The two new franchises in the 2016 IPL have had contrast starts to their debut campaign. The Gujarat Lions have lost just one of their 5 games while the Pune Supergiants have just one game out of their 5 so far this season. But the Supergiants are fast earning some good reputation from around the […]
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Kent’s Dickson becomes the 60th man in the history to be dismissed for handling the ball
South Africa-born Sean Dickson on Sunday became only the 60th man in first-class cricket history to be given out for handling the ball. Dickson suffered the brain melt-down on the first morning of Kent’s English Division Two county match against Leicestershire at Grace Road. He was dismissed without scoring after facing just eight balls. Dickson […]
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Gujarat aim to bounce back from Hyderabad disaster, face Bangalore
Rajkot, April 23 (IANS) Gujarat Lions will aim to bounce back from Thursday’s 10-wicket thrashing when they face Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday. Sunrisers Hyderabad halted Gujarat’s three-match winning run with a crushing win in which they completely outplayed the hosts. […]
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Root and Stokes back Taylor to fight through
The English duo of Joe Root and Ben Stokes expressed their shock and sympathy for their teammate James Taylor, who was forced to retire from cricket with immediate effect after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition. Taylor played the last of his seven Tests at Centurion during England’s victorious 2-1 series win in South […]
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BCCI waives off $41.97 million penalty on WICB
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) can finally have a sigh of relief after Board of Control for Cricket in India president,Shashank Manohar announced that the $41.97 million claim imposed by the previous BCCI office bearers on the WICB for abandoning the 2014 tour to India mid-way has been cleared. West Indies, he said, will tour India in […]
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Pune, RCB eye return to winning ways
Pune, April 21 (IANS) Rising Pune Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will aim to return to winning ways when they meet in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. Both teams started off in promising fashion by winning their respective opening matches but lost their way […]
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India will play Day-Night Test against New Zealand: Anurag Thakur
BCCI, it seems, have taken a serious note of Test match attendances in India, and hence have come up with an idea to play a day-night Test match for the first time. India will play its first ever day-night test match against New Zealand later this year, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed. “We have decided that […]
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Video: Krunal Pandya does a Malinga against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mumbai Indians bowler Kunal Pandya, the elder brother of Hardik Pandya, today has bowled a slinger, a delivery Lasith Malinga excelled in. But it went for wide and four. However, he bowled a superb spell as he conceded only 27 runs in four overs and took two wickets. His two wickets haul helped Mumbai Indians […]
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David Warner talks about his roles: A captain, a parent and an opening batsman
The holder of the Orange Cap, the skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, David Warner has had a good couple of years where he has been in good form. He started the current IPL with a bang and helped his team recently to their first victory of the competition with an unbeaten 90. And the Australian […]
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Dale Steyn wants taste of pink ball
South African pacer Dale Steyn hopes that he would love to play in a daylight test match before his career is over. Cricket Australia today announced 2016-17 international schedule where South Africa play three Commonwealth Bank tests against Australia in November. Steyn wants a taste of pink ball in test cricket. “I don’t want to […]