It is impossible to completely wipe off racism from the world, feels fast bowling great Michael Holding, who would “bruise his knee” to the grave if he was still an active player but doesn’t want anyone to take the gesture as “a tick-in-the-box exercise”. Holding was speaking on Sky Sports’ ‘The Cricket Show’ on the
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Mushfiqur Rahim scored 125 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.© AFP Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each as Bangladesh thrashed Sri Lanka by 103 runs in a rain-hit second one-day international to clinch the series on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit 125 to steer Bangladesh, who recorded their
The third T20I between England Women and India Women, which was slated for July 15, will now be held a day before in Chelmsford. India will tour England for a one-off Test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is. The third T20I will now be held on July 14 instead of July 15 due to broadcasting
New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee praised India’s attitude towards Test cricket.© AFP New Zealand great Richard Hadlee believes that world cricket needed India due to the big revenues generated for the sport throughout the world. According to a media release on the International Cricket Council (ICC) official website, Hadlee said without that the presence of
The BCCI’s bid to shift the five-Test series between India and England, starting August 4, by a week in order to accommodate the remaining 31 IPL games has not met with any favourable response from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). While BCCI didn’t make any formal request as it was confirmed by the
Suryakumar Yadav has made a mark in the cricketing world with his brilliant form in limited overs formats in the last few years, and was rewarded with an international debut in India’s last T20 International (T20I) series, against England. However, his batting aside, he managed to grab eyeballs when he was involved in a heated
Krunal Pandya spent his Sunday in some “special company”.© Krunal Pandya/Instagram Krunal Pandya had some “special company” on a “Special Sunday” as he posted a picture on social media where he is seen with nephew Agastya and two dogs. “Special Sunday with special company,” wrote Krunal in a post on Instagram. Agastya is Krunal’s younger
In an adorable post, wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha took to social media to wish his daughter Mia on her birthday. Saha recently recovered from COVID-19, after contracting it during IPL 2021, which has been postponed indefinitely midway through the season after several players, including Saha, tested positive for the deadly virus within the IPL bio-bubble. Posting
The Ireland women’s cricket team in a training session ahead of the T20I series.© Instagram The first T20I between Ireland Women and Scotland Women was abandoned on Sunday due to persistent rain. The match was going to be Scotland’s first since December 2019 when they took on the UAE in Dubai and would have marked
Isuru Udana is part of the Sri Lankan squad to face Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series.© Twiter/ICC The first ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh set to be played on May 23 will be going ahead as planned. Hours before the match, there was a scare as three members of the Sri Lanka contingent,
Andre Russell scored 222 runs for Jamaica Tallawahs in last year’s CPL.© Instagram West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite are among the seven players who were on Saturday retained by Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021. The Jamaica Tallawahs announced their retentions for the 2021 CPL. The side has
David Warner swapped his face using an application, and received a funny reply from his wife.© Instagram Australian cricketer David Warner is quite popular on Instagram, especially since the coronavirus pandemic began. The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) cricketer is well-known for his Reface application videos. Reface is an artificial intelligence application for iOS and Android users,
David Warner is a “Super Dad” when at home.© Candice Warner/Twitter Australia cricketer David Warner’s wife Candice posted throwback videos on social media where her husband is seen cooking in the kitchen and serenading his daughters on “an average morning or afternoon at the Warner house.” Candice Warner posted a series of videos that featured
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the occasion of International Tea Day took to Twitter to share a picture of their captain MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and West Indies’ star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Friday. In the picture, former India captain Dhoni can be seen with a cup in his hand while Suresh Raina is having
Sri Lanka national players are refusing to sign new contracts that see their payments slashed by up to 40 percent, a lawyer representing them said Friday. The squad, who say they are being held “at gunpoint”, are particularly angry at the role played by former Australia star Tom Moody who is part of a national
The ECB is yet to respond to the BCCI’s request.© AFP The Board of Cricket Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to their English counterparts asking for the Test series between India and England to be rescheduled to start a week earlier than planned with an eye on creating a window for the
Jofra Archer also had to pull out of IPL 2021 due to his injury.© AFP England pacer Jofra Archer has been reviewed by a medical consultant in respect of his right elbow soreness and the fast bowler will now undergo surgery on Friday. Archer was scheduled to meet with the medical consultant to determine the
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s father died at the age of 63.© AFP India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s father, Kiran Pal Singh on Thursday died at his Meerut residence after battling liver cancer for the last eight months. He was 63 and is survived by his wife Indresh Devi and son and daughter Bhuvneshwar and Rekha respectively. According to