Blast quarter-finals: Can Vince's Hampshire deny Bears home Finals Day?
A week of thrilling domestic T20 action is in store as the Vitality Blast quarter-finals are contested, with four Finals Day places at stake.
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India Should Ease Grip On T20 Leagues For Good Of Cricket: Sri Lanka Legend
Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva acknowledged that the IPL and other T20 leagues have benefited cricket, but urged India to allow star players to take part in tournaments overseas. The Indian Premier League has grown into cricket's hottest property attracting top foreign talent such as England's Jos Buttler and Australia's David Warner for millions of dollars to play in the high-octane two-month jamboree. Aravinda, known for aggressive batting during an illustrious career that included a 1996 World Cup triumph, likened the current T20 leagues to English domestic cricket in the latter part of the last century, which attracted top players from all around the world to learn their craft and gain experience.
Watch: Shafali Verma's Lap Shot Against Sri Lanka Will Remind You Of Jos Buttler
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana starred for the Indian women's team as they dominated from start to finish to hammer Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the second ODI and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Pallekele on Monday. It is worth mentioning that the Indian team openers Smriti and Shafali fired for the first time on the tour, sharing a partnership of 174 runs to see the visitors home in just 25.4 overs. It is the highest target successfully chased without losing a wicket in women's ODIs.
Jos Buttler Says England White-Ball Captaincy Could End Test Career
Jos Buttler said on Friday his appointment as England's new white-ball captain could spell the end of his Test career. Buttler succeeded Eoin Morgan as England skipper in the one-day international and Twenty20 formats after the 2019 50-over World Cup-winning captain announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday. The dynamic 31-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman had been vice-captain to Morgan, who cut short his Test career to focus on white-ball cricket, since 2015. World Cup winner Buttler, a star of the Indian Premier League, is a formidable run-scorer in limited overs cricket, where his fierce hitting has helped him compile 4,120 runs from 151 ODIs, including 10 hundreds.
New England captain Jos Buttler unable to prevent Lancashire defeat in Blast
England’s new white-ball captain Jos Buttler suffered disappointment in the Vitality Blast on Friday night as a Lancashire Lightning battling collapse saw them slump to a 29-run defeat at Worcestershire Rapids.
England's new white-ball captain Jos Buttler downplays talk of Test role
Jos Buttler has downplayed the prospect of becoming an opener for the England Test team after he was touted for the role by ex-Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara this week said Buttler, who top-scored in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this season with 863 runs, could be a perfect fit for the Test team's newfound swashbuckling style under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
England white-ball captain Buttler downplays talk of test role
England's new white-ball captain Jos Buttler has downplayed the prospect of becoming an opener for the England test team after he was touted for the role by ex-Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara.
Bears hold off Yorkshire in run fest | Buttler features in Lancashire loss
Round-up from Friday night's Vitality Blast action, where Birmingham Bears And Hampshire Hawks both booked quarter-final spots, Surrey guaranteed a home fixture in the last eight and England one-day captain Jos Buttler featured in a defeat for Lancashire. Yorkshire Vikings vs Birmingham Bears