News Head coach Jason Gillespie says the new-look side will “focus on results” after four consecutive seasons at the bottom of the first-class standings South Australia have poached the dual Sheffield Shield-winning fast bowler Brendan Doggett from Queensland among a raft of interstate additions to their squad. According to head coach Jason Gillespie, the new-look
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News As the death toll in Gaza following Israeli air strikes escalated, cricketers around the world made their voices heard Cricketers from around the world have expressed support and solidarity with the people of Palestine, with the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rising sharply over the past few days. Several of the dead
News Abid Ali also gained for Pakistan, while Regis Chakabva and Blessing Muzarabani advanced for Zimbabwe Pakistan bowlers Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi andNauman Ali have achieved their career-best rankings in the ICC men’s Test bowling rankings after their match-winning performances in the second Test against Zimbabwe, when they became the first trio from the
News The 35-year-old will end his career as New Zealand’s most prolific Test keeper behind and in front of the stumps BJ Watling has announced he will retire from all cricket at the end of New Zealand’s upcoming Test tour of England. This will mean that form and fitness permitting, he will end his career
News Board finances report major dip in reserves after £100m shortfall in 2020 Ian Watmore, the ECB’s chairman, has announced his ambition to “help the game repair its Covid-inflicted wounds” via a business plan that will reduce the “unsustainable levels of debt” within English cricket. The ECB reported a drop in group reserves to £2.2
News Loyalty of majority of members during Covid to be commemorated at Oval Surrey have confirmed that a former club member attempted to take them to the small claims court for the value of their 2020 season membership. With the Covid pandemic forcing the first-class counties to play behind closed doors last year, various schemes
News Ishant, Dhawan, Shikha, Umesh, Rahane are few of the others to have as well Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Shikha Pandey are among a batch of Indian cricketers to get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. India’s top cricketers are among several athletes in the country, including
News England have “full FTP schedule” from June onwards, says Ashley Giles England’s centrally contracted players are unlikely to be available for the completion of the IPL wherever and whenever it is rescheduled. While the England management were happy to allow up to a dozen English players to miss the Test series against New Zealand
When Richard Gleeson was named in England’s enlarged training squad ahead of the truncated 2020 season, it was hailed as a triumph for late developers. Gleeson, 33, did not make his first-class debut until the age of 27, having held down a series of unlikely jobs – manual labour in a boiler factory, landscape gardening
Report Youngster impresses in second game, Gary Ballance falls four shy of his century in rain-affected draw Yorkshire 321 (Ballance 96, Brook 59, Gilchrist 4-74) drew with Kent 305 (Crawley 90, Coad 3-53) “The problem with old coppers’ tricks, Constable Boyle, is that old coppers know ’em,” says Inspector Raymond Fowler in the 1996 British