New Zealand’s government has approved quarantine arrangements that would allow the Pakistan and West Indies teams to tour in coming months, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tours would help the sport through the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a huge boost for us, it’s our financial […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab here. RCB were thrashed by 97 runs in the match on Thursday night. “As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s […]
Former Australian cricket legend Dean Jones has died of a massive heart attack. Jones was part of Star Sports commentary team and was in a bio-secure bubble in a seven-star hotel in Mumbai. He was 59. Dean Jones has been an active cricket analyst and was signed up to do off-tube commentary on the Indian Premier […]
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma admitted that sapping conditions in the UAE made it difficult to bat for long duration and that’s the reason he felt a bit tired by the end of his match-winning knock against Kolkata Knight Riders. Skipper Rohit starred with a 54-ball 80 to help defending champions Mumbai Indians to a […]
Indian cricketer Suresh Raina on Wednesday visited Kunzar play ground in north Kashmir Baramulla District and interacted you with local youth. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Raina interacted with the youth in Kunzer and assured them of his full support in upgrading the sports infra-structure in the area to help […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has credited leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s three-wicket burst for his side’s 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL match. Chahal (3/18) removed in-form Englishman Jonny Bairstow (61) and Vijay Shankar off successive balls in the 16th over to tilt the game decisively in RCB’s favour. He had earlier […]
Crediting wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s three-wicket burst for his side’s 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL-opener, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli said the wrist spinner proved that he could get purchase on any wicket. Chahal (3/18) removed in-form Englishman Jonny Bairstow (61) and Vijay Shankar in successive balls in the 16th over […]
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday ensured victory for Hampshire after taking four wickets in four consecutive balls during the T20 Vitality Blast match against Middlesex in Southampton. According to ESPN Cricinfo, the 20-year-old is only the seventh player to take four wickets in four balls in a T20. Before Sunday, Afridi was having a […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to call an explanation of its head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and Test captain Azhar Ali for bypassing the top management to arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan over a policy matter of the board pertaining to abolish the departmental cricket. The said meeting was […]
MANCHESTER: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)’s successful completion of their summer schedule inside bio-secure ‘bubbles’ is a blueprint for other countries to stage matches amid the Covid-19 pandemic, limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan said. England returned to action following the Covid-19 stoppage in July with three Tests against the West Indies in bio-secure venues […]