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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Continuing his spectacular run in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has enjoyed another fruitful week in the ICC Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings charts. Following an 11-place jump last week, Abrar has made another massive leap, this time by 12 spots, and is now within distance of the pole position, currently sitting at No.4 with 703 rating points. Abrar was at his very best during Pakistan’s group stage fixture against the UAE, picking two wickets for just 13 runs, before an indifferent outing in a loss against India (1/42). However, the leg-spinner regained his composure…
Jacob Bethell will get the chance to play his way into England’s Ashes opener during next month’s white-ball tour of New Zealand, but Rob Key denies there is “an elaborate scheme” to unseat Ollie Pope.Pope’s grip on the pivotal number three shirt has been the source of intense scrutiny for most of the year and, although he held the spot for all six Tests this summer, there are no guarantees that he will remain in place against Australia. Tuesday’s decision to name Harry Brook as vice-captain for the series, a role Pope has held for the past three years, further…
Ashes wildcard Will Jacks says England captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum make the team feel like they can “take on the world”.Jacks has largely been viewed as a white-ball specialist during his international career, winning his only two Test caps in Pakistan almost three years ago, but was handed the final spot in a 16-player squad that travels to Australia with hopes of reclaiming the urn for the first time since 2015. Surrey star Jacks is best known for his power-hitting in short-form cricket but the 26-year-old all-rounder has effectively been selected as a back-up off-spinner to…
Dickie Bird’s international career spanned from 1973 to 1995 ©Getty Michael Holding says bowlers often felt Bird was more of a batsman’s umpire, but he never had an issue with it as the official applied his standards consistently to both sides Michael Holding, a legend from the era of the 70s and 80s, paid glowing tributes to Dickie Bird, widely regarded as one of the greatest umpires the game has ever seen. The Englishman passed away on Tuesday (September 23) at the age of 92. Bird was the most prominent umpire of the time that coincided with Holding’s playing days.…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The International Cricket Council has suspended USA Cricket’s membership in the sport’s world governing body with immediate effect, but the country’s teams will still able to play in the run-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The ICC Board agreed to suspend USA Cricket after “repeated and continued breaches of its obligations as an ICC member under the ICC’s constitution,” a statement issued late Tuesday said. “These include, but are not limited to, the failure to implement a functional governance structure,” and a “lack of progress toward achieving National Governing Body status with the United States…
India secured their place in the men’s Asia Cup final on Wednesday as Abhishek Sharma starred with 75 in a 41-run win over Bangladesh in Dubai. The holders posted 168-6 batting first after stumbling following a quick start, but their spinners helped stifle Bangladesh to 127 all out. The result means Sri Lanka are out of the tournament, with Thursday’s Super Four match between Pakistan and Bangladesh to decide who faces India in Sunday’s final. Abhishek has enjoyed a remarkable start to his T20 international career with 783 runs from 22 matches at a strike-rate of 197.72. The opener set…
India secured their place in the men’s Asia Cup final on Wednesday as Abhishek Sharma starred with 75 in a 41-run win over Bangladesh in Dubai. The holders posted 168-6 batting first after stumbling following a quick start, but their spinners helped stifle Bangladesh to 127 all out. The result means Sri Lanka are out of the tournament, with Thursday’s Super Four match between Pakistan and Bangladesh to decide who faces India in Sunday’s final. Abhishek has enjoyed a remarkable start to his T20 international career with 783 runs from 22 matches at a strike-rate of 197.72. The opener set…
The Pakistan women’s team on Wednesday started training for the Women’s Cricket World Cup, in Sri Lanka’s Colombo, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The Women in Green arrived in the Sri Lankan capital late on Tuesday as the tournament is set to start on September 30 in India’s Guwahati. The eight-nation showpiece will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka from Sept 30 to Nov 2. However, Pakistan — under an International Cricket Council (ICC) hybrid model decided by the ICC due to political strains between New Delhi and Islamabad — will play all their matches of the event…
ENGLAND CRICKET The current 14-match County Championship format, consisting of 10 teams in Division One and eight counties in Division Two, will be retained © Getty The format of the County Championship is set to remain unchanged following a vote from the Professional County Cricket Clubs (PCCs). A proposal to play a remodelled 13-match County Championship, down from 14 matches, did not pass after failing to receive majority votes amongst the counties. After a packed English summer, which saw scheduling clashes between international, domestic and The Hundred games, a county-led review of the scheduling and structure was held in consultation…
Dramatic collapse from the hosts sees Queensland leave the WACA Ground with five points Western Australia v Queensland | WNCL 2024-25 WNCL runners-up Queensland have begun their new campaign brightly, claiming a 64-run win over Western Australia at the WACA Ground. The Fire’s total of 236, forged off the back of strong contributions from their top three, with Charli Knott’s 53 the top score, appeared short of competitive as WA cruised to 1-124 in the 23rd over. It was at that point though that Queensland’s exciting young allrounder Sianna Ginger, who posted a List A hundred for Australia A in…