Posting Date Archive - 26/02/2018

The kids are all right... Rashid Khan set to join fascinating group of young international captains

On March 4, the Afghan legspinner will be just 19 years and 165 days old. No one has previously skippered their country - in any Test, ODI or T20I - in their teenage years. Here, The Cricketer rounds up the top 10 young skippers...

26/02/2018 | Sam Morshead | Global Game | Features |

Kohli's 'low' placing in new T20 Index is not an insult... there's more to it than meets the eye

The Player Performance Index for the first time bundles batsmen, bowlers and allrounders in together to formulate a ranking order, while weighting is given to the context of matches, the strength of tournaments and the quality of opposition

26/02/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | Features |

Quiz: South Africa Test players since 1991

Either of the uncapped pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Wiaan Mulder could become South Africa's 100th Test player since the country's return to the international arena. Can you name the 99 before them?

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | South Africa | Quizzes |

West Indies legend Walsh named interim Bangladesh coach

Courtney Walsh, who has been on the Bangladesh staff since 2016, will take charge of the team for the upcoming Nidahas Trophy - a T20 tri series also involving Sri Lanka and India

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game | Bangladesh |

Khan to captain Afghanistan in World Cup qualifiers as Stanikzai suffers appendicitis

Rashid Khan, who currently tops both the one-day international and T20 bowling rankings from the ICC, is only 19 years old but he will have the responsibility of guiding his team through to next year's World Cup in England

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game |

Lehmann dismisses Moeen’s Ashes crowds comments

Australia coach Darren Lehmann has refuted Moeen Ali’s assertion that the Ashes crowds in Australia were “quite disappointing”

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game | England | Australia |

South Africa name two new caps to face Australia

Wicketkeeper-batsman Klaasen and allrounder Mulder replace Andile Phehlukwayo and Chris Morris in the 15-man party for the games, the first of which is due to get under way at Kingsmead on March 1

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | South Africa | Global Game |

Morkel announces his intention to retire from international cricket

South African paceman is ready to call it quits after the Test series against Australia, citing family commitments as a major reason

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | South Africa | Global Game |

Ashwin to captain Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018

Ravichandran Ashwin will hope to guide his team to their first ever IPL success this year after being appointed skipper for the upcoming tournament, which is due to begin on April 7

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | IPL | Domestic |

Van der Merwe signs new Somerset deal to keep allrounder at Taunton until 2019

Roelof van der Merwe, the holder of Somerset's highest-ever individual 50-over score, is in his second stint with the club and will now remain at the County Ground until the end of the 2019 campaign

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's T20 Blast | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |

Lawrence sustains fractured hand on Lions tour, meaning call-ups for Northeast and Hain

The Essex batsman was due to feature in the third 'Test' match against West Indies A in Antigua, which starts on Monday, but will now fly home after X-rays confirmed the extent of the damage

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England | Domestic |

New Zealand bowler helps put out Wairarapa pub fire

Seth Rance, who has won two one-day international caps and played in four T20Is for his country, is a volunteer firefighter and station officer for the Greytown Fire Brigade

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | New Zealand | Global Game |

Markram and Latham sign on for Durham ahead of 2018 campaign

South Africa's Aiden Markram will join the club for the early weeks of the County Championship campaign, while New Zealander Tom Latham will arrived later in the summer

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |

Wood to have ankle scan after missing England's first ODI in New Zealand

Mark Wood experienced soreness in his left ankle prior to the game in Hamilton on Sunday and sat out the encounter

26/02/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England |

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