Month: February 2021

News The remaining matches involving Australia men’s team and England women’s side will be played behind closed doors Under Level 3 of the New Zealand government’s alert system, sports events cannot take place in Auckland   Next week’s T20Is in Auckland involving the Australia men’s team and the England women’s side have been relocated to Wellington, after Auckland was put into a week-long Covid-19 lockdown. The remaining matches of the…

News The series begins on March 7 in Lucknow starting with three ODIs followed by five T20Is Allrounder Shikha Pandey and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia have been left out of India’s limited-overs squad for the women’s home series against South Africa in Lucknow. The series begins on March 7 starting with three ODIs followed by five T20Is. Both squads have two frontline wicketkeepers: the returning Sushma Verma and uncapped Sweta Verma….

News No replacements will be brought in for the series finale in Ahmedabad, BCCI confirms Jasprit Bumrah bowled just six overs in the third Test, where the spinners did most of the work for India   Jasprit Bumrah has been released from India’s squad for the fourth and final Test against England in Ahmedabad, starting March 4, after he put in a request to be granted leave “owing to personal…

Report New South Wales were held up in their push for victory with Nathan Lyon taking their only wicket Victoria 190 and 1 for 129 (Maddinson 53*) trail New South Wales 364 by 45 runs Victoria gave themselves a chance to rescuing a draw against New South Wales with their top order putting in a stubborn display in the second innings led by Nic Maddinson‘s half-century. They had conceded a…

News Veterans return to the fray for three-match home series against Sri Lanka Chris Gayle has been recalled to play for West Indies for first time in two years, while senior fast bowler Fidel Edwards is back in the national squad after a nine-year hiatus. Both Gayle, who is 41 years old and Edwards, who turned 39 this month, have been named in West Indies’ squad for the three-match T20I…

Sourav Ganguly (BCCI president), Manu Sawhney (ICC chief executive) and Jay Shah (BCCI secretary) pose with the T20 World Cup   The BCCI has again expressed its unhappiness at the ICC’s new bidding policy to find hosts for its global events in the 2023-20131 cycle. The reservations are not new but were reiterated at a meeting for ICC members on Wednesday. The meeting wasn’t a formal ICC Board meeting, but…

News Allrounder to return for ODI series in March, having played no matches in three countries England will not be able to call upon Chris Woakes for next week’s fourth Test against in Ahmedabad, after he left the tour on Thursday for his pre-arranged break from the team’s bio-secure bubble. Woakes, 31, has endured a frustrating winter with England, having been involved in squads in South Africa, Sri Lanka and…