News Will continue in limited-overs cricket Faf du Plessis, who led South Africa in 36 out of his 69 Tests, stepped down as captain in February 2020 Faf du Plessis, the former South Africa captain, has retired from Test cricket after 69 appearances in the format, saying that he had wanted to finish up after the series at home against Australia that was scheduled to start later this month,…
Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer could miss England’s Test series against New Zealand England’s leading multi-format cricketers, including Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler, could be forced to miss the two-Test series against New Zealand in June, due to a clash with the knock-out phases of this year’s IPL. The trio, all of whom play for Rajasthan Royals, are the most prominent IPL players in England’s Test set-up,…
News All the matches – three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests – will be played in Antigua Sri Lanka’s multi-format tour of West Indies, comprising three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests, will start on March 3, with all fixtures to be played behind closed doors in Antigua, in a biosecure environment. Cricket West Indies (CWI) has initially intended to stage part of the tour in St Lucia, but…
News Zimbabwe also play Afghanistan in three T20Is in the UAE next month, with the tour starting on March 2 Brendan Taylor has missed out from selection due to his absence from a Zimbabwe Cricket camp owing to illness Zimbabwe have named a 15-member squad for their two-Test series against Afghanistan starting on March 2 in Abu Dhabi. The squad, however, is missing the veteran pair of Brendan Taylor…
News “As a community we should be able to embrace how good a cricketer is. We can see a lot of positives, but we tend to choose the negatives” After delivering a dream performance in front of his home crowd, R Ashwin has asked for more positivity, understanding and pride from the cricket community in India. Ashwin’s eight-wicket haul and century led India to a series-levelling win in Chennai where…
News The remaining matches of the inaugural edition of the tournament will be played in Raipur in March Jonty Rhodes, Virender Sehwag, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Brett Lee pose at an event to promote the league The remaining matches of the inaugural season of the Road Safety World Series T20 tournament will be played in Raipur between March 2 and 21 with an extra team in…
News The idea behind the change is to “add a fresh look and fresh feel,” co-owner says The Kings XI Punjab will now be called Punjab Kings. The idea behind the change is to “add a fresh look and fresh feel,” Mohit Burman, one of the co-owners of the franchise, said. According to Burman, the franchise, which also has Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karn Paul as the other owners,…
Report England captain Heather Knight admits loss had provided “a bit of a humbling” New Zealand XI 316 for 5 (Dodd 91, Halliday 79) beat England women 286 for 12 (Wyatt 54, Knight 51*, Green 5-56) by 30 runs England women slipped to a 30-run defeat against New Zealand XI in their final warm-up match before next week’s ODI series, with captain Heather Knight admitting the loss had provided “a…
“I’ve played four Tests matches here and this is easily the most special Test match” © BCCI R Ashwin said he felt like a “hero” whenever he bowled – or just removed his cap for that matter – in front of his home crowd during the second Test against England at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Ashwin, who starred in India’s win – eight wickets and a century in very…
There was sharp turn, there was uneven bounce, and there were explosions of soil when the ball landed on its surface. As difficult as it was to bat on, though, Virat Kohli believes the pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium for the second Test was a fair one in terms of competitive balance between the teams. With plenty of help for the spinners right from day one, he felt the…