Month: February 2016

Usman Khawaja had scored two centuries in the recently-concluded Big Bash T20 League. © AFP Auckland: Batsman Usman Khawaja has been omitted from Australia’s lineup for the first of three one-day games against New Zealand at Eden Park on Wednesday. (New Zealand, Australia at Loggerheads) Khawaja, who has been in outstanding form in Australia’s domestic competition, was called into the touring squad as a replacement for opening batsman Aaron Finch…

Ish Sodhi will be key for New Zealand on a turning track. © BCCI Auckland: New Zealand and Australia were poles apart on their reading of the Eden Park wicket ahead of Wednesday’s opening one-day international in Auckland with Australia backing pace and New Zealand spin. (Kiwis’ Chance to Avenge World Cup Drubbing) New Zealand rushed leg-spinner Ish Shodhi into their squad Tuesday, while Australia’s line-up showed a preference for…

Leg-spinner Nathan Sowter and all-rounder Martin Andersson have signed summer contracts with Middlesex. The 23-year-old has been handed a white-ball summer deal which will make him available for all of Middlesex’s NatWest T20 Blast and Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures in 2016. Sowter made an impact in last summer’s NatWest T20 Blast clash against Kent Spitfires when he claimed figures of 2-2 in just four deliveries during an impressive debut….

Umesh Yadav has been overlooked for the three-match series against Sri Lanka starting on February 9. © AP Dropped from the Indian T20 squad for Sri Lanka, Umesh Yadav will try to get back his rhythm with the red ball as he challenges a Saurashtra team having Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara in its ranks in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final starting on Wednesday. (Virat Kohli Rested for Twenty20 Series Against Sri…

Varun Aaron with Ragini at the Jamshedpur Court. © PTI Varun Aaron became the third current Team India player after Harbhajan Singh and Rohit Sharma to get married. The India pacer tied the knot with his school friend Ragini at the Jamshedpur Court on Monday. Sources say, Aaron will marry Ragini according to Christian rituals at a Church in on Thursday. Aaron and Ragini, who are both former students of…