News Former batter also opens up about how the pandemic and the split IPL in 2021 took a toll on him He isn’t sure what the future holds in store for him but former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is confident that he will have a role to play in the national team and
Month: January 2022
The BBL is teetering on the edge of chaos with a slew of players testing positive for Covid-19 as the Omicron variant sweeps through Australia’s increasingly open borders. It started on December 30 when the Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers fixture had to be postponed following a number of positive cases within Stars’ squad and
News “BCCI does not want to compromise the safety of the players, support staff, match officials and other participants involved,” Jay Shah says The BCCI has postponed the upcoming Ranji Trophy, CK Nayudu Trophy and the senior women’s T20 league for the 2021-22 season because of the rising Covid-19 cases in India. The Ranji Trophy
News But managing director of England men’s cricket warns against mass sackings as a solution Ashley Giles has apologised for England’s heavy Ashes defeat but warned against mass sackings as a solution, saying that “systemic change” is needed. Speaking to reporters in Sydney ahead of the fourth Test, Giles, the managing director of England men’s
News The 25-year-old batter was left out of their ODI and T20I squads to play Ireland and England after failing a fitness test Shimron Hetmyer is letting himself and his international team-mates down by paying insufficient attention to his physical fitness, according to West Indies head coach Phil Simmons. Hetmyer has now been omitted from
News Ratnayake will be assisted by former first-class batter Ruwin Peiris, who will be with the team as interim batting coach Former fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake has been appointed the Sri Lanka men’s national side’s interim coach for their three-ODI series against Zimbabwe, later this month. Sri Lanka have been without a head coach since
News The batter was given out caught behind, but replays suggested that the ball may or may not have carried to the wicketkeeper South Africa captain Dean Elgar and team manager Khomotso Masubelele met the match officials during the lunch break on the second day of the Wanderers Test to discuss the dismissal of Rassie
News Usman Khawaja replaces Travis Head as the one change for Australia at the SCG Hazlewood, who misses out on his home ground, has not quite recovered from the side strain he picked up at the Gabba and will now target a comeback in the final Test in Hobart. Australia are also continuing to manage
Glenn Maxwell takes fans inside the process of capturing his movements – as well as some teammates and legends – for the upcoming video game Ashes Cricket. MORE HERE: http://cricketa.us/AshesGame2017
Report South Africa slide from 88 for 1 to 102 for 4 to go to lunch on the second day 100 runs behind Lunch South Africa 102 for 4 (Petersen 62, Bavuma 0*, Thakur 3-8) trail India 202 by 100 runs Three wickets late in the first session from Shardul Thakur spoilt South Africa’s morning
Preview Both sides make just one change with a flatter pitch expected at the SCG and some wet weather forecast Big Picture It feels like an eternity since the end of the Boxing Day Test with the early finish on the morning of day three plus a later start to the New Year’s Test in
News England’s stand-in coach expects “caged tigers” Stokes and Broad to make a mark in the SCG Test Pat Cummins continues to bask in the glory of retaining the Ashes in ruthless fashion, but has also lent a sympathetic ear to England’s off-field challenges with Covid-19, even as the visitors’ stand-in coach Graham Thorpe hoped
Report New Zealand have just over five sessions to try and push for a favourable result Lunch New Zealand 328 and 10 for 0 (Latham 10*, Young 0*) trail Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 120 runs New Zealand faced the tricky job of dismounting Bangladesh’s 130-run lead after the visitors completed
News “I really feel there’s going to be a big run of really good scores coming in from someone like him” The subplot of who said what, or didn’t, to whom, in the lead-up to Virat Kohli‘s resignation as T20I captain and subsequent removal as ODI captain, has swirled incessantly around India’s ongoing tour of
News England batter believes that some of his team-mates haven’t been in the right “headspace” to get the runs expected of them Zak Crawley has conceded that some of England’s batters may have been overawed in the Ashes series but believes the last two Tests could start a rebuilding process. England were blown away for
