Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was admitted to hospital in Kolkata on Saturday after he suffered a blackout at his home and complained of chest pain. The 48-year-old former India captain complained of dizziness and then suffered the blackout just after he had returned from gym. […]
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s first-Test hero Neil Wagner will miss the second and final match of the series against Pakistan and is expected to be out for more than five weeks as he recovers from breaking two toes during this week’s dramatic victory, head coach Gary Stead said on Thursday. The world’s third-ranked Test bowler suffered […]
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson enters the New Year as the top-ranked Test batsman after leapfrogging Australia’s Steve Smith and India skipper Virat Kohli in the latest official rankings issued on Thursday. Williamson, who returned from paternity leave this month, hit a match-winning century in the opening Test against Pakistan to help New Zealand win […]
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the first cricket Test which ended very late on the fifth day on Wednesday, achieving their third straight win in three home Tests this summer and taking a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. At the same time New Zealand overtook Australia to claim the No 1 […]
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for throwing the ball towards Pakistan batsman Faheem Ashraf “in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old had breached Article 2.9 of its code of conduct on Monday, the third day […]
Not even a broken toe could stop New Zealand’s pace attack from dominating day three of the first Test against Pakistan on Monday, but their efforts to quickly wrap up the innings were stalled by a late century stand from Mohammad Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf at Mount Maunganui. On a day disrupted by intermittent showers […]
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has been ruled out of next month’s home series against South Africa due to an injured left thigh. Doctors have advised Khan to take a six-week rest following MRI scans in New Zealand which revealed the all-rounder has a torn muscle. Khan sustained the injury during the third Twenty20 international at […]
MELBOURNE: Australia opener David Warner will miss the second Test against India this week because he left a bio-secure bubble to receive treatment for a groin injury that would have ruled him out of the match in any case, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday. Warner missed Australia’s eight-wicket victory over the tourists in the […]
Pakistan sustained another injury setback when all-rounder Shadab Khan was ruled out for the first Test match against New Zealand due to a thigh injury. Shadab suffered the injury after Pakistan beat New Zealand by four wickets in the third and final Twenty20 at Napier on Tuesday. “Shadab will now undergo MRI scans in Tauranga on Thursday, […]
A devastated India crashed to their lowest ever score of 36 on Saturday as Australia ran riot to win the opening Test in Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produced a bowling masterclass. India started the third day of the pink-ball Test on nine for one and with a 62-run lead, […]