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England have named their playing XI for the first Ashes test against Australia at Edgabston starting on June 16, Friday.
Veteran all rounder Moeen Ali, who recently came out of his retirement to participate in the Ashes returns in the playing XI.
Continue reading “England XI for First Ashes Test at Edgabston vs Australia 2023- Moeen Ali Returns”
England have released their new kit ahead of the five match Ashes series against Australia beginning later next month.
The first of the five test matches will be played on June 16 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The team will be captained by all rounder Ben Stokes and have the likes of Joe Root, veteran James Anderson, Chris Woakes and Harry Brook in their set up.
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England have released their new T20 kit for the upcoming 2023/2024 international season. Made by Castore, the new T20 cricket shirt was officially unveiled on 26 April, 2023. England speedster Mark Wood was seen modelling the new jersey along with the likes of Sophia Dunkley.
Cinch is the official sponsor of this kit while Castore are the manufacturers. The kit is predominantly red and blue and takes design elements from the crest (see the lion below). The back is plain though- it doesn’t contain the design on the front. England are the reigning T20 World Cup champions in the men’s format, having won it in Australia last year.
Continue reading “New England T20 Jersey 2023-24 | Castore English Cricket Red Blue T20 Kit 23-24”
South Africa’s women became the first senior team from the country to reach an ICC World Cup final as they stunned England in front of a 7,507 strong crowd at Newlands. The Proteas mens’ team have never reached a World Cup final and few would’ve expected the women to achieve that feat after they stumbled through the group stages (losing to Sri Lanka in the opener and also getting thrashed by Australia), but backed by a noisy, partisan home crowd in Cape Town, they upset Group 2 winners England, who had been unbeaten in the tournament coming into this semi-final.
Proteas skipper Sune Luus won the toss and opted to bat first. Openers Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits began cautiously, scoring only 14 runs in the first four overs. However, like in the last game against Bangladesh, they began to accelerate, and reached 67/0 at the half-way stage.
At the end of the 16th over, South Africa were 125/1, but scored only 21 off the next three. However Katherine Brunt’s last over was a poor one, and Marizanne Kapp smashed her for three boundaries as the hosts picked up 18 from it and reached a competitive 164/4 after 20 overs.
In contrast to the Proteas Women, England began well, scoring 53 off the first 5 overs. A double wicket over from Shabnim Ismail, where she accounted for Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey (the latter brilliantly caught by Tazmin Brits) brought them back into the game, but Dani Wyatt and Nat Sciver kept the scoreboard ticking, and the visitors were 81/2 after 9 overs.
Nadine de Klerk’s tight bowling in the middle stages helped the Proteas Ladies immensely- she was introduced in the 10th over and finished with stunning figures of 4-0-17-1. More importantly, she also accounted for Sciver in the 17th over, leaving England 28 to get off the final three.
Here are the list of all foreign players bought in the Women’s Premier League T20 auction 2023 held on 13 February, 2023.
Edit– on March 4, 2023, Deandra Dottin (WI) was replaced by Kim Garth (AUS) at Gujarat Giants.
March 9, 2023- Beth Mooney (AUS) replaced by Laura Wolvaardt (SA) at Gujarat Giants.
Each franchise had six overseas (non-Indian) slots available, so there were 30 players in all who got bids. The vast majority of the foreign players bought at the 2023 WIPL were Australian- no surprise given how they have dominated the women’s game in recent years.
Most costly overseas players at Women’s IPL 2023?
The costliest foreign players at the WIPL 2023 were Australia’s Ash Gardner and England’s Nat Sciver, both of whom got bids of INR 3.2 crores (320 lakh INR or AUD 557K or GBP 320K)
Any associate player bought at the WIPL 2023 auction?
The only associate nation player purchased at the WIPL auction was American Tara Norris, who went to Delhi Capitals for 10 lakh INR.
How many Australian players purchased at the Women’s Indian Premier League auction?
Originally, there were 14 Australian women’s cricketers bought at the WIPL. This increased to 15 on March 4, 2023 when Kim Garth was officially chosen by Gujarat Giants to replace the injured Deandra Dottin (WI) Continue reading “List of all Foreign Players bought at WPL Auction 2023 | 30 Overseas Slots WIPL 2023 by Team & Bid Price”
A nice crowd of 10,097 was officially in attendance for the second SA vs England cricket ODI at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein today. The official crowd figure was displayed on television around the 36th over of the first innings (England were asked to bat first by Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma).
South Africa, who had won the first ODI in Bloem less than 48 hours ago, made three changes for this clash, with Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen coming in for Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada and Sisanda Magala respectively.
Bloemfontein is not a SA20 venue, but this attendance compares reasonably well with the SA20 crowds (which have tended to range between 10 and 16,000 at most venues)
