By IANS LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison has said that the salaries of women cricketers playing in The Hundred will see a substantial increase compared to the inaugural edition of the tournament, which concluded recently. There has been talk about women players getting far less compared to their … Read more
By IANS LONDON: Trent Rockets have rallied behind their Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who they feel is “not his regular bubbly self” during the ongoing The Hundred tournament. The 22-year-old Khan is representing Trent Rockets which played the eliminator against Southern Brave on Friday night. “We have a fantastic group of lads and they have … Read more
LONDON: Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has revealed that spinner Rashid Khan is worried about the situation in Afghanistan and he is not able to get his family out of the country. Flight operations from around the world are affected at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International (HKI) airport due to the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan. Rashid … Read more
MELBOURNE: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell reckons that the T20 format is enough to take the sport into the Olympics and the newest addition ‘The Hundred‘ was not really needed. The Hundred is an England and Wales Cricket Board‘s (ECB) brainchild, and it is featuring eight teams taking on each other. The first match in … Read more
By IANS LONDON: Indian Test team off-spinner R Ashwin has hit out at critics of The Hundred tournament that is gaining popularity in England. The 100-ball format, which is in its inaugural edition, has attracted crowds as well as record viewership for this year’s cricket in England. Its critics include former India captain and opener … Read more
LONDON: India’s Jemimah Rodrigues struck her second successive fifty in the Hundred as the Northern Superchargers defeated the Trent Rockets by 28 runs on Monday. The opener top-scored with a 41-ball 60 — including 10 fours — in a total of 149-7, the highest in the women’s competition so far, despite Australian seamer Sammy-Jo Johnson … Read more
