Alex Hales played across all three international formats for England, but has admitted that if he were a young player now, he would “chuck my eggs into the T20 basket”, and abandon any ambitions in Test cricket. Hales quit red-ball cricket in 2018, less than two years after playing the last of his 11 Tests
Month: August 2023
Images of original and new ball. The ball change took place on Day 4 of fifth and final Ashes Test.© Twitter The Ashes 2023 saw an extremely controversial moment taking place in the fifth and final Test at the Oval. It erupted over England’s ball change on Day 4, which several Australia players felt was
Stuart Broad claimed his last wickets in cricket, to help England beat Australia in the fifth Ashes Test at The Kia Oval. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and
Akila Dananjaya 3 Wickets vs New Zealand – 2nd T20I at Kandy
Big picture: Fearless approach sets the tone In the first T20I on Thursday, there was a hint of the fearlessness and the freedom with which both West Indies and India batted. Despite losing both opening batters inside three balls of the fifth over, Nicholas Pooran pumped Yuzvendra Chahal for a four and a six off
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, who served as the country’s Prime Minister between 2018 and 2022, has been arrested and sentenced to three years in jail on charges of corruption. A Reuters report said Imran, 70, had been sentenced by a Pakistan trial court for not declaring the proceeds of state gifts to the Election
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has requested the BCCI to move the England vs Pakistan ODI World Cup game, scheduled to be played at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on November 12, to another date, suggesting November 11 as an alternative. The development came after the city police informed CAB that they are expecting enhanced security
The owner of Dukes has pledged to investigate the controversial ball change in Australia’s second innings during their 49-run defeat in the fifth men’s Ashes Test at The Oval, while casting doubt on a theory that a five-year-old replacement ball might have been used. The ball was changed in the 37th over of Australia’s chase,
Pakistan’s players are set to receive “historic” increases in their new central contracts, even as negotiations on their participation in overseas T20 leagues continue. Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi, in the top category of contracts, could be in line to earn as much as PKR 4.5 million (USD 15,900 approx) a month
Pakistan cricket lost one of its most controversial, colourful and strong administrators when the indomitable Ijaz Butt passed away in his hometown, Lahore, due to health issues. The history of Pakistan cricket will remain incomplete without discussing the tenure of Butt, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 85. He played eight Tests for Pakistan and
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Some players make the game look easy. Watch Sachin Tendulkar glide to a sumptuous 193 against England at Leeds in 2002. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including
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Kane Williamson is back in the nets, hitting balls and continuing his recovery following surgery for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, but, as Gary Stead put it, his batting and fitness are “not right at the level that he is to perform internationally” yet. Speaking on the sidelines of a
Alex Hales has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, at the age of 34. He signs off from his England career as a T20 World Cup winner, having played his last game in their five-wicket win over Pakistan at the MCG in November last year. Hales has been in semi-regular discussion with
Melbourne Renegades have signed offspinner Nathan Lyon for three years starting with BBL 13. Lyon will shore up the Renegades spin attack that includes another off-season signing in legspinner Adam Zampa. “I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the Melbourne Renegades,” Lyon said in a statement shared by the club. “(Marvel Stadium is) a
After winning the first of five T20Is against India on Thursday, Rovman Powell said that West Indies’ batting against India’s spinners in the middle overs will hold the key to the outcome of the series. “It was difficult,” Powell said of West Indies’ slowdown in the middle overs – they went from 54 for 2
A five-match series in India presents England with “an amazing opportunity” to test themselves – and their swashbuckling approach with the bat – in different conditions, according to Zak Crawley. England have a six-month break until their next Test match, which starts in Hyderabad on January 25. They struggled badly against India’s spinners on their
Former India batter Manoj Tiwary has retired from all forms of cricket to end a 19-year domestic career. Tiwary played all his domestic cricket for Bengal and also won the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012, when he hit the winning runs in the last over of the chase. He played 12 ODIs and
Tamim Iqbal will miss the upcoming Asia Cup as his recurring back injury is unlikely to heal in time. At the same time, he has stepped down as Bangladesh’s ODI captain to give more clarity to the team and the BCB ahead of the World Cup. Tamim is now preparing to play the home ODI
File photo of Sanju Samson.© AFP Former India wicketkeeper-batter Saba Karim is might impressed with Sanju Samson. The 28-year-old got chances to feature in two of the three-match ODI series against West Indies and fared pretty decently. While Samson was dismissed for nine runs in the second ODI, he scored 51 runs off 41 balls
Find out more at ecb.co.uk You’ll never see anything like it! Moeen Ali took a hat-trick to remove South Africa’s last three wickets and win the match for England. He is only the only the fourth man in Test history to seal victory with a hat-trick and the first for 60 years. England now lead
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The SA20 mini-auction ahead of the 2024 season will take place in Johannesburg on September 27. On the day of the auction, a total of 21 slots are to be filled, six of those reserved for rookie players. A rookie player is someone who is a South African under the age of 22 and has
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has died at the age of 85 in Lahore. In 2008, he was appointed chairman of the PCB by then-president Asif Ali Zardari. He held that position through one of the most chaotic and tumultuous periods in Pakistan’s cricketing history. Just five months into his tenure, there
Toss West Indies opt to bat vs India West Indies won the toss and chose to bat in the T20I series opener against India in Tarouba. After being dropped for the last two ODIs of this tour, Rovman Powell returned to take charge of West Indies’ T20I side. Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder, who had
Adam Voges, who has coached Western Australia and Perth Scorchers to back-to-back Australian domestic trebles across the Sheffield Shield, Marsh Cup and BBL, has been appointed to take charge of Australia A against New Zealand A later this month and hopes to use the experience to further build his coaching skills. Australia A will host
England coach Brendon McCullum asked Moeen Ali if he would consider playing the five-match series in India in early 2024 during their win at The Oval but was told: “That’s me done”. Moeen retired from Test cricket in September 2021 but made himself available for the Ashes after Jack Leach was diagnosed with a stress
Welsh Fire 94 for 3 (Wells 57, Little 2-22) beat Manchester Originals 85 for 4 (Buttler 37*, Afridi 2-24, Willey 2-17) by nine runs A half-century from Luke Wells, followed by two wickets in the first two balls of the innings for Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi set Welsh Fire on their way to a first
Last week, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf had announced the creation of a “high-profile” technical committee charged with reporting to him, to be headed by former Pakistan captain Misbah. The committee has been given wide-ranging powers, encompassing just about all cricketing activity in Pakistan. “The CTC (Cricket Technical Committee) will provide recommendations on cricket-related matters, including,
For Shardul Thakur, making an impact in the game – irrespective of discipline – matters most. And along the way, if it helps deliver victory – even if he isn’t always at the forefront – he’s most satisfied. Like in the just-concluded ODI series against West Indies, where he was the highest wicket-taker with eight