaded a strong Sixers bowling effort as they restricted Thunder to 133 for eight in their Sydney Smash derby at Sydney Showground Stadium. Sixers slumped
Hardik Pandya has credited Ashish Nehra, his coach at Gujarat Titans in the IPL, for making “a big difference” to his captaincy. When Hardik was named Titans’ captain ahead of IPL 2022, he had led only once at the senior level – in a tour game against Australia in 2017. But he led Titans to
New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has been sidelined from the upcoming ODIs in Pakistan and India with an abdominal strain. He will return home with the other members of the Test squad who are not in the white-ball mix. New Zealand are yet to name a replacement for Henry. Henry’s absence could potentially open
Perth Scorchers 173 for 3 (Bancroft 76*, Hardie 57) beat Brisbane Heat 171 for 9 (Munro 45, Brown 34, Kelly 2-28) by seven wickets Cameron Bancroft and Aaron Hardie cracked quick-fire half-centuries to power Perth Scorchers to a seven-wicket win over Brisbane Heat at Optus Stadium. In reply to the Heat’s 9-171, the Scorchers reached
Tea South Africa 71 for 3 (Bavuma 28*, Zondo 5*, Hazlewood 1-11) trail Australia 475 for 4 dec (Khawaja 195*, Smith 104, Labuschagne 79, Head 70, Nortje 2-55) by 404 runs A fired-up Josh Hazlewood extended the struggles of South Africa captain Dean Elgar as Australia claimed three wickets quickly after play finally resumed on
Lord Kamlesh Patel has announced he will step down as Yorkshire chair at the club’s next Annual General Meeting in March. Lord Patel, who took over from Roger Hutton in November 2021 at the height of the club’s racism crisis, endured a turbulent tenure that began amid the suspension of Headingley’s international hosting rights and
Big picture: SL eye first T20I series win in India The last time India lost a bilateral T20I series at home was in 2019 when Australia beat them 2-0. Since then they have been on an 11-series unbeaten streak. But that could change on Saturday. After running India close in the first T20I, Sri Lanka
Perth Scorchers fast bowler Jhye Richardson has been ruled out for two to three weeks with a hamstring strain but coach Adam Voges is hopeful he could be back for the BBL finals if Scorchers qualify. Scans on Thursday confirmed he had suffered only a minor strain but Scorchers are likely to be cautious with