News Before she can think of the pink ball, however, her immediate focus is on tackling the Dukes ball in England Smriti Mandhana has admitted that playing a day-night Test had been inconceivable to her until the announcement of India Women’s first-ever pink-ball Test, against Australia later this year. “Frankly, when I used to watch
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News Wakely captained an unfancied side to 2013 and 2016 titles Alex Wakely, who captained Northamptonshire to two T20 titles, has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect at the age of 32. A hard-working middle-order batter in all formats, Wakely became Northants’ white-ball captain in late 2012. The club
News Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane will pair up with defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders Pakistan duo Mohammad Amir and Shoaib Malik have signed on with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 set to take place later this year in St Kitts and Nevis. Malik returns to Guyana Amazon Warriors, the side he led in 2018
News Bangladesh are also slated to host New Zealand and England ahead of the T20 World Cup Cricket Australia have agreed to play five T20Is instead of the three they were scheduled to play on their tour of Bangladesh in August, according to BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan. Khan, the former captain, also revealed
Report Wild shifts in dominance thanks to internationals and spirited captaincy fail to beat the weather Middlesex 160 (Simpson 68, Clark 4-41, Roach 4-61) and 250 for 6 (Gubbins 124, Handscomb 70, Roach 5-86) drew with Surrey 190 (Burns 64, Stoneman 63) and 259 for 2 dec (Burns 104*, Stoneman 74) As Robbie White shouldered
Report Notts seamer takes 7 for 37 and 10 for the match after Ben Duckett’s pivotal 177 not out Nottinghamshire 400 for 5 dec (Duckett 177*, Mullaney 88, James 78) beat Worcestershire 80 (Fletcher 7-37) and 150 (Libby 64, Paterson 4-49, Fletcher 3-20) by an innings and 170 runs Luke Fletcher returned career-best figures for
News Captain toasts success, but calls for an improved performance from his team “Winning is happiness.” Tamim Iqbal‘s croaky voice couldn’t hide the fact that he has just led Bangladesh to break a ten-match winless streak. Just how important it was for the team that beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs, was writ large on
Report Ned Eckersley’s 82 and a composed 39 by Cameron Bancroft rule out any late drama Durham 208 (Eckersley 82, Aitchison 6-28) drew with Derbyshire 258 (Rushworth 6-49) Derbyshire’s young pace bowler Ben Aitchison returned career-best figures before the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Durham at Derby ended in a draw. The 21-year-old Aitchison bowled
News Jamaica seamer was part of a training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home season Jamaica seamer Marquino Mindley, who had been picked in West Indies’ 30-man squad for the high-performance training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home Test series against South Africa, has tested positive for Covid-19. The 26-year old,
Report Only 22.5 overs possible on final day as Warwickshire see off new ball Warwickshire 166 and 66 for 1 (Briggs 37, Rhodes 22*) drew with Essex 217 (Cook 57, ten Doeschate 56, Harmer 40*) Just 22.5 overs were possible on the final day at Chelmsford, as Warwickshire guarded against the potential for any late