The BCCI on Wednesday finally invited applications for the head coach of the Indian cricket team with the circular comprising a nine-point criteria including one stating a ‘desire’ to have a Hindi speaking coach. BCCI president Anurag Thakur had announced on May 22 that the Board will advertise to fill the vacant position but it finally put out the invitation […]
» Read moreCricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday confirmed that India A will play in the upcoming quadrangular one-day ‘A’ series in August, followed by two four-day matches against Australia A in September. Australia had announced that their A side and National Performance Squad would play a quadrangular one-day series against South Africa A and another international team. The CA on Wednesday confirmed […]
» Read moreThree-time champion Saina Nehwal staved off a challenge from a lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei to make a positive start to her women’s singles campaign at the USD 900,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Eighth seed Saina recovered from a mid-game slump to register a 21-11, 19-21, 21-15 win over World No. 23 Pai Yu Po […]
» Read moreLess than a fortnight ahead of their home series against India, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has opted for a major shake-up, sacking coach head coach Dav Whatmore and relieving Hamilton Masakadza of leadership duties across all formats. Graeme Creamer, Masakadza’s deputy, will take his place as an interim skipper. Makhaya Ntini, the former South African pacer and bowling coach of Zimbabwe, […]
» Read moreJames Anderson, England’s premier fast bowler, has claimed the No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers after a successful outing against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Chester-le-Street, where he picked up eight wickets in the match. He has leapfrogged his team-mate, Stuart Broad, and Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin to top the rankings. In the two Tests […]
» Read moreAlastair Cook on Monday became the first England cricketer to cross the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket, and the youngest overall, beating Sachin Tendulkar’s record set in 2005 by five months at the age of 31 years, five months. Tendulkar – Test cricket’s leading run-scorer – was 31 years, ten months 20 days old when he scored his 10,000th run […]
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