All posts by n8rngtd.top

Bird injured as Queensland close in on top position

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

A hamstring strain has given Jackson Bird an injury scare ahead of the South Africa tour, even as Queensland took strong steps towards beating Tasmania

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Feb-2018Will Russell/Getty Images

A hamstring strain has given Jackson Bird an injury scare ahead of the South Africa tour, for which Australia depart next week with a tour match scheduled to begin on February 22. Bird sustained the injury in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland in Brisbane, where he walked off the field after bowling 15.1 overs on the second day and didn’t take the field on the third to undergo scans.Queensland, meanwhile, took strong steps towards going on top of the table by taking six Tasmania wickets in the massive chase of 426. Tasmania scored 208 runs and still need 218 more for victory.Tasmania’s No. 4 Jake Doran (95) was responsible for a large portion of those runs as he steadied them after an early burst from Queensland’s new-ball bowlers Michael Neser and Luke Feldman who reduced Tasmania to 3 for 55. The recovery arrived through two 50-plus partnerships that Doran built – for 61 runs with Matthew Wade, and then for 59 with Ben McDermott. Even as Wade and McDermott got out in the twenties, Doran hauled Tasmania past the 200 mark, before being caught off the legbreak of Mitchell Swepson, 10 balls before stumps were drawn.Neser inflicted the bulk of the damage with three wickets, while Swepson, Feldman and Jack Wildermuth took a wicket apiece.The day began with Queensland on 6 for 195 in in their second innings, having already established an overall lead of 335. Jimmy Peirson stretched that lead with a half-century and extended his overnight partnership with Neser, who chipped in with a valuable 34. Peirson was the ninth man dismissed, for 61, before Queensland folded for 285.With Bird off the field and Gabe Bell, who carved up the middle order on the second day, also under an injury cloud, Wade got to turn his arm over for his very occasional medium-pace and struck in three consecutive overs for lower-order wickets, including that of Peirson. Bell had taken 3 for 42 and Wade finished with 3 for 13.

'Loss will put us into gear for West Indies game' – Coetzer

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

The Scotland captain didn’t regret his decision to bowl first; hopes loss serves as a wake-cup call ahead of a must-win game

Liam Brickhill in Harare18-Mar-2018Scotland didn’t feature too highly in many pre-tournament favourites lists, but they were the only unbeaten team alongside hosts Zimbabwe, against whom they tied, until Sunday. Kyle Coetzer, the captain, suggested that their 25-run loss to Ireland had at least simplified the equation for them.”Not the result we were looking for today, but we know what’s ahead of us now,” said Coetzer. “We know what we need to do, and we can get our heads around that and prepare accordingly. It’s a simple equation really, the West Indies game is pretty crucial.”Scotland’s decision to bowl first, albeit under grey skies, may have surprised a few but Coetzer defended the move. “I know it was still the right thing to do,” he said. “It was a great pitch for a majority of the day, and it definitely swung and moved around early. You can always look with hindsight, but we created opportunities to take wickets in that innings.””The wicket got better as the day went along. It was a great batting track and the ball slid on nicely. Spin has been pretty crucial throughout this tournament, but there were no demons in that pitch.”Coetzer’s boundary-laden 61 had put Scotland on top in the early stages of their chase, but they then slipped from 94 for 1 to 132 for 6. “Unfortunately it didn’t all go our way, and that’s the nature of the game. We have to take that on the chin and pick ourselves up quickly,” Coetzer said. “Maybe [we conceded]10 or 15 too many, but our bowlers came and bowled outstandingly at the start, and brilliantly at the end.”O’Brien and Balbirnie played some great cricket; they didn’t give us a sniff, and credit to them for that. But we got ourselves back in the game with some excellent bowling at the death. That was definitely chaseable, on today’s pitch.”We didn’t quite nail it, and there were crucial moments in the game that maybe you could look back and think ‘we should have done that differently’. There was a clear collapse in the middle there that put the pressure on, but you can see how close we did get in the end.”Scotland still sit alongside Zimbabwe at the top of the points table, and a win over West Indies on Wednesday would assure them of a place in Sunday’s final.”The tournament’s been amazing. There’s been some amazing cricket, some exciting cricket, and we’re one of the two Associates here fighting for that place in the World Cup,” he said. We’ve still got some points to prove.”We’re learning a lot, and we’re a very dangerous team. We know we are. This is our first loss of the tournament, and maybe it’s what we needed to get us into gear for the next game.”

