Their bowling styles are like chalk and cheese but Arshdeep Singh finds Umran Malik’s frightening pace beneficial as the batters are always struggling to adjust due to the marked difference in their respective speed. The Jammu pace sensation is one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket alongside South African Anrich Nortje, Englishman Mark Wood
Month: November 2022
A recharged England, playing swashbuckling cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, will get their first taste of Pakistan conditions in 17 years when the first Test begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Under Stokes and former New Zealand great McCullum, England have remodelled their game — winning six of their last seven Tests
New Zealand are currently leading the ODI series against India 1-0, after the Kiwis won the first game and the second game was abandoned due to rain. Team India will look to get back to winning ways and level the three-match series at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Wednesday. In the first ODI, Shikhar
Skipper Pat Cummins made clear Tuesday there were “no cowards” on the Australian team, firing back at comments made by former coach Justin Langer. Langer last week attacked the anonymous “cowards” who leaked against him in the lead-up to his resignation this year after widespread reports in the Australian media, citing sources, about his intense
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh feels “the public has almost overdosed on cricket” and is disappointed with the crammed schedule. Referring to the hectic schedule of the Australian team this year, he said that it has become very hard for a spectator to keep up with the matches. Barely three days after the T20 World
Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India would look to level the three-match series when they take on New Zealand in the third and final ODI on Wednesday at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. The visitors lost the opening ODI by seven wickets while the second was abandoned due to rain. For the 2nd ODI, Deepak Hooda and Deepak Chahar
Pakistan pace great Wasim Akram, in his biography ‘Sultan: A Memoir’, criticised the attitude former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik during their playing days. Akram, who made his international debut in 1984, said that senior teammate Malik made him give massage and clean his clothes and boots. “He would take advantage of my junior status. He
Sitanshu Kotak, the former Saurashtra captain and one of the batting coaches at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), will continue to helm the India A squad, which is currently on tour in Bangladesh for two four-day fixtures. Kotak will be assisted by Troy Cooley, the Australian bowling coach at the NCA, and T Dilip, the
Ah, but what of South Africa? Sure, that didn’t work at the start. Defeat by an innings and 12 runs inside three days at Lord’s drew plenty of pent-up derision from the sidelines, most of it from traditional supporters – many of them English – who were slightly put out by the suggestion that they
Allan Border once observed that Australia playing a Test match in Perth was akin to them being overseas. Whether it was said in jest or not is hard to tell because Perth Test matches hit differently due to the innate parochialism of locals, who have a particularly strong identity unique from the rest of the
Northern, who resumed with Hurraira on 193 and Amin on 79, didn’t lose any wickets in the opening session but Danish Aziz broke through with Hurraira’s wicket after lunch, and Aaliyan then sent back Amin not long after to raise Sindh’s hopes. But Waheed, playing only his fourth game of the season, and Rohail ensured
On what is expected to be a bouncy and quick Optus Stadium pitch – a far cry from the slower Caribbean surfaces – West Indies’ pace attack has been urged to be restrained and patient against the experienced Australia batters in the first Test starting on Wednesday. Having not won a Test in Australia for
De Kock, 29, is one of South Africa’s key players. His left-handedness and aggression at the top of the order make him a sought after commodity in the T20 cricket. Alongside his runs – 8497 at an average of 33 and a strike rate of 138 – de Kock also has experience captaining the national
The deadline for applications closed on Monday (November 28), with the BCCI now likely to appoint a Cricket Advisory Committee to conduct interviews before announcing their decision. The first assignment for the new selection panel will be to pick the Indian team for the limited-overs series at home against Sri Lanka in 2023. In the
The Hundred will run from August 1-27 in 2023, a shorter window than in its first two seasons as the competition avoids a clash with England’s home international cricket for the first time. England men’s Tests against India (2021) and South Africa (2022) have been previously played alongside the Hundred, overlapping with the second half
