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Month: January 2022
Preview South Africa will be eyeing a clean sweep in the ODIs – something that seemed unlikely when the tour started Big picture Outbatted. Outbowled. Outcaptained. That’s what South Africa did to India in the first two ODIs. Under Temba Bavuma, they played like a close-knit unit and, on a Boland Park pitch that looked
When Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat played a high-octane clash on December 27, as the BBL entered its traditional peak period of the school holidays, there was reason for optimism and little indication of the mayhem ahead for the tournament. In front of almost 15,000 fans at the Gabba, one of the biggest crowds of
News The players will join their teams from January 24, at the end of their isolation periods, if they produce two negative test results Just days ahead of the new PSL season, beginning January 27, three players and five support staff have returned positive for Covid-19 after the latest round of tests, and have gone
News Since away wins don’t fetch extra points, India’s fixture list since April 2018 worked against them Going into 2022, India were 16 points ahead of Australia on the ICC Test rankings table, 124 to 108. Less than three weeks later, that lead has vanished as Australia swept to the top of the table with
Report England handed a T20I debut to offspinner Charlie Dean Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against England Australia will again bowl first after Meg Lanning won the toss in a rain-reduced second T20I at Adelaide Oval although more wet weather threatened the contest which had been trimmed to 14 overs per side.
News Onaje Amory and Jaden Carmichael are out. Kevin Wickham and Nathan Edwards are in Two players from the West Indies squad, Onaje Amory and Jaden Carmichael, have tested Covid positive at the U-19 World Cup. The tournament’s Event Technical Committee has allowed temporary replacements Kevin Wickham and Nathan Edwards for the two players who
Watch: David Warmer recreates Allu Arjun’s dance moves from the ‘Srivalli’ song.© Instagram Australia opener David Warner on Friday took to Instagram to share a video of him recreating Indian actor Allu Arjun’s dance moves from the ‘Srivalli’ song in the movie Pushpa: The Rise. Arjun, the star of the Telugu-language action film, reacted to
News The new franchise will pay him INR 17 cr – the same as Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore KL Rahul has been signed by the Lucknow IPL franchise for INR 17 crore, making him the joint-highest-paid player in the IPL across seasons along with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli. Sanjiv Goenka, who heads
News Chance for fringe players to grab opportunity as focus turns to Australia 2022 Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, says that developing his side’s bench strength during their five-match T20I campaign against West Indies is more important than pushing for an outright series win, but he hopes that the team environment that has been fostered in
Kieron Pollard, West Indies’ captain, has pleaded for patience as the region begins to rebuild its T20 fortunes in the wake of a disappointing World Cup campaign, and warned that the franchise nature of the Caribbean Premier League means that there is no longer a ready route for the next generation to arrive at international
Report Vandersay picks up 4 for 10 in 7.4 overs as hosts bowlers run rampant Sri Lanka 254 for 9 (Nissanka 55, Asalanka 52, Ngarava 2-46) beat Zimbabwe 70 (Kaitano 19, Vandersay 4-10) by 184 runs Sri Lanka’s bowlers ran rampant in the early overs of Zimbabwe’s chase reducing the opposition to 20 for 3,
News Russell was ambling to his crease at the non-striker’s end at that point, expecting the throw to arrive (only) at the striker’s end A bemused Andre Russell was run out in freak fashion in Minister Group Dhaka’s game against Khulna Tigers, when the fielder’s throw from short-third man incredibly deflected from one set of
News Joins Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra in the backroom of the new IPL franchise Vikram Solanki has resigned from his position as head coach at Surrey CCC with immediate effect, ending a nine-year association with the club, after being recruited to join the new IPL franchise – based in Ahmedabad – as its director
Big Picture Gird your loins, get back on the horse, let the show go on. Again. So soon after the Ashes debacle, it barely seems feasible that another England campaign is underway already – and to judge by Sam Billings’ 15,000 km and four-flight sprint from Hobart to Bridgetown (to follow up his 500km, nine-hour
