Mitchell Marsh is not expected to bowl in the three-match T20I series on Australia’s tour of England in 2024. Marsh will remain focused solely on his role as a batter in the T20I series and will rule out bowling and all-rounder options against England.
Marsh hasn’t bowled in international cricket since suffering a hamstring tear during the IPL 2024 season earlier this year.
Australia’s squad is packed with all-rounder Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, and Marcus Stoinis for seam bowling.
“I’m sort of just building,” Marsh said. “I don’t tend to bowl myself too much, is the honest answer, and we’re lucky that we’ve got plenty of bowling options within our team, so we’ll see how we go. My bowling’s on line: whether or not I bowl, we’ll wait and see. We’ve got heaps of options. I’m always building something.”
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Mitchell Marsh did not bowl during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies, where the team was knocked out the Super 8 stages.
Australia’s tour of Scotland 2024 against Scotland marked Australia’s first appearance in the shortest format since the major tournament.
Australia made a clean sweep 3-0 over Scotland and opting for a win in England. While reflecting on Australia’s exit from T20 World Cup 2024 after the side’s defeat against Afghanistan and India, Marsh said, “It feels like a lifetime ago now, that T20 World Cup.”
“It was just disappointment: we went there with the hope of winning it, like every other team did, and unfortunately, we didn’t play our best cricket at the right time. In tournament play, that’s what you rely on…there’s a lot of cricket to be played between now and the next World Cup [in 2026] but hopefully I’m there.”
The first match of the T20I series between Australia and England will be played on September 11 at The Ageas Bowl.
After Blackcaps announced the New Zealand squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the side’s assistant coach Craig McMillan said he is excited about the upcoming ICC tournament.
The Blackcaps have announced the T20 World Cup squad who will be traveling to UAE for the 20 overs showcase at the end of this month.
On this occasion, McMillan has revealed his excitement about the upcoming tournament saying, “I think the expectations will stay within the group, but what I would say is that we’re excited about the World Cup and the matches that we have in our group.”
“We know that we probably won’t be one of the teams that are favored by many, but we’re confident in the players and the group we have and we’re really looking forward to the tournament,”he added.
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McMillan joined New Zealand’s coaching group earlier this year and the Kiwi great will be beginning his new role when the Kiwis suffered a series sweep against England in both the ODI and T20Is in July.
Sophie Devine will be leading the side for the tournament which will be her last assignment as captain. Along with Bates, Devine’s performance in New Zealand’s top order will be pivotal to Kiwi’s prospects with the pair having featured in every edition of the tournament since 2009.
The duo have twice finished as runner-up at the event with New Zealand (2009, 2010) and reached the semi-finals in the 2012 and 2016 seasons. McMillan would love nothing more than to see them lift the trophy at the ninth edition of the tournament.
“When they (Devine and Bates) finish (retire), they will go down as two of the very best that have played for the White Ferns and I couldn’t think of a better way for two legends of the game in New Zealand to perhaps go out, maybe holding a trophy,” Craig McMillan pondered.
“I like the balance we have with the youngsters learning off the experienced players that we have, but what we need is everyone doing their job to the best of their ability and if that happens, you just never know what might happen come World Cup time.”
McMillan said the team gained lots of lessons from series losses and thinks they can mix it with any opposition should they play at their best.
“I think we learnt that there’s work to be done to compete consistently with the top sides in the world and we obviously recently played England, who are certainly one of those sides that are in the top three (favourites),” Craig McMillan said.
“But also I think what we learned was there’s plenty of talent and skill in this White Ferns side and how good this New Zealand side is I think will show very soon and I’m really excited by that.”
Coming to the tournament, the first match will be played between Bangladesh and Scotland women on October 03 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
New Zealand women will be playing their first match against India women on October 04 at Dubai International Stadium.
AFG vs NZ One Off Test: Persistent rain and overnight showers resulted in an early washout without the toss being held for the third straight day. The Afghanistan vs New Zealand One-Off test is scheduled to be played at Grater Noida Sports Complex Ground.
The first two days of the test were canceled due to the outfield not meeting international standards. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) who is the home team in this match, has been offered three stadiums in Kanpur, Bengaluru, and Noida.
But they chose Noida due to logistics reasons. “The BCCI offered us three venues – Kanpur, Bengaluru, and this one. We chose to play at Greater Noida as it was most convenient in terms of logistics. It was a two-hour drive from Delhi airport,” said ACB’s international cricket manager Menhajuddin Raz.
“The venue has always been Afghanistan’s home venue. If we talk about back from 2016, we have been playing games here.”
