WEST INDIES Under-19s will feature on the opening day of the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup against hosts South Africa on January 19 next year at J.B. Marks Oval in the city of Potchefstroom.
The ICC, the sport’s world organising body, released the schedule on Monday for the 16-team event, which was moved from Sri Lanka, after provisionally suspending Sri Lanka Cricket on November 23 because of extensive government interference in the SLC’s administration.
The 15th edition of the global youth showpiece will be held from January 19 to February 11 next year, and five venues across South Africa will host the 41 matches over more than three weeks, with the final taking place at Willomoore Park in Benoni.
“In the past 12 months, we have seen South Africa successfully deliver two milestone events for the sport – the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup last year, and the groundbreaking ICC Women’s T20 World Cup that immediately followed,” ICC head of events, Chris Tetley, said in a news release.
LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC) - Ex-West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons has been announced to lead Karachi Kings for the upcoming Pakistan Super League season.
The Trinidadian, who stepped down from the West Indies post last December following the Test tour of Australia, takes over a franchise which struggled last season in finishing one from bottom of the six-team league.
Simmons will add the new Kings role to his two other current franchise positions as head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League and LA Knight Riders in the newly birthed Major League Cricket.
"Returning to Karachi, a city I hold dear from my playing days, feels like a homecoming," Simmons said.
"I am thrilled to join forces with Haider Azhar and the rest of the team's think tank, drawing from the rich cricketing heritage of this country.
Andre Russell marked his return to international cricket with a throwback allround performance, as West Indies drew first blood in their five-match T20I series against England in Barbados.
Despite a flying start from England in the powerplay, courtesy of Phil Salt's 40 from 20 balls, Russell's canny three-wicket display put the brakes on their attacking intent, before he and Rovman Powell pounded their side past a victory target of 172 with a typically hard-hitting seventh-wicket stand of 49 in 21 balls.
Victory was duly sealed by Russell's powerful cut for four off Sam Curran at the start of the 19th over, as West Indies romped to the highest run-chase in T20Is in Barbados. Despite the defeat, there were some encouraging signs for England - particularly the successful pairing of Adil Rashid and his heir apparent, Rehan Ahmed, who claimed five wickets between them. And yet, in the wake of last week's ODI series loss, it was another setback in their bid to re-establish their white-ball aura ahead of next year's T20 World Cup defence.
Barbadian girls aged 6 to 14 are being given the opportunity to play the game of cricket. This is as a result of the creation of the Barbados Royals Girls’ Cricket Club by the cricket charity, Bat For A Chance, in order to accelerate the development of girls’ cricket on the island.
Speaking at the launch of the club last Friday at the Passage Road Playing Field, St Michael, Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, lauded the programme and highlighted the efforts of Bat For A Chance founder, Will Gaffney; its Caribbean Director, Roland Butcher, and chairman, Omar Khan, for “bringing the Barbados Royals Cricket Club to the shores of Barbados”.
Griffith said Government was willing to play its part in the programme by identifying talented young female cricketers within the school system.
West Indies and England will be the first two teams that will trial new regulations to increase the pace of play in their Twenty20 International (T20I) series, which opens tomorrow at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s world organising body, said yesterday it had added the provision of an electronic clock to speed up the pace of play by penalising instances of time wastage by the fielding side as part of a six-month experiment.
The fielding side is expected to start a new over within 60 seconds of the expiration of the previous over, and an electronic clock, counting down from 60 to zero, will be displayed at the ground.
“The stop clock trial in white ball international cricket follows the introduction of a successful new playing condition in 2022, which resulted in the fielding team only being allowed four fielders outside of the inner circle if they were not in a position to bowl the first ball of their final over in the stipulated time,” ICC General Manager – Cricket, Wasim Khan said.
