News Agarwal was also the corruptor who had contacted Shakib Al Hasan Deepak Agarwal, the corruptor involved with Shakib Al Hasan, was also connected to Heath Streak ‘Mr X’, who gave Heath Streak two bitcoins while also presenting the former Zimbabwe captain with an expensive phone for his wife, is understood to be Indian businessman Deepak Agarwal, who was banned last year until 2022 by the ICC for breaching…
Chief executives of cricket boards will start hammering out on Thursday what cricket’s next eight-year calendar will look like. CEC (the ICC’s chief executives’ committee) meetings on the 2023-31 cycle have so far been exploratory in nature, in trying to suss out member views on various competitions, ICC events and the growing space domestic T20 leagues now occupy. But the real work of getting the calendar into shape begins now,…
Tonight we have David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad facing off against Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore. We’ll have the likes of Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar against the likes of AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal. If this blog doesn’t load for you, click here. For our ball-by-ball commentary, click here Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
News The South African bowlers have been in quarantine since reaching India last week Delay in getting the results of their Covid-19 tests has ruled out the South African bowling pair of Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje from Delhi Capitals’ Thursday clash with the Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai. Both players remain in hotel quarantine at the moment. Both Rabada and Nortje checked into Capitals’ team hotel in Mumbai on April…
Report The series is level at 1-1 after South Africa bounced back from a defeat in the first game Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs South Africa Pakistan have opted to field first after winning the toss at SuperSport Park in the third T20I. The series is level at 1-1 after South Africa bounced back from a defeat in the first game with a resounding victory. Rassie van der Dussen’s…
News How, where and when to watch Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore live match at 7.30 PM IST on April 14, 2021 Having started their campaign with a win against the defending champions Mumbai Indians, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will be keen to make it two out of two when they face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Wednesday. Devdutt Padikkal, who was the leading run-getter for the Royal Challengers…
News Streak is understood to have facilitated approaches by a corruptor to people within teams he was coach at Former Zimbabwe captain and legend Heath Streak has been banned for eight years after being charged with multiple breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code. Streak, one Zimbabwe’s greatest fast bowlers, has been under investigation for what is believed to be an extensive list of games in 2017 and 2018, from his…
Babar Azam made a total of 228 runs in the three ODIs against South Africa © AFP/Getty Images Pakistan captain Babar Azam is now the No.1-ranked ODI batsman, ending India captain Virat Kohli‘s long reign at the top of the charts. Babar’s match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points. Azam made a total of 228 runs in…
Preview Good news for Capitals with Rabada and Nortje likely to be available, while the Royals face selection dilemma with injured Stokes out Big picture These teams are fire. Delhi Capitals once struggled to find an identity for themselves. Now they are the home of young Indian batting geniuses. Rajasthan Royals see-sawed from one extreme to the other, not so much a cricket team as an unruly teenager. But now…
Usman Khawaja was a world away the last time Queensland hosted the Sheffield Shield final – and had their stride to the title rudely interrupted by the Newlands scandal. In the last week of March, 2018, Khawaja was part of the Australian team pilloried for egregious ball tampering and an even worse cover-up in South Africa, leaving a young deputy Jimmy Peirson to lift the Shield and then see Matt…