Joe Root has elongated his contract with Yorkshire after signing a new contract keeping him at Headingley till 2016. He has made his county debut four years back and has played 34 First Class matches with an average over 43. Sheffield-born Root has played in his first Test for England in 2012 in the course of the […]
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ICC World T20 2014: India-South Afica T20I rivalry
The India South Africa rivalry in the shortest format of the sport T20 Internationals has begun in 2006 where India debuted in this format. Till now these both team faced each other 7 times and faced trice in T20 World Cups. Interestingly there are no matches of those 7 games played in India. Only once […]
Probe Committee submitted a confidential report containing name of many players to the Court
The Mudgal committee has endured the confidential report to the Supreme Court on suspicious corruption outrage in the sixth season of Indian Premier League. The report likely includes the ‘inverified’ accusations against 12 or 13 players, and not only six as said. All these participants are connected to Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals and three other […]
Warne popped in to Proteas net practice, helping them to spin the ball well
Fabled former leg spinner Shane Warne popped in to give the Proteas a jovial surprise as he is moving to assist South Africa at the net session before the second semifinal of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 on Friday. “We were really startled to catch him in the meshes. May be he was getting fatigued at the hotel […]
World T20 2014: West Indies cruise to Semis with big win over Pakistan
In second Virtual Quarter Final in Two days, this time in Group 2, played between West Indies and Pakistan. With a muscular hitting by Sammy and Bravo towards the end powered West Indies to good total of 166. Later while chasing Pakistan crumbled down to just 82 and registered a 84 run victory to enter the semi-finals. West […]
Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistan’s rising opener, smashed Bangladesh with his ton
Pakistan has overthrown the host Bangladesh by 50 runs and signed off on the contest of the semis. The 22-year-old opener Ahmed Shehzad pitched in the maximum runs to frame the scoreboard of that side. He thrashed a victorious 111 off 62 balls in the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. It was his first international Twenty20 century. […]
Yuvraj registered eight half-centuries, becoming the first Indian
Yuvraj Singh has made a handsome and ravishing comeback with a brawling half-century in the last match against the phlegmatic Australia on Sunday and led the team India to register a victory over the Aussie by 73 run in Dhaka. India has had its fourth successive win and held the prior position group two of the Super-10s and […]
Top 5 batsmen with highest strike rate in T20Is
Hi folks! We all have a fancy for statistics, don’t we? Are you geting your daily dose of statistics? Don’t you constantly keep an eye on the ICC rankings to see whether our very own Virat is at the top of the pile among ODI batsmen, or whether Ravindra Jadeja is among the best all-rounders […]
IPL 7: MS Dhoni Offers to Quit CSK Captaincy
Over the last two years, MS Dhoni’s name has been making the headlines for one reason or the other, be it India’s disastrous overseas tours or his defensive and unimaginative captaincy or the stunning Champions Trophy 2013 victory, or the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. Considering all these, it would not be entirely surprising if he indeed […]
World T20 2014: Match Preview – Australia eye a win against West Indies
West Indies and Australia, the Defending champions and the pre-tournament favourites and neither team has so got to a good start. West Indies started the tournament with adefeat against India, but made a comeback by defeating hosts Bangladesh which improved their NRR, but in a challenging group with teams like Australia and Pakistan it will be a […]