Report Stunning turnaround against Superchargers as Stokes drops a match-turning clanger Trent Rockets 134 for 8 (Hales 40*) beat Northern Superchargers 132 (Simpson 42, Brook 38, de Lange 3-22, Rashid Khan 3-31) by two wickets Alex Hales sparked into life in the absolute nick of time, to swipe an extraordinary victory from the jaws of
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News He was initially appointed only for the Zimbabwe tour, but positive feedback from the players spurred the BCB to extend his stay The BCB has extended former South Africa batter Ashwell Prince‘s contract as batting consultant up to this year’s T20 World Cup. Prince was initially roped in only for Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe,
Kurtis Patterson led the side towards the end of last season © Getty Images Kurtis Patterson has been named New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield captain, taking over permanently from Peter Nevill who held the role for three years. Patterson captained the side at the end of last season when Nevill was absent for the birth
Report Somerset start title defence with tight win as Davies, Goldsworthy hit fifties Somerset 299 for 4 (Hildreth 110, Davies 94, Goldsworthy 57*) beat Derbyshire 298 (Hudson-Prentice 93, Guest 74, Baker 3-46, Green 3-64) James Hildreth‘s eighth List A century and an elegant 94 from Steven Davies helped Somerset begin their defence of the Royal
Report The hosts field two debutants of their own – middle-order batter Charith Asalanka and allrounder Chamika Karunaratne Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first T20I. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he expected the pitch to get better for batting in the
News CA optimistic Finch, who was ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s West Indies and Bangladesh tours, will be fit in time for the world tournament Aaron Finch could be in a race to be fit for the 2021 T20 World Cup as he faces knee surgery after being ruled out of the remainder
News Northern Superchargers understood to be lining up Dane Vilas as cover Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of Northern Superchargers’ first three games of the Hundred as he continues to suffer symptoms of concussions following a sickening blow to the head during the final stages of the PSL. Du Plessis suffered the initial
Report No Quinton de Kock, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi for visitors; hosts replace Josh Little with Barry McCarthy South Africa chose to bat vs Ireland A new-look South Africa XI has been chosen to close out their winter tour and the T20I series against Ireland, which the visitors have won already. The visitors made
News He has made use of all chances at international level and wants to improve at getting deep in the innings Suryakumar Yadav is only five-innings-old in international cricket. You wouldn’t know that, looking at him bat in any of those games. He’s looked nerve-less, decisive and crisp in his stroke-play, calm and confident in
Australian players leave the ground after the match was called off © AFP No further positive Covid-19 tests have been reported inside the bubble of the West Indies-Australia series with talks now underway as to whether the ODIs will be able to resume. The second ODI was suspended moments before play was due to begin