Category: International Cricket

Andre Russell heaped praise on Kennar Lewis after his blitz at the top set up a win for Jamaica Tallawahs against Chris Gayle’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The Tallawahs backed up Lewis’ heroics with a strong all-round performance in their Caribbean Premier League 2018 match at Kingston on Wednesday, 15 August, to make it three wins out of three. Lewis’ 49 off 24 balls dominated the Powerplay before New Zealand’s Ross Taylor made the most of a let-off on 6 to strike a half-century and set up the total…

reland are on the hunt for revenge as their new rivals come to town for a six-match T20I and ODI series. Having overcome the Irish in the latest full series between the two sides in 2017 and pipping them to 2019 ICC World Cup Qualification in the Super Six in Harare in March, Afghanistan will be in high spirits, and following a sequence of tightly contested bouts in the last year, both sides are keen to come up in trumps in one of cricket’s newest rivalries. “Ireland and Afghanistan have…

ngland coach Trevor Bayliss has welcomed Ben Stokes back into the squad but has outlined the fact that he is not an automatic selection to play in the third Test. Having been acquitted following the trial that forced him to sit out of England’s emphatic innings-victory over India at Lord’s, Stokes rejoined his teammates just hours later, something Bayliss and the selection team decided would benefit the all-rounder. Forcing his way into the starting XI is not as simple though, with Chris Woakes having notched a maiden Test ton in…