Saqlain Mushtaq, former Pakistani leg-spinner and the founder of ‘Doosra’ bowling style, turns 45 today. Mushtaq was also among the coaching staff of the Pakistan national team during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Bangladesh and West Indies series where he served as the interim coach. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on their official Twitter … Read more
MIAMI: The USA v Ireland one day international cricket series scheduled for this week has been cancelled over Covid-related concerns, USA Cricket said Tuesday. The federation had already cancelled one of the three scheduled matches, but had hoped to play the remaining two on Wednesday and Thursday. “While all players in both current playing squads have returned negative Covid … Read more
COLOMBO: Zimbabwe will tour Sri Lanka next month to play three ODIs in the island’s cricket body announced Tuesday. All three day-night games in the series will be played at the Pallekele Stadium in the central city of Kandy on 16th, 18th, and 21st January, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said. Read More: “Happy birthday to … Read more
KOLKATA: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid, a senior doctor said Tuesday. Ganguly, who underwent minor heart surgery in January, was admitted on Monday suffering from a mild fever, a senior doctor of the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata said. “His condition is stable. There is no cause … Read more
LONDON: Former England bowler Steve Harmison said the Test team must hit the “reset” button as a searching inquest began into their humiliating Ashes capitulation in Australia. Joe Root’s men were bowled out for a paltry 68 on Tuesday as they slipped to an innings defeat in the third Test in Melbourne — handing Australia … Read more
CENTURION: India collapsed on the third morning of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday. However, they struck back when Jasprit Bumrah dismissed South African captain Dean Elgar in the first over of the hosts reply. South Africa were 21 for one at lunch after bowling out India for … Read more
MELBOURNE: England was rocked by a major Covid scare ahead of day two of the third Ashes Test Monday with four members of the team camp — two support staff and two family members — testing positive for coronavirus. The team and management were forced to undergo urgent rapid antigen tests just as they were … Read more
WASHINGTON: The United States’ one-day cricket international match with Ireland due to be played on Sunday has been cancelled because one of the umpires has Covid-19, USA Cricket said. The positive case has left all four of the umpires unavailable for the first one-day international of the series in Florida as although the three other officials tested negative, they … Read more
LONDON: Former England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, his county, Yorkshire, announced on Saturday. “We are deeply saddened to learn that Ray Illingworth has passed away,” the county wrote on its Twitter account. He had been undergoing radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer. Read More: Boland joins small Australian Indigenous Test cricketers … Read more
MELBOURNE: Scott Boland said he was living the dream Sunday after becoming only the second Indigenous man to play Test cricket for Australia. The experienced 32-year-old was called up as injury cover after the second Ashes Test and unexpectedly got the nod for the third match with Jhye Richardson, Michael Neser and Josh Hazlewood either not fit … Read more
CENTURION: India were in a solid position despite losing two wickets off successive balls from Lungi Ngidi on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. India were 157 for two at tea. Opening batsmen KL Rahul (68 not out) and Mayank Agarwal (60) put on … Read more
The only instance of a team coming from 2-0 down to win the Ashes was Donald Bradman’s Australia back in 1936-37 England head into the Boxing Day Test against Australia on Sunday (today) knowing that they must fix the mistakes that have blighted their tour or lose the Ashes series. After a nine-wicket thumping in … Read more
NEW DELHI: Veteran India spinner Harbhajan Singh, the first Indian bowler to grab a Test hat-trick, announced on Friday his retirement from all forms of cricket. “All good things come to an end and today as I bid adieu to the game that has given me everything in life, I would like to thank everyone who … Read more
LAHORE: Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch the seventh and eighth editions of the HBL Pakistan Super League on A Sports and PTV Sports after a consortium of ARY and PTV submitted the highest bid, pursuant to a public tender process, for a TV broadcast deal with the Pakistan Cricket Board for … Read more
WELLINGTON: Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh with injury, coach Gary Stead said Thursday, while spinner Ajaz Patel was dropped despite his 10-wicket haul against India. Williamson’s absence was widely expected after a nagging elbow injury kept him out of the second Test against India, with Tom Latham … Read more