Rachin Ravindra learning on the job in Bangladesh

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Though his batting is yet to come good, the left-arm fingerspinning allounder has picked up four wickets in two T20Is

Deivarayan Muthu04-Sep-2021Rachin Ravindra had fairly a low-key return to the scene of his first Under-19 World Cup from more than five years ago, falling for a golden duck in New Zealand’s drubbing in the first T20I against Bangladesh. Two days later, Ravindra claimed 3 for 22 – his best T20 figures – to stall Bangladesh’s progress after their openers had struck up a 59-run stand.At first, Liton Das unleashed a slog-swept six to unsettle Ravindra, but the left-arm fingerspinner responded by shortening his length, finding some turn and having the batter playing on for 33 off 29 balls. Next ball, he tricked Mushfiqur Rahim to such an extent that a master of these conditions was stumped for a duck. The hat-trick ball was darted into the surface, stopping on it so much that Shakib Al Hasan almost spooned a return catch.Ravindra had success bowling at the death too, sliding one away from Mohammad Naim’s swinging arc and having him dragging a catch to long-on. “Yeah, it was nice,” the up-and-coming allrounder said as he recalled the spell. “I think it was good to be able to break up partnerships a little bit and contribute a bit; ultimately lead to a few poles and a couple of dots. It was good to have those comms, especially Tommy [Latham]; just discussing with them [about] how to go about it and I think that sort of helped me a lot in being able to bounce off those senior guys.”Ravindra said that pushing the ball quicker through the air and bowling into the pitch is his default mode of operation in T20 cricket. The other left-arm fingerspinner, Ajaz Patel, reaped 1 for 7 in his four overs in the first match with a similar bowling style.”That’s usually how I look to bowl in T20s – trying to bowl a little bit back of a length that sticks hard and in these conditions. It works quite well [here] because the odd ball can skid or turn and it’s quite hard to hit down the ground using that pace.”Related

  • Out-of-form Colin de Grandhomme stares at uncertain NZ future

  • Glenn Pocknall: New Zealand 'are going to fight fire with fire'

  • Inexperienced players 'learning on the job effectively' the biggest plus, says Henry Nicholls

  • For Ajaz Patel, the plan is to 'bowl into the wicket and spin the ball hard'

  • Young NZ look to keep series alive as Bangladesh grow from strength to strength

Adapting to Dhaka’s pitches as a batter though is an entirely different proposition. Ravindra has made only 10 runs in two innings. It had been a similar struggle at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, where he managed 58 runs in five innings at strike rate of 54.20.Ravindra understands he needs to do more. “It’ll be nice to bat a little bit longer and hopefully contribute a few more runs towards a win,” he said. “I think it’s about hitting good cricket shots on these sort of wickets. You play good cricket shots, you’re going to get that boundary eventually. You don’t necessarily need to manufacture too much, but seeing the way he [Latham] played to his strengths and hit his sweeps, [it] looks like he was well-prepared.”Despite suffering back-to-back losses and facing a must-win situation so early in the series, Ravindra said the mood in the camp was upbeat and that New Zealand weren’t too far away from clicking in unison.”As I said, the improvement between game one and game two is incredible, maybe on a slightly better surface, but it showed in our batting, especially the way we were able to adapt. I think that’s great signs coming up for our next three games. We can look to take learnings from here and we are still not firing on all cylinders. Hopefully, we can get it right next game and get our combinations right and hopefully [get] a win.”

