MELBOURNE: Most of Australia’s players have had scant preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup but white-ball captain Aaron Finch said his underdone squad can still bring the trophy home for the first time. Many of Australia’s first-choice players elected to skip the recent white-ball tours of West Indies and Bangladesh and also sit out the […]
The chairman of Oman’s cricket board told Reuters he would have had to wave “Goodbye” to the Twenty20 World Cup had a deadly storm that ripped through the Gulf state on Sunday taken a slightly different path. Eleven people were killed as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after tropical storm Shaheen made landfall in […]
LONDON: England will only travel to Australia for the Ashes series across December and January if their leading players are in the squad. That was the message from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday, with the governing body saying it will announce this week if the tour will go ahead amid concerns […]
After 49 matches into the 14th edition of IPL, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have assured of a spot in the playoffs while Sunrisers Hyderabad have missed out for the first time since 2016. With seven matches left in the league phase, four sides are still in contention for the remaining two […]
Punjab Kings and the last over finishes are like a couple madly in love but they also form a toxic relationship. There have been the highs of the double Super Over win over Mumbai Indians but also the lows of their recent choke against Rajasthan Royals. Like last year, this year too the focus has been on PBKS’s inability […]
West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle has pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with “bubble fatigue” and will instead focus on this month’s T20 World Cup. The big-hitting 42-year-old batsman played two out of three matches for Punjab Kings since the big-bucks tournament resumed in the United Arab Emirates last month. Gayle left […]
LAHORE: Former spinner Mushtaq Ahmed believes that England’s cricketers would happily tour Pakistan and says his country deserved better having travelled the other way at the height of the pandemic. Mushtaq, who has a foot in both camps after serving as England’s spin-bowling coach in 2009-2015, voiced his frustration after English cricket chiefs controversially cancelled […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday confirmed that chief executive Wasim Khan had handed in his resignation. In a statement, the cricket board said that the Board of Governors will meet later today to consider the matter. According to ESPNcricinfo, Khan had begun his stint as the board’s executive on a three-year contract in 2019. […]
Former Pakistan captain and ex-chief selector Inzamamul Haq was admitted to a hospital in Lahore after suffering a heart attack, it emerged late on Monday. Speaking to Dawn.com, his agent said that the 51-year-old had been brought to the hospital after experiencing heart pain. He said that the cricketer had undergone an angioplasty and had a […]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to relax rules to grant infrastructure subsidy to state associations. At the recent Apex Council meeting, the BCCI passed a resolution enabling the state units to claim subsidy on infrastructure expenses that are as old as up to six years. Normally, claims of 24 […]