News No recall for Andre Russell, three players to miss Ireland series due to Covid-19 Pollard had been ruled out of West Indies’ tour of Pakistan in December because of a hamstring injury, with Nicholas Pooran leading the T20I side in his absence. Shai Hope had been due to take charge in the ODIs, before
Month: December 2021
Report Spinners Ostwal, Tambe and opener Raghuvanshi shine as India beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in rain-hit final India Under-19 104 for 1 (Raghuvanshi 56*, Rasheed 31*) beat Sri Lanka Under-19 106 for 9 (Ostwal 3-11, Tambe 2-23) by nine wickets via DLS method India ended 2021 with a memorable feat, winning a record eighth
Luckily there’s only a few more hours for anything else to go wrong in South African cricket in 2021. It’s been the third annus horribilis in succession after the disaster that was the 2019 World Cup, the administrative chaos that followed in 2020, the band-aid which has been ripped off the racial wounds in 2021,
Everyone present in the meeting had asked Virat Kohli to reconsider stepping down as India’s T20I captain on the eve of the T20 World Cup, chief selector Chetan Sharma said on Friday. Breaking from the recent norm of announcing squads via press releases, Chetan featured in a press conference today to name the ODI squad
News Former Test captain advocates radical change with call for ECB to impose Hundred template on first-class game Former England batter Kevin Pietersen believes that the ECB must create a first-class competition with a similar structure to the Hundred if the men’s Test team is to “return to its former glories”. Pietersen, an Ashes winner
Sydney Thunder v Adelaide StrikersSunday, 08:15, Live on Sky Sports Strikers in a world of trouble I previewed the first edition of this match in the 2021-22 BBL season a couple of days ago and warned Betting.betfair readers that things weren’t going to get any easier for the Strikers. And so it proved. This time
Captain Rohit Sharma was on Friday ruled out of India’s upcoming ODI series in South Africa due to a hamstring injury, forcing the selectors to appoint KL Rahul as skipper of an 18-member team for the white-ball leg of the tour. All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were also not selected as they were not
The Yash Dhull-led Indian side crushed Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the final of the Under 19 Men’s Asia Cup 2021 to seal their eighth title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Chasing the revised target of 102 in 38 overs due to the DLS method, India opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a
On Friday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the 18-member India squad for the upcoming three-match One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa. KL Rahul will be leading the ODI side in the absence of regular white-ball captain Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been named Rahul’s deputy.
Reigning World Test Champions, New Zealand, will begin their cricketing action in 2022 with a two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The series that will be a part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship will begin on January 1. The Black Caps have played against Bangladesh 15 times in Test cricket. Of those, they have
The selection committee named KL Rahul as the ODI captain for India’s three-match series against South Africa after Rohit Sharma was ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Chairman of the selection committee, Chetan Sharma, also opened up on the controversy surrounding the ODI captaincy involving Test skipper Virat Kohli. Sharma said that Kohli was asked not to quit
India lead 1-0 against South Africa in three-match Test series.© AFP The victorious Indian cricket team was on Friday fined 20 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test. India will also lose one point from their ICC Men’s World Test Championship tally due to
NZ vs BAN: New Zealand and Bangladesh will clash in a two-match Test series from January 1.© AFP New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 1 Live Cricket Score Updates: New Zealand will take on Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui from January 1. The
India will face South Africa in three ODIs.© AFP KL Rahul will captain the Indian cricket team in the upcoming ODI series against South Africa, with white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma being ruled out due to injury. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been named as vice-captain of the team for the three-match series. Chief selector Chetan Sharma informed in a
News Analysis From a fringe Australia player to World Cup star and churning out BBL runs, he won’t want 2021 to end A rather innocuous unbeaten 42 against bottom-placed Melbourne Renegades doesn’t exactly stand out amid Mitchell Marsh‘s purple patch but it might best encapsulate his remarkable transformation this year from an unfulfilled talent to
The International Cricket Council on Friday revealed the full list of nominees for this year’s ICC Awards. The ongoing year witnessed plenty of events, including the final of the 2019-21 ICC World Test Championship in Southampton where Kane Williamson’s New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets. Meanwhile, in the 2021 edition of the ICC Men’s
Year 2021 ended on the right note for the U-19 Indian cricket team as it lifted the U-19 Asia Cup after beating Sri Lanka by nine wickets (DLS Method) in a match that was interrupted by rain on Friday in Dubai. Batting first, the Sri Lanka U-19 side was reduced to 106/9 in 38 overs
Silverwood and Head out It would be fitting if the Ashes were to be cancelled. In terms of competitiveness, it has had all the heat of gazpacho. And there’s only one team that have been in the soup. Yet there is a way out for England’s soppy, sloppy lot. Covid could well save them the
Star India batter Smriti Mandhana was on Friday nominated for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for her spectacular performances across all formats. Mandhana was also nominated for Women’s T20 Player of the Year on Thursday. Mandhana was shortlisted for the top award along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South
It eventually turned out to be a walk in the park for the India U-19 side as they thrashed Sri Lanka in the final by 9 wickets to win the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup title on Friday in Dubai. The match was interrupted by rain and Sri Lanka managed a paltry 108/9 in 38 overs. India’s
England captain Joe Root, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and the Pakistan duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan were on Friday short-listed for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year Award for their stellar performances across formats. The award will be given to the best overall performer in men’s international cricket (Tests, ODIs
Preview The visitors don’t have Shakib and Tamim; the hosts are missing Williamson, but have been boosted by the return of Boult and Conway Big picture New Zealand vs Bangladesh contests have been complete mismatches, wherever they have been played. Bangladesh have lost each of their away matches against New Zealand, irrespective of the format,
News The BCCI president will remain in home isolation for the time being, with a team of doctors monitoring his health status Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he had been admitted following a positive Covid-19 test, with the hospital declaring him “clinically stable”. Dr Rupali Basu, the MD and CEO
News Starting with the New Zealand tour, Bangladesh would want to improve their record of 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests Bangladesh will look to forget 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests, and set shorter goals for a better 2022. Their first task in hand, on the
The cricketing calendar of 2021 concluded with the recent South Africa vs India Boxing-Day Test in Centurion, where the tourists registered victory by 113 runs. The year 2021 saw many memorable Test matches where some batters and bowlers left a great impression through their splendid consistency. Keeping that in mind, Cricket Australia (CA) has released
File picture of Tabraiz Shamsi and Quinton de Kock.© AFP Centurion : South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi praised compatriot Quinton de Kock for giving his family priority over playing in the longest format of the game. De Kock on Thursday announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. Cricket South Africa (CSA) said De
SA vs IND: Salman Butt feels India “the team to beat” in Test cricket.© BCCI/Twitter After India’s historic win over South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series in Centurion, former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt said that the Asian giants are “the team to beat” as far as Test cricket is concerned. India,
Team India started their tour of South Africa in emphatic fashion, registering a comfortable 113-run win in the first Test match at Centurion. It was a complete team performance from India with KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami producing the standout acts. India’s win at Centurion puts them on course to achieve something that they have never
Harbhajan Singh was part of the MS Dhoni-led Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup.© AFP Indian spin great Harbhajan Singh has said that he was given no explanation by the team management when he was dropped from the team in the later years of his playing career. With MS Dhoni still India’s captain
Dinesh Karthik showered immense praise on opener KL Rahul after the latter’s incredible performance in the Centurion Test that helped India take a crucial 1-0 lead in the three-match series against South Africa. Talking on Cricbuzz.com, Karthik highlighted the importance of having KL Rahul as an opener in the team while touring tough countries like
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