News The batter, who was signed by Gujarat Titans, has cited the challenge of staying in the tournament bubble for an extended period Jason Roy has represented three different IPL teams before being signed by Gujarat Titans England batter Jason Roy has pulled out of IPL 2022 citing the challenge of staying in the tournament bubble for an extended period. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Roy, who was signed by…
News The Bangladesh captain says he wants his side to finish in the top four on the World Cup Super League points table Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal called Afghanistan the hungrier of the two sides following the visitors’ seven-wicket win in the third ODI in Chattogram. Tamim’s frustration stems from his side’s meek surrender in a match that carried ten World Cup Super League points even though it was a…
News The threat, warning him against travelling to Pakistan, was issued on social media to Agar’s partner A threat issued on social media to Ashton Agar, warning him against travelling to Pakistan, has been investigated and dismissed by the Pakistan and Australia cricket boards and government security agencies. Sydney Morning Herald reported on Monday that the threat was issued to Agar’s partner, reportedly on Instagram. Cricket Australia and the PCB…
News “Shakib had given letter saying he won’t be available to play Tests for six months. Scenario has changed since he won’t be playing IPL,” says BCB official Shakib Al Hasan will sit down with BCB president Nazmul Hassan “within the next couple of days” to discuss his Test plans, according to cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus. Shakib had previously written to the BCB saying he would not be available…
News Todd Greenberg, the ACA chief executive, said players were aware how important it was to keep the game going The Australian Cricketers’ Association is hopeful the key parts of a new pay deal between the players and Cricket Australia could be resolved in the coming months with chief executive Todd Greenberg vowing that there will be no repeat of the ugly dispute that unfolded when the last deal was…
News Heartbroken 29-year old wants to stay with the team and play their final league match on March 3 Baroda batter Vishnu Solanki has decided to carry on playing the Ranji Trophy despite the heartbreaking loss of his father and his day-old daughter in a span of two weeks. On February 11, while in quarantine in Cuttack with the rest of Baroda squad, Solanki received the news that his wife…
News South Africa batter reveals he worked on playing the ball late to improve his game Kyle Verreynne is among only a handful of batters on South Africa’s first-class scene to maintain a career average of 50 since his debut in 2015, but even with the weight of numbers behind him, he entered the international stage with hesitation. After eight Test innings with an average of 14, that turned into…
News “There are some general guidelines that are required, but we’re asking players and teams to just be sensible,” says Geoff Allardice Geoff Allardice: “The bottom line is, we want 11 vs 11. We have squads of 15, all teams are travelling with reserve players as a contingency” Strict bio-bubbles and daily Covid tests have been done away with for the 2022 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand, with…
News Todd Greenberg and CA CEO Nick Hockley have joined the early part of the tour which will also allow to see how the team operates Australia Cricketers’ Association chief executive Todd Greenberg believes Australia’s first tour of Pakistan in 24 years is a major moment for the world game and its significance underpinned his desire to travel with the team alongside Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley. The pair…
News The opening batter takes over from KL Rahul, who has moved to new team Lucknow Super Giants Mayank Agarwal was one of two players retained by Punjab Kings after the 2021 IPL Mayank Agarwal has been unveiled as the new captain of Punjab Kings, just under a month from the start of IPL 2022. Agarwal was one of two players – Arshdeep Singh being the other – retained…