Category: Cricket

Zimbabwe have called up Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Tapiwa Mufudza and Tinotenda Mutombodzi into the 18-man Twenty20 International (T20I) squad that will take on India in a three-match series, starting on June 18 in Harare. Zimbabwe had already announced the squad for the series against India on June 3. However, on Thursday (June 16), the selectors replaced Luke Jongwe, Tendai Chisoro and […]

New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden may have stood in his last international match after being dropped from New Zealand Cricket’s international panel. The 53-year-old Bowden, who officiated in 84 Tests and 200 one-day internationals over 21 years, amused cricket fans with his eccentric signals, especially the crooked finger with which he indicated dismissals. Bowden insisted he couldn’t extend the finger […]

A dominant India predictably completed a 3-0 whitewash by bulldozing a sub-par Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the final ODI cricket match here today in what turned out to be one of the most one-sided series in recent times. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys outclassed the hosts in all departments by first bowling them out for their lowest total of 123 […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to name the new head coach of the Indian cricket team on June 24 after it was revealed that the board’s Working Committee is scheduled to meet in Dharamsala next Friday to take stock of things. Former cricketers like Ravi Shastri, Anil Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad and Sandeep Patil, […]

Anil Kumble, the former India legspinner, is one of the 57 applicants for the role of India’s head coach, according to a report in The Hindu on Monday (June 13). Earlier this week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced that it received 57 applications from candidates including the likes of Ravi Shastri, Sandeep Patil and […]

A clinical India clinched the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, pulling off another fine all-round show to crush the minnows by eight wickets for an unassailable 2-0 lead, in Harare on Monday. It was a dominant performance yet again from the new-look Indian side whose bowlers first skittled the hosts for a lowly 126 in 34.3 overs and the batsmen […]