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 […]
» Read moreIndia were on Thursday drawn to play New Zealand at home in their next Davis Cup tie in the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, which is scheduled for February 3-5. It was after beating New Zealand 3-2 in an away tie that India qualified for the World Group Play-offs in 2015 season. India are back in the Asia Oceania zone after being whitewashed by […]
» Read moreChris 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 […]
» Read moreIndia’s Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova entered the second round of the women’s doubles event at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday, after registering a hard-fought three sets win over unseeded local duo of Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara. The second seeded Indo-Czech pair had to sweat it out for exactly two hours to get better of the […]
» Read morePakistan 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 […]
» Read moreIn 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 […]
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