NEW DELHI: A cricket stadium in India has replaced its chief groundsman after players and pundits complained about a “shocker” pitch at a recent international against New Zealand, an official said Tuesday.The low-scoring T20 match saw India reach the modest target of 100 with one ball and six wickets to spare at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium … Read more
Warning: May contain offensive language belowFormer captain Dane van Niekerk says she’s been left “broken” after being overlooked for South Africa’s squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup for failing to meet her team’s minimum fitness standards.Ahead of her home tournament, one of the fitness tests requires women cricketers to run two kilometres in 9 … Read more
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has named Chandika Hathurusingha as the new head coach of the men’s national team. Hathurusingha, who previously coached the team from 2014 to 2017, has signed a two-year contract with the BCB, starting in February. He will be replacing Russell Domingo at the helm, who resigned at the end of 2022.Hathurusingha recently … Read more
Watch: Suryakumar’s epic Dhoni reminder in reply to reporter’s ‘finisher’ query Hindustan Timessource
😀 The good: Steve Smith and Beth Mooney😔 The bad: Pat Cummins and Meg Lanning's autocue fail😡 The ugly: David Warner in fresh awards controversyThe Australian Cricket Awards threw up a raft of headlines – some good and some bad. From Steve Smith and Beth Mooney making history to David Warner's award sparking controversy, here's … Read more
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Cricket fans are seeing positive signs that the sport will be included in the 2028 Summer Olympics.Jay Shah, India’s secretary of its Board of Control for Cricket and president of the Asian Cricket Council, has been appointed to the International Cricket Council’s working group, a sign that some of the major forces in global cricket … Read more
Australian sport has a new power couple, with Matt Short and Madi Wilson going public with their relationship at the Australian Cricket Awards on Monday night. Adelaide Strikers batter Short and Olympic swimming champion Wilson looked completely smitten as they walked the blue carpet together and posted a number of photos on social media.Wilson was … Read more
He is soft-spoken to a fault, but M Venkatesh is no introvert. From his opening day as a first-class paceman for Karnataka to his debut press conference at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, you can tell he just takes some time to warm up to things. When he loosens up, he’s quite effective as a bowler and rather … Read more
KFC BBL|12The eight BBL coaches pick their best XI from this season, with Perth dominanting the selection for official best XI of BBL|12Jack Paynter 1 February 2023, 07:42 AM AEST@jackpaynKFC BBL|12 finalists the Perth Scorchers have dominated the official Team of the Tournament with Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis and Andrew Tye today named in the … Read more