In a Baseball playing country Japan, cricket is gradually finding its foot with country’s captain saying “our dream” is to make it to the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. Currently, Japan has an estimated 3,000 players and 200 teams, with the game no longer a minor game in the country. Japan is preparing for […]
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Cricket Sri Lanka makes it clear they will not support two tier Test cricket
Cricket Sri Lanka has refused to support the two-tier Tests cricket system which has been proposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). During the recent Test match between Sri Lanka at Pallekelle, ICC CEO Dave Richardson was present at the occasion. He talks about the advantages of a two-tier system in world cricket. Sri Lanka […]
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Cricket Sri Lanka cries sabotage, but Muttiah Muralitharan lives in a Global Village
In this sophisticated world, people say we live in a “Global Village” where everything seems close, thanks to the internet. In 1968, Candian communication researcher Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase “Global Village”. In this era, SLC (Sri Lanka Cricket) cried foul, as country’s hero, who is regarded as an icon for his contribution to the […]
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Rumour: Marlon Samuels considers retirement from Test cricket!
The West Indies cricket board might suffer another blow as their most experienced player Marlon Samuels is considering retirement from the longest format of the game due to low payments made by the board to the players. One of the major reasons which are persuading Samuels to take this decision is that the other West […]
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Cricket South Africa introduces selection quota for national teams
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced the introduction of racial quotas at national team level. The association made the decision after the South Africa sports ministry had banned CSA and three more national federations in April this year from hosting international tournaments for a lack of transformation in the national teams. “In the past, we […]
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Cricket South Africa recalls India’s role to rebuild cricket in their nation
South African cricket board recalled India’s role to help them to return to international cricket after nearly four decades of international isolation. At a glittering silver jubilee event of nonracial cricket in the country, Cricket South Africa recounted the story. CSA in a video message as dancers performed to the music of AR Rahman’s Oscar-winning […]
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Top cricketers who are always trolled on Twitter
The rise of cricket and twitter in India is one thing that has gone hand in hand in past few years. When the IPL was started in the year 2008, then twitter was a new commodity in the market but it rose to prominence in just a few years. We know that cricket crazy people […]
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It’s always tough to play catch-up cricket: Jason Holder
Expressing his disappointment over the big loss against India, West Indies skipper Jason Holder said that their bowling was poor in the first innings and called for improvement from his players. Replying to India’s huge first innings total of 566, the West Indies could score only 243 in their first innings. Asked to follow on, […]
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Bengal cricket body gives lifetime achievement award to Gopal Bose
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Saturday feted former India cricketer Gopal Bose with the Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2015-2016. Bose was a right-handed batsman known for his wide variety of strokes. He played a single One-Day International for India and an unofficial Test match against […]
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Kohli is the paradigm shift in cricket: Arun Lal
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Former cricketer Arun Lal lauded Test skipper Virat Kohli saying he has triggered a paradigm shift in cricket and raised the bar for budding cricketers. Kohli has been in terrific form of late. He scored four centuries in the recently held Indian Premier League (IPL) and then followed it up with […]