IND vs ENG: Ishant Sharma was seen hugging a teammate during India’s training session in Chennai.© Instagram Team India had their first outdoor training session since reaching Chennai for the first two Tests against England. The Indian team completed their quarantine and cleared all their Covid tests, and trained at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in
News Fast bowler still exceeding 90mph at age of 39, and plans on entering IPL auction Fidel Edwards has made himself available for West Indies and hopes to return to international cricket for the first time in almost 10 years. Edwards celebrates his 39th birthday this week and last represented West Indies in 2012. But,
News TNCA requests BCCI to allow spectators at 50% stadium capacity for second India vs England Test All members of the India and England Test squads have returned negative Covid-19 tests and have been cleared to exit their bio-secure bubbles to take part in training in the lead up to the first Test, starting in
News England batsman hopes to learn a few tricks of the trade from the West Indian England international Tom Banton has heaped praise on West Indies counterpart Nicholas Pooran, describing the left-hander as “the best in the world” when it comes to clearing the ropes in short form cricket. Banton was speaking after Pooran smashed
Justin Langer believes rumblings within the Australian dressing room about its uncompromising environment are a “wake up call” he cannot ignore, ahead of key meetings among administrators who have the ultimate say about how long he remains as coach of the national team. The CA Board are due to meet on Friday for the first
News He joins the team as a strategic consultant ahead of IPL 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders have hired England’s white-ball analyst Nathan Leamon as a strategic consultant ahead of IPL 2021. Leamon, who has been involved with the England team since 2009, has worked closely with Eoin Morgan – the Knight Riders captain – in
Report Ismail’s new-ball spell of 3-0-9-3 helped reduce Pakistan to a precarious 20 for 4 South Africa Women 133 for 5 (Brits 66, Amin 2-21) beat Pakistan Women 115 for 7 (Riaz 39, Naseem 33, Ismail 5-12) by 18 runs A second consecutive half-century from Tazmin Brits and career-best figures of 5 from 12 from
Report TN batsmen aced the chase after Siddharth’s 4-20 limited Baroda to 120 for 9 Tamil Nadu 123 for 3 (Hari Nishanth 35, Aparajith 29*, Sheth 1-20) beat Baroda 120 for 9 (Solanki 49, Siddharth 4-20, Aparajith 1-16) by seven wickets No R Ashwin (India duty). No M Vijay (personal reasons). No Washington Sundar (India
News “I’d like to think more opportunities will come from this and we’ll see what happens,” Overton says England hopefuls Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett and Jamie Overton all performed with the bat at the T10 League on Sunday, serving up some timely reminders of their talent in a year of great opportunity for
Report Mukidul Islam took four wickets while Khaled Ahmed picked up a three-for for the hosts, in Chattogram West Indians 257 (Brathwaite 85, Rishad 5-75) and 291 (Bonner 80, Campbell 68, Mukidul 4-59) drew with BCB XI 160 (Naim 45, Cornwall 5-47) and 63 for 2 (Yasir 33*, Shadman 23*, Reifer 2-7) A few more
Brisbane Heat 3 for 162 (Heazlett 74*, Peirson 43*) beat Sydney Thunder 8 for 158 (Billings 34, Cutting 34*, Steketee 2-22, Swepson 2-28) by seven wickets Sam Heazlett and Jimmy Peirson took full toll of some obligingly loose death bowling from the Sydney Thunder at Manuka Oval to rocket the Brisbane Heat into a preliminary
Marnus Labuschagne took three wickets before Brisbane Heat found a cool head in Jimmy Peirson to end Adelaide Strikers’ KFC Big Bash League season in a tense Eliminator final at the Gabba
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Moeen Ali spun England back into contention on Day 2 in Southampton, taking 4 wickets in 16 balls in one sensational spell of bowling. India rallied around an unbeaten 132 from Cheteshwar Pujara to push the visitors to 273. England will resume on 6-0 on Day
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India’s Test series win in Australia during his 73rd Mann Ki Baat programme, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Sunday said that the former’s encouraging words will boost the morale and energy of the Indian cricket team for future challenges. “Thank you
News Four uncapped players – Zafar Gohar, Danish Aziz, Zahid Mehmood and Amad Butt – in 20-man squad Pakistan have dropped Fakhar Zaman and Wahab Riaz for the upcoming three-match T20I series against South Africa, with Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim and Mohammad Hafeez all unavailable as well. Hasan Ali, Asif Ali and Aamer Yamin recalled
News Shah, 32, replaces BCB president Nazmul Hassan in the role BCCI secretary Jay Shah was on Saturday elected president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) following the continental body’s annual general meeting held virtually. Shah, 32, replaced BCB president Nazmul Hassan in the post, and is the youngest administrator to be appointed ACC president.