Chris Gayle returns to Jamaica Tallawahs in CPL

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Gayle led Tallawahs to their two titles in 2013 and 2016, before leaving for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

ESPNcricinfo staff04-May-2019Chris Gayle will return to Jamaica Tallawahs in the CPL after a gap of two seasons. Tallawahs announced Gayle as their marquee player on Saturday for the upcoming season in September-October, with the draft scheduled to take place on May 22.”We are delighted to have Chris playing for his home team for the 2019 season,” Tallawahs COO Jeff Miller said in a release. “There is no bigger name in Twenty20 cricket, and we can’t wait for him to arrive and make the Jamaican fans proud. We are looking forward to Chris being a big part of our push for a third CPL title.”Gayle previously led Tallawahs to their two titles in 2013 and 2016, and also top-scored in both those finals against Guyana Amazon Warriors. He left them after the 2016 season to join St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and led them to the final in 2017 and the playoffs in 2018. Returning to his home team now, he will be one of the captaincy options for Tallawahs.Gayle is the leading run-scorer in CPL with a tally of 2111 and has three centuries in the league, all for Tallawahs. They will be playing five home games at Sabina Park this time, once the tournament starts on September 4, compared to last season when three of the five Tallawahs designated home matches were played in Florida to satisfy an agreement signed by the Tallawahs Florida-based ownership group.Pete Russell, COO of the CPL, stated at a press conference in Guyana last month that the CPL would not be playing any games in Florida for the 2019 season due to poor attendance. The Tallawahs 2018 matches against Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders drew strong support for the visitors in Florida but not the Tallawahs, which sparked critical comments from captain Andre Russell. The third match played by Tallawahs in Florida against Barbados Tridents only drew 700 people compared to sellout crowds at Sabina Park.Gayle will be playing the World Cup – after which he is expected to retire from ODIs – having ended the IPL in good form this year. He scored 462 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 158.76 and average of 42, with four half-centuries, for Kings XI Punjab.

Wayne Madsen, Luis Reece reach centuries as Derbyshire pile on runs

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Opener Reece bats all day for unbeaten on 123 while Madsen ends 147 not out, having passed 1,000 runs for summer

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay24-Sep-2025Derbyshire 389 for 2 (Madsen 147*, Reece 123*, Donald 55) vs Kent Wayne Madsen and Luis Reece both made centuries as Derbyshire piled on the runs in their Rothesay County Championship match with Kent at Canterbury, reaching 389 for 2 at the end of day one.Opener Reece batted all day and was unbeaten on 123 while Madsen was 147 not out, having passed 1,000 runs for the summer. By stumps their partnership was 231, a Derbyshire record for the third wicket against Kent.Reece’s fellow opener Aneurin Donald chipped in with 55 as the home bowlers struggled to make any impact.It says something about the way Kent’s season has gone that the loudest applause of the day came midway through the afternoon session, when it was announced the coffee machine in the Lime Tree cafe had been fixed.Third-placed Derbyshire chose to bat against a side guaranteed to finish bottom of Division Two and the morning session went to form, with the visitors reaching 108 for 1 at lunch.The sole victim was Donald, who was bowled leg-stump by Michael Cohen, shortly after he’d driven him through the covers to bring up his 50.When play resumed Reece tickled a Grant Stewart delivery down the leg side for four to reach his half-century and although Matt Parkinson had Harry Came stumped by Harry Finch for 35 at the start of the next over, Madsen joined Reece and reached four figures for the first-class season, the eighth time he’s reached that milestone.Kent were docked six points for a slow over rate in their last game with Leicestershire but despite, or perhaps because of this, there was widespread incredulity when the tea interval was taken on time, for the first time it what seemed like an eon, with the visitors on 238 for 2.Madsen took a single off Cohen to reach 50 and then dumped Jaydn Denly over cow corner for six.Reece scampered a single off Parkinson to reach his century, before he played a dreadful shot to the very next delivery, skying Parkinson straight to Ben Dawkins, who somehow dropped him.Madsen took two from a Stewart no ball to get to three figures, then overtook his partner before hitting a six off Corey Flintoff that broke Derbyshire’s record stand for the third wicket, the 202 put on by Chris Adams and Dean Jones at this venue in 1997.Madsen nearly perished in the final over when he hit Parkinson to long on, but Stewart couldn’t pick the flight of the ball and the chance went begging.

