England women’s wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor has decided to take an indefinite break from cricket. Taylor,who is widely considered to be one of the most talented women’s players in the game, had a disappointing ICC World Twenty20 campaign with England in India as she finished the tournament with only 49 runs at an average of 9.80 […]
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Story of unlucky scores in cricket
Do you know what is an unlucky score in cricket world? It’s “111”, which is known as “Nelson”. Nelson is believed to be an unlucky score, especially in some English cricket. However, there is no real reason to consider that particular number as unlucky in cricket but it is believed that the “111” score looks […]
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10 technological innovations that changed cricket
Cricket, in its 400 years history, has seen a lot of evolution. From an underarm delivery to an overarm ball and from Test cricket to T20 cricket over the years changed a lot. Now it is difficult to find out the similarity between the present days’ cricket and old days’ cricket. From first official broadcasting […]
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Former England cricketer denies bribery after report revealed wrongdoing
Former England cricketer Phil Edmonds “strenuously” denied accusations of wrongdoing after a campaign group claimed he and a partner “carved an African business with bribery and dirty tricks.” Anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness had accused Edmonds and Groves of a “multi-million dollar heist” in an investigation it said was based on leaked on leaked emails […]
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Rahul Dravid and Mahela Jayawardene in ICC’s prestigious cricket committee
Former India batting great Rahul Dravid appointed to ICC’s prestigious cricket committee along with Sri Lankan great captain Mahela Jayawardena. Their inclusion in the list, which comprises other great cricketers, will add even more cricketing experience to the list. Dravid and Jayawardena have played 1,161 international matches between them from 1996 to 2015, and each […]
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Young cricketer killed in Bangladesh during a cricket match in Dhaka
A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump wielding batsman after he taunted the umpire over a no-ball delivery, police said on Thursday. Sixteen-year-old Babul Shikdar was wicketkeeping during a neighbourhood match with friends in the capital city Dhaka on Wednesday when the batsman was given out, local police chief Bhuiyan Mahboob […]
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CA seeks to introduce “Concussion Substitute” in the domestic cricket, who also can bat and bowl
Cricket Australia (CA) is very keen to allow substitute players in their domestic cricket matches who could also able to bat and bowl in the place of injured team-mates whose need to treatment at that moment. CA CEO James Sutherland said that they are seeking for approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allow […]
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10 most influential innovations in world cricket
Cricket over the years has been modernised into a game that has no similarity to his format that innovated in the 16th century. England cricket was poor and British Imperial ship carried cricket to every corner of the world- Europe, Africa, Carribean, South East Asia- that made a game popular. Since 1864, when the Test […]
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Unusual Hat-tricks in professional cricket
A hat-trick is a very rare incident in the world cricket. In cricket, when a bowler picks up three wickets in his three consecutive deliveries in a match, a hat-trick is credited to the bowler. Hence, it is one of the toughest achievement for the cricketers. Sometimes the hat-trick occurs in an unusual style which […]
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The Worst ever batting XI in the post world wars cricket
There was an era when in Test cricket only batsmen could score runs and bowlers never dare to pad up to avoid fearsome deliveries. But on many occasion, they have to bat for teams’. Their batting used to provoke sympathetic smiles from captains and coaches and great anticipation and hilarity among spectators. But they are […]