The longest format of the game has not been able to attract decent viewership in the recent years due to the increasing popularity of the T20 format. But Cricket Australia is trying their best to get the viewership back and has always supported playing the game under lights with a pink ball so as to […]
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Curtley Ambrose hits out at Brian Lara for being a ‘egoistical’ cricketer
Sir Curtley Ambrose has lashed out at his former teammate Brian Lara for not giving his 100% and being a ‘egoistical’ cricketer on the field. Ambrose, who took 405 wickets in 98 Tests for West Indies, specifically pointed out Lara’s attitude during the England’s tour in 1995, where the left-handed batsman thought about quitting the […]
Kevin Pietersen’s international exile to continue despite triple century
Out of favour England batsman Kevin Pietersen will not be recalled to the international side despite scoring an unbeaten triple hundred for Surrey on May 11. The swashbuckling batsman Pietersen, who scored his first triple hundred of his career, had a meeting with Andrew Strauss – newly appointed ECB director, who reportedly told him […]
AB de Villiers nominated for South African Cricketer of Year
AB de Villiers has been nominated for the Award of the ” South African Cricketer of the Year ” for the 2nd consecutive time. The Award ceremony will take place on June 3 at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg. Aslam Khota, the Convener of the judging process said that it took sometime for the judging panel […]
Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Stopped at Kolkata Airport
Not long after having won their first cricket match during a month long tour to Bangladesh, the PCB would have wanted all to be rosy. But a PCB official had a bit of a trouble entering into India. Sharyar Khan the PCB chief was set to meet Jagmohan Dalmiya the chief o the Board of […]
List of Most recorded sixes hit by Teams in Test Cricket
Hitting big sixes is not crucial in just Twenty20 or One Day Internationals; it plays an important role in Test Cricket too. Indians didn’t how exciting Test cricket could get, until Virender Sehwag change the approach towards it. He started playing Test Cricket with a higher strike-rate than even ODIs at times. He would hit […]
Kapil Dev wishes for Yuvraj Singh’s international return
India’s World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev believes that Yuvraj Singh still has a lot to offer for the country and wishes to see him in Indian colors again. The 33-year old Yuvraj, who is also India’s sixth highest run-getter in ODIs, has not played international cricket since the ICC T20 World Cup 2014 and […]
Bermuda cricketer facing heroin charges withdraws from US tournament
There has been a shameful incident in cricket. A leading cricket player of the Bermuda squad has faced some heroin charges and thus has withdrawn his name from the Bermuda squad announced earlier this month. The squad was announced for a four country Twenty20 tournament which is scheduled to be held in the United States. […]
Fears of new split in world cricket after ‘rival’ boards are registered
As per the reports in the Guardian, the ICC has launched an immediate investigation after Essel Group, the company behind the no longer existing Indian Cricket League (ICL), began registering companies with names that appear to be the rival national cricket boards, raising fears of a future split in cricketing world. The matter was talked upon during last […]
Glenn Maxwell eyes county cricket
Dynamic Australian middle order batsman Glenn Maxwell is targeting a stint in the UK county circuit in order to don the baggy green for Australia again. The fiery batsman had a great 2015 World Cup and his ton against Sri Lanka at the SCG was the evidence of his rise in maturity. Maxwell, though, was […]