Month: February 2021

News “Time has come today for me to put a full stop to this innings of my life,” 38-year-old allrounder says Yusuf Pathan, the big-hitting allrounder who was part of the Indian teams that won the 2007 World T20 as well as the 2011 World Cup, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. “The time has come today for me to put a full stop to this…

Report Travis Head earlier completed his maiden first-class double century in a huge South Australia total Western Australia 2 for 192 (Bancroft 106*) trail South Australia 8 for 510 dec (Head 223, Hunt 10) by 318 runs Cameron Bancroft scored his second Sheffield Shield century of the season to lead a strong Western Australia reply to a huge South Australia total based around Travis Head‘s maiden first-class double hundred. Bancroft,…

News Former Karnataka captain finished with 504 first-class wickets, including a record 442 in the Ranji Trophy Vinay Kumar ended with 442 Ranji Trophy wickets, the most by a seamer in the competition   R Vinay Kumar, the former India seamer, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, bringing the curtain down on a first-class career that spanned 16 years and made him a domestic giant. He played…

News Club had been linked with Cheteshwar Pujara before he was signed in IPL auction Warwickshire have announced the signing of South Africa opening batsman Pieter Malan for the 2021 County Championship season. Warwickshire had been openly targeting an experienced batsman as their overseas player for their red-ball campaign after Ian Bell’s retirement at the end of the 2020 season. They were linked with a move for Cheteshwar Pujara, but…

Report Henriques and Peter Nevill put Victoria to the sword after Harry Conway’s career-best six-wicket haul for New South Wales New South Wales 7 for 304 (Henriques 141, Pattinson 2-43) lead Victoria 190 (Short 94, Conway 6-39) by 114 runs Moises Henriques has pressed further claims for Australia’s vacant Test No.5 role with a third century of the Sheffield Shield summer to put New South Wales firmly in control against…

News Sodhi had gone unsold at the 2021 IPL auction Ish Sodhi, the New Zealand legspinner, will feature in IPL 2021 in a managerial role. After going unsold at the auction, he has now been signed as the team liaison officer by the Rajasthan Royals, a franchise he played for in 2018 and 2019. In this new role, Sodhi will work closely with Kumar Sangakkara, the team’s new Director of…