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As Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by five wickets to end the latter’s hopes of making the IPL 2022 playoffs, the focus was on a decision by Rishabh Pant not to take a review after Tim David had seemingly nicked the ball behind. The umpire gave it not out, and after a long consultation with

The BCB has granted leave to Mushfiqur Rahim for Bangladesh’s upcoming tour of West Indies, so that he can perform Hajj in July. This year’s Islamic pilgrimage is in July, for which Mushfiqur is likely to travel to Saudi Arabia on June 22. “He informed us before the Sri Lanka series that he wants to

Dirk Nannes has opened up on Netherlands’ win against England in 2009 T20 WC© AFP One of the few cricketers to represent multiple international teams, Dirk Nannes has had the honour to represent Australia and Netherlands in international cricket. The pacer represented Netherlands in the 2009 T20 World Cup in England, where they also sealed a historic win

New Zealand coach Gary Stead is confident that Kane Williamson will be able to bounce back from his IPL struggles in the Test series against England next month, but the first match of the series may come too soon for Trent Boult. Williamson left the IPL early to return home for the birth of his

Rahul Tripathi played yet another blinder to help SunRisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians on Tuesday to keep alive their slim hopes of making it to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 playoffs. Tripathi smashed 72 off just 44 deliveries, hitting nine boundaries and three sixes, as SRH posted a total of 193/6, before Umran Malik‘s

Former England captain Charlotte Edwards has been named Sydney Sixers’ new WBBL head coach as the club looks to turn around three seasons of poor results. Edwards, who is also coach of Southern Vipers in county cricket and has been an Adelaide Strikers assistant coach for five seasons, replaces Ben Sawyer who has been in

India had defeated Pakistan by six wickets in 2003 World Cup clash© AFP No fan can forget the India-Pakistan clash in the 2003 World Cup where the Sourav Ganguly-led side emerged triumphant in a thrilling clash. Chasing 274, Sachin Tendulkar was in sublime form and he scored 98 to take India over the line by

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Bangladesh Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first Test in Chattogram. He said that he took the decision based on the typically good batting conditions of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, and wanting to make best use

IPL 2022: Josh Hazlewood conceded 64 runs in his quota of four overs vs PBKS© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers pacer Josh Hazlewood has been a consistent performer for the franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, but the bowler was not at his best against Punjab Kings and he went for 64 runs

Keep up to date with all the Australian domestic squads who will compete in the 2022-23 season CA – Cricket Australia contract, R – Rookie contract ACT Women Angela Reakes, Katie Mack, Kayla Burton, Gabrielle Sutcliffe, Chloe Rafferty, Carly Leeson, Matilda Lugg, Olivia Porter, Rebecca Carter, Amy Yates, Zoe Cooke, Holly Ferling, Alisha Bates, Angelina

Matt Parkinson left Warwickshire batter Michael Burgess without a clue with his ripper.© Twitter Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson bamboozled Warwickshire wicketkeeper-batter Michael Burgess with an absolute ripper in their County Championship Division 1 match that ended on Sunday. In Warwickshire’s second innings with the bat, Parkinson got the ball to drift and land outside the

Chris Lynn is looking for a new BBL club after Brisbane Heat made the shock decision to delist the BBL’s all-time leading runscorer after 11 seasons at the club. Queensland Cricket and Brisbane Heat CEO Terry Svenson confirmed on Wednesday that Lynn would not be offered a new contract for next season after another disappointing

File pic of Mohammad Kaif.© BCCI/IPL Chennai Super Kings’ defence of the Indian Premier League title they won last season was left in tatters after the team won just one match out of their first six games. But with MS Dhoni back at the helm of affairs after Ravindra Jadeja stepped down, CSK have won

The concept of retiring a batter out is really starting to bed into T20 cricket with Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis contemplating walking off the field to allow the big-hitting Dinesh Karthik more time in the middle in their game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. “If he [Karthik] keeps hitting sixes like that,

One of the biggest misses of the IPL 2022 season is the flamboyant West Indies batter Chris Gayle. Gayle is one of the biggest legends in the tournament’s history, having terrorized bowlers year after year. However, he chose to not sign up for the mega auction before this year’s edition of the cash-rich league. He has now opened

Redemption is sweet. Exactly a month ago, Daniel Sams was crestfallen as Pat Cummins walloped him for 35 runs in an over enroute the joint-fastest IPL fifty (off 14 balls) to snatch a win away from the Mumbai Indians. The onslaught would consign Sams to the bench for the next two weeks. Now, in a

IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals eased to a 21-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad.© BCCI/IPL Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) registered a comfortable 21-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 50 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. The win pushed DC to the fifth spot, having

Inaugural women’s Hundred-winning coach Jonathan Batty has been appointed as the new coach of the Melbourne Stars for the upcoming WBBL season. Batty, who played county cricket for Surrey, Gloucestershire, and Northamptonshire over a nearly two-decade career, coached Oval Invincibles to the Hundred title last season. The former wicketkeeper-batter becomes Stars’ third WBBL coach in