Former South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Nic Pothas has been appointed Sri Lanka’s fielding coach. Confirming the news, the Sri Lanka Cricket board said that Pothas will begin his role from August 8. The 42-year-old, who played three one-day internationals for South Africa , had most recently been the academy director at Leicestershire County Cricket Club. “Our last few […]
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Statistical Review Sri Lanka vs Australia – Day 3 of the first Test
With the good batting performances by Sri Lankan batsmen on day 3 of the 1st Test at Pallekele, the match has entered into an interesting situation. Sri Lanka began the day with their overnight score 6/1, but once again, as in the first innings, the top-order failed. With the help of strong middle-order performance, Sri […]
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Breaking: US tour – India to play against West Indies in three T20Is
Team India is likely to play its first international match in the United States as BCCI plans to schedule a short T20I series against West Indies in Florida during late August. It is understood that BCCI is looking to play the three T20 matches at Central Broward Regional Park at Lauderhill in Florida, which is currently […]
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Sehwag requests Allan Border to make a movie on Sachin Tendulkar
The man who terrorized bowlers with his explosive batting in his playing days, Virender Sehwag, is now ruling the world of Twitter in his own style. The former opener has developed a knack of wishing other cricketers on their birthdays in his own style. The ever witty Sehwag continued the trend on Wednesday and this […]
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Virender Sehwag compares Jonty Rhodes to a bird!
Retired India batsman Virender Sehwag has developed a habit of wishing other cricketers in his own unique style. The former opener has been able to carve his own niche on social networking site twitter and has earned quite a reputation with his witty posts. On Wednesday (July 27), Sehwag continued his tradition of wishing cricketers […]
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Kagiso Rabada dominates annual CSA awards
South African fast bowler, Kagiso Rabada has walked away with six major awards at the annual Cricket South Africa Awards in Johannesburg. The first player to win six individual awards, Rabada also became the youngest to have won South African cricket’s premier accolade at the age of 21 years 62 days. Previously the record for the […]
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England renews Saqlain Mushtaq’s contract as spin bowling coach
The England cricket team, subsequent to their win over the Pakistan team at old Trafford have rewarded their spin bowling coach Saqlain Mushtaq by renewing his contract as the spin bowling consultant of the team. Mushtaq was roped in as the spin bowling consultant after the brilliant Yasir’s show at the Lords. Yasir pouched a […]
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Twitterati troll Sri Lanka after another poor batting display
Sri Lanka’s woeful run continues as they were dismissed for a paltry total of 117 in just 34.2 overs on Day 1 of the first Test against Australia at the Pallekele International Stadium on Tuesday (July 26) in Kandy. After remaining winless on their recently concluded England tour, the Sri Lankan team was expected to change […]
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Afghanistan to host Ireland in India
Afghanistan are all set to host Ireland in India. The bilateral series, which will be played in March 2017, will consist of three Twenty20 International matches, five One-Day International and a four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture. All the nine matches are scheduled to be played at The Greater Noida Cricket Stadium. John Bracewell, Ireland’s head coach […]
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Steve Smith receives ICC Test Championship mace from ICC chief
Australian captain Steve Smith, on Monday, a day before the start of Test series against Sri Lanka received the ICC Test championship mace from the ICC chief, David Richardson here in Kandy. Along with that he also received US$1million as prize money by the virtue of Australian team finishing topping the ICC rankings during the […]