Rashid slams Ashwin mankad: ‘We don’t play our cricket like that’
Yorkshire and England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has admitted that he would not like to see one of his teams involved in an incident such as the recent mankad involving Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin. Mankads remain vanishingly rare in cricket but in spite of this – or arguably because of it – are among the […]
Middlesex announce signing of De Villiers for 2019 T20 blast
Middlesex have confirmed that they have completed the signing of AB De Villiers ahead of the 2019 Vitality Blast.
Why an Ashes return for Alastair Cook could be more romantic than his send-off
Cook is one of the greatest ever to play in Test cricket. England are lacking in quality batsmen. Surely not?!
Markram: Tour match loss a timely reality check
Proteas batsman Aiden Markram says the four-wicket loss to the Prime Minister’s XI on Wednesday is a timely reality check ahead of the opening One-Day International (ODI) against Australia in Perth on Sunday. The Proteas were bundled out for 173 in 42 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat, with the inexperienced […]
Finch: That Powerplay was horrific, it was like a car crash in slow motion
Aaron Finch has described watching his team collapse in the first T20I against Pakistan as being like ‘a car crash in slow motion’. Finch himself was dismissed in the first over of the chase for a duck and was followed later in that same over by opening partner D’Arcy Short. Australia slumped to 89 all […]