Tristan Stubbs took two wickets in an over as the Delhi Capitals dismissed the Gujarat Titans for 89 in the IPL on Wednesday. Medium-pace bowler Mukesh Kumar stood out with figures of 3-14 to help bundle out Gujarat in 17.3 overs and Delhi raced to their target in 8.5 overs with six wickets remaining in Ahmedabad. The Capitals, who were without injured David Warner, registered just their third win of this season to jump three places to sixth in the 10-team table. Rishabh Pant, who returned to this year’s IPL after surviving a horror car crash, stood unbeaten on 16 after Australian batter Jake ..read more

Watch the T20 Challenge match between the Boland Rocks and KZN Inland Tuskers in Paarl. Note: The match between the EP Warriors and Central Gauteng Lions will be on SuperSport Variety 2 from 6pm. The post WATCH LIVE: T20 Challenge (Round 15) appeared first on SA Cricketmag ..read more

West Indies captain Rovman Powell is trying to convince fellow IPL star Sunil Narine to come out of international retirement for their home T20 World Cup. All-rounder Narine smashed his first T20I on Tuesday and took two wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders as they went down to the Rajasthan Royals. The 35-year-old announced his international retirement in 2023, four years after he last played a T20I for the West Indies. But with the World Cup in June hosted by the West Indies, together with the United States, Powell hopes his countryman will have a change of heart. “For the past 12 months I ..read more

Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 107 to trump Sunil Narine’s first T20 century as the Rajasthan Royals pulled off a joint record IPL chase against the Kolkata Knight Riders off the final ball on Tuesday. Chasing 224 for victory, Rajasthan looked in trouble at 121-6 in the 13th over but Buttler moved through the gears in his 60-ball blitz to achieve the target with two wickets to spare at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. Rajasthan equalled their own record from 2020 when they chased down 224 against the Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah. Buttler, who came in as an impact substitute, reached his second ton of th ..read more

Better use of the IPL’s impact substitute rule has been the big factor behind this season’s run spree, which has seen multiple scoring records smashed, say experts. The Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own IPL all-time record score by bludgeoning 287-3 on Monday against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, only three weeks after they set the previous benchmark with 277-3 against the Mumbai Indians. Travis Head led Hyderabad’s charge with a 39-ball century, the fourth-fastest in the tournament’s 17-season history, before Heinrich Klaasen slogged seven sixes his 67 off 31 balls. “Impact player makes ..read more

Babar Azam makes his return as Pakistan captain in a five-match T20I series starting on Thursday against an understrength New Zealand with the World Cup weeks away. Azam regained the captaincy last month in a shock U-turn that ended the short-lived reign of Shaheen Shah Afridi, raising fears of a rift between the players. The hosts hope that spending time together at a fitness camp at an army base will have been good for bonding. Head coach Azhar Mahmood said on Tuesday that the T20 World Cup in June in the  West Indies and USA is very much on their minds. “I have full faith in the select ..read more

Former Test cricketer Michael Slater reportedly collapsed in an Australian court on Tuesday after being refused bail on more than a dozen charges, including some relating to stalking. The 54-year-old had to be helped to his feet by court staff after falling to the floor when a Queensland magistrate turned down his bail application, local media reported. The television commentator and former batsman is accused of domestic violence offences as well as common assault and unlawful stalking. Among the allegations against him, police said Slater sent unwanted text messages and made intimidating phon ..read more

Dean Elgar’s dream start for Essex and Leus du Plooy’s blistering century for Middlesex were the standout moments from South Africans in the opening two rounds of England’s County Championship. County Championship Division One In a mammoth 254-run win over Nottinghamshire, Essex’s Dean Elgar scored a first-innings 80 off 156 balls (12 fours) before falling to Nottinghamshire’s Dane Paterson, who finished with figures of 5-49. Vintage Dean Elgar. Match Updates https://t.co/s5y0Qa4I3S Essex 88-2 (24 overs) #FlyLikeAnEagle pic.twitter.com/274KpATwFX — Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) April 5, 2024 ..read more

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell will take an indefinite “mental and physical break” from the IPL after struggling for form with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The big-hitting all-rounder has scored just 32 with the bat in six games and skipped the defeat on Monday in a record run-fest against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. It was Bengaluru’s sixth defeat in seven matches and Faf du Plessis’s side are bottom of the 10-team table. “I think now is actually a good time for me to give myself a bit of a mental and physical break, get my body right,” the 35-year-old Maxwell said after playing no part in his si ..read more

Australia captain Pat Cummins was named the Leading Cricketer in the World by Wisden on Monday to coincide with the publication of the 161st edition of the sport’s “bible”. Cummins was recognised by Wisden for a stellar 2023 in which the fast bowler led Australia to a World Test Championship (WTC) final win over India. His side retained the Ashes before he captained them to a 50-over World Cup final win against tournament hosts India in Ahmedabad. The 30-year-old paceman was the first Australian to win this award since Michael Clarke in 2012. “After captaining Australia to success in the World ..read more