Adil Rashid secured another impressive career milestone in Wednesday’s One-Day International defeat against India in Ahmedabad.
Yorkshire’s leg-spin star claimed 4-64 from his 10 overs as India were bowled out for 366 before bowling England out for 214 in reply.
His first wicket, that of Virat Kohli caught behind, was his 400th all-format international wicket.
Late last summer, against Australia at Headingley, the 36-year-old claimed his 200th ODI wicket.
His 400 is made up of 60 wickets in Test Matches, 212 in ODIs and 131 in T20Is.
Rashid celebrates his 37th birthday on Monday, five days before England begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Australia in Lahore on Saturday.
Rashid will be aiming to complete the set of global ICC titles having already won both the 50-over and T20 World Cups with England.
Meanwhile, Yorkshire’s new overseas fast-bowling signing Will O’Rourke is playing in today’s tri-series final for New Zealand against Pakistan in Karachi.
New Zealand beat South Africa and Pakistan to qualify for the final, with O’Rourke taking two wickets in beating the former in Lahore.
Picture by Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images. Adil Rashid celebrates dismissing Virat Kohli in Wednesday’s ODI in Ahmedabad – his 400th all-format international wicket.
Lauren Winfield-Hill is preparing for next month’s WNCL 50-over final with Queensland Fire.
Queensland currently sit top of the Australian state competition having won eight of their 12 matches. That has been enough to secure their berth in the March 1 showpiece, and they are currently the favourites to host that final.
However, they can be caught by South Australia, who are 10 points behind with two matches remaining. They would need to win their remaining two games with a bonus point to have any chance of bettering Queensland on net run-rate.
But, as things stand, there is a very good chance that the final will see Winfield-Hill’s Queensland come up against a South Australia side including former Yorkshire and Northern Diamonds all-rounder Hollie Armitage.
Winfield-Hill has scored 271 from 10 innings in that competition, which has run throughout the winter. She has hit a best of 65.
Picture by Chris Hyde/Getty Images. Lauren Winfield-Hill bats for Queensland Fire this winter.
Another Yorkshire Women’s batter Sterre Kalis returned a best score of 98 not out across six innings for the Netherlands as they finished second in a T20 tri-series with hosts Nepal and winners Thailand.
Late last month and at the start of this, Kalis interrupted a winter of club cricket in Sydney to represent her country in Nepal.
They won four of six matches, though Thailand won five of six.
Kalis’s 98 not out came off 69 balls opening the batting in a victory over Nepal as they chased down 146.
Yorkshire’s Dutch star has returned to Sydney to finish their season and, like Lauren Winfield-Hill, will link up with Rich Pyrah’s squad for their pre-season tour in Abu Dhabi in late March.
Picture by Neville Hopwood-ICC/Getty Images. Sterre Kalis has been representing the Netherlands in recent weeks.
Dawid Malan is a T20 champion after his Fortune Barishal side won the Bangladesh Premier League title last Friday, seeing off the Chittagong Kings in a high-scoring final.
Malan has spent the last month on the sub-continent, culminating in a three-wicket win chasing 195 against the Kings.
The former England left-hander only scored one in the final, which saw Barishal win in the last over, but he ended the competition with an impressive 316 runs from nine matches with three fifties.
Unfortunately, elsewhere, Jonny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings), Adam Lyth (Gulf Giants), Jordan Thompson (MI Emirates) and Jafer Chohan (Sydney Sixers) all missed out on T20 franchise success around the world in recent weeks.
Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com. Dawid Malan tasted success in Bangladesh last Friday.
Dom Bess captained Mosman to a thrilling one-wicket win over Campbelltown Camden in their last Premier grade fixture in Sydney last weekend.
The two-day fixture, played on Saturday and Sunday, saw the hosts chase down 339, with Bess contributing seven down the order having struck twice with the ball on day one.
Unfortunately, that was Mosman’s first win of the season at the 12th attempt.
Over in Melbourne, Harry Duke (Essendon), Ben Cliff and Will Luxton (both Greenvale) are playing against each other in a two-day match at present.
The first day, last Saturday, saw Luxton make an impressive 82 off 131 opening the batting in his side’s 309-7 from 90 overs. Cliff contributed an unbeaten 19.
Hopefully Duke can respond in kind when play resumes tomorrow.
Rebecca Duckworth has posted 20, 19 and nine in three 50-over innings for Gold Coast Women in Queensland. The Yorkshire batter travelled to Australia for the second half of the winter in between Christmas and New Year and had her first two games rained off last month.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com. Dom Bess is wintering with a spell of Sydney grade cricket.
All-rounder Will Sutherland’s Victoria remain in the hunt to reach two state finals in Australia.
Yorkshire’s new overseas signing, who has penned a mid-summer deal to play both County Championship and T20 Blast cricket, is captaining his home state as they push for silverware in four-day and 50-over cricket.
They currently sit second in the four-day Sheffield Shield table with three matches to play. South Australia lead the way, with the top two teams advancing to the late-March final.
The Vics are also fourth in the Dean Jones Trophy 50-over table with one game to play. They must beat second-placed New South Wales in their final game next Saturday and hope Queensland lose to Western Australia the following day.
South Australia have already qualified for that final.
Victoria’s chances suffered a dent yesterday with defeat to Tasmania, in which Sutherland hit 30 and took two wickets.
Picture by Steve Bell/Getty Images. Will Sutherland is chasing silverware with Victoria.
