Winter Watch: Rashid takes on Philippe in BBL

In the final Winter Watch before Christmas, we take a look what happened when Rashid Khan and Josh Philippe faced off in the Big Bash League. There’s news of clean sweeps for both England Men and Women, plus Ravi Bopara is in action in the Lanka Premier League.

Ollie Robinson helps England to historic clean sweep

Ollie Robinson once again played a key role as England completed the clean sweep in Pakistan, winning the series 3-0.

The ECB today announced that Ollie will be a part of the next Test squad that travels to New Zealand for a two-match series.

Congratulations, Ollie!

Jofra returns to England ODI squad

Yesterday the ECB announced Jofra Archer has been selected for the England ODI squad for a tour of South Africa in January 2023.

Everyone at the Club is delighted to see Jofra make his comeback and look forward to seeing him bowl in an England shirt once again.

Freya Kemp to miss Women’s T20 World Cup

England and Sussex all-rounder Freya Kemp is set to miss the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup after suffering a stress fracture to her back.

Kemp had been part of the England squad playing touring the West Indies along with Danni Wyatt and Freya Davies but will now return to start rehabilitation following the injury.

The England Women’s team have been in fine form in the West Indies, winning all three of their ODI’s, as well as all five of their T20I’s.

Last night Freya Davies took three wickets from must 2.2 overs as England beat the West Indies by 8 wickets in the final T20I of the series.

Ravi Bopara in action for Colombo Stars in Lanka Premier League

Sussex T20 captain, Ravi Bopara is currently playing in the T20 Lanka Premier League and is already making an impact on the side.

His 43* on Wednesday propelled the Colombo Stars to a 7-wicket victory over the Galle Gladiators in the Eliminator to take them to a qualifier in the next round.

In the qualifier Ravi was unbeaten again, this time on 29 with the Colombo Stars beating the Kandy Falcons by 6 wickets to take their place in tonight’s final.

You can find all the information you need about the next game, as well as the live scorecard, here.

Khan and Philippe face off in BBL

The T20 Big Bash League is back underway in Australia, with two of Sussex’s T20 players featuring this year.

Rashid Khan has joined up with the Adelaide Strikers, while Josh Philippe is back once again for the Sydney Sixers.

They played each other Wednesday 14th with Khan’s Adelaide Strikers taking the win by 51 runs.

Philippe opened the batting for the Sixers as they set about chasing 184 set by the Strikers and after making 26 from 23 balls it was a familiar face in Khan who dismissed him.

You can keep up to date with their results and fixtures on the Cricket Australia website.