Former India opener Shiv Sunder Das has been appointed the batting coach of the Indian women’s team for the tour of England and he is looking forward to use his coaching stint at National Cricket Academy (NCA) to guide the youngsters during the trip. Das, who has played 23 Tests between 2000-02, has a decent
Sri Lanka ODI squad led by Kusal Janith Perera left the island this morning for Bangladesh to take part in the 3-match ODI series. ???? #BANvSL
News New tournament might have to bow to demands of international calendar, Covid-related travel rules A number of overseas players are expected to withdraw from the inaugural season of the Hundred due to clashes in the international calendar and complications regarding international travel caused by Covid restrictions. West Indies, Pakistan and Australia players with contracts
News BCCI awaiting exemption for family members of squad The Indian contingent that will head to the UK for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand and the five-match Test series against England this summer will undergo a hard quarantine, spanning two weeks, starting May 19. Also part of this plan will be
News Seamer suggests ‘communication disappeared’ when Ed Smith was national selector Stuart Broad has suggested the “communication disappeared” when Ed Smith was national selector but insisted he would “understand” if he is left out of England’s Test side at any stage this summer. Broad took to Sky Sports to register his anger and disappointment after
News Marketing agency Ban Tech won the bid after quoting an offer just above the floor price The BCB has sold its 2021-23 TV rights to marketing agency Ban Tech for a reported price of BDT 161.5 crore ($19.07 million approx). The company won the bid after quoting an offer price just above the $19
Stuart Broad has expressed a note of scepticism at the official explanation of the ball tampering debacle involving the Australia team and suggested there could be more information revealed once key protagonists retire. In recent days Cameron Bancroft, who was suspended for nine-months for his role in the Newlands scandal, and David Saker, who was
Ross Taylor is ready for his seventh tour of England © Getty Images Right after his first IPL stint in 2008, where he struck at nearly 184, Ross Taylor went on his first international tour of England and cracked 154 not out off merely 176 balls in the Manchester Test. Daniel Vettori was New Zealand’s
News Opener’s availability may be impacted by Australia series in the Caribbean Hampshire have announced D’Arcy Short, the Australia batter, as one of their overseas signings for the summer’s Vitality T20 Blast. Short was earlier named in Australia’s preliminary squad to play ODIs and T20Is in the West Indies in July, and if he is
News Says the opportunity to train with the Dukes ball even before leaving for England has been “quite beneficial” New Zealand are not going to treat the two upcoming Tests against England as warm-ups for the World Test Championship final against India, fast bowler Neil Wagner has said. A majority of New Zealand’s Test contingent
News While Hussey flies commercial via Doha, the group waiting in the Maldives will take a BCCI charter flight Michael Hussey will be home from India early on Monday morning, about the same time as the 38 Australian players, coaches and media land on their return from the Maldives. Following a series of Covid-19 positive
Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Moises Henriques were among the Australians at the IPL.© Delhi Capitals/Twitter Australian cricketers arrived back in Sydney on a charter flight Monday, more than a week after fleeing Covid-stricken India for the Maldives, local media reported. Cricket authorities had been rushing to evacuate players and support staff after the lucrative
News England fast bowler may face surgery as ECB plan next steps of recovery Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England’s two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s on June 2, and may face surgery on his troublesome right elbow after failing to come through this week’s return to first-class action. Archer, who
News The then Australia bowling coach has likened the team’s ‘monumental mistake’ to the underarm incident of 1981 David Saker, Australia’s bowling coach at the time of the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, has said the controversy will continue to taint Australian cricket much like the underarm incident of 1981 has done. Saker’s comments came in the
News CA is yet to confirm the make-up of the postponed series, but an announcement is expected soon India Women are set to tour Australia for a bilateral series in September. The tour, originally comprising three ODIs and slated for January this year, was officially postponed in December 2020. A report on the Cricket Australia
England vs New Zealand: Black Caps cricketers and staff depart for the United Kingdom.© Twitter Ahead of the two-match Test series against England and the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India, New Zealand players staff, and players on Saturday left for the UK. The contingent took a flight from Auckland airport and now they
Find out more at ecb.co.uk What a sumptuous innings from one of the greats. Younis Khan delivered a masterclass in Test match batting, building a strong base for his innings before accelerating in style. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and
Joe Root says that the challenge of taking on New Zealand, the world’s No.1-ranked Test team, followed by five home Tests against India and an away Ashes campaign, makes 2021 the sort of year that “you play the game for”. However, Root also admitted that England’s new-look selection panel – now led by the head
News He says it will be “extremely disconcerting” if his candidature was rejected due to reasons other than “my incompetency as a coach” India Women’s outgoing head coach WV Raman has alleged that a “smear campaign” against him has gained unwarranted traction and he has urged the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to stop it. In
News “All I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part” Cameron Bancroft has conceded there had to be wider knowledge of Australia’s ball-tampering tactics in the Newlands Test than the punished trio of himself, David Warner and Steven Smith. Speaking to the Guardian interviewer Donald McRae in
Rookie wicketkeeper-batsman Indrani Roy from Jharkhand was rewarded with maiden Test and ODI call-up for India’s tour of England next month but senior left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad missed out as she is recovering from COVID-19. The 29-year-old Gayakwad is also nursing an injury. The Neetu David-led selection panel made a course correction with teen batting
News Left-arm seamer collected eight trophies in globetrotting T20 career Harry Gurney, the Nottinghamshire and England seamer who became a fixture on the T20 franchise circuit, has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 34. Gurney announced the decision after failing to recover from a shoulder injury that caused him to miss Nottinghamshire’s
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News The squad hasn’t been named yet, but players have been asked to assemble in Mumbai on May 18 The India Women players are without central contracts from September 30, 2020 and aren’t sure if they will have signed new annual retainers by the time they board their flight to the UK on June 2
News England head coach will hand over to assistants Thorpe and Collingwood during busy summer Chris Silverwood will miss the ODI series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan as part of England’s rest-and-rotation policy. Silverwood, the England coach, was one of few ever-presents on England’s tours of Sri Lanka and India and accepts he will find
News The summer will include four Tests, three ODIs and 15 T20Is in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup Cricket West Indies has announced a packed home schedule for the 2021 season, which includes visits from South Africa, Australia and Pakistan. In all, West Indies will play four Tests, three ODIs and 15 T20Is
News The CPL proved a springboard to Phillips’ transformation into a reliable T20I batter “It’s pretty unreal!” This was Glenn Phillips‘ reaction to being offered a New Zealand central contract for the first time, four years after making his international debut in a T20I against South Africa in Auckland. Phillips played 11 T20Is between 2017
Hanuma Vihari created a network of volunteers to help people during the latest wave of Covid-19 in India © Getty Images For India batter Hanuma Vihari, the biggest satisfaction these days comes from being able to arrange a hospital bed or an oxygen cylinder for Covid-19 patients through his network of friends. While a number
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Thursday announced the 20 Black Caps players who have been handed central contracts for the 2021-22 season. Canterbury all-rounder Daryl Mitchell and precocious Auckland Aces star Glenn Phillips have been offered national contracts for the first time following breakout seasons. The pair are the only new faces on the 20
News Fiery outing for Sussex shows progress in recovery from elbow and finger injuries Jofra Archer demonstrated that his return to fitness is firmly on track following a fiery performance for Sussex on the opening day of their LV= County Championship clash with Kent at Hove, and confirmed he would be ready to step back