“It is because of the rain. Yesterday also, it rained. We had a three-day game here with one of the local teams which went well. We didn’t face any issues. But when the rain started all of this happened.”
With the outfield less likely to support the playing conditions, both teams will be looking to get some match time especially New Zealand is keen as they are set to play a three-match test series against India in October-November.
Afghanistan Cricket Board has hosted 11 White ball games in the venue and they have also hosted games in Dehradun.
“We had conducted a recce four to six months back, and even the visiting team had done their recce. So there was no issue” said Raaz.
“We tried working on a solution to shift the game and they said that because of the same rain, you will not be able to, you know, actually prepare the venue for you in the coming next 24 hours.”
The last time the first three days of the test were abandoned was in 2008 which was played between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
AFG vs NZ One off Test Squad
Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Bahir Shah, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Afsar Zazai, Nijat Masood, Shamsurrahman, Abdul Malik
New Zealand
Tom Latham (wk), Tim Southee (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, Matt Henry, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, William ORourke
ENG vs AUS 2024 Schedule: The Australia Cricket team are scheduled to tour England to play three T20Is and five ODIs between September 11 and 29. The tour will kick start with the three-match T20I series and will shift to the five-match ODI series.
In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024 home international season.
ENG vs AUS 2024 Schedule
As per the ENG vs AUS 2024 Schedule, the first T20I match will be played on September 11 in The Rose Bowl, Southampton. The remaining T20Is will be played on September 13 and 15 in Cardiff and Manchester respectively.
The five-match ODI series will be played between September 19 and 29 across five venues. Following are the complete details of the ENG vs AUS 2024 schedule with venue, IST and GMT details:
Date
Match
Venue
IST
GMT/Local
Sep 11, Wed
England vs Australia, 1st T20I
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
11:00 PM
05:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 13, Fri
England vs Australia, 2nd T20I
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
11:00 PM
05:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 15, Sun
England vs Australia, 3rd T20I
Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
11:00 PM
05:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL
Sep 19, Thu
England vs Australia, 1st ODI
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3:30 PM
10:00 AM GMT / 11:00 AM LOCAL
Sep 21, Sat
England vs Australia, 2nd ODI
Headingley, Leeds
6:30 PM
01:00 PM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL
Sep 24, Tue
England vs Australia, 3rd ODI
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
3:30 PM
10:00 AM GMT / 11:00 AM LOCAL
Sep 27, Fri
England vs Australia, 4th ODI
Lord’s, London
6:30 PM
01:00 PM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL
Sep 29, Sun
England vs Australia, 5th ODI
County Ground, Bristol
3:30 PM
10:00 AM GMT / 11:00 AM LOCAL
ENG vs AUS 2024 Squad
England have included five uncapped players in their T20I squad for the Australia series with three of them also making their cut for the ODI squad. Following are the complete details of the ENG vs AUS 2024 Squad for ODI and T20I format:
August 15, 2024 – Australian bowler Spencer Johnson was ruled out of the T20I series with a side strain while Sean Abbott was named as his replacement.
September 5, 2024 – Jos Buttler was ruled out of the T20I series with a calf injury, and Phil Salt was named as the captain. All-rounder Jamie Overton has been called up as Buttler’s replacement in the T20I squad. In addition, batter Jordan Cox has been added to the ODI squad as cover.
September 6, 2024 – Nathan Ellis was ruled out of the series due to a hamstring injury.
September 16, 2024 – Harry Brook was named the England ODI squad captain after Jos Buttler was ruled out of the five-match series.
England
ODI: Harry Brook (c), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, John Turner
T20I: Phil Salt (c, wk), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox (wk), Sam Curran, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, John Turner
Australia
ODI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
T20I: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
ENG vs AUS 2024 Venue
A total of eight venues across England and Wales will host the entire Australia Tour of England 2024.
The Selection Committee has named a 17-member squad for the upcoming three-match test series against Pakistan which will be played in November.
Brydon Carse and Jordan Cox are the only uncapped players in the squad, who are set to start a new career chapter. Ben Stokes will return to England’s test team after missing a three-match test series against Sri Lanka at home.
After a clean sweep victory against West Indies, England secured 2-1 victory in the home series against Sri Lanka.
Stokes who sustained a hamstring injury during The Hundred competition is on his recovery along with Zak Crawley who fractured his little finger at Edgbaston in July.
“Zak Crawley returns to the squad after missing out since the West Indies series in July. Captain Ben Stokes is also included as he continues his recovery from a hamstring tear,” ECB said in a statement.
