News Players’ wives and girlfriends would not be able to make the trip while broadcast crews are also an issue Perth’s hopes of hosting the fifth Ashes Test have taken another big hit after Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan reiterated his hardline stance on quarantine rules and banned players’ wives and girlfriends for the trip
Month: November 2021
The much-awaited mega auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is expected to take place by the end of December or January first week. Ahead of the big auctions, all eight IPL franchises have been asked to submit the list of their retained players by today (November 30). When it comes to retentions, franchises can
India and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Shardul Thakur got engaged to long-time girlfriend Mittali Parulkar in a private ceremony in Mumbai on Monday. Sharing pictures of the event, Shardul wrote on his Instagram account, “The beginning of forever”. Rohit Sharma, captain of Mumbai Indians and the India T20I cricket team, was also seen in attendance
Report Pathum Nissanka top-scored with 73, before hosts lost Angelo Mathews to injury The West Indian ploy to bombard Sri Lanka’s batters with left-arm spin reaped rich dividends on the second morning in Galle, as the pair of Jomel Warrican and Veerasammy Permaul picked up nine wickets between them – including career-best figures of 5
News The former captain was expected to bowl in this game, but that now appears unlikely Angelo Mathews‘ role in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Galle could be substantially restricted after he picked up a thigh strain on the second morning. He sustained the injury while running a single in Sri Lanka’s
News Too early to decide on Iyer’s place in the next Test, says India coach India’s captain for the Kanpur Test must still have been processing the tight result with India falling one wicket short of what would have been an incredible win on a slow, low surface when his coach Rahul Dravid was being
News Preparation is being disrupted by the weather and there are concerns around Covid-19, but the focus is on the Gabba He’s never played a first-class match, let alone a Test, in Australia and the final week of preparation leading into the opening game of the Ashes in Brisbane looks set to be disrupted by
Report Abid missed the rare achievement of a century in each innings, falling for 91 with victory in sight Pakistan 286 and 203 for 2 (Abid 91, Shafique 73) beat Bangladesh 330 and 157 (Liton 59, Yasir 36, Afridi 5-32) by 8 wickets Pakistan made light work of what might have seemed a tricky target
Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan applauded Kolkata Knight Rider’s (KKR) all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer ahead of the mega auctions, which is expected to take place in December. Pathan opined that if KKR doesn’t retain Iyer, then he will be a hot pick at the mega auction. The IPL franchises are expected to decide four players they
The existing eight Indian Premier league (IPL) teams are set to retain some of their most valuable stars with a maximum cap of four players before the deadline of November 30. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had confirmed before that the eight existing franchises cannot retain more than three Indian (capped/uncapped)
Kanpur: Basking in the glory of becoming India’s third highest Test wicket-taker, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed that he feared his career would not survive the chaos unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The 35-year-old Ashwin, who took his 419th wicket in his 80th Test to surpass Harbhajan Singh (417 in 103 Tests)
Sri Lanka lead the two-match Test series against West Indies 1-0.© AFP Sri Lanka are looking to recover from a series of blows in quick succession on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against the West Indies in Galle on Tuesday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss on Monday, Sri Lanka got off
In the end, it was down to just one wicket and New Zealand managed to save the Kanpur Test by the skin of their teeth. India were missing several big names but those present at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur gave a great example of a thorough team performance over five days and almost
Pakistan will look to seal victory in the 1st Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday.© AFP Pakistan will look to seal victory on the final day after openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique scored individual fifties as they ended Day 4 of the first Test on a high against Bangladesh in the opening Test in Chattogram.
India head coach Rahul Dravid spoke about the lack of juice in the pitch on the fifth and final day which made it harder for the edges to find the fielders. He termed the Day 5 pitch as “quite unresponsive” and hailed his bowlers, especially the spinners, for putting up a great fight which almost
Recently, as per reports, it was claimed that next season of IPL will be starting on April 02. Unlike every year, in the 2022 edition, ten teams will play a total of 74 games. Due to the arrival of two new teams (Ahmedabad and Lucknow), a mega auction is expected to be held in December.
Ravichandran Ashwin starred for India in the drawn Kanpur Test against New Zealand.© AFP India failed to win the Kanpur Test match despite a spirited performance from the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin in the final two sessions of the fifth day as debutant Rachin Ravindra and last man Ajaz Patel batted
News The Hobart Hurricanes quick is now looking ahead to the prospect of a home World Cup It’s been a whirlwind few months for Nathan Ellis and he is still trying to take it all in. A late call-up to Australia’s tours of the Caribbean and Bangladesh culminated in a debut hat-trick, then came a
News Klusener’s current contract expires on December 31 Lance Klusener has decided not to continue as the head coach of Afghanistan. The former South Africa allrounder, who was appointed in the role in September 2019, will not extend his contract, which expires on December 31, 2021. “Having spent two years with the team, I will
News Captain says going for a win went “off the cards” during the second session of the final day that saw his side eke out a draw Since the start of 2013, India have won 19 tosses in Tests at home. Apart from the two weather-affected draws, they have won 16 matches, and only one
News India don’t feel they batted on too long after they ended one wicket short of a win When a side comes as close to winning as India did and the opposition is more than 100 away from their score, it is tempting to look for a few priceless minutes from earlier in the match.
News Former England captain wants law changed to prevent the suffering of terminally ill patients Ray Illingworth, the former England captain, has revealed he is being treated for oesophageal cancer, and has called for assisted dying to be legalised in the UK after witnessing the way his wife Shirley suffered from the same disease. Illingworth,
Ray Illingworth led England to an Ashes series victory in Australia in 1970/71.© Twitter Former England cricket captain Ray Illingworth has revealed he is receiving treatment for cancer. The 89-year-old, who led England to an Ashes series victory in Australia in 1970/71, is undergoing radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer. “They are just hoping to get rid
Ravichandran Ashwin in action in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur© AFP Team India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday paid rich tributes to off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for surpassing Harbhajan Singh in the list of highest wicket-takers in Test cricket. Ashwin is now third among Indians in the list, only behind the
Sri Lanka‘s openers started strong against the West Indies after rain stopped play until after tea in the second Test at Galle on Monday. Match officials extended play after the hosts won the toss but stopped half an hour early with bad light after just 34.4 overs. Pathum Nissanka outscored skipper Dimuth Karunaratne to reach
England’s Ashes campaign officially gets underway on Tuesday, according to Joe Root, the Test captain, with the emergence from quarantine of the multi-format players who featured in the recent T20 World Cup in the UAE, and the scheduled start of an intra-squad four-day match in Brisbane. Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan and
England star all-rounder Ben Stokes has revealed the frightening moment when he almost choked on a tablet and later was hit by a ball on his forearm during the training session, making him think that it might be broken. Stokes said the tablet went down the wrong way and got stuck in his windpipe, causing
India coach Rahul Dravid lauded debutant Shreyas Iyer on Monday for his prolific scoring in the drawn opening Test against New Zealand, and said his performance reflects an abundance of up-and-coming talent. Iyer, a limited-overs regular for India, stood out for India with his 105 and 65 in India’s 345 and 237-4 declared in Kanpur.
The first Test match between India and New Zealand in Kanpur might have ended in a draw but it certainly proved why Test cricket is the ultimate test for the players. With occasional concerns about the health of the longest format cropping up now and then, matches like the one that ended in a pulsating
Ajinkya Rahane is, more than anyone else, keen on getting big runs under his belt and it’s a matter of just one game before the India vice-captain regains his form, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Monday. Rahane scored 35 and 4 in the drawn opening Test against New Zealand and his average throughout the
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