India’s previous international outing against Australia was not a fruitful one for sure. It was the second semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2015 when the Kangaroos thrashed MS Dhoni’s India in order to end their reign as the world champions. That loss had surely been a party spoiler for millions of Indians as the […]
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Stats: Five fastest T20 fifties in international matches
In the 2nd T20 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on 10th January 2016, Collin Munro hit the one of the fastest T20 fifty scoring 50 off just 14 balls. T20 format compels the batsmen to score runs with freedom and innovative shots. This makes the audience a chance to enjoy the game and […]
Five renowned cricketers who sacrificed their future for their country
Cricket’s most formidable team West Indies has slumped to dismal low after they failed to qualify for an ICC Champions Trophy in 2015. The financial turmoil between West Indies Cricket Board and players has affected West Indies cricket’s future. The Carribean island still produces talented cricketers, but as the players earned fame for their performances […]
10 famous cricketers who rose from the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
U19 cricket is the biggest stage for the young cricketers to show their talents. The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup is successful in producing good talents. Some of them became legends or at least very important part of their national team. Here are the top 10 cricketers among them are discussed in briefly at below […]
Waqar Younis lands support to tainted cricketers to make a comeback
Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has come in support of Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif who had served a ban and said that they should be allowed to make a comeback into the national squad. Mohammad Aamir was selected in the One day International squad against New Zealand after five years ban. “I will welcome not […]
India eves to play practice cricket match against Australia on Jan 22
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on Monday joined Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Sutherland to announce the introduction of an annual Governor-General’s XI match that will see some of the country’s most talented female cricketers take on touring international teams. This year, the Governor-General’s XI, featuring a mix […]
Stats: Running between the wickets (in Kms) of cricketers
There was a time when cricket used to play without boundaries. The measures of the boundary were advertisement board which used to divide the ground and stands. It was hard to get a boundary for players as boundaries were too long, so non-striker and non-striker used frantically run between the wicket. They wanted to pile […]
2016 Hodge-Podge: Cricket, Pakistan, Russia, Syria and Israel
One enters 2016 with some happy thoughts. Some anxieties too. Of New Delhi’s umpteen dailies, three had photographs of spin bowlers on the shoulders of their page one on the last day of the year. There were two photographs of R. Ashwin and one of Moeen Ali who helped England beat South Africa at Durban. […]
Top 5 One-day Internationals in 2015
2015 was the year of ICC Cricket World Cup. So it was very obvious that many top-class ODI (One-day international) matches were played this year. It was not easy to choose top 5 ODIs in this year as so many great matches had been played. But some of them were very special. Those top five […]
Bengal stalwart Laxmi Ratan Shukla retires from cricket
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former India cricketer and ex-Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Shukla donned the Indian colours in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in which he scored 18 runs and picked up a wicket. The 34-year-old has had a wonderful domestic career for Bengal […]