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India fast bowler Umesh Yadav has signed with Essex for the final three matches of the County Championship season. Umesh will replace New Zealand quick Doug Bracewell in the squad, joining Simon Harmer as the second overseas player. Essex sit second in Division One heading into the final month of the English summer, 17 points

Indian cricket team players celebrate the success of the Chandrayaan-3 landing.© Twitter India became part of an elite space club on Wednesday when its moon mission Chandrayaan-3 met success as the Vikram Lander successfully landed on the lunar surface. India has now become the first nation to land near the South Pole on moon, which

Lancashire 187 for 3 (Jennings 103*) beat Nottinghamshire 185 (Williams 3-32) by seven wickets A second century in the competition from skipper Keaton Jennings clinched Lancashire’s place in the quarter-finals of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup after they finished their Group A programme with a third straight victory. Jennings finished on 103 not out as

Exuding confidence, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Monday said the team’s players are driven by a strong “hunger” for success as they set their sights on clinching the coveted Asia Cup and World Cup titles. Fresh from their 4-1 home series win over New Zealand, Pakistan are currently in pursuit of the top spot in

Hampshire 206 for 2 (Waetherley 100, Middleton 78) beat Surrey 203 (Patel 78, Holland 5-35) by eight wickets Openers Joe Weatherley and Fletcha Middleton put on 163 in the Guildford sunshine to sweep Hampshire to a comfortable eight-wicket victory against Surrey and qualification for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knock-out stages. Hampshire cruised past Surrey’s

The Indian selection panel, led by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to go for a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup in order to check out all possible options ahead of the ODI World Cup, starting October 5. It is also learnt that BCCI is bucking the convention for the first time and head coach

Sune Luus has stepped down as South Africa’s captain, less than six months after leading the team to their first senior World Cup final – for women or men – with CSA set to unveil a new leader ahead of their white-ball tour of Pakistan in two weeks’ time. Luus is part of the squad,

File image of former Indian Cricket team coach Ravi Shastri© AFP There is much intrigue regarding Indian cricket team’s Asia Cup 2023 squad. While several other teams have announced the squad, the BCCI is playing the waiting game, especially with the fitness of few top stars who are making a comeback from injury being the

In a first for women’s cricket in Pakistan, the PCB has handed out domestic contracts to 74 cricketers. The contracts will run for 11 months, and include 43 players classified as emerging cricketers, in addition to 16 Under-19 cricketers. Thirteen of the players contracted have played international cricket. Among those are Javeria Khan, Kainat Imtiaz,

Ravichandran Ashwin was all praise for young batter Prithvi Shaw over his recent exploits.© Twitter India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was all praise for young batter Prithvi Shaw amid his stellar performances with the bat in England’s domestic ODI Cup. Shaw, who joined Northamptonshire in a bid to relaunch his India career, has scored 429 runs

Uncapped offspinner Mousom Dhakal has been called up to Nepal’s squad for the Asia Cup. The squad also includes the batter Sundeep Jora, who missed out on Nepal’s campaign at the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe in June. Batting allrounder Rohit Paudel, who has led Nepal to 17 wins in 27 ODIs so far, will

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Pakistan have long viewed Babar Azam as their biggest global sports star, and the admiration is shared across the border by Virat Kohli, who has called Babar “probably the top batsman in the world”. In an interview with Star Sports, Kohli spoke of his relationship with the Pakistan captain, and revealed that they had always

New Delhi : Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on friday affirmed that the Pakistan cricket team will be treated like any other participating nation’s squad as the arch-rival will arrive in India to feature in the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Pakistan’s government last week confirmed that it will send the

Four months after he was appointed head coach of the Pakistan women’s side for the second time, Mark Coles has resigned with immediate effect citing personal reasons. Coles had earlier served as the head coach of the team from 2017 to 2019. The resignation comes at a less-than-ideal team for the women’s side, who take

Marcus Stoinis with his girlfriend Sarah Czaenuch© Twitter Marcus Stoinis is one of the most popular Australian cricketer. He was a prominent member of the Australian team that won the 2021 T20 World Cup. So far he has played 60 ODIs and 51 T20Is. Stoinis also plays in the Indian Premier League. Needless to say,

Just five days after announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on social media, Manoj Tiwary has reversed his decision, saying that the original decision had been an “emotional” one, and that he will “come out of retirement and play for Bengal for one more year”. Seated with Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish

Young Indian batter Tilak Varma said that he wants to perform well, give his 100 per cent and focus on his basics and strengths during his first-ever international series against West Indies.  Tilak is part of the T20I Indian side which is playing the five-match series against West Indies at the Caribbean. The second T20I