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Morgan backs McCullum for England white-ball coach

Morgan backs McCullum for England white-ball coach

Morgan backs McCullum for England white-ball coach. McCullum’s Test success could translate to limited overs. Morgan believes in McCullum’s coaching ability. Eoin Morgan, the former captain of England, has expressed his support for Brendon McCullum to take over as the new coach for England’s limited-overs cricket following Matthew Mott’s resignation. Morgan, who led England to … Read more

Morgan Advises Aussie Batsmen: Keys to Tackle Top-notch Indian Bowling

Morgan Advises Aussie Batsmen: Keys to Tackle Top-notch Indian Bowling

Rohit Sharma’s team secures a record 10 consecutive wins. Eoin Morgan advises Australia to focus on mental preparation. Nasser Hussain notes New Zealand’s strategy but emphasizes Australia’s challenge. In a spectacular display of dominance, the Indian cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, has stormed into the World Cup 2023 final with an unparalleled winning streak … Read more

ICC names star-studded commentary panel for World Cup 2023

ICC names star-studded commentary panel for World Cup 2023

World-renowned cricket legends on the commentary panel. Expert analysis from former captains and World Cup champions. Diverse voices for a vibrant World Cup atmosphere. A star-studded commentary panel has been assembled for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, with legends of the game from around the world set to provide expert analysis … Read more

Eoin Morgan quit from all forms of professional cricket

Eoin Morgan retirement

Eoin Morgan is one of the most successful cricketers in recent era. The man who led England to their first-ever ODI World Cup victory. He scored 6,957 runs, including 13 hundreds, at an average of 39.75 in 225 ODIs. Eoin Morgan, one of the most successful cricketers in recent memory and the man who led … Read more

Eoin Morgan feels Hundred will Improve English players

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Morgan said English players will improve with the Hundred tournament. He said playing in other leagues has helped the payers a lot. The tournament will start on August 3. Eoin Morgan feels the Hundred will improve English cricket by giving home-grown players more prominence and preventing a large exodus of non-England internationals to rich overseas … Read more

Eoin Morgan leaves the game of cricket internationally.

Eoin Morgan has announced his retirement from international cricket. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed Morgan’s retirement on Tuesday. He scored 6,957 runs in 225 ODIs, including 13 hundreds, averaging 39.75. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed Morgan’s retirement on Tuesday. Eoin Morgan said, “After serious contemplation, I’m retiring from international … Read more

Adil Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj

Adil Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj

Adil Rashid will miss England’s white-ball series against India. Rashid is a practicing Muslim who decided earlier this year to make pilgrimage. He leaves to the Middle East on Saturday Adil Rashid will be making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, thus he will miss England’s white-ball series against India and the rest of Yorkshire’s T20 … Read more

Willey strikes as England dismiss Netherlands for 244 in 3rd ODI

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Three players hit half-centuries for the Netherlands who were bowled out for 244 in Amstelveen. Willey was the pick of the bowlers with 4-36, while Brydon Carse took 2-49. World champions England piled up a world-record total of 498-4 in the first match. David Willey starred as England bowled the Netherlands out for 244 in … Read more

Liam Livingstone says: “Eoin Morgan will rediscover his hitting form”

Liam Livingstone says: "Eoin Morgan will rediscover his hitting form"

Liam Livingstone has become such an important part of England’s white-ball strategy. Livingstone was bought by Punjab Kings for £1.125 million. He is the embodiment of their ultra-attacking batting style. Liam Livingstone has become such an important part of England’s white-ball strategy that it seems unreal that his ODI debut against the Netherlands on Wednesday. … Read more

ECB confirms tour to Pakistan

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England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed the tour for September. The seven-match T20 series will be played in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Multan. Special committee formed to finalise planning for England’s upcoming tour of Pakistan. England and Wales Cricket Board  (ECB) has confirmed the tour to Pakistan, stating that the national side will visit the … Read more

Pieter Seelaar has announced his retirement due to a severe back problem

Pieter Seelaar has announced his retirement due to a severe back problem

Pieter Seelaar retires from international cricket. Scott Edwards will take over as skipper for the remainder of the series. Seelaar was captain since 2018. Pieter Seelaar, the Netherlands allrounder who has led the national team for the previous four years. He announced his retirement from international cricket owing to a recurring back issue. Scott Edwards, … Read more

England hit world record ODI score of 498-4 against the Netherlands

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England score world record ODI score of 498-4 against Netherlands. Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and Dawid Malan all score centuries in run blitz. Dutch skipper Pieter Seelaar fails to take a single wicket after winning the toss. England hit a world record one-day international score of 498-4 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen on Friday, with … Read more

England’s Morgan says new faces have a chance to impress in Netherlands ODIs

England

David Payne and Luke Wood named in England squad for one-day series in the Netherlands. Three-match series starts on Friday in Amstelveen, near Amsterdam. It is England’s first 50-over series since a 3-0 win at home to Pakistan last year. England captain Eoin Morgan says newcomers will have a chance to shine for the injury-hit … Read more

Ben McDermott is an arbitrator in Radlett, Hampshire

Ben McDermott is an arbitrator in Radlett, Hampshire

McDermott smashed 83 off 30 balls, including nine sixes and five fours, and Vince ended undefeated on 54 as Hampshire chased Middlesex’s 142-7 in 12 overs. For the second straight game, his 132-run stand with James Vince in 9.4 overs broke the Hampshire opening T20 stand record. Middlesex’s runs have been among the top three … Read more

