News The Pakistan batter will join his BBL team ahead of their game against Melbourne Renegades on January 6 “He is a classy performer who gets the job done in the teams he has played for so we are confident he can settle in quickly” Brisbane Heat have signed on Fakhar Zaman as a replacement for the injured Tom Abell in their bid to qualify for the knockout stages…
News Starting with the New Zealand tour, Bangladesh would want to improve their record of 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests “We usually win when we play well as a team, regardless of where we are playing” Bangladesh will look to forget 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests, and set shorter goals for a better 2022. Their first task in hand,…
Preview The visitors don’t have Shakib and Tamim; the hosts are missing Williamson, but have been boosted by the return of Boult and Conway Big picture New Zealand vs Bangladesh contests have been complete mismatches, wherever they have been played. Bangladesh have lost each of their away matches against New Zealand, irrespective of the format, while New Zealand haven’t been great visitors to Bangladesh either. The first Test of the…
News The New Year’s Eve match in Adelaide is under threat as are future Stars fixtures The BBL has been hit by further positive Covid-19 cases after four Sydney Thunder players tested positive ahead of the New Year’s Eve clash against Adelaide Strikers in Adelaide while seven Melbourne Stars players and eight staff members have now also tested positive. It comes a day after the Melbourne Stars-Perth Scorchers clash was…
News Mitchell Marsh, Nic Maddinson and Josh Inglis have been called up as cover Australia batter Travis Head has tested positive for Covid-19 as the Australia team delay their flight from Melbourne to Sydney and call up replacements for the fourth Test. Cricket Australia confirmed on Friday morning that Head had tested positive from a routine PCR test. He is asymptomatic and will remain in Melbourne with his partner to…
News Andy McBrine and Andy Balbirnie have also been forced to isolate as close contacts Paul Stirling and Shane Getkate, the Ireland allrounders, are self-isolating in Florida hotel rooms after testing positive for Covid-19 and are set to miss at least the first ODI against West Indies in Jamaica. Ireland’s ODI series against USA was called off at short notice after a Covid outbreak within the home squad and the…
News Kirsten was beaten to the role by the under-fire Chris Silverwood in 2019 Gary Kirsten has declared his interest in becoming head coach of England’s Test team, with Chris Silverwood likely to pay for their Ashes debacle with his job. Kirsten, the former South Africa and India coach, has applied for the role twice previously, in 2015 and 2019. He has not coached an international team since 2013, citing…
News He began 2021 as South Africa’s temporary Test captain and ended it by retiring from the format Quinton de Kock had expressed concerns with the restrictions of bubble life in the recent past Quinton de Kock has announced a sudden retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect “to spend more time with his growing family”. de Kock was due to miss the second and third Tests against India…
News The primary reason for the postponement is because “participants are still not vaccinated and as such, are vulnerable” to the virus Five matches of the Vijay Merchant Trophy were scheduled to be played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium The Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy, which was scheduled to begin in January 2022, has been postponed following a fresh surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in India and the…
News Since being dropped from the Indian Test side after a poor run, the opener has stormed back to form KL Rahul has learned to enjoy the defensive side of batting all over again. Having been dropped from the Test team after a lean run through 2018 and 2019 – he averaged 22.23 over 15 Tests in that period, mostly played away from home – Rahul has made a strong…