Category: Cricket

International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson as the event ambassador for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 that will bring together the world’s future cricket stars. The 12th edition of the 16-team tournament and the third in New Zealand, which will run from January 13 to February 3 across four cities and seven venues, […]

Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar had dropped a cliffhanger on his fans when he posted a cryptic photo on his Facebook page. It was of him on a “dinner date” and the person on the other end of the table was cropped out. “Full pic soon,” he had said. After that, there were stories of that other person being actress Anusmriti Sarkar […]

Sri Lanka will play a three-day warm-up match in Kolkata ahead of their series against India starting November 16, the Indian cricket board said Tuesday. The island nation will play three Tests, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches between November and December. Schedule: November 11-13 three-day warm-up tie, Kolkata November 16-20 1st Test, Kolkata November 24-28 2nd Test, Nagpur […]

ICC umpire Richard Illingworth, who officiated as the third umpire in the fifth one-day international between India and Australia has been hospitalised, following chest pain. The umpire from England was hospitalised on Monday, Director (Operations), Alexis Hospital, Suresh Tripathi told PTI. Sources from Vidarbha Cricket Association said the umpire was admitted following complaint of chest pain. “Two doctors including a […]

Ignored for India’s Twenty20 series against Australia, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Tuesday named in the 15-member Tamil Nadu Ranji squad along with Test opener Murali Vijay for the season-opener against Andhra Pradesh, starting Friday. The team, to be led by Abhinav Mukund, would miss the services of the experienced batsman-wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Vijay Shankar. Karthik has been […]

India have remained static at No. 4 position but gained three significant points to reach 116 in the ICC Women’s Team Rankings for the first time. New Zealand maintained their third position with their pre-update tally of 118 points. India captain Mithali Raj said her team is aiming to climb up to No. 3 position. “Gaining these valuable points is […]