News Charges against him bring into question his handling of the BLM campaign, his management of former assistant coach Nkwe, and his treatment of then team-mate Adams Cricket South Africa will argue for Mark Boucher‘s dismissal in a disciplinary hearing which will take place in the next few months. Boucher was served with a seven-page
News Having recovered from a side injury, the Australia pacer hopes to play in the IPL too, but concedes that the schedule could make it tough Josh Hazlewood is set to return to action in next month’s five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka after his Ashes was curtailed to just one match because of a
Report It’s a must-win game for India, and KL Rahul hoped the pitch will get slower at the match progresses Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain KL Rahul opted to bat in the second ODI in Paarl, as India looked to keep the three-match series alive. India were unchanged and Rahul
News Former West Indies allrounder to become only second black head coach in county cricket Ottis Gibson, the former West Indies allrounder, is set to become only the second black head coach in the history of county cricket, after being appointed to take charge at Yorkshire on a three-year contract, starting at the end of
Sunil Gavaskar has pointed “one shortcoming” in India’s ODI setup.© AFP India lost the first one-day international against South Africa by 31 runs in Paarl on Wednesday, despite being in a commanding position with both ball and bat. The tourists failed to make the most of South Africa’s early problems with the bat as Temba
Big picture About three weeks ago, India were riding the crest of a wave. They had breached a South African fortress in Centurion, were 1-0 up in the Test series, and had every prospect of turning that into a series-winning lead. However, that belonged in 2021. In 2022, India haven’t won any game in South
News Finch is unsure what the process will be as Cricket Australia is still yet to start formal contract discussions with Langer Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch expects to be consulted, along with Test captain Pat Cummins, by Cricket Australia on Justin Langer‘s coaching contract, but is unsure what the process will entail. “I think
News India will face Pakistan at the MCG on October 23 Australia will start the defence of their men’s T20 World Cup title against trans-tasman rivals New Zealand at the SCG in a rematch of last year’s final while India and Pakistan will face each other at the MCG. They were among the standout contests
News England signalled his fitness by smashing 115 off 47 in a warm-up match ahead of the T20I series against West Indies England 231 for 4 (Roy 115, Vince 40*) beat Barbados Cricket Association President’s XI 137 for 11 (Springer 36, Mills 3-25) by 94 runs Jason Roy marked his return to fitness by hitting
Preview Sri Lanka looked a batter short in the second ODI, with the Zimbabwe quicks triggering a collapse Big picture On Tuesday, two significant weaknesses in Sri Lanka’s XI were exposed. On flat tracks, even with Dushmantha Chameera in the side, the bowling attack lacked for penetration through the early and middle overs, with only
News South Africa’s head coach to face a disciplinary hearing chaired by senior counsel advocate Terry Motau; he will remain in his role as coach in the interim In a follow-up to the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report, Mark Boucher has been charged with gross misconduct by Cricket South Africa, and will face a
The PCB is set to host another season of the Pakistan Super League during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the first 15 games to be played in Karachi from January 27, and the remaining matches scheduled in Lahore, including the final on February 27. There are provisions in place to avoid a postponement even if a
News The BCCI also wants to tweak the schedule to avoid a clash with the two-day IPL auction, scheduled for February 12 and 13 The BCCI has decided to limit the number of venues for the upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies to two, instead of the original six, in a bid to limit chances
News Bob Willis Trophy shelved, Yorkshire retained in Division One, Blast to be played in single block “Lessons have been learnt” from England’s poor Test showing in 2021, according to Neil Snowball, the ECB’s managing director of county cricket, following the announcement of a 2022 domestic schedule which will provide prospective Test players more opportunity
News The batter’s immediate aim is to top the scoring charts in the coming T20Is against England at home Brandon King is hoping to make the most of his recall to West Indies’ T20I side after a year away and has his sights set on October’s T20 World Cup in Australia. King, 27, made an
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