Selector George Bailey Sunday insisted under-fire Aaron Finch would be Australia’s skipper at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, calling mounting criticism of his leadership and form “white noise”. Finch’s scores of one and 12 in their opening two games against New Zealand last week, coupled with his failure to fire in the recent Big Bash
Month: February 2021
Cricket South Africa have named a mostly unchanged Proteas squad for the upcoming series against India Women. Sune Luus, who captained the side to ODI and T20I series wins over Pakistan at home last month, will continue to lead the squad. The experienced duo of Dane Van Niekerk and Chloe Tryon continues to miss out
News The series begins on March 7 in Lucknow starting with three ODIs followed by five T20Is Allrounder Shikha Pandey and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia have been left out of India’s limited-overs squad for the women’s home series against South Africa in Lucknow. The series begins on March 7 starting with three ODIs followed by five
Sixteen pink-ball Test matches have been played so far, with only five of those stretching up to the fifth day. The most-recent pink-ball Test, between India and England in Ahmedabad, finished within two days, throwing up the shortest Test result since 1935 and the seventh-shortest overall. Two days after that Test, R Ashwin conceded that
IND vs ENG: Mayank Agarwal posted a photo on Instagram from his team’s bio-secure bubble.© Instagram With few extra days of rest, the Team India players are revitalising themselves for the fourth and final Test match against England. Mayank Agarwal, who is yet to play a match in the series, took to Instagram to share
IND vs ENG: Rory Burns during the first Test match against India.© BCCI England‘s team management has not reprimanded opening batsman Rory Burns for the late-night tweet he sent out to women’s player Alex Hartley following the Three Lions’ defeat in the third Test against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium. “Rory has not been
Karachi Kings v Lahore QalandarsSunday 28 February, 14:00TV: live on Sky Sports King Babar Babar Azam turned on the afterburners just when Karachi Kings and toss bias punters needed it most on Saturday in the contest against Multan Sultans. The chasing streak looked under threat when Multan had amassed 195. But there was no doubt
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced the final squads for The Hundred 2021. In total, 57 male and female players have signed up for the action-packed 100-ball competition which will bowl out on July 21 with a standalone women’s match between the Oval Invincibles and the Manchester Originals at The Oval. The
The track at the Narendra Modi Stadium was a “tricky one” but England‘s batting coach Jonathan Trott feels that it would be a “disservice” to solely blame the 22-yard strip instead of focussing on the chinks in their armoury. The pitch of the Pink-ball Test received a lot of flak from some quarters after England were
South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn took to Twitter to express his displeasure about comments made by a commentator during his side’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) match on Friday. Steyn, who is currently playing for Quetta Gladiators in the PSL 2021, lashed out at commentator Simon Doull for his comments about his long hair. Referring to
News “I find it heinous where you have a thought process and you want everyone to follow that and think that” R Ashwin has expressed strong reservations about narratives built around how India are winning because of pitches being tailored to suit their strengths. He refuses to “buy what’s being sold” and wants fans to
News Trott, Sibley’s former Warwickshire team-mate, is England’s batting consultant in India It has been a strange winter for Dom Sibley. While England’s white-ball players were in South Africa in December, Sibley was readying himself for the challenge of his first six Tests in Asia in surreal surroundings, batting in a marquee at the national
News The remaining matches involving Australia men’s team and England women’s side will be played behind closed doors Next week’s T20Is in Auckland involving the Australia men’s team and the England women’s side have been relocated to Wellington, after Auckland was put into a week-long Covid-19 lockdown. The remaining matches of the two tours are
The ODI series between India and England will be played behind closed doors.© Twitter The three-match ODI series between India and England is set to be played behind closed doors with an eye on the COVID-19 situation. But whether all the games will be held in Pune or the last ODI will be shifted to
Veteran cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has stopped bothering about landmarks “long, long time back” as his only endeavour currently is to work on his craft and be useful every time when he plays for India. Ashwin has become the fourth Indian bowler to complete 400 wickets in Test cricket and was asked if surpassing ‘Peak 619’
IND vs ENG: The three ODIs are to be played on March 23, 26, and 28.© AFP The Maharashtra government on Saturday green lighted the three scheduled ODIs between India and England in Pune without allowing any spectators in the wake of huge spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. There was some doubts that
India women’s cricket team will return to international action for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak as the BCCI has announced the fixtures for their upcoming series against South Africa. Both teams will play 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Stadium in Lucknow from March 7 till March
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday said that his side does not have any apprehension about the pink-ball Tests and he is confident that every team will adapt to the day-night Tests as they play it more often. India had managed to defeat England within two days in the pink-ball Test. The match saw both
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday said that talks regarding the pitch is getting out of hand and he once again reiterated that one should be talking about the quality of play rather than the 22 yards. India defeated England by 10 wickets within two days in the pink-ball Test. The match saw batsmen from
IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant poses for a photo with Axar Patel, Avesh Khan and Sandeep Warrier.© Instagram Making the most of the spare time after the third Test against England finished in two days, India’s Rishabh Pant took to social media to share a photo with teammates and also shared with fans that the
Aaron Finch’s wife Amy has fired back at online trolls who targeted the couple following Australia skipper’s slump in form in recent games. Finch scored a paltry 12 during Australia’s chase of a mammoth total on Thursday in the second T20I against New Zealand. Moreover, Finch has scored 495 runs at an average of 17.06
The Motera track may have received a lot of flak after the pink ball Test ended inside two days but it is unlikely to attract any severe sanctions from the game’s governing body ICC with the pitch for the final game set to be a batting beauty. With India 2-1 up in the four-Test series
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been released from India’s squad for the fourth Test against England, beginning at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, due to personal reasons. “Jasprit Bumrah made a request to BCCI to be released from India’s squad ahead of the fourth Test owing to personal reasons,” the BCCI Secretary
Veteran India pacer Shikha Pandey was on Saturday dropped from both ODI and T20 squads that will take on South African women in a twin series starting March 7. While Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the ODI and T20I teams respectively, wicketkeeper Tanya Bhatia has also been dropped from the squads due to
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan, wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha and fast bowler Vinay Kumar will feature in the India Legends team in the upcoming Road Safety World Series scheduled to start at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on March 5. While Yusuf and Vinay announced their retirement from cricket on Friday, Naman
NZ vs AUS: New Zealand players celebrate a wicket during the second T20I match.© AFP The upcoming third and fourth T20Is between New Zealand and Australia will be played behind closed doors, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed on Saturday. The first and second T20I between New Zealand Women (White Ferns) and England Women will also
Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad UnitedSaturday 27 February, 15:00TV: live on Sky Sports Kings downed The toss bias in the Pakistan Super League suits a limited Zalmi team just fine. At the break in their game against Quetta Gladiators, who had shortened to 1/3, they faced a target of 199. It was as robust a test
Swashbuckling opening batsman Chris Gayle and fast bowler Fidel Edwards have been recalled to the West Indies squad for the three-match home T20I series against Sri Lanka next week. Gayle, who last played for his national team in an ODI against India in 2019, has kept himself busy in T20 leagues across the world and
IND vs ENG: Ravi Shastri engaged in some light-hearted banter on social media.© BCCI India head coach Ravi Shastri engaged in some light-hearted banter on social media as he quote-tweeted a joke on himself “to bring some smiles in these tough times.” Shastri is with the Indian team in Ahmedabad for the ongoing four-match Test
Jasprit Bumrah has been released from India squad for the fourth Test against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release. “Jasprit Bumrah made a request to BCCI to be released from India’s squad ahead of the fourth Test owing to personal reasons. Accordingly, the fast bowler has
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