Sydney, Dec 27 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday named India Test skipper Virat Kohli as captain of the board’s One-Day International (ODI) Team of the Year, which also includes promising medium pacer Jasprit Bumrah as the other Indian. Besides the Indian duo, the team comprises of five Australians in David Warner, Steve Smith, Mitchell […]
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Colourful On-Field, Chaotic Off-Field Year For Indian Cricket (2016 In Retrospect)
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) It has been a year of fireworks for Indian cricket. The players have unfurled stupendous performances to close the year as the top ranked Test team, while off the field, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) top brass have been at the receiving end of the Supreme […]
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2016/17: Kyle Abbott Hungry For More Success At International Level
Australia’s latest tormentor in Tests was none other than Kyle Abbott, as the South Africa pacer demolished the Australian batting line-up at Hobart. As a courtesy of Abbott’s impressive performance where he made the most out of the conditions on offer, South Africa went on to wrap up the series at Hobart itself. However, Abbott […]
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Current Situation (Lodha v BCCI) Not In Best Interest of Cricketers: Anurag Thakur
Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) supremo Anurag Thakur stated that the current situation which Indian cricket governing board is going through after a long-standing dispute with Justice RM Lodha Committee is not in the prime interest of cricketers as the matter is still under judicial consideration. With the BCCI hesitant to implement several recommendations […]
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Virat Kohli To Lead Cricket Australia’s Test Team Of 2016
Cricket Australia has made Virat Kohli the captain of their Test team a day after the Indian skipper was snubbed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in its Test team of the year. The ICC, on Thursday, announced its yearly awards and very few can point fingers towards the winners. Ravichandran Ashwin deservedly won the […]
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Shahid Afridi Congratulates Misbah-ul-Haq On Winning ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has congratulated Misbah-ul-Haq after the Test skipper became the first Pakistani player to win International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Spirit of Cricket Award on Thursday for inspiring his team to rise to the pinnacle of Test cricket for the first time ever since the ranking was introduced. Afridi took to Twitter to […]
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Greater Noida Stadium Approved By ICC To Host International Matches
The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, primarily known as the Greater Noida Cricket Stadium has been granted international status by the ICC, which means the ground is now allowed to host international games, thus becoming the 48th stadium in India. “We got the intimation from the ICC last night (Wednesday),” a top BCCI official […]
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ICC Awards 2016, Highlights – Ravichandran Ashwin Named Cricketer Of The Year
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced the awards for 2016. There were some great performances all around the year and the ICC had a tough task to handpick from those performances. Here is the list of awards –
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BBL 06: McCullum says Big Bash League is future of cricket
Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum does not have good memories of his first game with Brisbane Heat in 2011 when he got his nose broken by a Brett Lee bouncer. The right-handed player would like to conjure better memories with Heat this time as he gears up for another stint with them and would […]
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Cricket South Africa Unhappy With ICC Chief’s Big-Three Comment
Cricket South Africa is rather shocked than disappointed with the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief executive David Richardson, over his comment of the country’s inability to stand up to the big three countries of the international game. Speaking earlier during a press conference in Sri Lanka, Richardson said: “The international game has gone through a […]