Eighteen months since playing his last Test, Moeen Ali feels he has so much more to achieve, including passing the 200-wicket milestone. Back in Chennai, where he scored the last of his five Test centuries with 146 in England’s innings defeat as India won their series 4-0 in 2016, Moeen said that a sense of unfinished business with the red ball was now a driving force. “That is my biggest…
Moeen Ali has recovered from Covid-19 © Getty Images Moeen Ali has urged people to take the Covid-19 vaccine and ignore “consipracy theories” amid concerns over low vaccination rates among ethnic minority groups. Scientists are still trying to determine what level of immunity, if any, comes from having had Covid-19 but, having spent two weeks confined to a hotel room with the illness, which forced him to miss England’s two-Test…
News BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal says board confident of hosting IPL 2021 in India The BCCI doesn’t feel the need to look at a back-up overseas venue for hosting the 2021 edition of the IPL, treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal said on Saturday. Dhumal, who is also on the IPL Governing Council, told PTI that the board is confident that it would be able to host the league at home unlike…
News In what became a slightly farcical conclusion to the Qualifier final, Tye bowled a bouncer which was called wide and denied Vince the chance to go for a century James Vince said he hoped Andrew Tye “didn’t mean it” when he bowled the bouncer which was called wide and denied Vince the chance to go for a century at the end of the Qualifier final in Canberra. In what…
N Jagadeesan is the leading scorer in this year’s tournament, with 350 runs from seven innings © BCCI Big picture After a lot of uncertainty, the 2020-21 Indian domestic season approaches its first major milestone – the successful completion of the T20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy without any hiccups, after having to organise bio-bubbles for 38 teams, of which two are standing: Tamil Nadu and Baroda. Tamil…
News Buttler was all praise for captain Joe Root’s ability to bat long periods against spin in the subcontinent Only a handful of active cricketers know the feeling of winning a Test series in India. One of them is England captain Joe Root, who had debuted in the 2012-13 series which England won 2-1, the last time India were beaten in a series at home. As Root returns to India…
Report Aside from Josh Inglis, Perth Scorchers had a poor day but they will get a second chance to reach the final Sydney Sixers 1 for 168 (Vince 98*) beat Perth Scorchers 6 for 167 (Inglis 69*) by nine wickets James Vince‘s unbeaten 98 enabled defending champions Sydney Sixers to secure a home final in style, which will be staged at the SCG, as they aim to go back-to-back with…
Report Jomel Warrican also picked up three wickets for the visitors to help bundle the BCB XI for 160 West Indians 257 and 179 for 5 (Bonner 80*, Campbell 68, Hassan 2-32) lead BCB XI 160 (Naim 45, Hasan 30, Cornwall 5-47, Warrican 3-25) by 276 runs West Indians had their best day on the tour on the second day of their three-day warm-up match against the BCB XI. After…
News The allrounder had suffered a groin injury during the third ODI on January 25 Shakib Al Hasan has been named in Bangladesh’s 18-man Test squad for the two-match series against West Indies. Shakib had suffered a groin injury during the third ODI on January 25, and walked off the field without completing his fifth over. He returned to training on Saturday after a scan last week revealed no major…
News The premier first-class tournament will not be held for the first time since its inception in 1934-35 “We have lost a lot of time and consequently, it has been difficult to plan the cricket calendar,” Jay Shah wrote There will be no Ranji Trophy for the first time since its inception in 1934-35, but the BCCI has announced that the senior men’s, senior women’s and Under-19 men’s 50-over…