News Long-term understudy prepares for “different experience” as undisputed No. 1 in Caribbean With Jos Buttler dropped after a difficult Ashes series, Jonny Bairstow viewed primarily as a batter and Sam Billings discarded after making his debut in Hobart, Foakes has the opportunity to ensconce himself as England’s No. 1 keeper over the next month.
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News It’s Nkwe’s first appointment since he stepped down from his role with the men’s national team last year Enoch Nkwe, first interim team director and then assistant coach of the South Africa men’s national team between August 2019 and August 2021, has been appointed as strategic cricket consultant by Lions in the South African
News But captain encouraged the players to focus on what they do in the middle rather than a bigger picture Having been inspired by New Zealand’s victory in the 2000 Women’s ODI World Cup, current captain Sophie Devine is conscious that her team has the chance to leave a legacy in a home tournament but
News Auckland seamer Molly Penfold will also join the side as a travelling reserve New Zealand Women batter Lauren Down has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI World Cup with a thumb fracture. She will be replaced by the uncapped Georgia Plimmer. Down had injured her right thumb while taking Shafali Verma’s catch during
News He is ready to be “creative” and “brave” depending on what conditions emerge Pat Cummins is prepared for a different tempo of Test cricket on the tour of Pakistan as his captaincy is given its first challenge overseas and is eyeing reverse swing as a key element with the ball. A combination of England’s
Report Zubayr Hamza was forced out with a fractured thumb among South Africa’s changes Toss South Africa chose to bat vs New Zealand Dean Elgar decided South Africa’s batters would front up first and bat on a green pitch. This is only the second toss South Africa have won in their last 17 Tests, and
News The tournament will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May. The schedule was drawn up on Thursday by the IPL Governing Council, who also decided that the league phase of the tournament would be restricted to
News South Africa batter averages 9.70 from last ten Test innings If Aiden Markram has not already had his last chance in Test cricket, the second match against New Zealand starting on Friday will be it. South Africa’s captain Dean Elgar all but confirmed that unless Markram – who averages 9.70 from his last ten
Report Multan Sultans’ 163 proved too much for Lahore Qalandars, who lost by 28 runs Multan Sultans 163 for 2 (Rossouw 65*, Rizwan 53*) beat Lahore Qalandars 135 for 9 (Fakhar 63, Dahani 3-19, Willey 2-23) by 28 runs Lahore Qalandars might have beaten them in the group stages, but Multan Sultans showed why they
News England captain hopes senior pair will put themselves back in mix in early English season Anderson addressed his omission publicly for the first time on Wednesday, saying that he had experienced “shock and disappointment” and that “a five-minute phone call [with interim ECB managing director Andrew Strauss] doesn’t really clear much up”, after Broad