Newly-appointed skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi will be leading a fresh-looking Afghanistan ODI squad for their three-match series against Pakistan scheduled for September. The Afghans have made as many as eight changes to their 50-over squad for the series, part of the ongoing ICC Super League. Sediq Atal, Shahidullah Kamal, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Abdul Rahman are the five uncapped players that have been handed call-ups to the 17-man squad. The squad also sees the returns of Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat and Ikram Alikhal, who were left out of Afghanistan’s previous ODI series in January against Ireland in UAE. These players…
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The next two ODIs of Australia’s ongoing tour of the Caribbean have been rescheduled by Cricket West Indies (CWI) after a COVID-19 positive test of one non-playing member of the home team’s staff threatened to jeopardise the series. A cloud of uncertainty was hovering over the final two ICC Super Leagues fixtures on Aussies’ trip following the suspension of the second ODI on Thursday (July 22) only minutes before the play was to kick off. Wary of any closed contacts with the staff member and viral spread through both teams’ camp, the CWI had asked players to remain in isolation…
Opening batsman Prithvi Shaw, middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, who are in Sri Lanka right now on national duty, and off-spinner Jayant Yadav could be asked to join the Indian Test squad on their tour of England, the Indian Express has stated in a report. The three players could replace the injured top-order player Shubman Gill, pacer Avesh Khan and spin all-rounder Washington Sundar. While Gill has returned to India following a shin injury, Sundar and Khan sustained finger injuries during Indians’ just-concluded three-day warm-up match against a County Select XI and will also be boarding the flight back to the…
Be it in the ODIs or even the T20Is, Ireland have given South Africa a run for their money. Ireland’s win in the second ODI was superb but since then, things have gone downhill for Ireland. South Africa have shown their might and quality and have recorded commanding wins. Those comfortable margins of victory won’t reflect on how well Ireland have fought. It may be in just one department, but Ireland have really stretched SA. In the two T20Is, the Irish were excellent with the ball. They put the opposition under pressure in both games but ended up leaking a…
Minutes before the second ODI between hosts West Indies and Australia was about to kick off in Barbados on Thursday, there was a pause on proceedings and the match had to be postponed eventually because of a COVID-19 positive case inside the home team’s camp. Cricket West Indies confirmed the development via a media statement, informing that the positive case is not of any of the players involved but of a member of the home team’s support staff. “The established COVID-19 protocols stipulate that all members of both teams and match officials will return immediately to the team hotel and will…
Despite a poor start, South Africa recovered to post a decent enough total and defended it successfully at the end to seal the three-match T20I series against Ireland 2-0 this Thursday Opting to bat first upon winning the toss, South Africa got off to a horrible start, losing skipper Temba Bavuma (0) and in-form No.3 Janneman Malan (0) in the first over without any run on the board to the gentle off-spin bowling of Paul Stirling (2/12). Struggling to break free against some disciplined Irish bowling, the Proteas lost three further cheap wickets, getting reduced to 58/5 in the 10th over after Aiden Markram (8), Rassie van der Dussen (6)…
Indian batters and bowlers got a decent enough workout in the middle before their three-day warm-up match in Durham against the County Select XI ended in a draw this Thursday. Having rested multiple of their first-choice picks, including skipper Virat Kohli, the tourists got the chance to assess their preparations for the forthcoming Test series against England. A reassuring unbeaten century from wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul (101* retired) was the headlining aspect of the Indian innings on Day 1, where they opted to bat first upon winning the toss. Rahul, who is being seen as a middle-order candidate for this trip, produced a…
Outstanding spells from Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood exposed West Indies’ longstanding batting problems, helping Australia emerge as comfortable winners of the first ODI in Barbados on Tuesday The two exceptional seamers shared eight wickets between them. While Starc took a five-fer (5/48), Hazlewood contributed three wickets (3/11) in their team’s successful quest to defend the total of 252/9 in a rain-interrupted 49 overs per side game. Unable to withstand the class of Starc and Hazlewood, West Indies were bundled out for a paltry score of 123 inside 27 overs. Captain Kieron Pollard fought hard for a half-century (56 off 57 balls),…
Batting at No. 5, KL Rahul smashed a fluent 101 on day one of the three-day warm-up fixture against County Select XI. Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with a solid 75 as India finished the day on 306/9. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane didn’t take part in the game due to niggles. It was a mixed opening day for India as they reached 306/9 in their three-day warm-up game ahead of the five-match Test series against England. The top-order couldn’t get going and failed to convert their starts before KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja helped them get back on track. Three out of the top four…
Exceptional performances from opening batsman Jason Roy and wrist-spinner Adil Rashid helped England come out triumphant in a battle of attrition against Pakistan in the third and final T20I in Manchester on Tuesday. Rashid picked up a four-wicket haul (4/35) on the day. He dismissed Pakistan’s key batsmen – skipper Babar Azam (11), Sohaib Maqsood (13) and Mohammad Hafeez (1) – through his spell and tilted the scales in England’s favour. Rashid’s stand-out act in the bowling department was backed up well by economic spells from Moeen Ali (1/19) and Liam Livingstone (0/21). England managed to restrict Pakistan to a modest total of 154/6 despite the visitors opting to bat…