Tag: Cricket

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has adopted new measures to counter the menace of age and domicile fraud in cricket in the country. The additional measures, adopted by the sport’s governing body in India, will be applicable to all cricketers participating in the BCCI age-group tournaments, from season 2020-21 […]

New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood recently jogged the down memory lane and recalled how Shahid Afridi took the world by storm in just his second match on the international arena. Mahmood revealed the luck factor that saw Afridi being included in the Pakistan squad for the four-team tournament following injury to their star […]

Manchester: Pakistan hold a lead of 244 with one wicket in hand at the end of what was a breathless day of Test cricket at Old Trafford on Friday. England’s bowlers managed to bring the hosts back into the game towards the end of the final session of Day 4 after their own batsmen were […]

Kolkata: The M.S. Dhoni we have seen in the recent past is not the one we have known over the years. The grey sideburns might have worked as a reminder to the world every day that his time is over, but the decision was made by Dhoni on August 15, the day of India’s independence, […]

New Delhi: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has confirmed to its affiliated units that India will be hosting England for a full series in February next year after playing an away rubber in Australia. The Board supremo also informed the state units that the 2021 IPL will be held in April, within five months of the […]

Southampton: England paceman Jimmy Anderson became the first fast bowler to reach 600 wickets in Test cricket, before the third and final Test against Pakistan finished as a draw on Tuesday, leaving the home side to celebrate a second series victory of the pandemic-disrupted summer. Less than two hours of cricket were played on a […]

New Delhi: Former bureaucrat RVS Mani has alleged a much deeper connection in the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, one that links Bollywood, the cricket world, Disha Salian, Bunty Sajdeh and Cornerstone Sport and Management company. “There are many coloured dots in this case. It is very important. Nobody is talking about this. There […]

Dubai: In another blow for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has decided to pull out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 citing personal reasons. Harbhajan Singh will be the second player from the CSK after Suresh Raina to withdraw from the upcoming 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 slated […]

New Delhi: Any player, player support personnel or match official will be banned for up to three IPL matches and will be fined Rs 5 lakh if that person thrice breaches rules that bar carrying any mobile device, laptop computer, static/landline, or similar telephone capable of making calls in the Players and Match Officials Areas […]

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has expressed his concern regarding the future of country’s cricket, saying the foundation of the sport has been ripped out and replaced which, according to him, does not happen anywhere in the world. “I do not want to intrude in the workings in the PCB. Whatever the board is […]

New Delhi: India’s white ball captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj along with their ‘double deputy’ Smriti Mandhana have been named captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity squads respectively for the upcoming women’s T20 Challenge scheduled from November 4 to 9 in the UAE. All the three senior players led the teams during last edition […]

New Delhi: On 15 November 1989, Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut and went on to “inspire billions” across the globe with his impressive batting skills. Sachin made his international Test debut against Pakistan that was played at the National Stadium in Karachi. In the same match, Salil Ankola and Pakistan’s pacer Waqar Younis had […]

Auckland: Six members of the Pakistan’s touring squad in New Zealand have tested positive for novel coronavirus, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) informed on Thursday. This was reported to the NZC after some of the members of the touring side, which is currently in isolation at a facility in Christchurch, had “contravened protocols on the first […]

Christchurch: All-rounder Corey Anderson, who once held the record for fastest ODI hundred has quit international cricket for New Zealand and and signed a three-year deal with USA’s Major League Cricket (MLC). The 29-year-old, who has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs and 31 T20Is for New Zealand, didn’t feature in any of Black Caps’ assignment […]

The biggest extravaganza of the cricketing world, World Cups aside, is upon us. For the avid IPL fans, who were on tenterhooks this time last year with the event shrouded…