English county player Jack Burnham has been suspended from playing cricket for a year after testing positive for a banned substance which was a recreational drug. In another incident which came as a massive blow to Durham-Keaton Jennings, Paul Coughlin and Graham Onions departed two weeks ago as the fall out of the financially imposed […]
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India Remain 4th In Women’s Cricket Team Rankings
Dubai, Oct 3 (IANS) India remained fourth, while England dethroned Australia from the top position in the women’s cricket team rankings for the first time following the annual rankings update, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday. India, who reached the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup, have gained three points to reach 116 […]
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Ashish Nehra not Worried about Age Criticism on his International Return
The old-horse in the form of Ashish Nehra is raring to go in the three-match Twenty20 series against Australia, as the senior campaigner revealed he is not worried about the critics while adding he is proud to represent India. “I have never been bothered by criticism,” Nehra’s comments were published by PTI. While featuring the […]
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Bizarre: Morne Morkel has now 14th Wicket in Test Cricket Of A No-Ball
How many times, we would have had witnessed a no-ball costing team either a match or the coveted trophy? The recent example was Jasprit Bumrah’s no-ball to Fakhar Zaman on June 18, in the finale of the 2017 ICC Champions trophy, as the unorthodox batter smashed his maiden hundred. Further, to go into the unwanted […]
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Nasser Hussain Reveals England’s Cricketer of the Season
As 2017 is into its final quarter, the cricketing globe has already witnessed the quality matches followed by spectacular performances from the players in the summer season of England cricket in particular; the former England skipper Nasser Hussain has picked his cricketer of the summer, in the form of off-spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali. Pertinently, the […]
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Sri Lanka Allows Banned Players To Play In Domestic Cricket
Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva can heave a sigh of relief for the time being after being allowed to participate in domestic matches following his appeal on the two-year ban imposed on him for misconduct, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Sunday (October 1). Silva was one of the several players who was punished for […]
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Exciting Things Happening In Indian cricket (Column: Just Sport)
Few are unhappy with India’s defeat in Bengaluru after taking the five-match series winning the first three matches straight. They are not even giving too much importance to losing their Number One spot in the One-Day Internationals so soon after getting there. If there is any disappointment over the defeat, it is because India were […]
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Queensland Cricketer Marnus Labuschagne Becomes The First Player To Be Called For Fake Fielding
Queensland’s Marnus Labuschagne today became the first player to be found guilty of new fake-fielding rule by ICC brought in effect just a day ago. The incident occurred during the CA XI v Queensland fixture in the ongoing JLT Cup at Allan Border Field in Brisbane and his team faced a five runs penalty. During […]
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Stats: Teams With Most Number of Ducks in Test Cricket
Here is the list of Teams With Most Number of Ducks in Test Cricket. Getting out on a duck is a humiliation for any batsman or his team as it leaves them in an awkward situation at times. The term is a shortening of the word “duck’s egg”, the latter being used long before Test cricket […]
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India-New Zealand ODI Can be the Last International Game at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium
While Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium has got the nod ahead of Lucknow’s newly-built Ekana International Cricket Stadium to host the third One-Day International between India and New Zealand next month, it can be the last international game at the venue. The match, scheduled to be played on October 29, was allotted to Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) […]