Yuvraj Singh received a guard of honour as he returned to the hotel after Road Safety World Series final.© Instagram Yuvraj Singh was one of the star performers as India Legends won the Road Safety World Series title in Raipur, beating their Sri Lanka counterparts in the final on Sunday. As the players returned to
News “We are starting to click together and performances are coming from every player,” Wolvaardt says Captain Suné Luus praised South Africa’s new-found fearless style of play, which she credited with their double success in India. South Africa won the ODIs 4-1 and sealed the T20I rubber with a game to play, to pick up
News The Association has won four trophies this season having also taken the Ford Trophy and women’s Super Smash Canterbury may need a bigger trophy cabinet after becoming the first team to win four domestic titles in a New Zealand season with the men’s side clinching the Plunket Shield and the women claiming the one-day
News The stand-in captain pointed out where in the contest did India lose the match India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana said her team’s sloppy fielding made the hosts undeserving of a win in the second T20I against South Africa. On Sunday night, South Africa won off the final ball to take an unassailable 2-0 lead
Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s decision to miss the early stages of the IPL season in order to ensure his long-term fitness ahead of the T20 World Cup and the Ashes is a “very satisfying” one, in the eyes of England’s head coach Chris Silverwood. England confirmed
Shakib Al Hasan is due to return to KKR’s colours © BCCI The BCB may reconsider the No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for Shakib Al Hasan to play in this year’s IPL, according to Akram Khan, the board’s cricket operations chairman. The news comes less than 24 hours after Shakib had accused the BCB, and particularly Khan,
Report West Indies have decided to go with a four-strong seam attack to attempt to make full use of the seaming conditions Toss West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka West Indies’ new permanent captain Kraigg Brathwaite decided to put Sri Lanka in to bat in the first Test at
News T20I and ODI vice-captain acknowledges his role is that of a bowling allrounder After recovering from his groin injury, Shadab Khan – the Pakistan limited-overs vice-captain – has set his focus on reviving his bowling form as his primary objective. As for his batting, he wants to mould that part of his game as
News “Maybe Rahul’s loss of form has been a blessing in disguise,” he says Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes the lack of runs from regular opener KL Rahul has ended up benefiting India by providing them with an ideal opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Following scores of 1, 0, 0 and
News Increase in number of points for a draw following comments from Joe Root this month The number of points on offer for a draw in the County Championship has been increased from five to eight, after England’s Test captain Joe Root called for changes in the competition’s regulations to incentivise teams to make games
News Criticism centers around the board saying he ‘doesn’t want to play Tests’ Shakib Al Hasan has said that he was misrepresented by the BCB about his decision to skip the Test series against Sri Lanka. Shakib said that the two matches, which are part of the World Test Championship, aren’t of much value as
The late Dean Jones was honoured at tea time on day one of the Boxing Day Test at his beloved Melbourne Cricket Ground
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Quite possibly the greatest ever player to pick up a bat, exploded onto the scene at the age of just 17. Sachin Tendulkar became the 2nd youngest player to score a Test hundred, and remains 3rd in today’s standings. This is the official channel of the
Captain Eoin Morgan wants England’s IPL-bound players to make the most of the opportunities in the upcoming T20 league as they prepare themselves for the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in India later this year. The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by India in October-November this year and Morgan expects
News West Indies captain also confident that Holder and Bravo, who missed the Bangladesh tour, will fit in seamlessly In a recent change, West Indies appointed opener Kraigg Brathwaite as full-time Test captain following a memorable 2-0 win in Bangladesh under his leadership. That series saw massive contributions from newcomers Kyle Mayers, Nkrumah Bonner and
As the BCCI gets ready to host a second successive edition of the IPL during the Covid-19 pandemic, the board has informed all teams that they will not be vaccinated during the tournament. Anyone testing positive for the virus will need to isolate for a minimum of 10 days and clear the testing process before
News Fast bowler set to return to England post T20I series against India as Rajasthan Royals await formal update from ECB on his availability Jofra Archer is set to miss at least the first half of IPL 2021 with Rajasthan Royals as the ECB has decided to send him back home to tend to a
News The last domestic tournament held was the Bangabandhu T20s, which finished on December 18 Defending champions Khulna will face the newly-promoted Sylhet in the National Cricket League from March 22, as domestic cricket returns in Bangladesh after three months. The last domestic tournament held was the Bangabandhu T20s, which finished on December 18. Since
Kraigg Brathwaite was named West Indies’ new permanent Test captain in place of Jason Holder © AFP/Getty Images Big picture For the first time in 18 months, Test cricket returns to the Caribbean. Even aside from this whole pandemic thing, plenty has happened in the interim. Sri Lanka have switched coaches (as is annual tradition).
News Captain says ‘it’s just too much to ask’ of those players to be involved in Sri Lanka, Pakistan series Eoin Morgan has revealed that he expects to be without the services of England’s multi-format players throughout their home T20I series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan next summer. England have been at full strength for
News Failure to convert 2-1 lead leaves England with as many questions as answers ahead of World Cup On the eve of the fourth T20I of this series, Mark Wood was asked how big a statement it would be for England to convert their 2-1 lead into a series win against India. After sliding to
Report Zimbabwe make three changes: Madhevere, Tiripano and Mavuta out; Masakadza, Shumba and Akram in Toss Afghanistan opt to bat vs Zimbabwe Afghanistan have won the toss and elected for first strike – batting first for the third game in a row, though they had been inserted in the first game – in the final
News “The West Indies pace attack is a really good one, and they know how to move the Dukes ball” West Indies have a good pace attack, and the pitch looks difficult, but get in and get us more than 275 – so goes Dimuth Karunaratne‘s directive to Sri Lanka’s batsmen ahead of the first
South Africa’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa could now take action according to the country’s National Sport and Recreation Act © Gallo Images/Getty Images Cricket South Africa runs the risk of ministerial intervention after its Members’ Council – the decision-making arm of the organisation, which is made up of provincial presidents – rejected the interim board’s
News The 68-year old is said to be experiencing mild symptoms Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricket captain Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19. The news was confirmed by Dr Faisal Sultan, an infectious diseases expert and a prominent figure in Pakistan’s response to the pandemic. Khan, 68, is understood to be experiencing mild
Report SA rested Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune, and Nondumiso Shangase, who all featured in the fifth and final ODI on Wednesday Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs India Women Allrounder Simran Bahadur has been handed her maiden India cap as Sune Luus, South Africa’s stand-in captain, opted to chase in the T20I series
Report Ishan Kishan stays on the sidelines as both captains say they would’ve liked to chase at the toss Toss England opt to bowl vs India England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the fifth and deciding T20I against India in Ahmedabad. The visitors are unchanged while the hosts have dropped
News Meg Lanning’s team will ramp up their preparations over the next week ahead of the T20I series There could be some fiercely-contested training sessions among the Australia squad in New Zealand over the coming days as players stake their claims for a spot in the side for the first T20I later this month. Having
New Zealand captain Tom Latham called it “awesome” as star performers Trent Boult and Martin Guptill powered the Black Caps to an emphatic eight wicket win over Bangladesh in the opening one-day international in Dunedin on Saturday. With swing king Boult moving the ball both ways, New Zealand dismissed Bangladesh for a mediocre 131 and