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
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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
Rohit Sharma is back from an injury break and will lead the Indian team in the upcoming home series against West Indies. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday 18-member squads each for the upcoming three-match one-day international series and the three-match T20I series at home against West Indies. Rohit, India’s designated
File picture of Lasith Malinga.© Instagram Legendary pacer Lasith Malinga has been appointed as a specialist bowling coach for Sri Lanka’s senior men’s national team’s upcoming tour of Australia, country’s cricket board announced on Wednesday. “Malinga, in his new short-term role as a specialist coach, will support Sri Lanka’s bowlers, providing tactical insight and technical
With India celebrating its 73rd Republic Day, the members of the country’s cricket fraternity took to social media to pass on their wishes to fans. India batter Virat Kohli wished people of India on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day. Taking to Twitter, Kohli wrote, “Happy Republic Day to all. Proud to be an Indian.”
Yuvraj Singh and his wife have been blessed with a baby boy.© Instagram Yuvraj Singh and his wife Hazel Keech have been blessed with a baby boy. The former cricketer announced the news on Thursday on Twitter. Taking to the social media platform, the 2011 ODI World Cup winner thanked god and also wrote a
Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands.© Twitter Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands on Tuesday in the third one-day international in Doha, boosting their 2023 World Cup qualifying bid. Najibullah Zadran smashed a 59-ball 71 as the Afghans posted 254-5 from their 50 overs, before their spinners induced a Dutch collapse
South Africa completed a 3-0 clean sweep against India in the ODI series on Sunday after winning the third fixture by four runs. India did push South Africa to the edge with Deepak Chahar playing a brilliant cameo but the disappointing show by the middle-order comprising Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav once again proved to be an
Lucknow Super Giants has roped in KL Rahul.© Twitter Indian Premier League’s new Lucknow-based franchise has announced their team name on Monday as Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow has opted to go with KL Rahul (Rs 17 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 9.2 crore), and Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4 crore) for the IPL 2022. KL Rahul will