It is not about walking in the ground men’s shed this time around it has been a riveting story of South African fast bowler Morne Morkel walking out to bowl even nursing the left-side strain. On the other side, the 33-year-old Transvaal-born Morkel in his last Test fixture for the Proteas team bagged three wickets […]
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Pakistan Cricketer Shadab Khan Found Guilty of Breaching ICC Code
Pakistan cricketer Shadab Khan is found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. However, he breached the rule during Pakistan’s second Twenty20 International against the Windies in Karachi on April 2. The leg-spinner violated Article 2.1.7 of the code, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which […]
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Australian Cricketers Unions Calls on Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft Bans to be Reduced
The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), on Tuesday, insisted bans handed to Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft should get reduced. The association backed its stance by claiming the punishment was disproportionate to previous ball-tampering cases. Cricket Australia (CA) came down heavily on the disgraced trio in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. The board […]
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This Indian cricketer has scored all his centuries at foreign venues
Indian cricket has always been known as a batting powerhouse. Though India have been blessed with world class bowlers like Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Zaheer Khan to name a few, however it is their batting prowess that makes it the team that it is. In the last 2 and a half decades, our batsmen […]
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Domestic star Devendra Bundela retires from First-class cricket
Devendra Bundela, domestic veteran, has called it quits on his way to the 23-year-long first-class career. The Madhya Pradesh batsman retires with an experience of 164 first-class games in which he scored 10,004 runs at an impressive average of 43.68. Bundela’s last first-class game came against Delhi during the 2017/18 season where Madhya Pradesh lost the […]
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I would like to see cricketers wearing pants without pockets: Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, the former India leg-spinner, has asked for the removal of pockets from players’ trousers. As per him, this will prevent players from carrying anything onto the field. “I would like to see all cricketers wearing pants without pockets. What do you need pockets for?” he told TOI during an interaction. It is to be noted […]
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Did you know this Australian cricketer now has Indian citizenship?
There have been many instances of cricketers with Indian origins taking citizenship of a different country and representing their adopted country in international cricketer. However, you would be surprised to know that one of the world’s fastest bowlers ever, Australia’s Shaun Tait is now an ‘Overseas Citizen of India’ (OCI). Tait was granted the same […]
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Australian Cricketers’ Association questions severity of the punishment
The Australian Cricketers’ Association has questioned the severity of the punishment Cricket Australia has imposed upon Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith, and David Warner. Steven Smith and David Warner have been banned for 12 months. Cameron Bancroft has been handed a ban for nine months by the national cricket board. However, several fans and experts raised a […]
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Cricket is All About Skills Says Hashim Amla Amidst the Ball-Tampering Scandal
Over the past few days, the ball-tampering scandal has engulfed Australian cricket, and it has all but overshadowed a keenly fought Test series till now. However South African batsman Hashim Amla feels that cricket is still about skills. It was not a war further adding that the Cape Town Test was a reality check for […]
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Punishments served to Int’l cricketers over ball-tampering incident
A lot has been said about the tampering with the ball, from the saliva, mint to the sandpaper. So much so, post-retirement Pakistani World Cup-winning skipper Imran Khan also made the admission of tampering with the ball while using bottle-tops. Precisely, ball tampering is nothing new it has its chequered history owing to the desperation […]