Tom Westley withstands Duanne Olivier fire as Essex avoid follow-on against Yorkshire

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Westley hit on head by Olivier ball, goes on to reach 77 as Essex trail by 138 runs after three days

David Hopps05-Jun-2019Duanne Olivier has struck ten batsmen on the head in English first-class cricket this season – and the county season has barely entered June. Tom Westley, an Essex batsman of England pedigree, was the latest casualty on Wednesday as Olivier advanced his reputation as the most malevolent fast bowler in the county game.When Olivier abandoned his international career in February in favour of a three-year deal at Yorkshire, Cricket South Africa understandably termed it bad news for the global game. It was certainly bad news for county batsmen. Concussion checks have become a regular sight of the Yorkshire season.Out-and-out fast bowlers are allowed to hit batsmen, and they are even allowed to relish the benefits that accrue as a result, but with that sort of record you can’t help but look on with a certain amount of trepidation.Westley responded in style, striking 77 out of 252 for 9, his highest Championship score of the season, and looking polished while he did so. Essex remain 138 behind but the follow-on was averted in a contentious finish to the third day at Emerald Headingley which had Olivier at its heart – or more accurately not at its heart – as he failed to bowl in what became a guessing game about what the umpires might allow in supposedly indifferent light.The ball that struck Westley did not get up as much as he anticipated – “It was a bit of indifferent bounce, I would duck it one hundred times out of a hundred,” he said. He did not believe there is anything particularly difficult in Olivier’s action that makes his bouncer hard to pick up. So we must put it down to the fact that he bowls rather a lot of them, at close to 90mph.Essex were 19 runs short of avoiding the follow-on with eight down and 22 overs remaining when umpires Steve O’Shaughnessy and Neil Mallender took the sides off for bad light to protestations from several Yorkshire players and a more acrimonious reaction from the crowd.Yorkshire had delayed the second new ball as long as they dared, and Ben Coad bowled the first over with it, but as they sensed a quick kill the umpires then suspended play. Umpires can brandish light meters and quote readings for all they are worth, but the sight of Olivier at the end of his mark must have influenced their decision to withdraw.Surprisingly, they returned 50 minutes later, but this time there was no Olivier. Yorkshire’s skipper, Steve Patterson, about 15mph slower, took the new ball instead. “Tactical,” he insisted, somewhat forcefully, although “pragmatic” might have been a better word for it. He quickly had Jamie Porter caught at slip with Essex still 18 runs short of safety. But they escaped in bullish fashion when Peter Siddle (who had been dropped on nought) lofted him straight for six.Yorkshire, apparently, are keeping count of Olivier’s helmet blows in the dressing room. Some supporters, though, are not that easily impressed, grumbling that he would be better trying to hit the top of off stump. There as a time earlier in the season when they also reckoned he had struck more batsmen than taking wickets, although with 21 at roughly 30 runs apiece, wickets now have a clear lead.Thirty apiece is no proof of outright domination. But batsmen rarely feel comfortable when Olivier is bearing down. Senses work overtime. A short ball is a constant possibility. His run-up does not advertise his 90mph capability, but a strong front-on action and snap of shoulder and wrist can produce something special, especially if there is bounce in the pitch.In his last international series, Pakistan were troubled by a constant barrage of short balls. He took 24 wickets in three Tests over Christmas and New Year. South Africa imagined that, at 27, he would give them years of service. In the week that Dale Steyn passed Shaun Pollock’s record number of Test wickets for South Africa, his eyes narrowed at what havoc Olivier might wreak.Instead he became the 43rd Kolpak to enter county cricket since the regulation came into force in 2004 (South Africans calculate these things, sometimes resentfully), the collapse of the Rand enabling him to earn three times as much.On a pre-season tour of South Africa, Durham’s Cameron Steel was hit and needed 10 days out with concussion; his season has still to take root. Alex Blake and Ollie Robinson, the Kent batsmen, both needed concussion checks at Canterbury. Against Hampshire, wicketkeeper Lewis McManus was hit twice and automatically ruled out of the game. It would have been no surprise to learn that bowls of raw meat had been left for Olivier outside the Yorkshire dressing room.Essex’s first innings was nevertheless in good order when the loss of Westley, who edged to the wicketkeeper as David Willey shaded one away from around the wicket, was followed by a little gem from Ravi Bopara. But the match winked at Yorkshire in mid-afternoon when they took three wickets for one run in 22 balls to leave Essex 191 for 6, still 50 short of the follow-on.Olivier was the instigator, ending Dan Lawrence’s ponderous resistance when he overbalanced on a clip to midwicket, a sharp diving catch by Will Fraine, and Bopara on 44, dragged on as he tried to pull from wide of off stump.Dom Bess’ offspin was rewarded in between when he had Ryan ten Doeschate caught at slip for a fourth-ball duck. Bess found little turn but he bowled with decent flight and change of pace on a day when he also had Nick Browne lbw and Simon Harmer caught to his left at slip by Adam Lyth, a catch that might have taken a slight deflection of the keeper’s gloves. Even when Westley hit him straight for six, the ball came back damaged enough, according to Willey, for a hint of reverse swing. Yorkshire are lucky to have a loan player of such promise.Yorkshire’s discipline in the second half of the day was admirable and along the way, Essex’s debutant, fourth-choice wicketkeeper, Will Buttleman, endured a 37-ball duck. On the first day, he told the that he was thrilled to travel to the game in Sir Alastair Cook’s car. Two days later, he couldn’t get his innings into gear. He stuck it out until Willey had him caught at the wicket, slamming it into fourth. In a fairer world, he’d at least have nicked a single somewhere.

