Category: Cricket

Aaron Finch has been named Australia’s captain for the three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka, set to start on February 17. His appointment was recommended by Cricket Australia’s (CA) National Selection Panel (NSP) and endorsed by CA’s Board of Directors. “It’s very exciting to be back and leading the side in Steve’s absence,” Finch said after his appointment on […]

Vikramajit Sen, the former Supreme Court judge, has been appointed as the administrator of the Delhi and and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA), the Delhi High Court announced on Monday (January 30). Sen will take over from Mukul Mugdal, who according to the Press Trust of India, didn’t not wish to continue. Sen worked as a Supreme Court judge from 2012 […]

Durham seamer Mark Wood and Northamptonshire left-arm spinner Graeme White have been added to the England Lions squad for the five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka A which begins in March. Wood, currently in South Africa as part of England’s Pace Programme, will join the squad to further increase his workload after recuperation from ankle surgery last year and White […]

The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a committee of four administrators headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai to manage the affairs of world’s richest cricket body BCCI after its president and other top office bearers were barred from cricket administration. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud directed that the committee […]

India beat England at their own game by delivering a masterclass on death bowling with the duo of Ashish Nehra (3/28) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/20) combining to defend a modest total in the second T20I of the three-match series to help their side draw level on Sunday. Helped by KL Rahul’s well-crafted 71, India put up 144/8 and then restricted […]

India Under-19 cricket team trainer Rajesh Sawant was found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai on Sunday morning, a day ahead of India Under-19’s first ODI against England.