Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah Riyad announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday after a 12-year career. The 35-year old played his last Test against Zimbabwe in Harare in July this year with Bangladesh recording a 220-run win. The right-hander made an unbeaten 150 — his fifth Test hundred — in his final innings, and was named the … Read more
Stuart Broad is looking forward to gaining some inside knowledge on Australia after England appointed Troy Cooley as a consultant pace bowling coach ahead of the upcoming Ashes series. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Wednesday that Cooley, a 55-year-old Australian, will aid the tourists’ quicks in Brisbane under the direction of elite pace bowling … Read more
Sri Lanka need just four wickets to win the first Test against West Indies in Galle after setting the all-but-impossible target of 348 on Wednesday’s penultimate day of play. West Indies had made just 52 before bad light forced an early end after the hosts’ spin trio made quick work of the top order. The … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Dubai Cricket Council (DCC) Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, believes UAE could be the perfect neutral venue for Pakistan-India to hold the bilateral duels saying the game of Cricket brings people together. After hosting the second half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and then the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, DCC has expressed … Read more
India’s opening batsman K.L. Rahul has been ruled out of the two-Test series against New Zealand due to injury, the cricket board said Tuesday. Rahul, who has scored 2,321 runs from 40 Test matches, will be replaced by rookie Suryakumar Yadav, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a news release ahead of the first Test … Read more
SYDNEY: Cricket Tasmania launched a scathing attack on the sport’s Australian governing body Tuesday over its “appalling” treatment of former Test skipper Tim Paine, saying anger in the community was “palpable”. Paine, who was born and bred in Tasmania, tearfully quit as captain on Friday ahead of the Ashes against England over a series of … Read more
SYDNEY: Chief selector George Bailey said Tuesday he will step aside from voting on whether Tim Paine should remain in the Australian Test cricket side if there is a split decision, given their personal and business relationship. Paine abruptly quit as skipper on Friday ahead of the Ashes series against England over a series of lewd text … Read more
Pakistan cricket former captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed gave T20I debut cap to the fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani in the third T20I between Pakistan and Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on Monday. Dahani will cherish his first-ever over in an international match as he clean-bowled Bangladeshi batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto on the third ball and … Read more
Bangladesh on Monday called up uncapped batsman Mahmudul Hasan and pace bowler Rejaur Rahman in their squad for the opening Test of a two-match series against Pakistan, starting on November 26 in Chittagong. Under-19 World Cup winner Mahmudul, 21, was handed a spot in the Test squad on the back of a promising start to … Read more
West Indies were on Monday in deep trouble in the first Test against Sri Lanka as they collapsed to 113 for six at stumps on day two in reply to the hosts’ first innings total of 386 all out. The tourists, hunting their first ever Test win in Sri Lanka, trailed by 273 runs with … Read more
Pakistan fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani made his way to Playing XI for the third T20I against Bangladesh today in Dhaka. With his debut in the T20I, he will make history as he becomes the first cricketer from Larkana to feature in a T20I for Pakistan. Before the match, Dahani asked his mother to pray for … Read more
The Pakistan cricket team will be looking for a clean sweep against the hosts Bangladesh today as both teams will meet each other in the final T20I match of the three-match series in Dhaka, scheduled to start at 01:00 pm PST. Bangladesh had troubled the Pakistani batsmen with their destructive bowling but their insipid batting … Read more
India’s Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel starred in Kolkata Sunday as the hosts routed World Cup runners-up New Zealand by 73 runs to make a clean-sweep of the T20 series. Spinner Patel triggered the New Zealand batting collapse in the third over with two wickets to push the steep 185 to win target beyond their … Read more
Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi was fined 15 percent of his match fee on Sunday for throwing a ball at Afif Hossain of Bangladesh during a T20 encounter in Dhaka. The incident occurred during the third over of Bangladesh’s innings, when Afridi fielded the ball on his follow through and threw it at Afif, hitting … Read more
Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne slammed an unbeaten hundred to give his team the upper hand in Sunday’s opening Test against the West Indies, whose debutant Jeremy Solozano was taken to hospital after being hit on the helmet while fielding. Bad light forced an early end to the day’s play in Galle with two overs … Read more
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten half-century as his side made light work of beating Bangladesh by eight wickets in their second Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Fakhar hit 57 off 51 balls and put on 85 runs with Mohammad Rizwan (39) for the second wicket, guiding Pakistan … Read more
English cricket’s top administrator vowed Friday to lead the sport through “tangible change” after coming under pressure for his handling of a growing racism scandal. Tom Harrison, the beleaguered chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), faced fresh criticism for his response to revelations of racism by Pakistan-born former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq after they … Read more
India cruised to a second straight victory over World Cup runners-up New Zealand on Friday, giving new coach Rahul Dravid and new T20 captain Rohit Sharma their first series win. Set 154 in front of a packed crowd in Ranchi, India crossed the line in the 18th over having lost only three wickets, going some … Read more
SYDNEY: Tim Paine, who quit Friday as Test skipper, was hailed as Australian cricket’s saviour when he took over the captaincy in 2018 after a ball-tampering scandal left the team’s reputation in tatters. A journeyman wicketkeeper-batsman, Paine was 33 at the time and considering retirement before being unexpectedly appointed to the most scrutinised role in Australian … Read more
Sri Lanka have tapped a former skipper and several ex-players to replace head coach Mickey Arthur who joins the English county side Derbyshire next month, cricket officials said Thursday. Mahela Jayawardene has been approached to coach and mentor the national team, English-language daily The Island reported, quoting unnamed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources. The 44-year-old worked on improving the … Read more
The cricketer who dubbed Cheteshwar Pujara ‘Steve’ while they both played for Yorkshire has apologised to the India batsman in the latest fallout from the Azeem Rafiq case that has sent shockwaves through the English game. Pakistan-born Rafiq told a UK parliamentary committee on Tuesday how racist language was “constantly” used during his two spells at … Read more
Pakistan aim to keep up momentum from their strong T20 World Cup showing with a largely unchanged squad for this week’s tour of Bangladesh, skipper Babar Azam said Thursday. Babar’s side stormed through the Super-12 phase of the Dubai tournament with five straight victories before a shock five-wicket loss to eventual winners Australia in the … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the final 12-member squad for the first T20I against Bangladesh. The first T20I will be played between the two sides on November 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium. The match is scheduled to start at 1400 local time. In the final 12-member squad, Imad Wasim and Asif … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening spell against their opening match against arch-rivals India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as the “Play of the Tournament.” ICC shared the glimpse of the 21-year-old’s bowling during the first over in the epic clash and wrote: “The winner of … Read more
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Boxing Day Test against arch-rivals England and next year’s Australian Open tennis will be played before a full house, Melbourne authorities said Thursday as they removed more pandemic restrictions. Victoria Premier Dan Andrews said that the state was about to hit 90 per cent vaccination, allowing long-standing restrictions to be swept aside, including … Read more
India gave Rohit Sharma a winning start as captain by securing a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first T20 international despite a late wobble in Jaipur on Wednesday. The hosts were cruising towards a target of 165 as Rohit struck a quickfire 48 and Suryakumar Yadav made 62. India, from needing 23 from … Read more
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl in the first of the three match Twenty20 series against New Zealand at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. New Zealand are playing the home side on the back of Sunday’s defeat in the cricket T20 World Cup final to Australia in Dubai. Sharma … Read more
Graham Ford is stepping down as Ireland coach in December, citing the “challenges and handicaps” of the role, cricket chiefs announced on Wednesday. The former South Africa and Sri Lanka coach, who oversaw Ireland’s first-ever Test match, against Pakistan, recently took his side to the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Cricket Ireland said … Read more