Will Dhoni's criticism fire up CSK bowlers?

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Less than 48 hours after MS Dhoni pulled his boys up for not executing plans properly in the field, they come up against the wily Sunrisers

The Preview by Alagappan Muthu12-May-20185:23

Manjrekar: Sunrisers have all their bases covered

Form guide (most recent match first)

  • Chennai Super Kings: lost to Rajasthan Royals by four wickets, beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets, lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets

  • Sunrisers Hyderabad: beat Delhi Daredevils by nine wickets, beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five runs, beat Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets

Big Picture

Remember all those times you flunked a test and were sent to extra coaching before the crack of dawn? Well, Chennai Super Kings might experience some of that as they prepare to meet the already-qualified Sunrisers Hyderabad.MS Dhoni actually looked like the dad who just didn’t know what to do with his kid – shrugging and shaking his head in exasperation – on Friday. After protecting his rag-tag bunch from cat-calls of “you’re too old” and “you field like a hologram”, the man has had enough. Execution matters, he said. Planning alone won’t work, he said. The bowlers need to commit to the plans, he said.Now, there would almost always be a pesky friend in this scenario, one who scores 90s and 100s all the time, sniggering away in the background. That’s Kane Williamson and his boys. They’re through to the knockouts of the IPL and they passed that test despite a ton of out-of-syllabus questions set by Professor Pant.CSK’s bowling is only threatening on slower pitches. With the ball not coming onto the bat, their spinners suffocate oppositions. But the problem is Sunrisers have two of the very best in that very art – Rashid Khan and Shakib Al Hasan. So perhaps they should hope for a batting pitch so they can outgun the table-toppers?

In the news

The shoulder injury that kept Wriddhiman Saha out of Sunrisers’ last match has not healed completely yet. Shreevats Goswami may get another game on Sunday.Super Kings have once again arranged a train to bring 1000 fans from Chennai to Pune to watch the match.

Previous meeting

CSK were going nowhere until Ambati Rayudu made the scoreboard move like errant children under the glare of the headmaster and set up a four-run win over Sunrisers.

Likely XIs

Chennai Super Kings: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Karn Sharma, 10 Shardul Thakur, 11 Lungi NgidiSunrisers Hyderabad: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Siddharth Kaul, 11 Sandeep Sharma

Strategy punt

Offspin has worked against Dhoni (strike rate 92) and Suresh Raina (strike rate 112). To do that Sunrisers may want to bring in Mohammad Nabi, but use him after Ambati Rayudu (strike rate 148) and Shane Watson (strike rate 157) are out of the picture because they’ve been wallopping offspinnersMaybe Rashid Khan could target Rayudu (strike rate of 127 v legspin) and Shakib Al Hasan can work on Watson, who has faced 11 balls from a left-arm spinner and lost his wicket twice. All figures mentioned are for this IPL season only.On the flip side, CSK can try Karn Sharma against Shakib. The head-to-head in all T20s reads: seven balls, zero runs and two wickets.

