Category: Cricket

Steven Smith, Australian captain, is confident about the impending return of ace strike bowler Mitchell Starc. The left-arm quick will be back in Australian colours in the upcoming tri-nation tournament in the West Indies, also featuring South Africa. Starc hasn’t played any cricket since suffering a stress fracture in his foot last November and his return will add extra sharpness […]

Anurag Thakur has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the cricket governing body tweeted after the special general meeting in Mumbai on Sunday (May 22). His term continues until September 2017. Thakur, the former secretary, replaces Shashank Manohar in the top job after the latter stepped down earlier this […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will on Saturday (May 21) felicitate Shashank Manohar who has been elected as the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Mr. Manohar resigned as BCCI president a couple of days before the ICC made the announcement as he being the unanimous choice of its 13-member Board. Most members […]

Shane Watson flashed his trademark boyish grin when asked about Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli’s form. “No one can ever play like that!” the lanky Australian all-rounder exclaimed on Thursday (May 19) after the flamboyant Kohli scored his fourth ton in the ongoing Indian Premier League on Wednesday night. “To be able to score one (century) in your entire […]

Kieron Pollard, the all-rounder and Sunil Narine, the offspinner, have been named in the West Indies squad for the first four matches of the tri-series against Australia and South Africa, the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Thursday (May 19). Pollard, currently plying his trade with Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), last played a One-Day International (ODI) […]

Sunil Gavaskar has backed Rahul Dravid as the next Indian cricket team coach, saying if the BCCI was looking for a change, the former India captain is best suited for the job. “I have been saying that for long. Every player needs a cooling period (after retirement) and it seems Rahul Dravid has served his cooling period,” Gavaskar said. “My […]