Cricket News Daily Wrap: South Africa Beat England to Reach Women's T20 WC Final, BCCI Extends Support to Cummins

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shared a message of support to Australia captain Pat Cummins for her mother who is ill and in palliative care. Cummins, who travelled to Australia after second Test, will stay at home with his family at difficult times and was ruled out of the third Test in Indore. (Read Full Story)

Pacers Shabnim Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka shared seven wickets between them as South Africa staged a spectacular fight-back to stun England by six runs and enter their maiden Women’s T20 World Cup final here on Friday.

Openers Laura Wolvaardt (53) and Tazmin Britz (68) struck entertaining half-centuries to take South Africa to 164 for four in the second semifinal at Newlands. (Read Full Story)

Veteran South Africa pacer Shabnim Ismail bowled the fastest delivery in women’s cricket during the T20 World Cup semifinal against England on Friday. The 34-year-old pacer who has been in terrific form in recent times troubled the English batters with the pace once again. Shabnim bowled the 80 mph (128 kph) speed against England women to register her name in record books. (Read Full Story)

With focus on the 2023 ODI World Cup at home, ‘shadow tours’ with the India A squad will have to wait till the year-end tour of South Africa.

The concept of shadow tour started once Rahul Dravid took over as the NCA head. The shadow tour is one where an India A side travels to the same country where the senior Test team is due to travel subsequently. As recently as December last year, the India A team visited Bangladesh right before the Test team was scheduled to play two games. (Full Story)

Former India cricketer Diana Edulji feels Harmanpreet Kaur could have done better while completing the second run which resulted in her dismissal on Thursday during the Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal against England. The Indian skipper scored 52 runs to pull India back into the game after India top order Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia dismissed early with just 28 runs on the scoreboard. (Read Full Story)

Former captain Diana Edulji has no qualms in saying that India’s U-19 stars fielded way better in their victorious T20 World Cup campaign in comparison to the seniors’ effort in South Africa and reckons that most of them will struggle if the ‘yo yo’ test becomes mandatory in women’s cricket. (Read Full Story)

Legendary West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop has come in support of flamboyant India batter KL Rahul and said that he will find his way to get back in the for. Things have not worked in Rahul’s favour for the past few months as he is struggling to score big runs across formats and have also lost his vice-captaincy. The opening batter struggled in the first two Test matches against Australia which resulted in losing the vice-captaincy for the last two matches. (Read Full Story)

England’s Harry Brook said he was determined to “cash in” and enjoy the moment after hitting an unbeaten 184 against New Zealand in the second Test on Friday. The 24-year-old plundered his fourth century in only his sixth Test match to put England in full control in Wellington. (Read Full Story)

Team India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur opened up on her unlucky dismissal against Australia during Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday. Harmanpreet was the top-scorer for India in the crucial semi-final clash with a 52-run knock but the Women in Blue lost their way after her unlucky run-out. It was the 15th over when Harmanpreet decided to convert a single into a double but on her way to complete the second run her bat got stuck before the crease and Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy dislodged the bail in time to hurt India. (Read Full Story)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the list of partners for the Women’s Premier League as the maiden season of the cash-rich league will start in March next month. The board has already named Tata as the title sponsor for the WPL and it has signed Dream11, CEAT Tyres and Amul as other partners. (Read Full Story)

Ahead of the third Test, Australia have received a massive boost with their allrounder Cameron Green declaring himself fully fit after missing the first two matches as he recovered from an injury. Green, touted as the next big thing in Australian cricket, hurt his finger during the home Test series against South Africa. (Read Full Story)

Former cricketer Aakash Chopra suggested that Australia have picked up a solid squad for the three-match ODI series after Border-Gavaskar Trophy and they can put up a big fight in the Indian conditions. The ODI series will be crucial for the visitors considering the ODI World Cup will be played later this year in India. Cricket Australia has decided to send their best white-ball players for the all-important series. It will also be the first important test for Pat Cummins as an ODI captain as he has been under the scanners at the moment after Australia lost the first two Tests in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. (Read Full Story)

Former India captain Anjum Chopra lambasted star opener Smriti Mandhana for her poor record against Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner in T20Is. Mandhana was dismissed by the Aussie all-rounder fourth time on Thursday during the Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal. Chasing a 173-run target, the southpaw departed for just two in the third over, putting India under pressure straightaway against the defending champions. (Read Full Story)

“184 not out on day one of a Test match after being 21-3, striking at over 100, it’s extraordinary when you start breaking it down like that. I’ll be astonished if he (Harry Brook) doesn’t play over 100 Test matches. I’m expecting him to be able to dominate Test cricket, 50-over cricket, 20-over cricket, be one of the all-time great players – without putting too much pressure on him!” says Alastair Cook. Read More Here

“I’ve always said I’m playing to 2024; if the selectors feel that I’m not worthy of my spot, then so be it, and I can push on to the white-ball stuff,” says David Warner. Read More Here.

So the MCC has again said the run out of non-strikers for stealing the ground is a legitimate form of dismissal and there shouldn’t be any hue and cry over it. Read More Here.

The association with Viacom 18 will take the Delhi Capitals even closer to the cricket-loving audience across the country through the digital home of TATA IPL – JioCinema. Read More Here

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur wore sunglasses during the post-match presentation on Thursday. Here reason? She didn’t want to be seen crying after the defeat. Read More Here.

Pat Cummins will stay with his mother who has taken ill. He will not be returning to India for the third Test. In his absence, Steve Smith will be captaining Australia. Read More Here

“There’s less competition for a fast bowling allrounder. There’s just Hardik Pandya, he’s world’s No. 1 allrounder and he always will have a place whether he plays today or after a year. A player with such skillset has value,” says Deepak Chahar. Read More Here.