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COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday introduced that 18 gamers have signed the nationwide participant contracts, which got here into impact from August 1. The brand new contract will likely be for a 5-month interval and can finish on December 31. “The gamers signed the contracts with none deviation from the contracts provided … Read more

NEW DELHI: India girls’s cricket workforce opener Shafali Verma and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan have develop into the newest cricket stars to signal an unique partnership with the world’s first formally licensed digital collectibles platform Rario. Shafali Verma and Shakib Al Hasan be a part of Smriti Mandhana and Zaheer Khan because the unique … Read more

LONDON: Seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed he was in competition to play within the second Check between India and England on the Lord’s Cricket Floor until a sudden spell of rain earlier than the toss modified the workforce composition. Having missed the opening Check, many anticipated that Ashwin would possibly get an opportunity within … Read more

LONDON: England captain Eoin Morgan says his crew is “gathering momentum properly” because the final version’s runners-up hope to enhance on their exhibiting within the upcoming T20 World Cup. Moved out of India as a result of risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the mega occasion shall be held within the UAE and Oman from … Read more

KARACHI: Dwelling within the bio-bubble is placing the gamers beneath “psychological pressure” they usually want a break from worldwide cricket to be contemporary for the upcoming T20 World Cup in UAE, Pakistan’s Check vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan mentioned. “It isn’t straightforward remaining within the bio-bubble on a regular basis and we’ve been enjoying numerous cricket within … Read more

LONDON: KL Rahul was not even India’s second-choice opener in England however when the duty fell into his lap for the primary Check at Trent Bridge, the 29-year-old made certain his recall lasted longer than only one match. With 244 runs from 4 innings, together with a sixth Check hundred, Rahul is India’s highest scorer … Read more

MUMBAI: BCCI secretary Jay Shah, on his means again from London after having travelled there to look at the second-Check between England and India, wrote to the members of the Board, and associated stakeholders, on Thursday, outlining the small print of the 2021-22 home season. In doing so, Shah – who has been eager on … Read more

MELBOURNE: Australia captain Tim Paine has backed Justin Langer as head coach after senior gamers held “sturdy” discussions with the previous Take a look at opener in current days. Langer’s position has been underneath the microscope within the wake of heavy T20 sequence defeats and amid media studies that some gamers had turn into disaffected … Read more

MELBOURNE: Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is off life assist and recovering in hospital after emergency surgical procedure in Sydney for a coronary heart downside, his lawyer mentioned on Friday. “I am happy to advise that Chris is off life assist and has been capable of talk together with his household from hospital in … Read more

LONDON: Yorkshire County Cricket Membership apologised to former off-spinner Azeem Rafiq on Thursday after an investigation into allegations of racism discovered he was “the sufferer of inappropriate behaviour”. Rafiq filed a authorized grievance in December 2020 claiming to have suffered direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race. The 30-year-old beforehand acknowledged the extreme … Read more

NEW DELHI: The BCCI has issued a contemporary itinerary for home cricket in India with the 2021-22 season of the Ranji Trophy match scheduled to be performed between January 5 to March 20. The Ranji Trophy wasn’t held throughout final season as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and the logistical obstacles confronted for having an … Read more

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das have been recalled to the nationwide squad on Thursday for subsequent month’s five-match Twenty20 worldwide collection towards New Zealand. Mushfiqur and Liton missed Bangladesh’s beautiful 4-1 T20 thrashing of Australia earlier this month due to Covid-19 guidelines. Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal, who was additionally absent from the Australia collection … Read more

KARACHI: New Zealand will go forward with its tour of Pakistan topic to a clearance from safety guide Reg Dickason after some Kiwi gamers expressed considerations about touring the nation following Taliban‘s takeover of neighbouring Afghanistan. New Zealand are on account of attain Islamabad on September 11 to play three ODIs and 5 T20 Internationals … Read more

BHAVNAGAR: His total life flashed earlier than his eyes when he geared as much as bowl on his worldwide debut, says younger pacer Chetan Sakariya, reflecting on his journey in India colors in the course of the current limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka. The 23-year-old had a meteoric rise prior to now six months as … Read more

NEW DELHI: After dismissing Rishabh Pant early on the ultimate day of the second Take a look at at Lord’s, the English wished to have a go on the Indian tailenders Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. Mark Wooden was the primary one to have an actual go, as he bowled a short-pitched supply that hit … Read more

DUBAI: Zimbabwe will host the ladies’s World Cup qualifier between November 21 to December 5, the Worldwide Cricket Council introduced on Thursday. The ten-team event, the schedule for which shall be introduced sooner or later, decides three qualifiers for subsequent yr’s ladies’s World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April … Read more

NEW DELHI: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels Virat Kohli and boys may have an edge over Pakistan within the upcoming T20 World Cup. However he was fast so as to add that no crew needs to be taken without any consideration within the showpiece occasion. India will face Pakistan of their opening sport of … Read more

LONDON: Virat Kohli‘s enthusiasm and depth on the sector reveals Take a look at matches imply every thing to him, based on former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen, who feels the Indian skipper’s ardour for the format bodes effectively for red-ball cricket at a time when it wants “all of the like it can get”. The … Read more

MELBOURNE: The recurring elbow damage that has lengthy plagued Steve Smith is steadily on the mend however selectors face a difficult balancing act managing the grasp batsman by the Twenty20 World Cup and Ashes collection. Smith was named in Australia’s World Cup squad launched on Thursday, after lacking the latest excursions of West Indies and … Read more

MUMBAI: Whereas the turmoil of their nation has shaken the world, former cricketers and coaches of Afghanistan are hopeful that cricket remains to be on a protected wicket there. “Cricket was registered with the Afghanistan sports activities committee through the time when Taliban was ruling Afghanistan (from 1996 to 2001). With the Taliban being there, … Read more