Spinner Rehan Ahmed who made his test debut in Karachi during the last Pakistan tour in December 2022, returns to the squad along with Jack Leach who is set to feature since the opening test in India in January this year.
Eight players from the 2022 squad which won the last test series 3-0 against Pakistan have been added to the squad. Rehan, Harry Brook, Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes are the players from the previous test tour of Pakistan.
Currently, England secured sixth position with 8 wins out of sixteen matches while Pakistan went down to seventh position in the WTC points table with only 2 victories in seven matches.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to announce the venues for the series later this week.
England Squad for Pakistan Test
Ben Stokes (c), Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Josh Hull, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
Mayank Agarwal will lead India A in the second round of the Duleep Trophy as captain Shubman Gill, start batter KL Rahul and W-Keeper Dhruv Jurel will be on National duty as they are named in India’s squad for the 1st Bangladesh Test.
The changes to the Duleep Trophy squad were brought in after several players had been released from the squad for the Bangladesh series.
The first round of the Duleep Trophy matches were played in Bengaluru and Anantapur last week. Pratham Singh has been named as the replacement for Gill while Akshay Wadkar will replace KL Rahul and Sk Rasheed will replace Jurel in the India A Squad.
left-arm spinner Shams Mulani will be replacing Kuldeep Yadav while Aaqib Khan will replace Akash Deep in the squad.
Suyash Prabhudessai and Rinku Singh will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant in the India B squad.
Fast bowler Yash Dayal, who got his maiden call will not be in action in the Duleep Trophy second round along with Sarfaraz Khan. Himanshu Mantri has been included in the India B squad.
In India D squad, Nishant Sindhu will replace all-rounder Axar Patel while Tushar Deshpande has been ruled out of the second round of the tournament due to niggle and will be replaced by Vidwath Kaverappa in the India D squad. Only India C team is the only team unchanged for the second round.
Updated Squads for the Second round of the Duleep Trophy
Updated India A squad: Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rasheed, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan
Updated India B squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK), Suyash Prabhudessai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri (WK)
Lucknow Super Giants is one of the two new IPL teams that made their debut in the Indian Premier League 2022 season. Founded in 2021, the team plays its home matches at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Unlike their co-debutant Gujarat Titans, LSG hasn’t won any IPL trophies so far. Notably, the team is owned by RPSG Group, who previously owned the Rising Pune Supergiant franchise between 2016 and 2017.
Lucknow Super Giants who made their debut in IPL 2022 season qualified for the playoffs in their first two seasons and failed to qualify for the same in their last season(IPL 2024).
In IPL 2024, under KL Rahul’s captaincy, Lucknow Super Giants finished 7th in the points table and failed to advance to the playoffs round.
IPL 2025 LSG Head Coach
Former Australian cricketer and cricket coach Justin Langeris the current head coach of the Lucknow Super Giants(LSG). The former Australian opening batter joined the Lucknow-based franchise in July 2023 and continues to be the head coach of the LSG to date.
Following his retirement in 2009, Langer was appointed as the Australian national cricket team’s batting coach and senior assistant coach from November 2009 until November 2012, when he was appointed senior coach of the Perth Scorchers and Western Australia.
Langer was appointed as the coach of the Australian national cricket team on 3 May 2018 and continued his role till 2022. On 4 February 2022, Justin Langer announced his resignation as head coach of the Australia men’s team. His contract was set to expire in June 2022, and he turned down a short-term extension.
Justin Langer played 105 Tests and 8 ODIs between 1993 and 2017 for Australia and scored 7696 and 160 runs respectively.
Justin Langer(Image: IPL)
IPL 2025 LSG Bowling Coach
Lucknow Super Giants is yet to announce their bowling coach for the IPL 2025 season. Pravin Tambe who made his IPL debut at the age of 41 will be the Spin bowling consultant for the Lucknow Super Giants for the IPL 2025 season.
Apart from Tambe, Lucknow Super Giants also have a legendary cricketer in their support staff unit. Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, LSG roped in former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan as their mentor.
IPL 2025 LSG Fileding Coach
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes is the fielding coach of the Lucknow Super Giants for the IPL 2025 season. Rhodes joined the LSG coaching set-up ahead of the start of the IPL 2023 season.
Jonty Rhodes is well known for his aggressive fielding during his time. Rodes played 52 tests and 245 ODIs for South Africa between 1992 and 2003 and scored 2532 and 5935 runs respectively.
Jonty Rhodes (image: X)
LSG Support Staff 2025
Apart from having separate specialists for batting, bowling and fielding, teams will have multiple support staff to assist the team during the tournament. The complete list of LSG coaching and support Staff details for the IPL 2025 are listed below:
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has revealed that discussions are underway regarding the fate of Steve Smith as opening batter in Tests.
