Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa fined for slamming cricket board
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka T20 player Bhanuka Rajapaksa was fined $5,000 and handed a suspended one-year ban on Monday for giving interviews critical of the national board management. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 29-year-old was in breach of his contract with the interviews to local media and on social media platforms. His ban was suspended for…
ICC hands seven-year ban to former SL performance analyst for
DUBAI: Former Sri Lanka performance analyst Sanath Jayasundara was handed a seven-year ban on Monday for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. “Sanath Jayasundara, a former performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket, has been banned from all cricket for seven years after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. “The…
Amir needs domestic success for international return: Waqar Younis |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis feels it will be tough for paceman Mohammad Amir to make a comeback to international cricket without first impressing domestically. Amir retired from international play last December, saying he was mentally tortured by his teammates and coaches. The left-arm fast bowler played in the recent Pakistan Super League with…
Sri Lanka Cricket sets July 8 deadline to resolve contracts
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket and its cricketers are heading for a further showdown with the players being offered only 36 hours from Tuesday to sign the contentious national contracts. SLC sources said the players are returning from the UK on Tuesday and they will be served with an July 8 deadline to sign the contracts.…
Anderson reaches 1,000 first-class wickets with haul for Lancashire |
England seamer James Anderson reached another milestone in a storied career as he picked up his 1,000th first-class wicket while playing for Lancashire in a County Championship match against Kent on Monday. Anderson, who turns 39 at the end of the month, reached the landmark during an impressive new-ball spell when he had Heino Kuhn…
Intra-Squad Simulation T20 Game: Manish, Surya score half-centuries as Bhuvneshwar
COLOMBO: Senior batsman Manish Pandey scored a half-century for Shikhar Dhawan XI while flamboyant Suryakumar Yadav smashed a quick-fire 50 odd for Bhuvneshwar Kumar XI in an intra-squad T20 simulation game at the SSC ground on Monday. Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey told bcci.tv that the coaching staff was pleased with the “intensity” and the players…
India, England Test series set to be played in front
LONDON: The five-Test series between India and England is set to be played in front of packed crowds after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions on Monday. India and New Zealand had played the World Test Championship final in front of a limited crowd at Southampton last month with…
India vs England: An unresponsive BCCI leaves Team India fretting
Confusion grips Indian cricket as board yet to communicate with team over replacementsMUMBAI: In a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, the BCCI has been busy this last week moving around in circles over a decision that concerns the Indian cricket team. On June 28, the manager…
BCCI to recommend Mithali Raj, R Ashwin for Khel Ratna
NEW DELHI: The BCCI has decided to recommend women’s cricket great Mithali Raj and premier spinner R Ashwin for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, country’s highest sporting honour. For Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was ignored last year, K L Rahul and pacer Jasprit Bumrah. “No women…
Kane Williamson back on top of ICC Test rankings, Virat
DUBAI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reclaimed the number one position in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen after leading his side to the World Test Championship title in Southampton last week. The 30-year-old’s knocks of 49 and 52 not out in the low-scoring final against India helped him move above the 900-point mark…