Never ever a captain would drop himself from the playing XI until and unless he has been banned for a game but Eoin Morgan took the brave decision to sit out in the ultimate decider of the T20I series against South Africa, which resulted in inviting controversy, as the decision did not come good to […]
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West Indies vs India 2017: 2nd ODI – Stuart Law Laments Bowling Performance After 105-Run Defeat
Stuart Law, Windies head coach, has rued his team’s bowling performance after the hosts suffered a 105-run defeat in the second One-Day International against India on Sunday (June 25). Jason Holder’s decision to bowl first never looked right, as the Indian batsmen scored comfortably throughout their stay on the crease and posted a daunting 310 […]
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BCCI Has Done Very Well In ICC’s Annual Conference – Vinod Rai
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) finally reached an agreement on a new finance model this week after the governing body of the game agreed to pay the Indian board US$112 million more than what was agreed upon by the majority of the boards earlier this year. Under the […]
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Stats Preview: Debutant Tests Of Each Member
Ireland and Afghanistan became the latest ICC full members. It means they have now earned one of the most reputed ‘Test Status’. With this promotion, they can now play Test cricket along with ODI and T20I. Before them, 10 members had earned the ‘Test Status’ in different years. Australia and England were the first members […]
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Teams To Retain DRS Review For ‘Umpire’s Call’ Verdict, DRS Introduced In T20I
In a major decision taken at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Annual Conference in London, the ICC chief executives’ committee, on Friday (June 23) approved that teams will not lose a review when an LBW review comes down to Umpire’s Call from October 1. The governing body of the game has also done away with the 80 over […]
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England Vs South Africa 2nd T20I: AB de Villiers Breaks Yuvraj Singh’s Record
South Africa defeated England by three runs in a thriller to win the second T20 International against England on Friday (June 23) to level the three-match series 1-1. After being asked to bat first, South Africa rode on JJ Smuts’ 45-run knock and AB de Villiers quickfire 46 to post a challenging 174 for 8 […]
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I Hope We Play Our First Test Against India: Mohammad Nabi
With Afghanistan gaining the Test status, their star allrounder Mohammad Nabi has expressed his desire of playing against world number one Test side India in his first Test match. Earlier this week, Afghanistan along with Ireland were confirmed as Full Members of the International Cricket Council after a unanimous vote at the ICC Full Council meeting in […]
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Preview: India Face England In Women’s World Cup Opener
Derby (UK), June 23 (IANS) India are expected to face a tough task when they take on hosts England on the opening day of the ICC Women’s World Cup cricket tournament here on Saturday. India will bank on the experience of Mithali Raj, the world’s second highest-capped batter behind Charlotte Edwards of England with 177 […]
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West Indies vs India 2017: West Indies Bowl First, Kuldeep Yadav Makes ODI Debut
Cricket is really a funny game. The inclusion of Kuldeep Yadav in the side was deemed to be the major conflict of interest between Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli – which resulted in Kumble having an exit from the Indian team. The Head Coach wanted him to play during the long home season, whereas, skipper […]
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Raval, de Grandhomme, Broom Earn New Zealand Contracts
Wellington, June 23 (IANS) Opening batsman Jeet Raval, all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme and batsman Neil Broom are the three new additions to New Zealand Crickets list of 21 contracted players for the 2017-18 season, the NZC announced here on Friday. Among the notable omissions are fast bowler Doug Bracewell and off-spinner Mark Craig, besides wicketkeeper […]