Stats that matter

  • Sunrisers have won six matches in a row so far, making it their longest winning streak in the IPL
  • Watson needs 11 runs to get to 3000 in the IPL. And he has been in such form this season that he’s not been troubled by fast bowling (strike rate 154, average 39) or spin bowling (strike rate 151, average 30)
  • Kane Williamson will be vital for Sunrisers to negotiate Super Kings because he’s been magic against slow bowling this IPL: 202 runs in 164 balls, only one dismissal
  • Dwayne Bravo has probably been the only fast bowler CSK can trust and he’s got a good record against Sunrisers: 13 wickets in 29 overs at an economy rate of 7.6

Fantasy pick

Take Dhoni. He averages 61 and strikes at 158 against Sunrisers. He is also fairly prolific in Pune with 456 runs in 16 innings.Sandeep Sharma (six wickets in 14 overs) and Shakib (four wickets in 11 overs) also have an excellent record at the MCA stadium.

Nathan Gilchrist agrees Warwickshire move, Tom Price heading to Sussex

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Kent seamer turned down contract extension but Tawanda Muyeye has agreed new deal

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Jul-2025Nathan Gilchrist, the Zimbabwe-born English-qualified seamer, has turned down a contract extension at Kent and will move to Warwickshire at the end of the season.Kent have however received a boost with the news that highly rated batter Tawanda Muyeye has signed a new deal until the end of the 2027 season, with the option for a further year.Gilchrist, 25, came through Somerset’s academy before joining Kent in 2020. He initially broke into the red-ball team, and has since taken 107 first-class wickets for the club at an average of 32.40.In 2022, he was part of the Kent team that won the Royal London One-Day Cup, claiming 3 for 65 in the final. He only made his T20 debut last year, but has since taken 29 wickets at 18.93, albeit at an economy of over 10.”This was an extremely tough decision for me to make, but this is the best move for me, and for my career, at this point in time,” Gilchrist said.Related

  • Craig Miles returns to Gloucestershire

  • Durham bring back Codi Yusuf for second overseas spell

  • Imam-ul-Haq joins Yorkshire after Ruturaj Gaikwad withdraws from deal

“I’d like to thank everyone at Kent for believing in me from day one when I arrived here as a 20-year-old looking to prove myself back in 2020. I hope that I have done just that and I’m extremely proud to have been a Kent cricketer.”I’ve made some lifelong friendships during my time at the club, and under Adam Hollioake, I can definitely see a bright future for Kent. I’d also like to give a big thank you to the Kent Members and supporters for all the support that they have given me during my time here.”It’s not quite goodbye just yet, and I’m fully focused on ending this season on a high note. Hopefully we can make some more great memories together to go with all of the others that we’ve made over the past five years.”Warwickshire subsequently confirmed that Gilchrist had agreed a three-year deal with the club. “Nathan is a proven performer at county level who has demonstrated real quality with the ball,” Ian Westwood, Warwickshire’s head coach, said.Kent’s director of cricket, Simon Cook, said: “We’re disappointed that Nathan has chosen to not sign a new contract here and move to Warwickshire, but we wish him all the very best for the future. He will always be welcome back at the Spitfire Ground.”The retention of Muyeye is a positive, with the 24-year-old having topped Kent’s run-scoring charts as they qualified for the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast. As well as recording a maiden T20 hundred this season, he has made 570 runs at 35.62 in Division Two of the County Championship.Muyeye was also born in Zimbabwe but came to the UK as a refugee before attending Eastbourne College. He signed for Kent in 2021 and has since played more than 100 times for the county.”This club is now my home, and I’m delighted to commit my future to Kent,” Muyeye said. “Ever since I arrived here, I’ve been so grateful for the support that my team-mates, coaches and the Kent supporters have given me.”I’m determined to continue to develop as a player in a Kent shirt and put in more match-winning performances.”

