Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has said that he would not be surprised if some of the players from his side don’t want to tour Pakistan for security concerns. Australia is expected to tour Pakistan in March and it would be the first time since 1998 that Australia would tour Pakistan. “There’s a lot of things
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Mark Boucher faces racism charges.© Twitter The disciplinary hearing against South African head coach Mark Boucher has been postponed until May, the chairperson of the hearing announced on Tuesday. Boucher faces charges of racism, laid by Cricket South Africa, which could result in his dismissal. Advocate Terry Motau said in a statement that he had
Top Indian players, including senior opener Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer, along with overseas stars such as Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada have been bracketed in the Rs 2 crore highest base price category for the upcoming IPL auction. The mega auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13 and
U-19 World Cup: India’s Nishant Sindhu has reportedly tested negative for Covid-19.© Instagram India U-19 cricketer Nishant Sindhu has recovered from COVID-19 and will be available for selection for the all-important semifinal against Australia in the U-19 World Cup on Wednesday. The development means that all squad members are available for the crucial game. Sindhu
India face Australia in the second semi-final of the ongoing ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. India have been in brilliant form in the ongoing tournament and are unbeaten. They defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in their quarter-final fixture. Meanwhile, Australia also sealed a crushing win against Pakistan in their
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday congratulated tennis star Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard won the men’s record-breaking 21st Grand Slam. Under the lights on Rod Laver Arena, the legendary Spaniard looked down and out against Daniil Medvedev. However, the sixth seed demonstrated his trademark big-match mentality, overcoming the Russian 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4,
U19 World Cup 2022, Uganda U19 vs Scotland U19 Live Score Updates: Scotland U19 team takes on Uganda U19 side in a 13th Place Playoff at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Diego Martin. After losing to Ireland, South Africa, India and UAE, Uganda finally managed a win against Papua New Guinea in their most
Mohammad Hafeez raised questions over the appointment process of PCB chief.© AFP Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez has raised questions over the appointment process of Pakistan Cricket Board chief besides the decision to reduce teams in domestic cricket. Appearing on Geo News channel, Hafeez also criticized the abolishment of the departmental and bank teams in
The one-off women’s Ashes Test between hosts Australia and England at the Manuka Oval in Canberra came to an “extraordinary” end on Sunday. In what was a brilliant advert for women’s Test cricket, the match went down right to the wire with Australia needing to pick one wicket off the final couple of overs of
U19 WC: India went past Bangladesh by five wickets in the quarterfinal.© Twitter A spirited bowling performance backed up by a quality knock by Angkrish Raghuvanshi helped India defeat Bangladesh by five wickets in the Super League quarterfinal of the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup at the Coolidge Cricket Ground on Saturday. With this win,
Ravi Kumar clean bowled Mahfijul Islam in the U-19 World Cup quarter-final on Saturday.© Instagram Ravi Kumar gave India a dream start in their U-19 World Cup Super League quarter-final match against Bangladesh in Osbourn, Antigua on Sunday as he picked three early wickets. Ravi dismissed Mahfijul Islam, Iftakher Hossain and Prantik Nabil to hand
David Warner is a bona fide Instagram star, there can be no doubts about that. The Australian cricket star keeps dropping fun videos on his Instagram handle, most of the times mimicking a dialogue or a scene from an Indian movie. Warner seems to have a particular fondness for South Indian movies — may be
Two matches involving Canada have been cancelled at the U-19 World Cup.© ICC Two Plate competition matches of the ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup, involving Canada were on Friday cancelled after nine players from the team tested positive for COVID-19. The matches — Canada vs Scotland and Canada vs either of Uganda or PNG —
Ex-England bowler Richard Johnson will take up the role of First Team Coach of Middlesex.© Instagram Middlesex Cricket on Friday announced that former England bowler Richard Johnson will be returning to the Club to take up the role of First Team Coach. Johnson, 47, will leave his post as Assistant Coach at Surrey County Cricket
Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh shared his thoughts on India’s ODI and T20I squads, which were announced on January 26, for the home series against West Indies. Yuvraj, one of the main architects of India’s last two World Cup wins – 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup – took to Twitter to name
File picture of Eoin Morgan.© AFP England’s limited overs captain Eoin Morgan will miss the rest of the T20I series against the West Indies after suffering a thigh injury. Morgan noticed the problem while warming up ahead of the third match of the T20 series and decided to pull out of Wednesday’s fixture. A subsequent
Krunal Pandya’s Twitter account seemingly got hacked on Thursday.© IPL India all-rounder Krunal Pandya on Thursday apologised for the “inconvenience” caused after his Twitter account seemingly got hacked. The hacker reportedly wrote some nasty comments for a few users on the social media platform and sent out around 10 tweets from his account. Later on, all
The Indian women’s team will play all its six upcoming matches against New Zealand in Queenstown as NZC on Thursday announced a revised schedule to reduce chances of a COVID-19 outbreak. The Indian women’s team, which is already in New Zealand, is now scheduled to play all five ODIs and a T20I, starting February 9