Left-arm seamer Vishwa Fernando has been named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the three-Test series against India. Fernando had featured in the Test squads to the UAE and Bangladesh in 2014, but had not been picked to play. He has won his way back to the side largely through his excellent 2015 first class season. He was the most penetrative […]
» Read moreEngland defeated Australia by an innings and 78 runs on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. Victory saw England regain the Ashes after they were whitewashed 5-0 in Australia in 2013/14. It also gave them a fourth successive Ashes series win on home […]
» Read moreEyeing a comeback in the upcoming home series against South Africa, fit-again Indian pacer Mohammed Shami said being bed-ridden for a month owing to injury was the worst phase of his career. After a good World Cup, where he shone with 17 wickets from seven matches at an average of 17.29, Shami suffered a knee injury which required a surgery, […]
» Read moreTeam director Ravi Shastri will join the Indian cricket team here ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka beginning in Galle on August 12. Ravi Shastri did not leave with the Sri Lanka bound squad as he was tied up with media commitments in the ongoing Ashes between Australia and England. The former India captain had informed the BCCI […]
» Read moreThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday formed an ad-hoc committee for cricket administration in the states of Bihar and Uttarakhand. The committee formed to look after cricket affairs in Bihar will be spearheaded by its chairman Niranjan Shah and will also include Vinod Phadke (secretary, Goa Cricket Association), Sourav Dasgupta (secretary, Tripura Cricket Association), Bharat […]
» Read moreIndia’s ODI cricket captain MS Dhoni, conferred an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, is undergoing a two-week initial training with the elite Para regiment of the force in Agra. It is expected that the ace cricketer, who had written to the Army authorities to undertake the training, will do five parachute jumps once he finishes his course. He reported to […]
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