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JOHANNESBURG : Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan has suffered a serious knee injury and is heading home from the tour of South Africa while scrumhalf Craig Casey is unlikely to play in Saturday’s second test in Durban, Irish media reported on Monday.
Seven games into his tenure as Canada head coach, Jesse Marsch sees plenty of positives.
New South Africa attack coach Tony Brown believes Jerry Flannery's insights on Ireland could have a major impact on the upcoming Test series between the sides.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slotted its team's marquee Champions Trophy match against arch-rivals India in Lahore on March 1 next year but the BCCI is yet to give its consent to the tentative schedule, a senior ICC Board member told PTI on Wednesday. The tournament is slated from February 19 to March 9 with March 10 as Reserve Day. It is understood PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who was invited to watch the T20 World Cup final in Barbados, submitted a 15-match schedule with all of India's games kept in Lahore for security and logistical reasons.
Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has stated that the key to India becoming "invincible" in Test cricket lies on how Hardik Pandya is utilised. The all-rounder played a starring role as India lifted the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. Now, Gavaskar has called for him to come back to the Test setup, with a packed season of Test matches coming up for India later this year. Rohit Sharma and co. are set to play three tests against New Zealand in October, and then tour Australia for a four-Test series in late November. Gavaskar has stated that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya can be the difference-maker during this period.
Young New Zealand all-rounder of Indian origin Rachin Ravindra's success in the past one year, including the ODI World Cup where he scored tons of runs, has earned him his first central contract. The 24-year-old figures in the list of 20 cricketers offered contracts on Wednesday for the 2024-25 season following a breakthrough season where he finished as the fourth leading run-scorer with 578 runs. The ODI success had brought the spotlight on him during the IPL auction where he made his maiden appearance in the lucrative league for Chennai Super Kings this year after being bought for Rs 1.8 crore.
South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus named the same match-day 23 for the second test against Ireland in Durban on Saturday, making it the most experienced Springbok selection chosen in the 133-year history of the team.
All Blacks scrumhalf TJ Perenara will miss this weekend's second test against England in Auckland because of an injury sustained in the series opener last Saturday.