Category: Cricket

Former India left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi has been approached by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to take up the role of their spin consultant to help groom the likes of young spinners Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam and the next pool of slow bowlers. In fact, Joshi is currently in Hyderabad to have elaborate discussions with BCB president Nazmul Hasan […]

South Africa returned to the top of the ICC ODI Team Rankings after sweeping aside Sri Lanka 5-0 in their home series which ended at Centurion. South Africa had entered the series against Sri Lanka, trailing number-one ranked Australia by four points. However, Australia’s 0-2 defeat against New Zealand and South Africa’s own 5-0 win over Sri Lanka meant the […]

Will Pucovski has been ruled out of the clash between the Prime Ministers XI and Sri Lanka on February 15 in Canberra due to a concussion, Cricket Australia confirmed on Friday (February 10). The 19-year-old Victorian batsman will be replaced by Sam Heazlett. Pucovski sustained the injury on his Sheffield Shield debut for the Victoria Bushrangers last week, which he […]

Dave Cameron is set to be re-elected as the president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the third successive term, on March 3. Cameron will be entering the elections, set to be held at the board’s headquarter in Antigua, unopposed. Emmanuel Nathan, who has been the vice-president for the last four years and also the only person contesting […]

Skipper Virat Kohli continued with his demolition act, inching towards a well deserved double hundred, as India reached a commendable 477/4 at lunch on the second day of their one—off Test against Bangladesh here. Kohli eased his way to an unbeaten 191 while Ajinkya Rahane justified the faith shown in his abilities by the team management with a crisp 82 […]

Azhar Ali stepped down as Pakistan’s One-Day International (ODI) captain on Thursday (February 9), citing reasons of captaincy affecting his form as a batsman. Sarfraz Ahmed, who has led Pakistan in one ODI and four Twenty20 Internationals, will take over the reins of both sides. In his last 23 innings as captain, Azhar has scored only two half-centuries and one […]