News The batter had been omitted from the Caribbean and Bangladesh tours because of failed fitness tests Avishka Fernando, long considered one of Sri Lanka’s finest limited-overs batting prospects, was left out of the squad entirely for Sri Lanka’s first two limited-overs assignments this year (in the Caribbean, and in Bangladesh). The omission wasn’t down

News NZ left-arm spinner eager to learn how to adapt to different conditions On Wednesday, Ajaz Patel stepped up as New Zealand’s lone specialist spinner in Dhaka, coming away with 1 for 7 – the second-most economical four-over effort for the side in T20Is . On Thursday, Patel revealed that he had a chat lined

News Coach Glenn Pocknall and captain Tom Latham taking “plenty of learnings” from rocky start to Bangladesh tour Debutant Rachin Ravindra rushed through a leg-side clip in the very first over and chipped a simple return catch to left-arm fingerspinner Nasum Ahmed. Will Young slashed at Shakib Al Hasan and dragged a non-turning ball back

Report Ethan Bamber completes five-wicket haul to cement home side’s dominance Derbyshire 205 (Bamber 5-41) and 42 for 1 need 292 more runs to beat Middlesex 282 and 256 (Robson 52) A last-wicket stand of 58 between Toby Roland-Jones and Tim Murtagh leaves Derbyshire needing the fifth-highest run chase in their history ahead of day

News Philippines progress in the men’s bracket, while in the women’s, the highest-ranked EAP team as of November 30 2021 will qualify The ICC has cancelled the East-Asia Pacific (EAP) qualifiers to the men’s T20 World Cup 2022 and women’s T20 World Cup 2023 due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. As a result, Philippines have

Report West Indies were 21 for 1 in their chase before rain struck in Antigua, halting the match for more than an hour before it was abandoned No result West Indies 21 for 1 vs South Africa 135 for 3 (Kapp 36, Wolvaardt 35*) The first T20I between South Africa women and West Indies women

Report Leach takes five-for but late flurry of wickets helps visitors’ cause at Worcestershire Worcestershire 186 for 7 (Haynes 47, Ibrahim 2-9, Sarro 2-43) trail Sussex 264 (Carson 87, Orr 52, Leach 5-68) by 78 runs Joe Sarro helped tipped the scales in Sussex’s favour during a late flurry of wickets on day two of

News BCCI invites bids for two new franchises; six cities in the fray It’s now official. The IPL will be a 10-team tournament from the 2022 season, with the BCCI inviting bids for the two new franchises on Tuesday. Interested bidders will need to buy the tender document by October 5, after which the IPL

News Neutral venues to be used across all tournaments as BCCI releases full domestic schedule India’s men’s domestic calendar will begin with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on November 4, while the Ranji Trophy, the country’s premier first-class competition, starts on January 13, 2022. The Vijay Hazare Trophy will get underway from December 8, with

Report Thunder limp to 90 for 9 before Diamonds dispatch chase in 12.2 overs Northern Diamonds 92 for 2 (Heath 58*) beat Thunder 90 for 9 (Gunn 4-15) by eight wickets A stunning bowling performance from the evergreen Jenny Gunn saw Northern Diamonds ease their way to victory over rivals Thunder and secure qualification for