Daredevils coach Dravid rues loss of de Kock to injury

Quinton de Kock was Delhi Daredevils’ top scorer in IPL 2016 with 445 runs © BCCI Delhi Daredevils coach Rahul Dravid has said missing a batsman of Quinton de Kock‘s calibre as well as the experience of JP Duminy will affect the balance and composition of the team going into tenth edition of the IPL. Duminy has cited personal reasons for pulling out while de Kock has a finger injury,…

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CSA meet transformation targets, ministerial ban likely to lifted

Kagiso Rabada and Temba Bavuma have become key members of South Africa’s Test team © AFP Cricket South Africa is likely to have the ministerial ban on hosting or bidding for major events lifted after meeting with transformation targets this season. The sanction was placed on CSA last April by the sports minister after an annual transformation report found that they had failed to meet targets. CSA has since introduced…

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SA coach Domingo unsure of staying on past England tour

Russell Domingo’s role as head coach of South Africa is unclear despite another away series win © Getty Images Russell Domingo is still unsure of whether he will reapply for his job as South Africa’s head coach, with the 42-year-old awaiting clarity on the process as he maintains the stance he took on the topic prior to the start of the New Zealand tour. Domingo’s contract, which has been extended…

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Confident of winning the series – Hathurusingha

‘The body language and effort on the field is the biggest change I have seen in the last few matches’ © Raton Gomes/BCB Only twice – barring the 2006 series against India that was washed out – in the last 31 years has Sri Lanka not won at least one game in an ODI series at home. As the third and final game of the series comes closer, they face…

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Victoria claim third straight Shield title

Victoria 487 (Harris 120, Dean 94, Pattinson 80, Gotch 52, Sayers 7-84) and 323 (Finch 83, Christian 58) drew with South Australia 287 (Weatherald 60, Carey 57, Holland 7-82) and 6 for 236 (Head 137*, Fawad 3-81)Scorecard Victoria celebrate their third successive Sheffield Shield title © Getty Images Victoria have completed a hat-trick of Sheffield Shield titles for the first time in the state’s history, wrapping up a third consecutive…

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Kohli offers clarification on Australian-friendships comment

Play 02:46 Smith disappointed with BCCI, Kohli says ‘friends no more’ Virat Kohli has tweeted a clarification on his post-match comments in Dharamsala, where he had said he wouldn’t be calling the Australian players his friends “ever again”. On Thursday morning he tweeted that he was referring to only a “couple of individuals”, and that his comment had been blown out of proportion. 1/2 My answer at the post match…

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Daredevils coach Dravid rues loss of de Kock to injury

Quinton de Kock was Delhi Daredevils’ top scorer in IPL 2016 with 445 runs © BCCI Delhi Daredevils coach Rahul Dravid has said missing a batsman of Quinton de Kock‘s calibre as well as the experience of JP Duminy will affect the balance and composition of the team going into tenth edition of the IPL. Duminy has cited personal reasons for pulling out while de Kock has a finger injury,…

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CSA meet transformation targets, ministerial ban likely to lifted

Kagiso Rabada and Temba Bavuma have become key members of South Africa’s Test team © AFP Cricket South Africa is likely to have the ministerial ban on hosting or bidding for major events lifted after meeting with transformation targets this season. The sanction was placed on CSA last April by the sports minister after an annual transformation report found that they had failed to meet targets. CSA has since introduced…

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SA coach Domingo unsure of staying on past England tour

Russell Domingo’s role as head coach of South Africa is unclear despite another away series win © Getty Images Russell Domingo is still unsure of whether he will reapply for his job as South Africa’s head coach, with the 42-year-old awaiting clarity on the process as he maintains the stance he took on the topic prior to the start of the New Zealand tour. Domingo’s contract, which has been extended…

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Confident of winning the series – Hathurusingha

‘The body language and effort on the field is the biggest change I have seen in the last few matches’ © Raton Gomes/BCB Only twice – barring the 2006 series against India that was washed out – in the last 31 years has Sri Lanka not won at least one game in an ODI series at home. As the third and final game of the series comes closer, they face…

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