Kevin Pietersen believes if The Hundred had started earlier, England would have been a much better white-ball team. Kevin Pietersen highlighted how during his playing days there were only three or four English players playing the extravagant IPL. The former batsman also suggested that he was often left frustrated by the England team management’s decision to pick
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Ramesh Powar, India women’s cricket team coach feels veteran players Mithali Raj & Jhulan Goswami need support from the other players in the respective departments if India wants to do well in World Cup in 2022. India women’s cricket team coach Ramesh Powar feels the side has come a “little ahead” compared to where they
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Ellyse Perry, Australian all-rounder has withdrawn from the inaugural season of The Hundred citing personal reasons. The 30-year old woman cricketer was slated to play for Birmingham Phoenix but the all-rounder has pulled out of the tournament. Ellyse Perry’s Australia Teammates Also Pulled Out Ellyse Perry’s Australia teammates Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, and Meg Lanning
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Mithali Raj, the Indian Women Cricket team’s skipper on Sunday said the time has come for the Indian women’s team to think beyond long-serving and over-worked veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami by grooming young pace bowlers for the future. Mithali Raj blamed both the batting as well as the bowling units for India’s below-par show in
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Shafali Verma continues to build her reputation as the next big thing in Indian cricket with scintillating innings on the Test debut. The 17-year-old smashed 96 runs in the ongoing Ine-off Test against England in Bristol, providing India with a solid start. Shafali Verma belted 13 fours and two sixes during her 152-ball stay and
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BCCI said the participation of its top women players in The Hundred in England will give them much-needed experience and exposure to elite opposition ahead of the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand next year. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not allow its male players to participate in overseas franchise-based
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BCCI issued the list of centrally contracted women cricketers for the 2020-2021 season on May 19. While the likes of Richa Ghosh (new entrant) and Shafali Verma (promoted from Grade C to B) were rewarded for good performances, Veda Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bisht, Anuja Patil, and D. Hemlatha missed out. Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Poonam
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Sourav Ganguly, BCCI President has expressed his disappointment and displeasure over the non-retention of WV Raman as the coach of the Indian women’s team. The row over WV Raman’s removal is refusing to die down in the echelons of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Information has surfaced now that authority as
MoreJay Shah, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Secretary, announced that the women’s team will be playing their first-ever day-night Test later this year. India Women will be playing the pink-ball Test against Australia later this year. India and England Women will also be playing a Test match in June this year.
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In the final of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2020, Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers are facing Harmanpreet Kaur-led Supernovas at Sharjah Cricket Stadium (Sharjah). Like the other team Velocity, both these teams also earned two points at the end of the league stage in the Women’s T20 Challenge 2020. But due to the higher net run-rates, Trailblazers
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