Warne shock overshadows final day as Wood and Stokes boost England Test hopes

Report Batters in good place after promising four days in Antigua, as off-field matters overshadow England players and staff observe a moment’s silence in memory of Shane Warne during day four of the tour match   England XI 466 for 6 (Bairstow 106*, Lawrence 83, Lees 65, Crawley 62, Root 54) and 164 for 4 dec (Lawrence 48, Foakes 43*) drew with CWI President’s XI 264 (Reifer 106, Leach 4-62)…

March 4, 2022
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CSA and Smith to proceed with arbitration on March 7

News Both the board and Smith will be legally represented, and the findings of the arbitrators will be made public The Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings had found that Graeme Smith engaged in discrimination based on race   The “tentative findings” made by the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report about CSA’s director of cricket, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, will be the subject of the board’s “agreed formal…

March 4, 2022
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Allan Donald appointed Bangladesh fast bowling coach till 2023 World Cup

News He takes over the role from Ottis Gibson, who decided to not renew his contract in January this year Bangladesh have appointed former South African quick Allan Donald as their fast-bowling coach till the 2023 50-over World Cup. He takes over the role from Ottis Gibson, who decided to not renew his contract in January this year. Donald will be linking up with his former team-mate Russell Domingo, who…

March 4, 2022
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ऑस्ट्रेलिया के महान स्पिनर शेन वार्न का निधन

बताया जा रहा है कि उनका निधन हार्ट अटैक के कारण हुआ है   ऑस्ट्रेलिया के महान लेग स्पिनर शेन वार्न का निधन हो गया है। बताया जा रहा है कि उनके मौत का कारण हार्ट अटैक है। आपको बता दें कि वार्न 52 वर्ष के थे। वार्न को विसडन क्रिकेट के लिस्ट में इस सदी के पांच सबसे महान क्रिकेटरों में शामिल किया गया था। उन्होंने अपने 15 साल…

March 4, 2022
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Shane Warne, Australia's legendary legspinner, dies aged 52

News Australia great passes away in Thailand following a suspected heart attack Shane Warne, one of Australia’s greatest Test cricketers, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Warne, who was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career between 1992 and 2007, and was also a World Cup winner with Australia in 1999. According to…

March 4, 2022
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South Africa players face 'litmus test of loyalty' ahead of IPL 2022

News CSA says they have to take a call between playing the T20 league or representing their country against Bangladesh Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are among the 11 South Africans who will be in action in IPL 2022   South Africa will give their players a choice of whether to go to the upcoming IPL or stay in the country and play the three-ODI and two-Test series against Bangladesh,…

March 4, 2022
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Jake Lehmann leads counterattack after Queensland make inroads

Report The visitors had slipped to 4 for 52 after Queensland had made quick runs South Australia 5 for 185 (Lehmann 76* trail Queensland 8 for 305 dec (Clayton 85, Peirson 65) by 120 runs South Australia’s Jake Lehmann hit a defiant half century to put the brakes on Queensland’s hopes of an unlikely Sheffield Shield win at the Gabba. With one day’s play remaining in the rain-marred contest, South…

March 4, 2022
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Richard Gleeson signs white-ball contract with Lancashire

News Fast bowler will initially be available for Blast after two years of back problems Richard Gleeson will feature for Lancashire again this season after signing an initial T20 contract with the club ahead of the Vitality Blast competition. Gleeson, 34, made headlines in 2020 when he was named in England’s 55-man training squad at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, and trained with the ODI squad for the series…

March 4, 2022
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Kemar Roach returns to Surrey for start of Championship campaign

News Amla returns for third season as Surrey line up their overseas players Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, has rejoined Surrey for the first five matches of the LV= Insurance County Championship season, where he will team up with his fellow overseas player, South Africa’s Hashim Amla. Roach, who will lead West Indies’ attack against England in the forthcoming Test series, impressed for Surrey in his first spell…

March 4, 2022
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No change to Law governing the bouncer, says MCC following consultation

News Onus on umpires to protect batters, but outright ban would ‘materially change’ game Marylebone Cricket Club has opted not to make any alterations to the existing Laws governing the use of bouncers, after reaching the conclusion that to do so would cause too great a change to the way the game is played. MCC, the custodians of the Laws of Cricket, recently commissioned a global consultation into short-pitched bowling…

March 4, 2022
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