Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes Punjab Kings should relieve Mayank Agarwal of the captaincy in order to get the best out of his batting skills, much like how Chennai Super Kings did with Ravindra Jadeja. Shastri said the pressure of captaincy affected Agarwal’s batting, and it might have even ended up costing him a
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Jason Behrendorff, the Australia left-arm seamer, has joined Middlesex for this season’s Vitality Blast campaign as a replacement for Shaheen Shah Afridi, whom the club has confirmed will not be returning this season due to his international commitments with Pakistan. Behrendorff, 32, claimed a career-best 5 for 44 at Lord’s during the 2019 World Cup,
After the end of Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2022 campaign, their captain Rohit Sharma has said he is “pretty disappointed” with his batting performance this season, but is confident of turning it around in the coming days. In 14 games, Rohit scored just 248 runs at an average of 19.14 and a strike rate of 120.17.
Mumbai Indians needed 65 from 33 balls when Tim David nicked his first ball, off Shardul Thakur, into Rishabh Pant’s gloves. Umpire Tapan Sharma failed to spot the edge and Pant, despite going up in an appeal, decided not to take the review. Capitals had both their reviews intact at that stage. Off the ten
South East Stars 148 for 3 (Cranstone 66*, Moore 57*) beat Western Storm 145 for 6 (Hennessy 50, Knight 35) by seven wickets A century stand by Aylish Cranstone and Kalea Moore saw the South East Stars chase down 146 against Western Storm, winning by seven wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup at Beckenham. Cranstone
The BCB has granted leave to Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh’s upcoming tour of West Indies, so that he can perform Hajj in July. This year’s Islamic pilgrimage is in July, for which Mushfiqur is likely to travel to Saudi Arabia on June 22. “He informed us before the Sri Lanka series that he wants to
Despite Chennai Super Kings suffering an early exit and being on the brink of finishing at the bottom in IPL 2022, their captain MS Dhoni drew confidence from the performances of youngsters who are finding their feet in the set-up. After Super Kings fell out of the race for the playoffs, they tinkered with their
Matthew Mott, England’s new white-ball coach, believes the coaching set-up appointed by the ECB is an “exciting” one, and is looking forward to working with Brendon McCullum, his Test counterpart, and Rob Key, the managing director of men’s cricket. Mott was unveiled earlier this week, having spent seven years in charge of Australia’s highly successful
Beth Mooney will play her state cricket for Western Australia next season after switching from Queensland. It follows her move west two seasons ago in the WBBL when she joined Perth Scorchers and is a significant coup for WA as they look to lift themselves from last season’s winless campaign. Offspinner Lilly Mills, who is
Gujarat Titans’ Matthew Wade has been reprimanded by the match referee for his outburst after being dismissed. The Titans batter immediately reviewed an lbw call when given out off the bowling of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Glenn Maxwell. Replays suggested there might have been a deflection when the ball passed Wade’s bat. The commentators – Matthew