He was promoted to the top order after the retirement of David Warner’s retirement earlier this year. This move has slotted in Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh in the lineup but also has some drawbacks.
Smith has featured in two series as an opener. But he put a half-century in the day-night clash against the West Indies at The Gabba. He also struggled against the new ball in testing New Zealand conditions.
With the Border Gavaskar Trophy against India approaching, Australia has to make a huge decision on his position. Promoting Steven Smith is not appreciated by former opening batters. The likes of Aaron Finch, Matthew Hayden, and Justin Langer have all recommended that Smith be restored to his No. 4 position in the batting order.
while speaking about Steven Smith‘s position, Andrew McDonald stated that no final decision on Smith’s position.
“That’s the question on everyone’s lips, isn’t it? Whilst we’ve got an eye to it, we haven’t made any firm decisions around that one. There’s plenty of speculation around that.”
“But in the background, I’d be lying if I said the conversation wasn’t happening. There are conversations around a lot of what ifs in terms of that Test summer that is to come,” said McDonald.
McDonald added that the New South Wales side will be kept in the loop so Smith’s preparation for BGT will align with the team plans.
“We’ll unveil everything, and we’ll let (NSW coach) Greg Shipperd know what our plans are and then we’ll see what he does with his New South Wales side should Steve Smith play Shield cricket,” he added.
Smith is one of the senior players along with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon who could feature in the Sheffield Shield to prepare for the home season.
The head coach claimed that Captain Pat Cummins’s thoughts concerning Smith’s position will play a significant role in Smith’s position. The ace pacer is currently rested for England for the white ball series starting on September 11.
“What am I willing to share? Not a lot at this stage. All I can say is the conversation’s happening. Clearly, Patty Cummins as the captain is a big part of that, he’s rehabbing at the moment, he’s not over here (in the UK),” said McDonald.
“We’ve already had some chats in Sydney initially around what we’re thinking for the summer, and that goes right down to depth bowling and what it looks like, all those hypotheticals and what ifs that we always go through. Clearly, if we make a shift with Steve Smith, then someone else will have to go to the top,” McDonald concluded.
If Smith does play in No.4, Australia might have to sacrifice one of their top six batters to bring in an opening batter from the domestic circuit.
If they wish to persist with the same set of batters, then another makeshift opener might be the answer. Several former players have put forward Travid Head’s name for the role.
Currently, India tops the WTC points table with 6 wins in 9 matches while Australia has 8 wins in 12 matches. Coming to the test series, Australia and India will play their first test on November 22 at Optus Stadium.
BCCI has made changes in the Duleep Trophy squads as some players left the squad for international duties with Rinku Singh being named in the India B squad for round two.
He comes in as a replacement in the squad after Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant had to withdraw following their selection for a two-match test series against Bangladesh.
With the second round matches in the Duleep Trophy starting on September 12, BCCI has revealed that Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Akash Deep have been named in India’s Test squad for the Bangladesh series.
Left-arm pacer Yash Dayal and Sarfaraz Khan who are part of India’s 16-member squad for the opening Test, have not been released from the Duleep Trophy duties which indicates that they will be not part of the playing 11 in Bangladesh tests.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Image; X)
The selectors have named Pratham Singh as a replacement for Gill, and Akshay Wadkar as a replacement for KL Rahul. Meanwhile, Rasheed will replace Jurel and left-arm spinner Shams Mulani will replace Kuldeep and Aaqib Khan will be replacing Akashdeep in the squad.
Mayank Agarwal has been named as the captain of the India A squad. However, the India C squad remains unchanged for the second round.
Updated India A squad: Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rasheed, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan
Updated India B squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK), Suyash Prabhudessai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri (WK)
Bangladesh fast bowler Nahid Rana is hoping for a win in the upcoming test series against India after his impressive performance against Pakistan.
Rana claimed four wickets for 44 runs in the second innings of the final test in Rawalpindi, aiding Bangladesh in securing a 2-0 series win.
Rana shared his thoughts in a video post by Bangladesh Cricket on X. “Obviously we are well prepared for the India series. We have started training. The more we are prepared, the better we will be in execution during the matches,” Rana said on X.
“India is a good team but the team that plays better cricket will win. We will see when we go there.”
Rana drew attention by bowling at speeds exceeding 150 kph during his Test debut against Sri Lanka in March. He continued to make an impact in Pakistan, picking with an early breakthrough including the wicket of Babar Azam.
