England all-rounder Sam Curran on Monday gave clear indication that he might skip the home Test series against New Zealand starting June 2, provided Chennai Super Kings play the IPL final on May 30. With the ongoing debate in England about players choosing IPL over Test matches, Curran’s statement was like a reality check for the
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The final of the World Test Championship (WTC) between India and New Zealand will be played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The summit clash will be played from June 18 to 22 with June 23 kept as the reserve day. Speaking to ANI, BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla confirmed the development. “Yes, the final
All-rounder Fabian Allen clobbered three sixes off the penultimate over to lead West Indies to a nervy three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the final Twenty20 International on Sunday. Chasing a modest target of just 132, the two-time world champions struggled in the run chase as their star trio of Chris Gayle, skipper Kieron Pollard
England Legends captain Kevin Pietersen stole the show in the low-scoring match as they got a maiden win in the Road Safety World Series T20 against Bangladesh Legends at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Sunday. Pietersen cracked a quickfire 17-ball 42 to help England chase down a 114-run target with 36
Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt shared the highest opening wicket stand against an under-prepared India to give South Africa an emphatic eight-wicket win in the first ODI of the five-match series, on Sunday. Asked to bat, India never got the momentum it needed and could only manage 177 for nine despite a fifty from skipper
A century opening stand by Martin Guptill and Devon Conway saw New Zealand clinch their Twenty20 series against Australia in Wellington on Sunday after the tourists faltered in the face of an experimental spin attack. Set a target of 143 for victory in the fifth and final match, New Zealand claimed victory by seven wickets
Dimuth Karunaratne has made a return to the Test side as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday announced a 17-member squad for the two-match Test series against West Indies. The cricket board also informed Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Roshen Silva, Vishwa Fernando, and Lasith Embuldeniya will leave for the Caribbean on Saturday night to
India crushed England by an innings and 25 runs to seal the series 3-1 and qualify for WTC final.© BCCI India defeated England by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth and final Test to win the four-match series 3-1 and seal a place in the final of the inaugural edition of the World
Sri Lanka‘s spinners bamboozled world champions West Indies to claim a 43-run win in the second Twenty20 International at Coolidge Cricket Ground on Friday. Having lost by four wickets in the opening game on Wednesday, in a game where West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard launched six sixes in an over, the tourists successfully defended 160
India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Friday praised Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar for their brilliant performance on Day Two of the ongoing fourth Test against England and said they are very important assets to the team. Pant single-handedly put India in command on the second day of the fourth Test against England with his
IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant hit his first Test century in India, third overall, on Day 2 of 4th Test.© BCCI Rishabh Pant brought up his third Test century, and first in India, on Day 2 of the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad. Pant walked in to bat when India were in a spot
Temba Bavuma was appointed skipper of the South Africa limited-overs sides while Dean Elgar has been named the new Test captain. Bavuma, 30, will captain the one-day international and Twenty20 teams through to the 2023 Cricket World Cup, while Elgar, 33, will lead the Test side into the next cycle of the World Test Championship.
IND vs ENG: Wasim Jaffer’s humour game came to the fore yet again.© Wasim Jaffer/Twitter Wasim Jaffer’s knack for humour has been well-established by now and when the former India cricketer was asked for a meme on Sunil Gavaskar’s no-holds-barred reaction to criticism of Indian pitches, Jaffer came up with a gem. Gavaskar lashed out
Seven players tested positive for coronavirus in Pakistan Super League.© Instagram The Pakistan Super League was suspended on Thursday after seven coronavirus cases came to light, the country’s cricket board said. The Twenty20 competition, which started on February 20, was put on hold “with immediate effect”, a Pakistan Cricket Board statement said. “The decision was
Bishan Singh Bedi underwent a surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain.© AFP Legendary spinner Bishan Singh Bedi has undergone a surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain at a city hospital a few days back and is recovering well. The 74-year-old former India captain had undergone a bypass surgery at
Half-centuries from Babar Azam and Mohammad Nabi guided Karachi Kings to a comfortable six-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi on Wednesday. This is Kings’ third win in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six. Kings chased down the 189-run target with three balls to spare as Nabi smashed his second successive half-century with a brisk
IND vs ENG: Michael Vaughan kept up his trolling of the Ahmedabad pitch in his latest post.© Instagram Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been on a trolling spree regarding the pitch in Ahmedabad for the third Test between India and England, which ended inside two days. Following his photo on dug up ground on
Young England opener Zak Crawley on Tuesday echoed opposition vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane’s sentiments on the Motera strip which he believes will be “similar” in nature but red ball will make it “slightly easier” for the batsmen. England have been pummelled by India for 317 runs and 10 wickets respectively on successive rank turners and the