Author: Sandip Pawar

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada missed the third T20I against England and the following two matches against Ireland due to an ankle injury. The Proteas had already suffered a huge blow when Temba Bavuma was ruled out of the England tour with an elbow injury. They would do everything in their power to get Rabada fit and firing for the Test series, says the head coach Mark Boucher.  Rabada was rested from the ODI leg of the tour to manage his workload. He played two T20Is but was forced out of the third game and the following two T20Is against Ireland…

Northern Superchargers defeated Manchester Originals by six wickets in the third match of the Hundred men’s competition at Old Trafford on August 6. Adam Lyth, David Willey and Harry Brook were the star performers for Northern Superchargers as they won with six wickets and six balls to spare.  Manchester Originals were sent into bat first. They lost Phil Salt early, but Jos Buttler returned to form with some blazing shots. Wayne Madsen and England’s white-ball captain added 84 runs for the second wicket in 55 balls. The former was dismissed for 43 off 26, while the latter went on to score 59 off 41.  https://twitter.com/thehundred/status/1555659550493212675 Andre Russell and Paul Walter provided them with a much-needed…

The women’s T20 competition in Commonwealth Games 2022 has reached its final stages, with four teams – Australia, England, India and New Zealand fighting for the medals. England, the table-toppers of Group B, will take on India who secured second place in Group A in the first Semi-final at Edgbaston on August 6th. England’s route to the semi-finals has been pretty dominant as they went undefeated in Group B. They defeated Sri Lanka women in the first game by five wickets, followed by a 26-run win over South Africa. England women then went on to hammer New Zealand by seven…

The India skipper defended his decision to bowl Avesh Khan over Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the final over after India’s five-wicket loss in the second T20I against West Indies on August 1. India had a good chance of victory in the second T20I at Warner Park in St Kitts, with the hosts needing 10 runs to win in the last over. However, the decision to bowl Khan didn’t go well for them, as Devon Thomas finished the game in just two deliveries. Indian bowlers did a great job to bring the team back in the game after posting only 138 in the first…

The action-packed Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 had an anticlimactic end to the season as rain forced the final between Lyca Kovai Kings and Chepauk Super Gillies to be abandoned. The two finalists were announced joint winners of the tournament. The Kings were in a strong position, having reduced the opponents to 14/2 in four overs. They only needed to bowl one more over to constitute the match, with Chepauk Super Gillies needing 40 at the end of five overs, but it started pouring in, and the players had to walk off. Earlier, the match was reduced to 17 overs per side…

Reeza Hendricks scored 70 off 50 while Tabraiz Shamsi claimed career-best 5 for 24 as South Africa defeated England by 90 runs in the third and final T20 International at Southampton on July 31. As a result, the visiting side clinched the series 2-1. https://twitter.com/OfficialCSA/status/1553809825624199170 Hendricks was terrific with the bat, scoring his third consecutive fifty of the series and making a strong case for the World Cup selection. David Willey removed Quinton de Kock for a duck in the first over of the innings, but Hendricks and Rilee Rossouw (31 off 18) then added 55 off 35 for the second wicket.  Credit: England Cricket Aiden Markram, who…

The batter, who has been out of action since the conclusion of the Indian Premier League 2022, could not make it to India’s 15-man ODI squad for the Zimbabwe tour due to fitness. The Men in Blue are set to play three ODIs starting from August 18. While the management was expected to give chances to fringe players for the tour, a few reports had suggested Virat Kohli and Rahul would be part of it to regain form and fitness. Kohli has been rested, but the bigger question circles around Rahul’s fitness, who hasn’t played any cricket since the IPL 2022, where he has…

Sikandar Raza scored an unbeaten 65 off 26 while Wessley Madhevere made 67* off 47 as an in-form Zimbabwe side defeated Bangladesh by 17 runs in the first T20I that took place at Harare Sports Club on Saturday. Raza was the chief architect for the hosts, smashing 65* off 26 and then picking up a wicket. Zimbabwe won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first on a good surface. The tourists didn’t get off to a flyer, losing Regis Chakabva for 8 and captain Craig Ervine for 21 off 18. It was the partnership between Madhevere and Sean Williams that set Zimbabwe for a good…

The upcoming men’s Hundred competition will help emerging talents fine-tune their skills, thinks London Spirit captain Eoin Morgan. The former England skipper is of the opinion that the tournament will help in preserving the viability of English cricket as it will give a stage to local players. According to Morgan, the success of the Hundred will prevent non-English players from choosing overseas leagues over domestic cricket. Speaking ahead of this year’s Hundred, Morgan pointed out how exposure to overseas leagues such as the Indian Premier League and the Big Bash League helped the development of his English side that went…

Days after becoming the youngest men’s player to register a T20I century, French opening batter Gustav McKeon has become the only player to score back-to-back hundreds in T20I cricket as he smashed 101 off 53 against Norway on July 27. Playing only his third T20I, the 18-year-old blasted five fours and eight sixes in his blistering knock of 101 off 53 in a Group B fixture of the 2024 T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier. He brought up the historic milestone with a six over mid-wicket. This knock came on the back of his 61-ball 109 against Switzerland on July 25.  Credit:…