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 […]
» Read moreWill 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 […]
» Read moreDave 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 […]
» Read moreFormer World No 1 junior, Aditya Prakash Joshi sailed into the quarterfinals of the Thailand Masters after notching up a straight-game win over his elder brother Pratul Joshi in men’s singles competition at the $120,000 Grand Prix Gold tournament on Thursday.
» Read moreSecond seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France needed only 45 minutes to reach the quarterfinals of the Open de Sud de France, swatting aside countryman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. Tsonga, a former Australian Open finalist, is ranked 14 but doubles expert Herbert is ranked only 96 in singles. It proved to be a total mismatch as Tsonga hit seven […]
» Read moreSkipper 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 […]
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