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USA Cricket will soon benefit from a new cricket facility, the AirHogs Stadium in Dallas. AirHogs Stadium is set to be acquired via a 15-year lease by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), commercial T20 franchise league partner of USA Cricket. The 6000-seat facility, located in Grand Prairie, a suburb of Dallas, earlier served minor league baseball […]
International cricket is slowly coming back on its feet. November 27th will see three big-ticket bilateral series kickstart in different parts of the world – India are in Australia, England are in South Africa and West Indies are in New Zealand. The cricket boards around the world have started planning quite a bit for the […]
The Pakistan T20I squad suffered a blow as Fakhar Zaman was ruled out of the New Zealand tour. The left-handed opening batsman has been suffering from constant fever and could not recover in time to travel with the rest of the Pakistan squad for their tour of New Zealand which is scheduled to start on […]
The ‘X-factor’ is one of three innovations introduced by Cricket Australia ahead of the 10th BBL season. According to the X-factor rule, each team in a BBL game can replace an existing player with a substitute after the 10th over. If the replaced player belongs to the batting side, he must not have batted; if […]
In this article, we look at the latest IPL controversy that has erupted after former India opener Virender Sehwag labelled Glenn Maxwell a ’10 crore cheerleader.’ Sehwag made his remarks in his YouTube channel called ‘Viru ki baithak,’ in an obvious reference to Maxwell’s poor IPL season with the bat for Kings XI Punjab. Glenn […]
In this article, we preview the Lanka Premier League whose inaugural season is scheduled to begin on 26 November 2020 with five teams – Colombo Kings, Dambulla Vikings, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Stallions and Kandy Tuskers – competing for the title. We discuss the composition of the squads, with a specific focus on the overseas players […]
In this article, we look at a radical change in the points system used in the World Test Championship by the ICC and changes in the rankings of teams on the points table that have followed the rule change. While some teams, such as India, have been disadvantaged, some others, such as New Zealand, have […]
In this article, we look at the underway ICC election of a new chairman and speculate on the chances of New Zealand cricket’s Greg Barclay beating Imran Khwaja and getting elected to the position. We discuss the composition of the electoral college and explain what it will take for either candidate to win. There has […]
In the upcoming 2020-21 season, teams in the Big Bash League will be allowed to include three overseas players in their playing eleven, up from only two allowed previously. As many as 16 overseas players have been signed up by various franchises for the competition that is set to begin on 10 December. Interestingly, 10 […]
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is set to represent Sydney Sixers in the upcoming season of the Big Bash League after a break of six years. However, Starc may not be available except for the last few games because of his inclusion in the Australia squad for the upcoming series against India. The 4th and […]
In this article, we discuss the release of a new book, “The Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story”, that chronicles the cricketing journey of one of India’s modern icons of the game. The authors, Vijay Lokapally and G Krishnan, journalists with decades of experience, have dissected Sharma’s cricket journey with great precision and skill. The well-researched […]
South Africa have announced a 24-man squad for the upcoming limited-overs series against England at the end of November 2020. While the squad has several names that are familiar to cricket followers around the world, cricket fans are less likely to know the names of medium-pacers Junior Dala and Glenton Stuurman. Junior Dala has played […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc and it hasn’t left cricket alone either. In the latest developments of the deadly virus, an unnamed South African cricketer has been tested positive. In addition to that, two other players who were in close contact with the cricketer have also been isolated. The close contacts were decided […]
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic in full force, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) were able to host the entire men’s cricketing summer in 2020. England combined to play six matches in each of the three formats against West Indies, Ireland, Pakistan and Australia across three months (July to September). All of these games were […]
India’s Test squad received a big boost as Wriddhiman Saha returned to the nets in Sydney on Wednesday (November 18). The right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman spent a significant amount of time in the nets facing throwdowns from the likes of Sri Lankan left-arm specialist Nuwan Seneviratne and Indian right-arm thrower Dayananda Garani. The Bengal wicket-keeper-batsman suffered a […]