“Before leaving, I had said that I wanted to achieve something for my country, and it feels great to have delivered on what was expected of me,” said Rana.
“Before leaving, I had said that I wanted to achieve something for my country, and it feels great to have delivered on what was expected of me.”
He made his first-class debut in October 2021 and quickly made a mark taking 32 wickets in the following season.
In the National Cricket League 2022-23, Rana and Sumon Khan achieved a rare feat with both taking over 30 wickets which has not been achieved by fast bowlers in 11 years in the domestic first-class tournament.
“I don’t want to be like anyone else. I want to create my own identity and be known as Nahid Rana of Bangladesh,” Rana said.
“I haven’t followed any particular bowler. I’ve watched and learned from everyone — my seniors and those I grew up watching,” he signed off.
India are top of the WTC points table for the ongoing cycle and will look to consolidate their position against the Lions. Bangladesh has secured the no.4 points table after their historic win against Pakistan.
With BCCI announcing India’s squad for the 1st test, it will be interesting to see how Bangladesh names the squad and reacts to the opponents’ team.
The first test between India and Bangladesh will be played between September 19 and 23 at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, while the second test will be played at Green Park from September 27 onwards.
Captain Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates are set to play their ninth T20 World Cup which begins in the UAE competition in October.
Rosemary Mair has 18 wickets from 24 T20Is and will bolster a pace attack comprising the experienced Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, and Molly Penfold. The spine bowling department includes Leigh Kasperek, Melie Kerr, Fran Jonas, and Eden Carson.
with an experienced squad, the Wk-batter Izzy Gaze is the only player to have played a T20 World Cup before.
New Zealand name their Women’s #T20WorldCup squad as Sophie Devine leads her country for the final time in the format 👇https://t.co/SNx39FCeyi
While speaking on the squad announcement, New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer said, “I’m really pleased with this squad; I think these are our best 15 players to adapt to what will likely be varied conditions.”
“Soph [Devine] and Suze [Bates] have a huge amount of tournament experience from World Cups to franchise leagues, so we’ll certainly be leaning on that knowledge in what’s going to be a pretty intense competition.
“Rosemary’s had an unfortunate run with injury over the past few months, and she’s worked hard to be fit for this tournament. She’s proved herself as one of our key pace options and we’re excited she’s returning.”
New Zealand will tour Australia for three T20Is starting on September 19, with the same squad set to participate in the games on September 19, 22 and 24 in Mackay and Brisbane.
New Zealand will be playing warm-up games against South Africa and England on September 29 and October 01 before the start of the World Cup. They will be facing India in their first match on October 04. New Zealand has been grouped alongside Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
New Zealand Squad for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, Melie Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu
The 26-year-old Pathum Nissanka has become the first Sri Lanka opener after Tilakaratne Dilshan in 2011 to hit a test hundred in England. He secured an unbeaten 127 in day 04 of the third test helping Sri Lanka to win their first test in 10 years in England.
Nissanka joined a list of elite visiting batters, including Don Bradman, Gordon Greenidge, and Graeme Smith, by scoring a hundred in the fourth innings of a Test victory in England. The century also helped Sri Lanka set a new Asian record for the highest successful chase in a Test in England.
Pathum Nissanka resumed play on the fourth day with Sri Lanka at 94-1 and his steady hand guided the team to chase the target of 219 runs. His second test century in just 107 balls.
Sri Lanka Openers with Test Hundreds in England
Sidath Wettimuny at Lord’s in 1984
Amal Rohitha Silva at Lord’s in 1984
Sanathan Jayasuriya at The Oval in 1998
Marvan Atapattu at Lord’s in 2002
Russell Arnold at Old Trafford in 2002
Michael Vandort at Edgbaston in 2006
Tilakaratne Dilshan at Lord’s in 2011
Pathum Nissanka at The Oval in 2024
Nissanka fought out in the first session along with Kusal Mendis in overcast conditions as the England bowlers were looking for an early breakthrough. Even though Mendis in overcast conditions the England bowlers were looking for early breakthroughs.
“It was a great opportunity to play in England and I enjoyed that innings. It was slightly difficult in the morning, but I had a positive mindset yesterday (Sunday) and went with that. I just wanted to play my normal game and I have done that,” said Nissanka.
Chasing a target of 219 runs, reached a total for the loss of two wickets before lunch on the fourth day, with Nissanka 127 runs not out and Angelo Matthews 32 runs not out forging a partnership of 111 runs, Sri Lanka secured a 8 wicket victory.
This is the fourth test win in England and the first since their last victory in 2014. However, England took the three-match series 2-1 after wins at Old Trafford and Lord’s.
