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England Women have named their 15 member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2023 scheduled to be held in South Africa from February 10 to 26.
The team will be captained by Heather Knight and have the likes of Amy Jones, Danni Wyatt and Kate Cross in their line ups.
England Women are in Group B alongwith India, West Indies, Ireland and Pakistan. The likes of Issy Wong & Dani Gibson have been named as reserve players.
This is the new Paarl Royals shirt 2023, the first ever jersey for the Paarl based SA20 franchise as they prepare to do battle in the inaugural edition of South Africa’s new T20 league. The new Paarl SA T20 kit is a pink one- the franchise are owned by the same folks who are in charge of the Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise (they wear pink too), and was officially unveiled on January 6, 2022.
Afrihost are primary shirt sponsors of this new Paarl T20 kit, as can be seen in the pics below (their logo can be seen alongside that of title sponsors Dafa)
Here are the list of players bought by Chennai Super Kings for the 2023 auction which was held in Kochi on Friday, December 23. Continue reading “List of Players Bought by Chennai Super Kings for IPL Auction 2023”
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka led from the front by scoring a sparkling unbeaten 56 as Sri Lanka beat India by 16 runs in the second T20 international to level the three match series 1-1. Continue reading “India vs Sri Lanka Second T20I Pune Match Report 2022”
Kane Williamson has opted to step down as New Zealand test captain and has handed over the reins to pacer Tim Southee after six years at the helm. Williamson has however chosen to stay on as white ball captain (ODI’s and T20’s) and will also continue to be a playing member of the test side. Continue reading “Williamson hands over the reins to Southee- another Fab Four member steps down”
Official crowd numbers by Day for Australia v South Africa SCG 2023 Test
Aus v SA SCG Day 1 official Attendance 4 January 2023: 31,264
Aus v SA SCG Day 2 official Attendance 5 Jan Thursday: 27,663
Aus v Proteas Day 3 Attendance SCG January 6 2023: 23,915 (No play due to rain)
Australia v SA Day 4 official Attendance Sydney 2023 Jan 7: 19,134
Aus v SA Final Day 5 SCG Crowd January 8 2023: 20,470
Total crowd over 5 days for SCG 2023 Test between Australia and South Africa: 122,476
A very good crowd of 31,264 was in attendance for Day 1 of the third and final test (Jan 4 2023, Wednesday) between Australia and South Africa at the MCG. The day was affected by rain and bad light, with Australia finishing on 147/2 after having chosen to bat first- only 47 overs of play were possible of the allotted 90.
The SCG third test Day 1 crowd was better than the 29,306 who turned up in Brisbane but less than half of the 64,876 strong crowd at the MCG in Melbourne on Boxing Day for the second test’s opening day.
27,663 were present on Day 2 when Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith both struck hundreds as Australia moved to 475/4. No play was possible on Day 3, but still, the SCG had 23,915 fans arrive at the venue. Day 4 had only 59 overs of play possible and saw a crowd of 19,134 turn up in the NSW capital.
Day 5 at the SCG for Australia South Africa saw an official attendance of 20,470- the game ended in a draw.
