As many as 13 teams have participated in the ICC’s global tournament since the inception of the knockout competition in 1998 and this time around in 2017, only eight have managed to make the cut. The tournament commences on June 1st, where hosts England will face Bangladesh at the Oval. The 50-over event was commonly known as […]
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Maradona Declines Offer To Commentate With Pele
Rio de Janeiro, May 31 (IANS) Maradona has declined an offer to join his long-time rival Pele as a guest commentator for Brazil’s friendly against Argentina in Australia next week. The Brazilian Football Confederation approached the Argentine legend earlier this month after securing exclusive broadcasting rights for Brazil’s international friendlies, Xinhua reported on Tuesday citing […]
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2017 ICC Champions Trophy: South Africa Ready To Bench Morne Morkel For All-Rounders: Russell Domingo
Despite being the most experienced bowler in the South African line-up in absence of Dale Steyn, the place of Morne Morkel isn’t fixed in the ODI side, as the team management is ready to bench Morkel in place of an all-rounder, coach Russell Domingo said. Morkel, who was playing his first ODI since his comeback […]
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Pravin Amre On Way to Become Mumbai Coach Again
The Mumbai Ranji Trophy team, which finished as the runners-up to Gujarat in the last season, could well have a new coach for the upcoming season. Rumours are that the Mumbai Cricket Association is looking to replace Chandrakant Pandit. Amre, who has already coached the Mumbai Ranji team for six seasons is the first choice […]
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Waqar Younis Blasts At ‘Unfit’ Umar Akmal For Champions Trophy Axe
The former Pakistan fast bowler, Waqar Younis, launched an attack on Umar Akmal – who was sent back home last week from England after he failed fitness test twice in two days. Akmal was deemed to be unfit to be the part of the team and was replaced by Haris Sohail later in the Champions […]
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Hashim Amla Breaks Virat Kohli’s Record To Become Fastest To 7000-ODI Runs
Continuing his knack of breaking Virat Kohli’s record every now and then, South Africa star Hashim Amla has broken another record of the India skipper. The Protea opener, on Monday (May 29), surpassed Kohli to become the fastest to 7,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODI). Amla, who has played 153 ODI matches so far, is also […]
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Rhodes’s Unique Way To Promote Fitness In India
Mangaluru, May 28 (IANS) Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who was the chief guest at the second edition of the Indian Open of Surfing at the Sasithlu beach here on Sunday, displayed a unique style to promote fitness in India. A surfer by hobby nowadays, Rhodes, who bid adieu to his international career way […]
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UAE Appoints Dougie Brown As Its Head Coach
Emirates Cricket Board on Sunday has announced its new full-time head coach in the form of former England and Scotland all-rounder Dougie Brown as the board has hinged high hopes to see the cricket being taken to a new high in the United Arab Emirates. Brown will start his contract from June 1 as UAE […]
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BCB Supremo Nazmul Hasan Papon Wasn’t In Favour Of Mustafizur Rahman Playing Warm-Up Match Against Pakistan
In a startling development, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), President Nazmul Hasan Papon on Saturday (May 27) had given a clear direction to the team management in England not to play promising left-arm fast bowler, Mustafizur Rahman, in the warm-up match against Pakistan which was eventually won by Sarfraz Ahmed-led side after a close finish. Papon hinted […]
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IPL 2017: Hit List – Top 15 Who Hit The Bulls-Eye
As Mumbai Indians defeated Rising Pune Supergiant in a nail-biting encounter in the ‘Grand Finale’ on May 21, IPL season 10 came to end. This tenth edition of the IPL had seen a plethora of performances starting from some uncapped players to international stars rising to the occasion. Some have come up with their sparks lately while […]