Category: Cricket

New Zealand danced to Cheteshwar Pujara’s tunes as India laid into the opposition in the vital post-Lunch session, before declaring on 216 for 3 and setting the visitors a harrowing target of 475 on Day 4 of the third and final Test at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. In just the second over of the innings, Umesh Yadav trapped left-handed […]

Heath Streak, Zimbabwe’s former captain, was appointed head coach of the national side on Monday (October 10), taking over from interim coach Makhaya Ntini, who was in-charge of the side since Dav Whatmore was sacked in June. Streak comes in with the objective of helping his team qualify for the 2019 World Cup. His first assignment will be the two-Test […]

Chris Rogers, the former Australian opener, called time on his illustrious first-class career after playing in Somerset’s final County Championship game of the summer against Nottinghamshire on Thursday (September 22). The 39-year-old left-handed opener cracked hundreds in both innings to pilot Somerset to a crucial 325-run victory, which took them to the top of the table with 226 points, with […]

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday received the ICC Test Championship mace for leading the side to the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings for the first time since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson presented the mace to Misbah at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and the Pakistan Test skipper said it […]

In defiance of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha committee recommendations, the BCCI on Wednesday named a five-member selection committee headed by former wicketkeeper-batsman MSK Prasad and comprising two members with no Test experience. Prasad, who was a part of the previous panel as the South Zone representative, replaced Sandeep Patil as Chairman of the selectors. The 41-year-old Prasad, hailing from Andhra […]

Ishant Sharma, India’s pace spearhead, will miss the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, starting on Thursday (September 22) as he is recovering from Chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. Anil Kumble, India’s head coach, addressed the media ahead of the series opener and also revealed that the team hasn’t asked for a replacement for the […]