Category: Cricket

India suffered a late batting collapse, allowing the West Indies to sneak back into the contest after Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha struck fighting centuries on day two of the third Test here today. India lost their last five wickets for 37 runs to be 353 all out in the second session. The visitors looked set for a much bigger […]

Carlos Brathwaite has been named the captain of the West Indies Twenty20 International side for the upcoming two-match T20I series against India in Florida, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Monday (August 8). “Brathwaite is one of the most talented players in the T20 format of the game and his humble and committed approach to the game can […]

Cricket South Africa has come down heavily on four of its players – Jean Symes, Thami Tsolekile, Ethy Mbhalathi and Pumelela Matshikwe – handing out lengthy bans for each for their alleged involvement in match-fixing. According to an official release issued by CSA, former national team wicketkeeper Tsolekile has been slapped with a 12-year ban for several counts, including contriving […]

Steve O’Keefe, the Australian spinner, has been sanctioned with a $10,000 fine by Cricket Australia (CA) after he was involved in an incident at a Sydney hotel on Saturday (August 6) night. The New South Wales (NSW) player was charged for breaking Level 2 offence under CA’s Code of Behaviour. He was also issued an Infringement Notice by NSW Police […]

Darren Sammy has said in a video message on Facebook that he will no longer captain the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) team. The two-time ICC World Twenty20 winning captain, in his video post on Friday (August 5), mentioned that he received a call from the West Indies chairman of selectors indicating that the captaincy of the T20I team was […]

India skipper Virat Kohli heaped praise on the West Indies batsmen who produced a special batting display to save the second Test. Starting the day at 48 for four, West Indies managed to bat the entire fifth day to deny India a 2-0 lead in the series, as Roston Chase led the charge with an unbeaten 137. “It was testing […]