Heinrich Klaasen was not really concerned that the white ball would disappear into the white sheeting, visible at the bottom of the sight screen after 10 overs of the South African innings in the second ODI against England, but he was hoping to use up some time as South Africa found themselves in an impossible
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Jonny Bairstow has vowed to continue as a three-format international cricketer but added his voice to those of his team-mates who have expressed their displeasure at a packed calendar. Over the last week, the workloads of international cricketers have come under scrutiny, particularly in England after Ben Stokes urged the authorities to stop considering players
Surrey 319 (Jacks 150*) and 162 for 4 beat Essex 271 (Rossington 100, Harmer 50, Worrall 6-56) and 208 (Worrall 5-66) by six wickets It took Surrey 19.4 final-day overs to complete a six-wicket victory against Essex at the Kia Oval that keeps them on top of the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One table
Shikhar Dhawan has already done on the West Indies tour something not many others can claim to have done – orchestrating a smash hit Instagram reel featuring head coach Rahul Dravid. It features most members of the squad currently in the Caribbean for the three ODIs beginning on Friday at Queen’s Park Oval in Port
Marizanne Kapp will miss the T20I leg of South Africa’s England tour and is in doubt for the Commonwealth Games after asking to return home for family reasons. Kapp and Tumi Sekhukhune were notable omissions as South Africa took to the field for the first of three T20Is against England at Chelmsford on Thursday, the
Ajaz Patel has been given the opportunity to bring consolation to a largely inactive UK summer by agreeing terms with Glamorgan as an overseas player for the final four matches of the LV= County Championship season. New Zealand only turned to Patel’s left-arm spin for the opening Test of their series against England at Lord’s,
West Indies’ head coach Phil Simmons has said that batting out 50 overs is their top priority as they rebuild for next year’s ODI World Cup. Since the 2019 World Cup, West Indies have played out 50 overs just six times in 39 innings, and have lost nine of their 13 ODI series since that
Leicestershire 387 for 5 (Mulder 147*, Hill 81, Kimber 68, Swindells 58*) vs Glamorgan Wiaan Mulder‘s second consecutive century helped Leicestershire enjoy the best of the opening day as they seek to dent Glamorgan’s promotion ambitions in Division Two of the LV= Insurance County Championship. The South African allrounder followed his unbeaten 235 in Leicestershire’s
Another batter who gained significantly in the rankings was Rishabh Pant, who scored an unbeaten 125 against England in the final ODI. The wicketkeeper-batter moved 25 slots to be placed 52nd. His team-mate Hardik Pandya, who hit a 55-ball 71 in the same match and picked up six wickets in the series, gained eight spots
South Africa “were a bit more up for it” in the opening match of their all-format tour, according to Rassie van der Dussen, as they outplayed an overworked England on a scorching day in Durham. With international schedules in the spotlight, not least because of Ben Stokes’ ODI retirement, it did not go unnoticed that