News “At the end of the day, there are stats in this game, but you know if you’re winning World Cups, people will remember those moments more.” Before he made his Test debut, Devon Conway was asked about the landmarks he’d love to tick off during his career by his Wellington team-mate Logan van Beek
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Mumbai Indians’ comprehensive win against Rajasthan Royals means the Royals are pretty much out of the race, while the battle for fourth place is now largely between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai. Here is a look at how the teams stack up going into the last three days of the league stage. Kolkata Knight RidersMatches
News Luke Fletcher wins county prize, Alice Capsey voted inaugural Emerging Women’s Cricketer Yorkshire batter Harry Brook has been voted the Cricket Writers’ Club (CWC) NV Play Young Player of the Year, with Sophia Dunkley selected for the JM Finn Women’s Cricket Award. Meanwhile, retiring broadcaster Michael Holding was recognised by the CWC for his
News Wong turned down a holiday in Italy to replace Shabnim Ismail at Sydney Thunder, while Smith adds international experience to a young Melbourne Stars attack Sydney Thunder have signed 19-year-old England quick Issy Wong while Melbourne Stars have recruited left-arm orthodox spinner Linsey Smith for the upcoming WBBL. Wong was an extremely late addition
News Coach says CSK’s slowdown was due to the challenging conditions, “not lack of intent” Chennai Super Kings, in their three-wicket defeat to Delhi Capitals, got to 48 for 2 by the end of the powerplay, but then slowed down so much towards the middle that they did not score a single boundary for the
News England fly out to Oman with half of World Cup squad already in situ at the IPL When England were beaten by West Indies in the final of the 2016 World T20, Eoin Morgan was the only player in their side who had made an appearance in the IPL. Five years later, the squad
News Warm-up matches and the DRS are also key elements that need to be available The argument that women’s Tests should be played over five days was given further weight by the day-night match at Metricon Stadium while Australia coach Matthew Mott suggested the points awarded for the game may need adjusting. With nearly 100
News “The longer you go without contributing a significant score, the closer you are to actually contributing. And that’s coming from experience” Being an overseas captain of an IPL team is not an easy job. The moment you start to struggle, debates start if it is tenable to have an overseas captain because you are
Report Meg Lanning declared at the dinner break to see if India will want to set a target Dinner Australia 241 for 9 dec (Perry 68*, Gardner 51, Vastrakar 3-49) trail India 377 for 9 dec by 136 runs Ellyse Perry‘s charmed life continued on the opening session of the final day as she became
Report Mumbai Indians bowlers drag the game to the last over with regular strikes before going down Delhi Capitals 132 for 6 (Iyer 33*, Ashwin 20*, Coulter-Nile 1-19) beat Mumbai Indians 129 for 8 (Suryakumar 33, Avesh 3-15, Axar 3-21) by four wickets Mumbai Indians threatened to defend 129 on a sluggish Sharjah track, but