News KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha were picked subject to “fitness clearance” There was no Hardik Pandya or Kuldeep Yadav as India named a squad of 20 players, including two – KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha – subject to “fitness clearance”, as well as four standby players for the final of the World Test Championship
Month: May 2021
News ‘Things have been very tough for India…and it really pains us to see our country suffer like this,’ they said India captain Virat Kohli and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, have donated INR 2 crore (US$ 2,70,000 approx.) towards a fundraising campaign to aid India’s Covid-19 relief. “Things have been very tough for India,
The India A regulars like Abhimanyu Easwaran and Priyank Panchal will be in contention along with rookie sensation Devdutt Padikkal when the selectors on Friday pick a 30-strong India squad for the four-month trip to United Kingdom. The Indian team is scheduled to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton from
News After returning a negative test in Bengaluru, she has not been able to visit her family in Kadur India Women batter Veda Krishnamurthy, whose mother died of Covid-19 on April 23, has been bereaved a second time in a fortnight with her elder sister succumbing to complications caused by the virus on Wednesday. Krishnamurthy’s
News MCC, Surrey, Warwickshire and Emirates Old Trafford part of group; existing schedules remain a challenge A group of English counties has offered to host the remainder of the IPL 2021 season in September this year. The MCC (who own Lord’s), Surrey (who are based at The Kia Oval), Warwickshire (who are based in Birmingham)
News In all, eighteen women players have been offered deals, an increase of three from the last season Qiana Joseph and the uncapped Kaysia Schultz have received their first West Indies central contracts, for the 2021-22 season. Shawnisha Hector, who has played just a solitary international – an ODI against India in 2019 – also
Big picture Test cricket is perhaps the format where Pakistan’s progress is most discernible. There is a stability about the side which is lacking in the other formats, with the results beginning to show something of an uptick of late. Performances against Zimbabwe may not appease the critics but remain vital, because an upset would
News Analysis Late September and late November are the primary options that the BCCI can explore On Thursday, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly suggested that the 2021 IPL could be completed in a window just prior to the men’s T20 World Cup. That was the first public hint of the windows the BCCI is looking at
News Proposal for statue or gate in memory of female pioneer met with resistance from members Heather Knight, the England women’s captain, has called on MCC to “move with the times”, after a proposal to erect a permanent memorial to one of cricket’s most pioneering figures, Rachael Heyhoe Flint, was met with resistance from sections
Trent Boult will certainly miss the first Test against England next month © Getty Images Trent Boult will return to New Zealand after the aborted IPL instead of heading straight to England with the other Test players and could miss the two-match series although will still be available for the World Test Championship final against
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Men’s Team for the 2021-2022 season. A total of 18 players have been offered contracts for the upcoming 2021-22 season which runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. For the first time Nkrumah Bonner, Joshua Da Silva, Akeal
News Reports said MacGill was allegedly abducted from near his home in Sydney on April 14 Australian police arrested four men in dawn raids on Wednesday in connection with the alleged kidnap and assault of former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill. Reports said MacGill, 50, was allegedly abducted from near his home in Sydney on April
Find out more at ecb.co.uk England lost to Pakistan by 75 runs after they were bowled out for 207 at Lord’s in the First Investec Test. Chasing 283, which would have been an England record at Lord’s, the hosts lost early wickets and despite a stubborn 56-run stand between Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes fell
Day 5 Highlights | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd Test 2021
News New Zealand batter signs for nine T20 Blast games, two County Championship fixtures Somerset have signed Devon Conway as an overseas player for the second half of the T20 Blast’s group stage. Conway appeared for the county’s second XI as an unknown South African in 2010, when he was spending the summer playing club
News Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas cut from the list Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, who helped West Indies secure the fifth-highest successful chase in Test history in Chattogram in February earlier this year and then were also impressive during the home Test series against Sri Lanka, have been rewarded with
News Dimuth Karunaratne has edged closer to a top-ten spot following his 118 and 66 in second Test against Bangladesh Praveen Jayawickrama‘s 11 for 178 in Sri Lanka’s 209-run win over Bangladesh in their second Test in Pallekele has helped him enter the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings at No. 48. Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne,
Big picture Fortunes couldn’t be any different for the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Mumbai Indians at the moment. After suffering five defeats in six matches, the Sunrisers axed their captain David Warner, hoping a new leader would help change their fortunes. It brought them little respite, as Kane Williamson couldn’t prevent what would be a
News Family of former England seamer speak about struggles since inoperable diagnosis in 1999 The family of Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has released a film to raise funds and awareness for The Brain Tumour Charity, 22 years after he was diagnosed with an inoperable growth that has dominated his life since
News Sri Lanka will arrive in Dhaka on May 16, shortly after the Eid ul Fitr weekend, and complete a three-day quarantine The upcoming three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the BCB has announced. The matches, part of the ICC’s ODI Super
News He is the first member of the overseas contingent to test positive in the 2021 IPL Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey has become the latest member in the IPL bubble to have tested positive for Covid-19. ESPNcricinfo understands Hussey reported “borderline” symptoms but will stay in isolation for 10 days at the
A day after IPL 2021 had to be postponed because of the Covid-19 situation, all eight franchises have started to disband, with their players and support staff trying to find a way back home quickly. Most of the players from England have reached the UK. The Australians, the biggest overseas contingent in the IPL with
News “We have asked everybody in the bubble to quarantine, so they are isolated in their rooms,” says CEO Venky Mysore Varun Chakravarthy, the mystery spinner, is “still a little under the weather”, while seam bowler Sandeep Warrier is “doing fine and doesn’t have any symptoms, Venky Mysore, the Kolkata Knight Riders CEO, has said.
These were circumstances that, ordinarily, make cricketers question their life choices. A biting, blustery day on the South Coast, with a ragged wind harassing the bowlers in their run-ups and the batters in their stances. The first-team squad went through their paces for a while in the nets behind the square, but not a soul
News There are close to 40 Australians in the IPL bubble comprising players, coaching staff and commentators A mass exodus of Australian players, coaches and support staff to the Maldives is the expected remedy to a dilemma created by the postponement of the 2021 IPL and the current closure of the Australian border to citizens
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season indefinitely suspended, Suresh Raina has taken to Twitter to motivate everyone amid the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Raina, who was part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad for IPL 2021, had pulled out last year when the tournament was held in UAE due to personal reasons. Taking
News There has been a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in Pakistan, and a partial lockdown is already in place in the country All six Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises have asked the PCB to move the remaining games of the rescheduled 2021 edition of the tournament out of Karachi to the UAE because of
Members of three franchises, including the Kolkata Knight Riders, have tested positive Covid-19 © BCCI/IPL IPL 2021 has been postponed, following several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises over the past couple of days. The move was confirmed by IPL chairman Brijesh Patel, who said it was for the safety of all stakeholders. In a media
News Sussex overseas signing yet to speak to Justin Langer since central contract omission Travis Head is yet to speak to Justin Langer after his surprise omission from Australia’s central contracts list two weeks ago, but says that the channel of communication with selectors Trevor Hohns and George Bailey has been “ultra-clear” regarding his standing
News Women cricketers will get up to 12 months of paid leave, while male cricketers can get up to 30 days’ leave The PCB has launched a parental support policy, which will allow players – women and men – to get paid leave during periods of pregnancy and upon the birth of a child. Women