ENG vs SA Live: Kagiso Rabada celebrates a wicket.© AFP ENG vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Live: It has been all about South Africa’s pacers on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Lord’s. After Kagiso Rabada struck early to remove both openers, Marco Jansen got rid of the dangerous Joe Root
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File photo of Suryakumar Yadav.© AFP Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt feels that Australia great Ricky Ponting shouldn’t have compared Suryakumar Yadav with former South Africa star AB de Villiers. Ponting was all praise for Suryakumar, who is currently the second ranked batter in ICC T20I rankings. Speaking on the ICC review, Ponting had said
Opener Fakhar Zaman hit his seventh one-day international century to steer Pakistan to a 16-run victory in the first of a three-match series Tuesday against the Netherlands in Rotterdam. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in warm and humid conditions on a day where big scores were expected on a sluggish pitch at
The England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) strategic advisor Andrew Strauss warned English cricket chiefs on Monday not to “bury their heads in the sand” as the Twenty20 era pushes the sport into a period of unprecedented change. With lucrative Twenty20 leagues taking more space in the cricket calendar, the traditional dominance of the five-day
File photo of Umran Malik and Rohit Sharma© AFP Former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath was all praise for India fast bowler Umran Malik, saying that sheer pace is unique and that cannot be taught to any bowler in the world. Umran impressed everyone with his pace during the Indian Premier League 2022, clocking over 150 kph regularly.
4th T20I Highlights: Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 27 runs© Twitter IRE vs AFG, 4th T20I Highlights: Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 27 runs in the rain-curtailed fourth T20I at the Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast. With the win, Afghanistan took the ongoing five-match series to the decider. In the 11 overs a side match on Monday, Afghanistan
File photo of Sam Billings© Twitter Since Brendon McCullum took charge as head coach, and Ben Stokes replaced Joe Root as Test captain, England have thrived under the attacking ‘Bazball’ philosophy in the longest format. After being thrashed by Australia in the Ashes, England clean swept New Zealand 3-0 on home turf, before also beating
3rd T20I Live: West Indies face New Zealand at the Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.© AFP WI vs NZ, 3rd T20I Live Updates: West Indies face New Zealand in the third and final T20I at the Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. The hosts have been outplayed with bat and ball by the visitors, who have taken
Cheteshwar Pujara scored second conecutive century in Royal London One-Day Cup 2022.© Twitter India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying a sensational outing in England at the moment. The player had scored a century on August 12 while playing for his team Sussex. Pujara had scored 107 runs off just 79 balls with the help of
Pakistan and Netherlands will be squaring off in a three-match ODI series, starting from August 16, and the next two games will be played on 18 and 21 at the Hazelaarweg Stadium in Rotterdam. Ahead of the series, the Babar Azam-led side was seen sweating it out at the gym at the team hotel. In
File photo of Shakib Al Hasan.© Twitter All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named as the Bangladesh captain for the upcoming Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. The BCB also announced a 17-member squad for the Asia Cup, which will be played in the UAE from August 27. The Asia Cup 15th edition of the
Australian great Ian Chappell is certain Test cricket “won’t die” in his lifetime but wondered whether the best players would play it in the future amid the proliferation of T20 leagues. The former Australia captain believed that international cricket faces a real challenge of retaining players in the face of rapid expansion of T20 leagues
Former India opening batter Aakash Chopra has said that he would have avoided changing Shikhar Dhawan as the captain for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, beginning August 18. When the squad for the series was originally announced, Dhawan was named captain and Rahul was not mentioned. However, earlier this week, the Board of
File photo of VVS Laxman.© Twitter National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman will be India’s acting head coach for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe as there is only a short turnaround time between the series and the Asia Cup starting on August 27 in the UAE, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said on Friday. “Yes, VVS
Veteran English county cricket all-rounder Darren Stevens has announced his retirement at the age of 46. The Kent favourite said Friday that a first-class career that started in 1997 will end at the close of the current season. Stevens, who joined Kent from his native Leicestershire in 2005, has enjoyed some of his finest moments
Dwayne Bravo celebrates his 600th T20 wicket.© Twitter Dwayne Bravo continues to shine in the T20 format. The player on Thursday became the first bowler to claim 600 T20I wickets. The Caribbean all-rounder achieved the feat while playing for Northern Superchargers in their match against Oval Invincibles in the ongoing The Hundred tournament. Bravo dismissed
Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie© AFP Ireland took a 2-0 lead over Afghanistan in a best-of-five T20 series after George Dockrell‘s 25 not out saw the hosts home for a five-wicket win in Belfast on Thursday. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi chose to bat first after winning the toss, but the tourists left themselves too much to
File image of Shakib Al Hasan.© AFP Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday cancelled an endorsement deal with a betting site hours after the Bangladesh Cricket Board issued an ultimatum to him to either ditch it or face the axe by the national team. “Shakib gave a letter to us saying that he was