Category: Cricket

David Willey was ruled out of the forthcoming five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan with a hand injury, an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) spokesperson has revealed that the left-arm pacer would rejoin the squad after the injury was deemed to be less serious than originally feared. The Yorkshire bowler, who was struck on his left hand on […]

Queen Park Oval’s travails with drying an outfield dampened by rain spilled over to a fourth successive day before match officials called the Test off on the fifth morning. The drawn outcome in Trinidad meant India had to settle for a 2-0 scoreline. Brief Scores: West Indies 62/2 (Kraigg Brathwaite 32*; R Ashwin 1-22) vs India. Match Drawn.

Former Australian batsman Michael Bevan is often hailed as the `original finisher’ in world cricket. The 46-year-old will don the coach’s role for the Madurai Super Giants at the inaugural edition of Ta mil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). For Bevan, who earlier coached Chennai Superstars in the defunct Indian Cricket League, it’ll be second coming to Tamil Nadu.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni launched the Tamil Nadu Premier League at a vibrant function here on Thursday. “Yellarukum Vannakam,” (greetings to everyone) he said in Tamil, amidst thunderous applause, and then spoke about the Twenty20 competition, to be principally sponsored by India Cements, that will take cricket into the districts of Tamil Nadu. “It will be a big opportunity for the […]

Sri Lanka on Wednesday defeated Australia by 163 runs in the final Test in Colombo to complete a 3-0 sweep in the three-match series. With the series win, India, which was placed second on the ranking list ahead of the series, moved to the top spot. Latest ICC Test rankings list: Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 India 20 2238 […]

Virender Sehwag, former India batsman, has been awarded the honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club on Tuesday (August 16). The membership is extended by MCC Committee to acknowledge the contributions of players to the game. There are over 18,000 full members and 300 honorary life time members. John Stephenson, the MCC head of cricket, was pleased while making […]