MELBOURNE: Australia coach Justin Langer Thursday said struggling opener Marcus Harris will play in the Boxing Day Ashes Test at Melbourne, and backed fast bowler Mitchell Starc to recover from a rib niggle. Harris’s Test career appeared in doubt after another failure in the day-night second Test at Adelaide this week, where he made just … Read more
MELBOURNE: England are “hurting” but determined to rise to the challenge and claw their way back into the Ashes series against Australia, batsman Dawid Malan said on Thursday. After slumping by nine wickets in Brisbane and then by 275 runs in Adelaide, the visitors will enter the Melbourne Cricket Ground cauldron for the third Test on Sunday … Read more
LONDON: Eoin Morgan will captain England’s five-match T20 tour to the West Indies next month under stand-in coach Paul Collingwood. With the Ashes Test series in Australia set to end just four days before the first clash between the sides in Barbados, Collingwood will take charge with Marcus Trescothick joining him as an assistant coach. … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan Test opener Abid Ali faces a long road to recovery following surgery after he was forced off the field with chest pain during a domestic match, officials said Thursday. The 34-year-old fell ill Tuesday while batting for Central Punjab in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match in Karachi and was rushed to a hospital. He … Read more
LONDON: Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has replaced England captain Joe Root at the top of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test batting rankings. The 27-year-old’s maiden Ashes century at Adelaide helped Australia go 2-0 up in the five-match series against England ahead of the third Test in Melbourne starting on Sunday, December 26. Read More: Marnus Labuschagne overtakes … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja on Wednesday praised the national team but stressed that ‘more needed to be done’. Flanked by newly appointed CEO Faisal Hasnain in a news conference in Karachi, Ramiz acknowledged that Pakistan was not ranked well in Test cricket. The PCB chairman underscored the need to improve cricket standards … Read more
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia on Tuesday called up fast bowler Scott Boland to the squad to face England in the potentially Ashes-clinching Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The Victorian quick had already been training with the side and will provide injury cover for a bowling attack that has torn through England’s batting order to take a comfortable … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: The South African cricket team suffered a blow on Tuesday when fast bowler Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the three-match Test series against India, which starts in Centurion on Sunday. Cricket South Africa announced that Nortje had not recovered from an unspecified “persistent injury”. Read More: Spectators barred from South Africa-India matches Nortje, who is capable … Read more
LONDON: Yorkshire announced on Tuesday they had formed a partnership with Pakistan Super League (PSL) seventh edition 2022 team Lahore Qalandars that includes a player exchange programme following a damaging racism scandal at the English club. Pakistan-born former player Azeem Rafiq accused Yorkshire of failing to deal adequately with his allegations of abuse while at … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa captain Dean Elgar said on Tuesday that his players had turned a stream of “bad news” about the country’s cricket into an advantage by forming a strong bond within their dressing room. The 34-year-old leads his Proteas team into the first Test against India on Sunday against a backdrop of administrative instability, accusations of … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher, two of South Africa’s most prominent cricket personalities, will face formal hearings into claims of racial discrimination, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday. The announcement came just six days before the start of a high-profile Test series against India. Smith, CSA’s director of cricket, played a key role in the … Read more
ADELAIDE: England captain Joe Root said he was gutted Monday to lose another Ashes Test but would take confidence from the way his side battled to take the day-night clash in Adelaide to the final session. The visitors, spearheaded by a fighting 26 off 207 balls from Jos Buttler, batted through two sessions on day … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: No tickets will be sold to the general public for the forthcoming Test and one-day international series between South Africa and India because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday. CSA said in a statement that a joint decision had been taken with the Board of Control for Cricket in India to bar … Read more
