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News England players will not be released for tournament restart, says ECB director of cricket England are not planning on making any changes to their plans to accommodate the IPL, according to Ashley Giles. While Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, admitted some players may be rested from the tours of Bangladesh and

Fans said Yuzvendra Chahal’s photos were “too cute”.© Instagram India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Wednesday took to Instagram to share some childhood pictures. While he is a household name in the country now, he is unrecognisable in the old photos. “Childhood memories,” he captioned the pictures on Instagram. While two pictures were ordinary childhood pics,

News ‘I planned so that the batsmen couldn’t dominate me, even if I didn’t take wickets,’ says Bangladesh offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz believes that his appetite to play in all three formats is the reason for his climb up to No. 2 in the ICC’s rankings for bowlers in ODIs. He is only the third

It is impossible to completely wipe off racism from the world, feels fast bowling great Michael Holding, who would “bruise his knee” to the grave if he was still an active player but doesn’t want anyone to take the gesture as “a tick-in-the-box exercise”. Holding was speaking on Sky Sports’ ‘The Cricket Show’ on the

News Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane will pair up with defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders Pakistan duo Mohammad Amir and Shoaib Malik have signed on with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 set to take place later this year in St Kitts and Nevis. Malik returns to Guyana Amazon Warriors, the side he led in 2018

Former New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee feels India pacer Jaspirt Bumrah could be more prone to injuries in the coming years due to his unorthodox bowling action. Bumrah, India’s premier fast bowler in all three formats, has been consistently performing well for the Virat Kohli-led side. However, Hadlee feels Bumrah’s longevity in the game is

Suryakumar Yadav has made a mark in the cricketing world with his brilliant form in limited overs formats in the last few years, and was rewarded with an international debut in India’s last T20 International (T20I) series, against England. However, his batting aside, he managed to grab eyeballs when he was involved in a heated

Report Wild shifts in dominance thanks to internationals and spirited captaincy fail to beat the weather Middlesex 160 (Simpson 68, Clark 4-41, Roach 4-61) and 250 for 6 (Gubbins 124, Handscomb 70, Roach 5-86) drew with Surrey 190 (Burns 64, Stoneman 63) and 259 for 2 dec (Burns 104*, Stoneman 74) As Robbie White shouldered

In an adorable post, wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha took to social media to wish his daughter Mia on her birthday. Saha recently recovered from COVID-19, after contracting it during IPL 2021, which has been postponed indefinitely midway through the season after several players, including Saha, tested positive for the deadly virus within the IPL bio-bubble. Posting

Report Notts seamer takes 7 for 37 and 10 for the match after Ben Duckett’s pivotal 177 not out Nottinghamshire 400 for 5 dec (Duckett 177*, Mullaney 88, James 78) beat Worcestershire 80 (Fletcher 7-37) and 150 (Libby 64, Paterson 4-49, Fletcher 3-20) by an innings and 170 runs Luke Fletcher returned career-best figures for

Report Dickwella dropped, Rubel injured as teams rejig first XI Bangladesh opt to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat in the first ODI against Sri Lanka – the match going ahead after Sri Lanka endured a Covid scare overnight. As all members of the touring party are essentially clear

Andre Russell scored 222 runs for Jamaica Tallawahs in last year’s CPL.© Instagram West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite are among the seven players who were on Saturday retained by Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021. The Jamaica Tallawahs announced their retentions for the 2021 CPL. The side has

News He also suggests players are unhappy with having to do fitness tests for future tours, in the middle of ongoing tours Much as they would like to focus solely on the Bangladesh series, Sri Lanka’s mens’ cricketers will probably have the ongoing contracts impasse with Sri Lanka Cricket at the back of their minds.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the occasion of International Tea Day took to Twitter to share a picture of their captain MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and West Indies’ star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Friday. In the picture, former India captain Dhoni can be seen with a cup in his hand while Suresh Raina is having

News All 24 cricketers offered the new contracts have opposed the deals offered to them Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have refused to sign the contracts offered to them by Sri Lanka Cricket, citing a lack of transparency in the manner in which contract categories have been allocated. The players also expressed “shock and dismay” that

The ECB is yet to respond to the BCCI’s request.© AFP The Board of Cricket Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to their English counterparts asking for the Test series between India and England to be rescheduled to start a week earlier than planned with an eye on creating a window for the

Tamim Iqbal wants Bangladesh to keep their eyes on the ball, both literally and figuratively, in their bid to turn a corner halfway through a dismal year. His biggest worry is the side’s fielding ahead of their ODI series against Sri Lanka, which is viewed as a must-win assignment with qualification for the 2023 World

Former India skipper and current National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Rahul Dravid will coach the Indian limited-overs team that will play a six-game series against Sri Lanka in July. This will be his second stint with the Indian team after working with the boys as batting consultant during the England tour in 2014. Speaking to