T20I Cricket
David Warner did not play in the 3rd and final T20I in the series with India after he had picked up a hamstring injury during the second match. Warner has since been ruled out of the first Test of the upcoming series beginning on 17 December in Adelaide. The absence of the in-form left-hander will […]
India and England will play a day-night Test match in Ahmedabad as part of the 4-match series on England’s tour of India set to begin on 5 February 2021. This will be the second pink-ball Test match to be hosted by India after the first one against Bangladesh at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in 2019. Tour […]
During the last year, Dawid Malan has dominated every bowler he faced in T20 cricket. And he has been rewarded with the number one ranking among T20 batsmen. Nervous Start to County Career When he played his first match against Surrey at the age of 18 for Middlesex, his nerves got the better of him […]
Zak Yacoob, the interim board chairman of Cricket South Africa, has accused the England squad of harbouring a negative attitude after they called off the tour of South Africa midway, following the outbreak of Covid-19 cases in both camps. Two England Players Tested Positive for Covid-19 Two members of the England squad had tested positive […]
During England’s T20I series in South Africa, Nathan Leamon, England team analyst, communicated from England’s dressing room balcony with the team on the field using clipboards with numbers and letters on them. The cards that had messages such as 5E and 3B were said to be references to historical data relating to how certain batsmen […]
In the first T20I of the ongoing series between Australia and India, India batted first. Ravindra Jadeja was hit on the head. When India bowled, Jadeja did not take the field. Instead, Yuzvendra Chahal took his place. As things transpired, Chahal took 3/25 to help India win the match by 11 runs and was named […]
The 5th round of testing for Covid-19 has spelt good news for the Pakistan squad currently on tour in New Zealand. All 44 members of the squad have tested negative and are now awaiting clearance from the Ministry of Health in New Zealand so that they can start training in earnest. Players to Begin Training […]
With the white-ball leg of the tour coming to an end, the focus now shifts to the all-important four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India ‘A’ are playing Australia ‘A’ in a red-ball three-day practice game at the moment. A few of the Indian and Australian Test players are already in action and have got a decent workout. […]
Ahead of the upcoming series against New Zealand, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Babar Azam Test captain of the national side, thereby making him the captain across all three formats. While Pakistan’s ODI and T20I squads already had Babar Azam at the helm, the Test team was earlier led by Azhar Ali on […]
Rohit Sharma recently led Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL title and revived a debate that had been dormant for a while. It’s an argument that has been brewing for a while: should Rohit Sharma replace Virat Kohli as captain in T20I matches? Various observers, including past and present cricketers, have weighed in with their […]
Olly Stone has been in and around the England national team for a couple of years now. He made his international debut in Sri Lanka in October 2018 and then went on to make his Test debut in July 2019 against Ireland. However, the Warwickshire fast bowler has had his fair share of injury issues […]
In the 2019-20 home season, Steve Smith was found out against short-pitched bowling. Neil Wagner exploited big time as the New Zealand left-arm fast bowler dismissed Smith as many as four times in the three-match Test series. Wagner’s precision and accuracy along with the pace were top-notch with those bouncers and Smith never looked comfortable […]
T Natarajan was one of the emerging players of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The left-arm fast bowler from Tamil Nadu turned up to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) this year and was extremely impressive. He took 16 wickets from as many matches and had an economy of 8.02. Thus, after […]
The West Indies travel to New Zealand to play three T20 Internationals followed by two Test Matches in what promises to be an enthralling series. Notoriously, the Kiwis are very strong in home conditions across all formats of the game, but the West Indies have named an exciting side for the tour and they will […]
Mumbai Indians successfully defended their title in the recently concluded IPL 2020 tournament. In this article, we look at the most valuable players from various teams who demonstrated their brilliance in the world’s most popular T20 league. Jofra Archer, who also won the official title, leads the pack. Rajasthan Royals – Jofra Archer If we […]