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Tim Paine would be "very interested" in putting his name forward to be Adelaide Strikers' head coach if South Australia decide to split the state and BBL coaching roles following Jason Gillespie's departure.There is a significant overhaul going on at South Australia this off-season with long-time general manager of high performance Tim Nielsen departing along with Gillespie. Luke Williams, who has become a sought-after coach in T20 leagues, has also stepped down as head coach of the women's state team although will remain in charge of the WBBL side and has signed as an assistant coach in the BBL.Paine was an assistant coach with Strikers in last season's BBL as they reached the Challenger final and is keen to progress his career but remained realistic about where he would stand."Would I l...

Abhishek Sharma put his powerplay bash - he scored 37 in 12 balls and was dismissed in the third over - against Chennai Super Kings down to his observations about the Hyderabad surface, which he expected to slow down once the ball got old."While bowling, we felt that it was a bit [of a] slow wicket. So we knew that somehow if we take the powerplay on, then we could just go with the flow after that," Abhishek, the Player of the Match in Sunrisers Hyderabad's six-wicket win, told the host broadcaster after the game. "We had a chance to prepare well before the IPL. We knew it was going to be a bit slow. But not much. If we take on the bowler, it is difficult for the bowler as well."It was Abhishek's second Player-of-the-Match award, after he had taken home the trophy following his 23-ball 63...

Karabo Meso, the 16-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, has earned her maiden ODI call-up, figuring in the 14 for South Africa's three-match series against Sri Lanka from April 9 in East London.Chloe Tryon, who missed the third T20I, has been ruled out of the series to continue her rehabilitation for a back injury. Annerie Dercksen, who was part of the T20I series that South Africa lost 2-1, has been left out. Delmi Tucker, the allrounder, has replaced her in the side."It's a big loss with the injury of Chloe as an allrounder, that's why Delmi has come into the squad and she can give you the offspin option and with her batting," Hilton Moreeng, South Africa's head coach, said. "In these conditions, we never know this time of year what to expect on our surfaces. So we make sure that we have all ...

The PCB's medical management of fast bowlers is again under the microscope after it emerged that Pakistan and Multan Sultans fast bowler Ihsanullah had an elbow injury initially misdiagnosed, which has resulted in a routine injury turning into a significantly more serious one.Ihsanullah last played for Pakistan on his ODI debut in April 2023 and was initially sidelined with an elbow injury which the PCB medical department, led by Dr Sohail Saleem, did not fully appreciate the gravity of. That game also remains his last at the competitive level.Dr Saleem, left the PCB after an unsuccessful PCB attempt at holding a PSL season in a Covid-19 bubble in 2021, before being brought back to the cricket board under Najam Sethi's chairmanship in early 2023.He strongly disputes that there was mismana...

Glenn Maxwell has described the pace of Mayank Yadav as "pretty formidable" and believes the speeds he produced were the equivalent of former Australia quick Shaun Tait in his prime.Mayank's stunning display earned him his second straight player of the match award and sent shockwaves to Australia given he bounced out Maxwell and castled Cameron Green with two deliveries above 150kph.Speaking on ESPN's Around the Wicket, Maxwell said he had paid close attention to Mayank while watching LSG's previous game against Punjab Kings but nothing could prepare him for the real thing."I thought it was really impressive," Maxwell said. "He hurried on a few of the Punjab batters and I certainly did a little bit of homework before coming up against him. But it's nothing doing homework against someone u...

Nathan McSweeney has been named the new South Australia captain as the state's men's set-up goes through significant changes after another disappointing season.McSweeney's elevation is the latest move up the leadership ladder after captaining Australia A, the Prime Minister's XI and Brisbane Heat in the last 12 months. He also led South Australia in the latter part of their recent Marsh Cup campaign.South Australia, who have taken the Sheffield Shield wooden spoon in 10 of the last 15 seasons, finished fifth in the 2023-24 campaign having not won the title since 1995-96. They also finished last in the Marsh Cup.McSweeney replaces Travis Head as the state captain, although Jake Lehmann had been installed as captain for the 2023-24 season due to Head's heavy international schedule."McSweene...

It was only apt that a Sri Lankan fast bowler sealed a 2-0 series win in Chattogram. When Lahiru Kumara yorked Khaled Ahmed, it was 11.15am local time on the final day. It was always going to be a quick end to the game after Sri Lanka took seven of Bangladesh's fourth-innings wickets on the fourth day.Kumara finished with a four-wicket haul to take their fast bowlers' tally for the series to 33 scalps. It is the most by a Sri Lankan pace attack in a two-match Test series. The fast bowlers' success was well complemented by a strong showing by their batters.Not only did Kamindu Mendis get adjudged Player of the Match and Player of the Series, but the team also totalled four hundreds and eight fifties. Bangladesh, on the other hand, managed only four fifties. The other big difference between...

Tim Robinson, the newest member of New Zealand's T20I squad, has a pretty simple outlook when it comes to the format. "I love hitting sixes," he said, something that started in the backyard as a kid and has now carried him to the brink of an international debut against Pakistan.Robinson only has 20 domestic T20 matches under his belt but, until injury struck, was putting together an impressive Super Smash earlier this year. In the opening match of the season against Otago he plundered 139 off 64 balls with 10 sixes, the second-highest score in the tournament's history, and later on struck 86 off 56 against Canterbury before his tournament was cut short.Still, it was enough to leave him on the radar of the selectors and, with nine players unavailable for the Pakistan trip due to the IPL, a...

Left-arm medium pacer Fariha Trisna's hat-trick against Australia delighted the small crowd that turned up at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. However, it came in a losing cause as Australia crushed the home side by 58 runs in the second T20I to seal the three-match series 2-0.Trisna got her hat-trick off the last three balls of the innings. She first had Ellyse Perry caught at wide long-off, then dismissed Sophie Molineux at point and got Beth Mooney bowled down the leg side. This was Trisna's second hat-trick in T20Is, having picked up the first one on her debut against Malaysia in the 2022 Asia Cup in Sylhet."It feels good to get my second hat-trick," she said. "It is by Allah's grace that I achieved this feat. When I had the chance to take a hat-trick after picking up two ...

A highway accident forced the postponement of two Dhaka Premier League matches at the BKSP grounds in Savar on Tuesday, as all four teams were stuck in traffic for hours on the Dhaka-Aricha highway, according to tournament officials.Both matches have been shifted to Wednesday, while the already scheduled matches on Wednesday will move to Thursday. The matches were between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Legends of Rupganj at the BKSP-3 ground, and between Prime Bank Cricket Club and Partex Sporting Club at the BKSP-4 ground. They were supposed to start at 9am local time.According to news reports, an oil lorry caught fire at 5.30am on Tuesday morning, after it turned upside down near the Hemayetpur bus stand on the Dhaka-Aricha highway. Four other trucks and a private car nearby also caugh...