Surrey have signed Indian batter Mahipal Lomror for the final six County Championship games of the season. The 26-year-old, who captains Rajasthan in India’s domestic Ranji Trophy competition, averages 42.62 in first-class cricket and has a career-best 300 not out. He also bowls left-arm off spin, taking 62 first-class wickets. “Playing in the County Championship
Nathan McSweeney will miss the final three games of Northamptonshire’s County Championship Division Two season because he will be representing Australia A in India. The 27-year-old is Northants’ leading run-scorer in the Championship this season with 589 runs at an average of just under 50, hitting three centuries and two half-centuries. McSweeney will feature in
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will miss Trent Rockets’ first two matches of The Hundred to manage her workload. Sciver-Brunt, 33, has been dealing with a calf issue all summer. The all-rounder suffered the injury playing domestic cricket for The Blaze in April, leading to her missing England’s opening series against New Zealand and India, as
England players have been advised to avoid drinking alcohol the day before and the day after matches, under new behavioral guidelines. A midnight curfew was introduced after an Ashes tour ruined by off-field problems, but ambiguities around the curfew were a factor in the nightclub controversy involving Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson. Following that incident,
England batsman Tammy Beaumont has announced her retirement from international cricket. The 35-year-old will retire after England’s next Test match against India which begins on Friday and is the first women’s Test to be played at Lord’s. Beaumont made his international debut in 2009 and has played 11 Tests, 140 one-day internationals and 109 T20s.