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News The trip is expected to be approved by the CA board on Friday Australia remain confident a near full-strength squad will tour Pakistan with only a few players still holding security fears. Cricket Australia’s board is expected to approve its first tour to the country in 24 years on Friday, happy with the pre-trip

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell has been named the recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award after his gesture in the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi. As a result, Mitchell has become the fourth New Zealand player to win the award, following the footsteps of Daniel Vettori, Brendon

News Australia vs India game will kick off the tournament on July 29, with the final scheduled for August 7 Sri Lanka, after winning the ICC’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) qualifier in Kuala Lumpur last week, have completed the line-up of eight teams that will take part in the women’s T20 competition at the Birmingham edition

Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday congratulated tennis star Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard won the men’s record-breaking 21st Grand Slam. Under the lights on Rod Laver Arena, the legendary Spaniard looked down and out against Daniil Medvedev. However, the sixth seed demonstrated his trademark big-match mentality, overcoming the Russian 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4,

Report With two overs left in the day, England needed 13 runs and Australia just one wicket Australia 337 for 9 dec (Lanning 93, Haynes 86, Brunt 5-60) and 216 for 7 dec (Mooney 63, Brunt 3-24) drew with England 297 (Knight 168, Perry 3-57) and 244 for 9 (Sciver 58, Sutherland 3-69) If ever

Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi was in top form in 2021 and was named ICC men’s cricketer of the year earlier this week. He played a crucial part in Pakistan’s excellent run at the T20 World Cup, which included a 10-wicket win over arch-rivals India in the Super 12 encounter at the Dubai International

News Event CEO Andrea Nelson has confirmed that the tournament will be played at the original six venues The delayed Women’s ODI World Cup will go ahead as scheduled across the original six venues in New Zealand, starting March 4 even as the hosts’ bilateral series for the rest of the season have moved to

The Indian women’s team will play all its six upcoming matches against New Zealand in Queenstown as NZC on Thursday announced a revised schedule to reduce chances of a COVID-19 outbreak. The Indian women’s team, which is already in New Zealand, is now scheduled to play all five ODIs and a T20I, starting February 9

News The offspinner takes the place of George Linde, who is unavailable due to his impending wedding Simon Harmer has been recalled to South Africa’s Test squad, after last playing for South Africa in India in 2015. The offspinner has found a place in the 17-member squad for the two-Test tour of New Zealand as

South Africa completed a 3-0 clean sweep against India in the ODI series on Sunday after winning the third fixture by four runs. India did push South Africa to the edge with Deepak Chahar playing a brilliant cameo but the disappointing show by the middle-order comprising Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav once again proved to be an

News “The word from anyone overseas that I chat to is they don’t want to come here for that long and be stuck” Peter Siddle has urged BBL administrators to trim the length of the season but believes they were right to block Steven Smith‘s request to play. Siddle’s Adelaide Strikers will face Sydney Sixers

Watch: Raj Bawa’s big hits during India vs Uganda U19 World Cup match.© BCCI/Twitter India registered their biggest victory by runs in the U19 World Cup on Saturday after defeating Uganda by 326 runs at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. Raj Bawa and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were the star performers for the Indian team

When Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat played a high-octane clash on December 27, as the BBL entered its traditional peak period of the school holidays, there was reason for optimism and little indication of the mayhem ahead for the tournament. In front of almost 15,000 fans at the Gabba, one of the biggest crowds of

Sunil Gavaskar has questioned KL Rahul’s tactics to not bowl Venkatesh Iyer in 1st ODI.© BCCI/Twitter India were beaten by 31 runs in the first ODI by South Africa at the Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday. South African batter Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen scored centuries, adding 204 runs for the fourth

News South Africa move up a spot to fifth place after beating India; New Zealand retain second spot Australia have overtaken India and New Zealand to reclaim the No. 1 ICC Test rankings spot after their 4-0 Ashes win at home, pushing India down to third spot. South Africa’s 2-1 win over India at home

The Indian team had celebrated the win with a victory lap at the Gabba in 2021.© Twitter The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reminisced one of Team India‘s greatest Test series wins at the Gabba in Brisbane that was achieved in 2021. As the win completes one year on Wednesday, BCCI posted

News The defending champions are in a race to secure a spot in Qualifier final after defeat against Adelaide Strikers Test star Nathan Lyon looms as the final puzzle piece in the Sydney Sixers’ historic bid for a third successive BBL crown. Lyon’s international commitments have concluded following Australia’s 4-0 Ashes triumph over England and

Sam Billings said that he has truly fulfilled his childhood dream of playing in the Ashes.© Twitter England wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings on Monday said that he is honoured to finally play an Ashes Test and his childhood dream finally came true. Billings had made his Test debut in the fifth and final Ashes Test which