Price signs for Sussex

Tom Price gets a hug from James Bracey•Getty Images

Another promising young player on the move is Gloucestershire allrounder Tom Price, who has agreed a three-year deal with Sussex. He will also move at the close of the 2025 season.Price, 25, made his Gloucestershire debut in a tour match against Australia in 2019. His most-memorable moment came in 2023, when he became the first player in history to score a century and take a hat-trick on the same day of a first-class match, against Worcestershire at New Road.Overall, he made 35 first-class appearances, taking 94 wickets at 31.11. His time at Gloucestershire was disrupted by injury, and he only featured sporadically in white-ball cricket – but he did feature in Gloucestershire’s T20 Blast win last season, playing in both games on Finals Day.”I’m really excited by and grateful for this amazing opportunity at Sussex Cricket,” Price said. “It’s a very impressive club, with a lot of ambition, a squad that’s going from strength to strength and a highly respected group of coaches and support staff – it was always going to be a hard decision for me to leave my home club but I’ve had some very positive conversations and really believe this is a great fit.”I’m really grateful the club are putting their faith in me for the next few years. I’m excited to continue developing my game, and will give everything I can to help the club win games and trophies. I look forward to meeting everyone when I join up in November.”Paul Farbrace, Sussex’s director of cricket, said: “We are all delighted that Tom has committed to joining us at Hove for the next stage of his career. He has been so impressive during the recruitment process, that involved our full coaching staff.”Tom is someone I have followed closely for a few years now, he is a genuine all round cricketer who will really enhance our talented squad, and I look forward to him being a central player for us in all forms of the game.”Price is the second Gloucestershire player to agree a switch to Hove for next season, after tall seamer Dom Goodman signed a three-year contract with Sussex earlier this month.

Threlkeld judges the conditions as Thunder ride out the Storm

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

Unbeaten half-century does enough to edge victory by two runs on DLS method

ECB Reporters Network07-Sep-2024Eleanor Threlkeld staged a superbly-judged knock of 69 not out as Thunder beat Western Storm by two runs on the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method in a rain-shortened Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy contest at Taunton’s Cooper Associates Ground.Thunder’s captain won the toss, elected to bat first and then led by example as the visitors raised 216 for 9 from 50 overs, Alice Clarke weighing in with 41 and Grace Johnson contributing a useful 23, their efforts representing atonement for three self-inflicted run outs in a rollercoaster innings.Making her final appearance of what has been a successful campaign in Storm colours, Australian international Amanda-Jade Wellington signed off with 2 for 28 from 10 overs, her leg breaks doing much to undermine northern progress during the middle overs. Restored to the attack, Mollie Robbins impressed with the new ball and again at the death to finish with 3 for 28, keeping things tight while her fellow seamers proved expensive.Required to score at four an over as the rain clouds gathered away to the south west, Storm appeared to be in control of their own destiny. Openers Emma Corney and Sophia Smale departed early on, but the experienced pair of Sophie Luff and Fran Wilson restored calm and were in a position to dictate terms.But the third wicket pair inexplicably failed to move their team ahead of the DLS requirement of 71 as the rain began to fall and, when umpires Mark Newell and Fiona Richards finally led the players off the field after 20 overs, Storm were 69 for 2 with Luff and Wilson unbeaten on 16 and 13 respectively.Needing to resume their innings if they were to register a second win in three days and move off the foot of the table, Storm were ultimately frustrated by the weather, the umpires deciding they had no option but to abandon the game at 4.42pm.When Storm last encountered Eve Jones, playing for Central Sparks on this ground two weeks earlier, they found themselves on the receiving end of a match-winning 130. No wonder Ellie Anderson celebrated when having the experienced opener caught at the wicket for 16 with the score on 26 after Thunder had won the toss. But the home side had to be patient thereafter as Clarke and Seren Smale staged a steadying partnership of 40 in 10 overs for the second wicket.Wellington entered the fray with the scoreboard on 66 for 1 and immediately made her presence felt, having Smale comprehensively stumped by Katie Jones for 18 and then accepting a straightforward return catch to send back Fi Morris for six. When she was not taking wickets herself, the Australian was spreading panic among the opposition, her reputation inducing muddled thinking and contributing to a trio of run outs that saw the visitors lose their way.Danielle Collins was run out by Fran Wilson’s throw from the deep, while Clarke was nine runs short of a maiden half century when she was run out in the act of backing up her captain as Thunder slipped to 102 for 5. Threlkeld pushed a ball from Wellington into the leg side and set off on a single, only for stop-start confusion to set in, allowing Emma Corney time to throw in to Jones, who completed a slapstick dismissal. It was a disappointing end to a workmanlike innings that had seen Blackburn-born left-hander Clarke graft her way to 41 from 78 balls.Panic reared it’s head once more when Wellington returned to bowl the 37th over. Having gone along nicely in accruing 23 in a stand of 43 with Threlkeld, Grace Johnson clipped a ball from Wellington behind square and was called through for a risky single by her captain.Corney’s pick-up and throw was precise and Johnson was still out of her ground when Wellington whipped the bails off. Darcey Carter then played on to the returning Robbins as the visitors further subsided to 149 for 7.Having been involved in two of the three run outs, Threlkeld no doubt felt it incumbent upon herself to make amends, the 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batter taking charge of affairs to claim a spirited unbeaten half century and ensure the tail wagged. Tara Norris played her part, contributing 11 runs in a partnership of 34 for the eighth wicket, before being caught at the wicket by Jones, standing up to Robbins, who then had Hannah Jones held by Luff at mid-on later in the same over on her way to season’s best figures.Thereafter, Sophie Morris faced 13 balls without scoring, surviving long enough for Threlkeld to reach her 50, Thunder’s skipper going to that landmark from 77 balls with a reverse sweep off Sophia Smale for her fourth boundary. Storm succumbed to pressure at the death, Anderson being removed from the attack after sending down two beamers and being replaced by Alex Griffiths in a final over that cost 17 runs as the last wicket pair raised an unbeaten alliance of 33.