With the absence of Virat Kohli in the ongoing second Test match, India faced a major batting collapse against South Africa on Day 1 in Johannesburg. With the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara losing their wickets cheaply, Ravichandran Ashwin played a crucial knock that reignited hope for the visiting camp. The spinner registered 46
News All four players are asymptomatic, and will self-isolate Four Zimbabwe cricketers at the Under-19 World Cup tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are now self-isolating in the West Indies. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the positive results after PCR tests were administered, and said all players who tested positive were “well and asymptomatic”. They will
News He said conditions in the series meant a batter has “never really felt in” although Australia have still scored more than enough runs On a scale of problems, it’s pretty low down the list – and one that England would love to have. A Test batting average last year of 53.75 and three innings
News The team’s training sessions have been cancelled, and the scheduled travel to Bengaluru for the Ranji Trophy will be reviewed Seven members of the Bengal Ranji Trophy squad – six players and a senior support staffer – have tested positive for Covid-19, leading to training sessions being cancelled. Their travel to Bengaluru, where the
News Hollioake too won’t join the depleted coaching staff as planned due to covid reasons Covid continued to stalk England’s preparations for the Sydney Test with Adam Hollioake unable to join the depleted coaching staff as planned, a scare involving the net bowlers at the ground on Sunday and a positive test for head coach
Report Topley, Maddinson and Richardson took three wickets apiece to restrict Stars to 126, before Finch’s fifty paved the way for a five-wicket win Melbourne Renegades 5 for 129 (Finch 50, Harvey 23 not out, O’Connell 2-11) beat Melbourne Stars 126 (Cartwright 41, Maddinson 3-20, Richardson 3-24, Topley 3-27 ) by five wickets Melbourne Renegades
Some of the legends of the game make a comeback in a backyard cricket match at Taree in NSW, all for a good cause thanks to the biggestgameofcricket.com.au
Report This is the first time that Rahul will be leading India, with Kohli out due to back spasm Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa Virat Kohli was out of India’s second Test against South Africa with a back spasm, with KL Rahul leading India for the first time in international cricket. Rahul
News Some net bowlers are back, but with four coaches in isolation, everyone available has been helping with preparations Low on coaches, low on runs, and low on expectations – England’s Test team has entered 2022 in a pretty grim state but captain Joe Root is clinging to the hope that the turnaround can begin
News He wants his team to get over the news as soon as possible as they look to bounce back against India de Kock, who was due to miss the second and third Tests on paternity leave, retired from Test cricket entirely at the conclusion of the Boxing Day Test. He announced his decision to
News The 41-year old will continue to be available for franchise cricket The 41-year-old top-order batter and offspinner, has signed up with Lahore Qalandars for the upcoming edition of the PSL and will continue to be available for franchise cricket around the world. Hafeez played 55 Tests, 218 ODIs and 119 T20Is while amassing 12,780
Report Both the batters reached their half-centuries during the session, with Bangladesh just 21 runs behind Tea Bangladesh 307 for 4 (Joy 78, Shanto 64, Wagner 3-72) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75*, Shoriful 3-69) by 21 runs Bangladesh continued to frustrate New Zealand in the middle session on the third day, going
News India coach understands the need to quicken things up, but hopes for a reasonable amount of leeway as well “The rules are the same for everyone,” Dravid said, on the eve of the second Test in Johannesburg. “We understand that, we know that. It’s hard – I mean we’re playing four seamers, conditions were
News “There is a long time between now and the tour of the Caribbean in March and I have never been one to make emotional decisions.” Stuart Broad has said he will not take “any spur-of-the-moment calls” on his future as an England player after a “very disappointing” tour to Australia which has seen him
NZ vs BAN, 1st Test, Day 3 live cricket score updates: Mahmudul Hasan Joy impressed on Day 2.© AFP Bangladesh will look to take a first innings lead against New Zealand when they resume batting on the third day of the opening Test at Mount Maunganui on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, an unbeaten 70 by