ReportThe match ended before lunch on the second day, with Junaid Siddique’s 43 the best individual batting effortRajshahi Division 151 (Siddique 43, Taijul 37, Tanzid 36, Gazi 6-65) beat Barisal Division 82 (Sunzamul 4-18, Taijul 4-39) and 60 (Sunzamul 6-15, Taijul 4-23) by an innings and nine runsSunzamul Islam’s record-breaking 10 for 33 and Player-of-the-Match…
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Chris Morris had played all of one international – a T20I against New Zealand in Durban – when he earned his maiden IPL deal in 2013, with the Chennai Super Kings shelling out US$ 625,000 for him. Eight years later, Morris’ South Africa future is uncertain, but he continues to be a sought-after player in…
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Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s director of cricket, has insisted that a uniform spread of good cricket wickets remains the best way to develop Test-class cricketers, in spite of the difficulties that England encountered in spinning conditions on their tour of India this winter, where they succumbed to three heavy defeats at Chennai and Ahmedabad.After dominating the…
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NewsAn ICC spokesperson said, “there was an operational issue at the ground” during the chasePlay had to be stopped in unprecedented circumstances soon after Bangladesh began their chase in the second T20I in Napier because of uncertainty around the eventual target and absence of DLS sheets.The big screen at McLean Park, the official BlackCaps Twitter…
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New Zealand 173 for 5 (Phillips 58*, Mitchell 34*, Mahedi 2-45) beat Bangladesh 142 for 7 (Sarkar 51, Naim 38, Southee 2-21) by 28 runs (DLS method)In a rain-interrupted fixture on a drizzly Tuesday evening in Napier, New Zealand, bowling with a wet ball that was becoming increasingly hard to grip, had to work hard…
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NewsVaccination passports being considered as clubs focus on getting crowds back into venuesThe domestic game is expected to report combined losses in excess of £100 million by the time all 18 first-class counties have published their accounts at the end of April, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket.Snowball, whose final…
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NewsAustralia’s bowlers almost turned the game around but New Zealand’s lower order came throughBeth Mooney believed Australia’s bowlers could close out the second T20I in Napier, but conceded the visitors had been under par with the bat on a surface where they were not able to significantly accelerate.Despite only having 129 on the board, Australia…
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ReportSuranga Lakmal took 4/94 but the captain’s century and the allrounder’s 73 kept the home team strongStumps Sri Lanka 136 for 3 (Thirimanne 55, Chandimal 34*) trail West Indies 354 (Brathwaite 126, Cornwall 73, Mayers 49, Lakmal 4-94, Chameera 3-69) by 218 runsKraigg Brathwaite completed a ninth Test century in the first over of the…
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NewsAt 23, Pant will become the fifth-youngest captain in the IPLRishabh Pant has been appointed the Delhi Capitals captain for the 2021 IPL. The development comes in the wake of the Capitals’ regular captain Shreyas Iyer being ruled of the season after he dislocated his left shoulder during the ODI series against England. This is…
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NewsAlso, batting coach Luke Ronchi pleased that newbie Finn Allen is staying true to his attacking instinctsAdam Milne felt like he was making his debut again as he returned to international cricket after two and a half years on Tuesday. Multiple injuries, including a stress fracture on his ankle, had kept the New Zealand fast…
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