Maxwell puts Test snub behind with match-winning hand against Sixers

by n8rngtd.top Uncategorized

He followed up an unbeaten half-century with two key outfield catches

AAP09-Jan-2025Glenn Maxwell’s heroics inspired the Melbourne Stars to a crucial 16-run upset of the ladder-leading Sydney Sixers at the MCG, keeping their slim BBL finals chances alive.On the same day his Test ambitions likely ended for good, Maxwell belted a game-high unbeaten 58 and took two important catches in the deep.Related

  • Connolly, McSweeney, Kuhnemann included for Sri Lanka tour

  • Hasnain returns to BBL with Sydney Thunder

  • How Mitch Owen became Hobart Hurricanes' century-making opener

Marcus Stoinis was out cheaply, but Stars’ captain claimed 2 for 30 in a valuable contribution with the ball.Ben Duckett appeared to have cost Stars dearly when he dropped countryman James Vince on 36. It was only two weeks ago Vince smashed an unbeaten century in a thumping Sixers win against Stars at the SCG on Boxing Day.But Maxwell made no mistake when he hung on to a high catch in the deep, leading to Vince departing for 53. The 36-year-old almost spilled the chance, too, and stayed on the ground for a long time in pure relief.Just two balls later, Maxwell was in the action again when he took a catch to dismiss Sixers captain Moises Henriques, sparking passionate, animated celebrations with Stoinis and other Stars players.James Vince scored a half-century but the Sixers fell away after his dismissal•Getty Images

Maxwell was overlooked for Australia’s Test tour of Sri Lanka on Thursday, with selectors preferring younger options in the squad.Numerous replays were needed to decide on a return catch to Stars spinner Usama Mir, with Sixers allrounder Jack Edwards eventually given out by the TV umpire.Stuck in a deep hole at 64 for 4 at the halfway mark of their innings, Stars were rescued by an 88-run stand between Maxwell and Test hero Beau Webster.After a fairytale debut for Australia, Webster’s golden run continued when he was out off a no-ball and was called back, then was dropped by Vince.During Maxwell’s blazing 32-ball knock, he became the fifth player in BBL history to reach 3000 career runs, joining Chris Lynn, Aaron Finch, D’Arcy Short and Henriques.Play was stopped for about two minutes after a seagull was taken down by a powerful shot from Vince.After starting the season 0-5, Stars can still qualify for finals if they beat the Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes in their remaining two games and other results go their way.Sixers (4-2, one no-result) missed a golden opportunity to consolidate their position on top of the table ahead of a clash at the SCG on Saturday against Perth Scorchers.