[ad_1] New role: Hardik is all set to lead India in an ODI for the first time. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Hardik Pandya’s love-affair with Wankhede Stadium — the venue where he first came to the fore in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy game before it became his alma mater in the IPL — […]
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[ad_1] Australia’s Travis Head along with Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne score a run during the fifth day of the fourth cricket test match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, India, Monday , March 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Australian pace bowler Michael Kasprowicz has labelled the pitch for the Ahmedabad Test as “bat-a-thon” and […]
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[ad_1] Indian players celebrates during the third day of the second Test against Australia in New Delhi on February 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan The race to qualification for the ICC World Test Championship Final took another turn on February 19, 2023 as India claimed a six-wicket victory over Australia to move a […]
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[ad_1] The fearless strategy adopted by England skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum paid dividends against Pakistan in the first Test at Rawalpindi on Monday. | Photo Credit: MATTHEW LEWIS It would have been fitting had Ben Stokes been named Player-of-the-Match. For his captaincy alone. As the sun was setting, England won a Test […]
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[ad_1] Second day of the third Test bewteen England and South Africa, scheduled for October 9, was cancelled following the announcement of the death Queen ELizabeth II Second day of the third Test bewteen England and South Africa, scheduled for October 9, was cancelled following the announcement of the death Queen ELizabeth II The third […]
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[ad_1] In the P.G. Wodehouse short story How’s That, Umpire?, the heroine, a young American woman, tells her fiancé, an English cricketer, that an ideal cricket contest is one wherein the entire day is rained off while the rival teams do their crossword puzzles. The goodly crowd that came for the opening day of the […]
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[ad_1] “With Test cricket, it’s just iconic nations or the big cricketing nations that are contributing to Test cricket at the moment,” Smith said “With Test cricket, it’s just iconic nations or the big cricketing nations that are contributing to Test cricket at the moment,” Smith said India led the way in the development of […]
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[ad_1] Suresh Menon August 17, 2022 00:30 IST Updated: August 16, 2022 17:33 IST Suresh Menon August 17, 2022 00:30 IST Updated: August 16, 2022 17:33 IST Is Test cricket worth saving? Every generation has asked this question since March 1877 when the first-ever Test was played between England and Australia. This assumed, of course, […]
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[ad_1] Former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath heaped praises on England’s new approach to Test cricket. Former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath heaped praises on England’s new approach to Test cricket. Former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath heaped praises on England’s new approach to Test cricket, appreciating the fearless aspect the team has brought under skipper Ben Stokes […]
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[ad_1] How long before the IPL completely takes over T20 tournaments all around the world, with a large number of players contracted to (and controlled by) the half-a-dozen franchises? How long before the IPL completely takes over T20 tournaments all around the world, with a large number of players contracted to (and controlled by) the […]
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