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All zeros: When no batsman of a team scored a run in an U-16 Harris Shield game

Mumbai, Nov 21 (PTI) In a rare instance, no batsman of a team was able to score any run in a cricket match and the team lost by a massive 754 runs in an U-16 Harris Shield game here. The game was played between Swami Vivekanand School and Children’s Welfare Centre School from suburban Andheri. […]

March 29, 2022

Harbhajan Singh wants Ravichandran Ashwin back in white ball teams

Spin great Harbhajan Singh feels Ravichandran Ashwin deserves a comeback in India’s white ball teams as a reward for his recent exploits with the red ball. With the management and selectors exploring options in white ball teams ahead of the T20 World Cup next year, opportunities have been given to the likes of Washington Sundar […]

March 29, 2022

Rohit Sharma could sit out West Indies ODIs; Dhawan’s form could see Mayank come in

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma’s workload management and opener Shikhar Dhawan’s poor form are expected to dominate the deliberations when the national selection committee meets here on Thursday to decide on India’s limited-overs squads for the home series against the West Indies. This is likely to be the last meeting chaired by MSK Prasad as he and […]

March 29, 2022

Umpires should attend training sessions for getting used to pink colour: Simon Taufel

Sighting the pink ball during the twilight period will be a challenge not only for the batsmen but also the umpires, who are expected to attend some practice sessions to get used to the new colour, retired Australian umpire Simon Taufel said on Tuesday. Taufel, who was present at the first ever pink ball Test […]

March 29, 2022

WBBL: Emily Smith banned for Instagram post after breaching ACU Code

Hobart Hurricanes wicketkeeper Emily Smith was on Monday banned for the remainder of the Women Big Bash League (WBBL) season after breaching Cricket Australia’s stringent anti-corruption policy. According to Cricket Australia’s website, “Smith posted a video in her personal Instagram account taken from within the restricted Player and Match Official Area (PMOA) of West Park […]

March 29, 2022

Imran Khan advises sacked Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed to focus on domestic cricket

Prime Minister Imran Khan has advised sacked Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed to focus on domestic cricket to get back to the national team. Khan, the patron-in-chief of Pakistan Cricket Board and a former captain, also backed the appointment of Misbah-ul-Haq as head coach and chief selector. “I don’t think the performance and form of a […]

March 29, 2022

In Numbers: How bad Ajinkya Rahane’s dip in form been

December 27, 2020. Boxing Day Test. Walking into bat with India precariously placed at 2/61, which quickly becomes 3/64, stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane plays a game transforming knock of 112. An innings of such great restraint and defiance that those who watched would remember it for a long, long time. It was Rahane’s second Test […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score, Day 3: Hosts have upper hand despite fightback from SA tail

Tail-enders Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander set an example of gutsy batsmanship as South Africa fought hard against a quality attack but could not stop India from taking a massive 326-run lead on the third day of the second Test here. While a total of 275 in 105.4 overs is far from India’s mammoth first […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Once ferocious travellers, South Africa’s insipid half flare up

On a sweltering day at Adelaide in 2012, Faf du Plessis, on his Test debut, defied Australia’s seam attack comprising of Peter Siddle, James Pattinson and Ben Hilfenhaus for 376 balls. Giving him vigorous support was a restrained AB de Villiers (33 off 220 balls) and an unyielding Jacques Kallis (46 in 110 balls). Such […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 2: King Kohli strikes double ton, India soar

India captain Virat Kohli blended grace with determination to raise his record-breaking seventh double hundred which grinded down a hapless South Africa on the second day of the second Test, here on Friday. With Kohli scoring a career-best unbeaten 254, India buried the Proteas under a mountain of runs, putting on board a mammoth 601 […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: All the records broken by Kohli en rout his double ton

India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli on Friday eclipsed Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar while smashing a handful of records during his career-best knock of 254 in the ongoing second Test against South Africa here. Kohli surpassed Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag by amassing a record seventh double hundred, the highest in Indian cricket history. Bradman […]

March 29, 2022

Mithali, Raut steer Indian women to a comfortable five-wicket win over South Africa

Skipper Mithali Raj and Punam Raut smashed impressive fifties to guide the Indian women’s team to a series-clinching five-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI here on Friday. India first restricted South Africa to a competitive 247-6 after electing to field and then returned to overhaul the target with two overs to spare […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Ajinkya Rahane’s toil against spin shows there is light at the end of his Asian tunnel

When Keshav Maharaj spun one across Ajinkya Rahane and found the edge that had eluded him all of day one, Rahane seemed content walking back to the pavilion. There was no displeasure, no show of angst or anger. A very traditional face-the-ground-remove-your-gloves-walk-back routine followed. It seemed surprising because for Rahane this was a mighty important […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: How Rabada’s sledging failed to perturb Pujara

South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada did try to disturb Cheteshwar Pujara’s concentration on the opening day of the second Test, but tactic hardly bothered the senior India batsman as he was “in his own zone”. Rabada did say a few words to Pujara after dismissing him for 58, perhaps letting a bit of his frustration […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Rabada getting into top gear, says South Africa bowling coach Vincent Barnes

Kagiso Rabada is slowly showing signs of getting his mojo back as indicated by his spell in the post lunch session, observed South Africa’s bowling coach Vincent Barnes. Rabada was the only Proteas bowler, who made some kind of impact with figures of 3 for 48 in India’s 273 for 3 on the first day […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Mayank ton, Pujara and Kohli half-centuries drive India on day one

Opener Mayank Agarwal stamped his authority on a struggling South African attack with a second successive hundred as India cruised to 273 for three on the opening day of the second Test here. Play was stopped in the 86th over due to fading light. The 28-year-old’s rich vein of form continued as he looked in […]

March 29, 2022

What is the future of T20 numbers?

Cricket is a supposedly numbers-heavy sport, but it’s curious and peculiar in the way that recorded statistics capture only the results of each ball. A dismissal is only recorded if a catch goes to hand or the stumps are broken; nothing is recorded when the batter is beaten. This is a hindrance to a proper […]

March 29, 2022

Mentor Irfan Pathan: Behind the success stories of several budding cricketers

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and MS Dhoni are among the first few names that come into the mind of most fans while talking about the Indian cricketers who have been mentoring and nurturing young talents over the years. A name that surprisingly doesn’t cross many minds is that of Irfan Pathan. Baroda-born Irfan is involved […]

March 29, 2022

Ollie Robinson issue – focus on education, not just penalising players

That despite a skillful display of bowling, the talk on Ollie Robinson’s Test debut revolves around his inappropriate remarks made eight years ago is a good sign. It shows the greater awareness built over time with the advancement of social media about what is acceptable and what is not. Robinson would’ve realised, you can’t anymore […]

March 29, 2022

Does Cheteshwar Pujara need to alter his method for English conditions?

It was quite typical of Cheteshwar Pujara’s Test career that he walked in to bat in the WTC final when New Zealand had just started to get their radar right and bowl as they do at their best: with utmost discipline and consistency. After a wavered start, New Zealand quicks had reverted to mean in […]

March 29, 2022

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