Uncapped Payne and Wood in England squad for Netherlands ODIs

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Uncapped left-arm pacemen David Payne and Luke Wood were both included Tuesday as 50-over world champions England named their first one-day international squad since Australia’s Matthew Mott was appointed as their coach. World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, who has a groin problem, has been passed fit to lead a 14-man squad for a three-match series … Read more

New Zealand maintains top men’s ODI ranking

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Several adjustments have occurred as a result of the most recent annual revision to ICC ODI Team Rankings. The rankings encompass ODIs from May 2019 to May 2022, with the first two years’ results weighted 50% and the most recent 12 months’ results weighted 100%. New Zealand now has the No. 1 ODI position, but … Read more

India’s Shreyas Iyer sold for $1.62 mn in IPL auction

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BANGALORE, India: India’s Shreyas Iyer fetched the top price in the first round of the auction for the Indian Premier League — the world’s most valuable cricket tournament — on Saturday. Iyer, who stood out with his match-winning 80 in India’s 3-0 ODI whitewash of the West Indies on Friday, went to Kolkata Knight Riders for … Read more

Big hitters and a superstar namesake: Five to watch in IPL auction

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Some of the world’s top cricketers will be among 590 players in the two-day auction for the big-bucks Indian Premier League this weekend. AFP sport looks at five stars who could attract massive fees when the 10 franchises — including two new ones — place their bids in Bangalore ahead of the Twenty20 tournament due … Read more

Powell helps West Indies to T20 win over England

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Rovman Powell’s blistering century helped West indies register a 20-run win against England in the third T20I at Bridgetown on Wednesday. The recalled Powell’s 107 off just 53 balls, as well as his fourth-wicket stand of 122 with Nicholas Pooran (70), helped take the West Indies to an imposing 224-5 after stand-in England captain Moeen … Read more

England claims one-run victory over West Indies in second T20I

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England overcame hosts’ lower-order batsmen Romario Shepherd and Akeal Hosein to claim victory by one run over in the second T20I at Bridgetown on Sunday. The West Indies appeared down and out when they needed 61 runs from the final three overs to reach a target of 172, with only two wickets standing. But from … Read more

Morgan lauds England’s ‘resilience’ ahead of T20 World Cup semi

Eng vs NZ

ABU DHABI: England skipper Eoin Morgan said on Tuesday the team’s ability to “forge on” despite injury blows at the Twenty20 World Cup kept them positive ahead of the semi-final against New Zealand. In-form opener Jason Roy and pace bowler Tymal Mills are the latest injury pullouts from an England squad that came into the tournament without … Read more

Williamson wary of ‘power packed’ England in T20 World Cup semi-final

End vs NZ

ABU DHABI: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Tuesday lauded England’s depth as a Twenty20 side and said they would be strong opponents in the World Cup semi-final despite injuries to key players. Both teams have won four games each of their five in the Super 12 stage and fight for a final spot in … Read more

England opener Roy out of T20 World Cup with injury

T20 World Cup

ABU DHABI: Opening batsman Jason Roy has been ruled out of the rest of the T20 World Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Monday. Roy, 31, suffered a calf injury and collapsed to the ground while chasing a quick single in Saturday’s 10-run loss to South Africa. Despite their first defeat of the tournament, … Read more

England sweat on Roy injury ahead of T20 World Cup semi-final

T20 World Cup

SHARJAH: England skipper Eoin Morgan admitted the prospect of losing injured opener Jason Roy for the Twenty World Cup semi-final “really hurts the mood” in the team. Roy, 31, suffered a calf injury and collapsed to the ground while chasing a quick run in Saturday’s 10-run loss to South Africa. Despite the defeat, England, along … Read more

Buttler ton helps England virtually seal T20 World Cup semi spot

Eng vs SL

SHARJAH: Jos Buttler hit the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup as England effectively booked their semi-final spot with a 26-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday. Buttler’s unbeaten 101 – his maiden century in 86 T20 internationals – steered England to 163 for four after being invited to bat first in Sharjah. England … Read more

Australia to take ‘couple of days off’ after England mauling

T20 World Cup

DUBAI: Skipper Aaron Finch said Australia will take two days off “to recharge the batteries” after suffering a brutal eight-wicket defeat to England in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Eoin Morgan’s England handed Australia their first loss – out of three – of the Super 12 stage after bowling them out for 125 in … Read more

Bangladesh opt to bat in first ever T20 clash against England

Ban vs Eng

ABU DHABI: Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bat against England at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday in the two nations’ first ever meeting in the format. The Tigers, who lost their opening Super 12 match to Sri Lanka, have made one change with Shoriful Islam coming in for Mohammad … Read more

Shakib stars as Bangladesh thrash Oman to stay afloat in T20 World Cup

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MUSCAT, Oct 19, 2021 (AFP) – Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took three wickets and scored 42 with the bat as Bangladesh hammered hosts Oman by 26 runs on Tuesday to win their first match of the Twenty20 World Cup and stay alive in the competition. World number six Bangladesh came into the contest needing a … Read more