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Tasmania have a full pace battery to choose from after being hampered by injuries last season Towering Tasmanian quick Billy Stanlake has put another season of injury setbacks behind him and is pushing for a return to regular red-ball cricket when the Sheffield Shield season kicks off next month. Stanlake has played just one first-class match in the past four years following a string of back, hamstring and shoulder injuries, but having terrorised the Tigers’ batters in the nets through pre-season, the 204cm right-armer is back at full flight to start the domestic summer.It’s welcome news for men’s head coach…
Ravi Bopara rolled back the years with a scintillating century as Northamptonshire stunned Surrey in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast at The Kia Oval.In a rain-reduced 14-overs-a-side contest, Bopara (105no off 46 balls) smashed 12 fours and five sixes to notch the third T20 ton of his career at the age of 40, Northamptonshire posting 154-4 after being inserted by Surrey. In reply, the home side took a thrilling contest down to the wire courtesy of a fine fifty from Sam Curran (69no off 38), who further bolstered his claims for an England recall.The 27-year-old all-rounder starred for Oval…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan players made strong progress in the latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings following their recent tri-nation series matches, while Afghanistan, and UAE also enjoyed notable moves For Pakistan, middle-order batter Hasan Nawaz climbed two spots to 31st with 580 rating points, while skipper Salman Ali Agha made one of the biggest jumps, moving up 18 places to 59th with 497 points. Fakhar Zaman, despite struggling in the series, rose two places to 77th with 433 points. However, some senior names went the other way. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, both currently out of Pakistan’s T20I setup,…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha admitted his team only had themselves to blame after suffering their first defeat of the tri-nation T20I series on Tuesday night, going down to Afghanistan by 18 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Opting to bat first, Afghanistan put up 169/5 in their 20 overs, thanks largely to a superb 113-run stand for the second wicket between Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal. Despite early pressure when Saim Ayub removed Rahmanullah Gurbaz for just 8, Afghanistan regrouped. Zadran’s 65 off 45 balls and Atal’s 64 off 45 ensured the innings never lost…
ZIM V SL, 1ST T20I Kamindu came up with a stunning cameo in the run chase to turn Sri Lanka’s fortunes around © AFP A stunning blitz from Kamindu Mendis denied Zimbabwe a famous win in the opening T20I in Harare on Wednesday (September 3). Sri Lanka, at one stage, were cruising in the run chase when their openers put on 96 but the hosts fought back in commendable fashion picking up four wickets in the space of 19 balls. That brought the equation down to 59 from the final five overs, which is when Mendis took charge and hammered…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The DP World International League T20 (ILT20) Season 4 is set to begin on Tuesday, December 2, with defending champions Dubai Capitals taking on last year’s finalists Desert Vipers in a blockbuster opener at the Dubai International Stadium. The highly anticipated clash is a repeat of last season’s thrilling final, where the Capitals secured their maiden title with a dramatic last-over win. The match will start at 6:30 pm local time. Season 4 will again feature six teams – Dubai Capitals, Desert Vipers, Gulf Giants, MI Emirates, Sharjah Warriorz, and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders – playing…
It only feels right to question England’s bowling after the batters were bundled out for 131 on a good pitch following a startling collapse of 8-49…That dismal display with the blade in the first ODI against South Africa left their bowlers on a hiding to nothing and young paceman Sonny Baker took quite the hiding – his figures of 0-76 from seven overs the most expensive for an England player on debut. The bigger issue around the bowling, though, is perhaps the make-up of the attack, with Baker one of just three seamers in the XI at Headingley, alongside Jofra…
It only feels right to question England’s bowling after the batters were bundled out for 131 on a good pitch following a startling collapse of 8-49…That dismal display with the blade in the first ODI against South Africa left their bowlers on a hiding to nothing and young paceman Sonny Baker took quite the hiding – his figures of 0-76 from seven overs the most expensive for an England player on debut. The bigger issue around the bowling, though, is perhaps the make-up of the attack, with Baker one of just three seamers in the XI at Headingley, alongside Jofra…
2 December Tuesday Dubai Capitals vs Desert Vipers 6:30 PM Dubai 3 December Wednesday Sharjah Warriorz vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 6:30 PM Sharjah 4 December Thursday Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates 6:30 PM Dubai 5 December Friday Desert Vipers vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 6:30 PM Sharjah 6 December Saturday Dubai Capitals vs Gulf Giants 6:30 PM Dubai 7 December Sunday Sharjah Warriorz vs MI Emirates 2:00 PM Sharjah 7 December Sunday Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 6:30 PM Dubai 8 December Monday Desert Vipers vs Gulf Giants 6:30 PM Dubai 9 December Tuesday MI Emirates vs…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL England captain Harry Brook admitted “nobody wants to come and watch that” after his side suffered a humiliating seven-wicket loss to South Africa in Leeds on Tuesday. An opening one-day international scheduled for 100 overs was finished inside 46, with England dismissed for a mere 131 as they lost their last seven wickets for just 29 runs at their skipper’s Headingley home ground. Jamie Smith (54) played the only England innings of note as left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (4-22), the world’s top-ranked ODI bowler, and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder (3-33) did the bulk of the damage. South…