News Buttler was all praise for captain Joe Root’s ability to bat long periods against spin in the subcontinent Only a handful of active cricketers know the feeling of winning a Test series in India. One of them is England captain Joe Root, who had debuted in the 2012-13 series which England won 2-1, the
News A snap lockdown of the city due to a Covid-19 case in Western Australia’s hotel-quarantine programme forced the move A snap lockdown of the city of Perth due to a Covid-19 case in Western Australia’s hotel-quarantine programme forced Cricket Australia into a last-minute shift of the Perth Scorchers’ Big Bash League Challenger on Thursday
News Allrounder to Asian community: ‘There’s a lot of conspiracy theories out there, but it’s just medicine evolving’ Moeen Ali has urged people to take the Covid-19 vaccine and ignore “consipracy theories” amid concerns over low vaccination rates among ethnic minority groups. Scientists are still trying to determine what level of immunity, if any, comes
News BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal says board confident of hosting IPL 2021 in India The BCCI doesn’t feel the need to look at a back-up overseas venue for hosting the 2021 edition of the IPL, treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal said on Saturday. Dhumal, who is also on the IPL Governing Council, told PTI that the
Eighteen months since playing his last Test, Moeen Ali feels he has so much more to achieve, including passing the 200-wicket milestone. Back in Chennai, where he scored the last of his five Test centuries with 146 in England’s innings defeat as India won their series 4-0 in 2016, Moeen said that a sense of
Report Jomel Warrican also picked up three wickets for the visitors to help bundle the BCB XI for 160 West Indians 257 and 179 for 5 (Bonner 80*, Campbell 68, Hassan 2-32) lead BCB XI 160 (Naim 45, Hasan 30, Cornwall 5-47, Warrican 3-25) by 276 runs West Indians had their best day on the
News In what became a slightly farcical conclusion to the Qualifier final, Tye bowled a bouncer which was called wide and denied Vince the chance to go for a century James Vince said he hoped Andrew Tye “didn’t mean it” when he bowled the bouncer which was called wide and denied Vince the chance to
A 123-run partnership between Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur saw India bowled out just 33 runs short of Australia’s first innings, with Josh Hazlewood claiming a five-wicket haul, before Australia’s openers extended their lead to 54 by stumps. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men England have put themselves back in contention in this dramatic Test, reducing India to 110-5 at the end of Day 3. India will be favourites for victory with only another 84 runs required, but England will be hoping to repeat a famous finish at Edgbaston in
Sourav Ganguly was admitted to Woodlands Hospital on January 2, after he complained of chest pain.© Instagram The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly is doing well and all his vital parameters are stable, said the medical bulletin issued by Apollo Gleneagles Hospital on Saturday. “Sourav Ganguly, who underwent angioplasty
News The premier first-class tournament will not be held for the first time since its inception in 1934-35 There will be no Ranji Trophy for the first time since its inception in 1934-35, but the BCCI has announced that the senior men’s, senior women’s and Under-19 men’s 50-over competitions would be held in the current
News The allrounder had suffered a groin injury during the third ODI on January 25 Shakib Al Hasan has been named in Bangladesh’s 18-man Test squad for the two-match series against West Indies. Shakib had suffered a groin injury during the third ODI on January 25, and walked off the field without completing his fifth
News South Africa batsman on the difficulties of batting in spin-friendly conditions Aiden Markram has scored his first half-century in the subcontinent but is careful not to consider his corner turned just yet. After 84 runs from eight innings on previous tours to Sri Lanka and India, Markram knows that one 74 does not necessarily
Report Pakistan’s wait for a win on tour continues South Africa 125 for 2 (Brits 52, Kapp 28, Anwer 2-29) beat Pakistan 124 for 8 (Naseem 31, Imtiaz 24, Kapp 3-24) by eight wickets Pakistan may have to wait for a bit longer for their first win on the tour of South Africa. After a