Steve Waugh feels that the cricket-watching public, at least in Australia, “has almost overdosed” on the game, and it has reached a point where the interest levels are on the wane. “There’s a lot of cricket, it’s hard to follow as a spectator, it’s very hard to keep up with it,” Waugh said on SEN’s
Former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh, opener Shiv Sunder Das were the two prominent names to have applied for senior national selectors’ posts with experience of playing more than 20 Tests for India. It couldn’t be confirmed whether former pacer Ajit Agarkar has applied or not. According to many, Agarkar has a sure-shot chance of becoming
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to make a global T20 league for female cricketers along the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in form of Women’s IPL. As per the note sent by the BCCI to state associations, the women’s IPL will feature 20 league games with the
File image of Wasim Akram© Twitter In a startling revelation, pace legend Wasim Akram has accused his former Pakistan teammate Saleem Malik of treating him like a servant in the early part of his career. Akram, who made his international debut in 1984, said that senior teammate Malik made him give massage and clean his
Riyan Parag smashed a superb 116-ball 174 to help Assam chase down a mammoth target of 351 in 46.1 overs against Jammu and Kashmir in their Vijay Hazare quarterfinal in Ahmedabad on Monday. Parag struck 12 sixes and a dozen fours as Assam won the match by seven wickets. Replying to J&K’s 350 that was
England captain Ben Stokes will donate his match fees from their upcoming three-match Test series against the hosts Pakistan to help the victims of devastating floods in the country. Taking to Twitter, Stokes wrote: “I’m donating my match fees from this Test series to the Pakistan Flood appeal.” Millions of people in Pakistan got affected
KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty are one of the most popular celebs in showbiz. The couple often embarks on travel escapades and is spotted chilling together in the city of dreams, Mumbai. They don’t post pictures on social media very often, but they take the internet by storm when they do. The duo often makes
The Ben Stokes-led England are currently in Pakistan for a historic Test series. This is the first time in 17 years that England have toured Pakistan and the three-match series will be a part of the World Test Championship. Ahead of the series opener on December 1, Stokes on Monday announced that he would be
India will take on New Zealand in the third and last ODI on September 30 The Indian cricket team started its preparations for the ICC ODI World Cup at home next year with the series against New Zealand. A young Indian team lost to the Kiwis in the first ODI, as several senior players were
Maharashtra opener Ruturaj Gaikwad created history on Sunday by smashing 42 runs, including seven consecutive sixes against Uttar Pradesh, in one over. Gaikwad achieved the record feat in the quarterfinal match of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. Gaikwad scored the second double hundred of the 2022 Vijay Hazare Trophy after Tamil Nadu’s opener Narayan Jagadeesan,
After the success of 2 seasons, Legends League Cricket will be back with next season from February 27, 2023 to March 8, 2023 which would be played in Qatar and Oman. It would be called LLC Masters and feature 3 teams — India Maharajas, Asia Lions and World Giants. While the recently concluded season 2
Australian opener David Warner feels Cameron Green will face a “big call” regarding his participation in the IPL, warning the all-rounder about possible burnout ahead of a gruelling schedule. Green, who has already registered for the IPL auctions, is likely to spend almost half of the season in India for the T20 league besides four
New Zealand are set to hand a debut to Wellington wicketkeeper-batter Jess McFadyen in the upcoming home series against Bangladesh, after she was named in the 15-member squad for the three T20Is and ODIs. McFadyen’s selection in place of fellow wicketkeeper Izzy Gaze, who is India with the Under-19 team, was the only change to
On Monday in Ahmedabad, left-arm spinner Shiva Singh was in operation from around the wicket at the start of the over. The first ball, a low full toss, was smoked over wide long-on. The second was in the arc, and was smashed straight down the ground. The third was shorter, and Gaikwad swung it over
This week is supposed to be a special homecoming for Cameron Green, with the allrounder set to play his first Test match in his hometown of Perth against West Indies starting Wednesday. Green, who debuted in Test cricket in December of 2020, has not missed any of Australia’s 14 Tests since, but bizarrely not yet
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