Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan expressed his happiness for his contribution to Sri Lanka cricket after hanging his boots from One-Day International following the first three ODIs against Australia. One of the most devastating batsmen of this generation, Dilshan scored 42 runs in his final match. While the Sri Lankan team failed to give one […]
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Stuart Broad and James Anderson ruled out from domestic cricket due to injury
England’s new ball Test duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad are ruled out from domestic season due to injury, the and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Saturday. However, they are expected to be fit for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, requires what an ECB statement said was ‘ongoing rehabilitation” of […]
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Cricket and India are going places (Column: Just Sport)
The dust raised by Indian athletes, officials and politicians at Rio seems to have settled and we are back to cricket. Skipper Virat Kohli and board president Anurag Thakur are propounding their new doctrines on the running the sport on and off the field. If those present in Rio could barely find a handful of […]
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Lure of money from franchise based T20 cricket spoiling fast bowlers
The lure of money in the franchise based T20 cricket are spoiling fast bowlers across the world as they stop working hard after initial success, laments former Australian bowling great Glenn McGrath. “Biggest issue which I find, probably not just in India, probably around the world is how hard they are prepared to work. And […]
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Top 5 teams with longest run as the number one in Test cricket
The International Cricket Council has released the ranking in cricket at the end of every month since June 2003 and since then quite a good number of teams have reached the top spot in the team ranking in Test cricket. However, the challenge for a team to hold on to that top spot has been […]
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T&T cricket board launch Investigation after West Indies vs India Test abandoned
The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board have launched an investigation after the fifth and final day of the fourth Test between the West Indies and India has seen just 22 overs due to a water soaked outfield. On the last day of the match on Monday, even a single over of play was not possible […]
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Video: One of the greatest finishes ever in ODI cricket
The first One-Day International game was played on 5 January 1971 and since then the format has produced some really close encounters which had kept the fans right at the edge of their seat till the very last moment. Most of the times the team which remained calm and handled the pressure well ended on […]
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Rajasthan Cricket association ropes in Gary Kirsten for pre-season camp
The Rajasthan Cricket Association, which has been banned by the BCCI for a period of two years has just signed a high profile coach for their pre-season camp, Gary Kirsten. He was the key for world cup winning Indian team in 2011. Rajasthan players will undergo a pre-season camp under his guidance which will commence […]
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Former South Africa cricketer wins silver medal at Rio Olympics
Former South Africa women allrounder Sunnette Viljoen, who played one Test and 17 ODIs for the Proteas between 2000 and 2002, created history on Thursday by becoming the first international cricketer to win an Olympics medal in 96 years. The former cricketer won a silver medal in the Women’s Javelin Throw final in the athletic event of the […]
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Jason Holder said there is a huge disparity between WI domestic and intl. cricket
West Indies captain Jason Holder felt that there is a huge disparity between the Caribbean’s first class cricket and the international cricket. Holder said this after being humiliated by 237 runs against India in the third Test of the series in Gros Islet, St. Lucia. ”It is going to be difficult. Test match cricket is […]