Ben Curran has been handed his maiden call-up from Zimbabwe for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan. Ben is the middle brother of Sam Curran and Tom Curran and has moved to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe will host Afghanistan in a white-ball series.
Player of the Match (POTM) Saqib Mahmood was the star for England in the third T20I. Mahmood recorded figures of 3/17 in his four overs and claimed the big wickets of Evin Lewis, Roston Chase and Shimron Hetmyer.
Punjab Kings retained only two players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction and both of them were uncapped - Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. The Kings have the biggest purse among 10 teams going into the big auction and will be keen to buy back some of their key international players.
Sam Curran last played a Test match for England back in 2021 at Headingley against India. Curran is yet to play a Test match in the Bazball era and admitted that he was gutted not to be in the scheme of things even when Ben Stokes got injured ahead of the Sri Lanka series.
Travis Head is in some monstrous mood in the powerplay in T20 cricket in 2024, whether for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Washington Freedom or Australia. After inflicting an assault on Scotland, Head pegged England back, especially Sam Curran whom he took down for 30 runs in an over.
Oval Invincibles, the defending champions are on their way to defend their title, having won seven out of the eight games played so far. The Invincibles are all but into the final directly but they would not want to leave anything to chance and destiny given it's in their own hands for now.
The Oval Invincibles are well on their way to make a second successive final in the men's Hundred and the win in their last game against the inaugural champions Southern Brave would have given them a huge confidence. The Invincibles take on their local rivals, London Spirit on Sunday, August 11.
The time is running out for Manchester Originals as far as the ongoing edition of the men'd Hundred is concerned as the last year's runners-up have lost all four of their matches played so far. As the Originals look to stay alive in the competition, they face the in-form Oval Invincibles.
The fourth edition of the Hundred begins on Tuesday, July 23 with the defending champions Oval Invincibles set to take on the Birmingham Phoenix in the opening fixture. Both teams have made a few key changes to their personnel but Phoenix await their Test players to return.
England's white-ball players are currently featuring in the ongoing edition of T20 Blast and Sam Curran is one of them. The all-rounder smashed his maiden ton in the format to help Surrey chase down the total of 184 and top the points table.
The onset of the England versus Pakistan T20I series saw the English players leave their respective IPL (Indian Premier League) franchises for national duty. Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), and Will Jacks (Punjab Kings) among other stars left the tournament prematurely.
Punjab Kings have announced a new captain for their final league stage game of IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With Sam Curran leaving for national duty after the game against Rajasthan Royals, the Punjab side will have a new leader, which could be signs for the future.
Sam Curran before leaving IPL 2024 ended on a high both as a captain and as a player with Punjab Kings beating Rajasthan Royals in their penultimate game of the season in Guwahati on Wednesday, May 15. This is not the first time that Curran's team has spoiled the party for a team in the IPL.
Sam Curran took the reins of Punjab Kings (PBKS) after Shikhar Dhawan injured his shoulder while fielding in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on April 9. Curran is the second-highest wicket-taker for Punjab in the ongoing season.
Punjab Kings won their penultimate game of IPL 2024 against RR with the skipper Sam Curran standing up with both bat and ball. However, both he and Jonny Bairstow will leave for national duty now. Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Phil Salt and skipper Jos Buttler have already left.
RR vs PBKS IPL 2024: Skipper Sam Curran took two big wickets to restrict Rajasthan Royals to 144 and then scored a brilliant unbeaten fifty to power Punjab Kings to a sensational comeback win at Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
Rajasthan Royals just can't get out of the slump as they have now lost four in a row as Punjab Kings won sort of a tricky game with ease in the end as captain Sam Curran put his hand up with a magnificent all-round performance. Punjab have now won four games in a row on the road.
Punjab Kings suffered their seventh loss of the tournament and now are on the verge of elimination as Chennai Super Kings won rather comfortably by 28 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was the star of the show for the Super Kings with the bat and the ball as Punjab's batting line-up self-imploded.
PBKS vs CSK Dream11 Prediction: Punjab Kings pulled off a dominating seven-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in their last game and now will enter the upcoming reverse fixture as favourites having won the last five encounters against five-time champions.
CSK vs PBKS IPL 2024: Spinners Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar claimed two wickets each to restrict Chennai Super Kings to a 162 total and then crucial knocks from Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw boosted Punjab Kings to an easy seven-wicket win.
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