Cricket
It’s a new challenge: Shikhar Dhawan eyes success in maiden
MUMBAI: It’s a new challenge, said Shikhar Dhawan as he geared up to captain an India senior team for the first time in his career, confident that the positivity and excitement in the squad would ensure a successful limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka. Dhawan will lead a second-string India team, featuring as many as six…
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma static in ODI batting chart, Jasprit
India skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma held on to their second and third positions respectively in the batting chart, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah remained static at number five in the bowling list of the latest ICC ODI player rankings issued on Wednesday. Kohli and Sharma were sitting pretty with 857 and 825…
Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq grateful for England lockdown experience
LONDON: Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq said on Sunday he believes touring England last year under coronavirus lockdown restrictions helped turn his squad into “a family”. Pakistan followed the West Indies in agreeing to tour England at the height of the pandemic as international cricket returned from its Covid-19 enforced suspension. Both touring sides found themselves in…
English wicketkeeper Ben Foakes ruled out of New Zealand Tests
England’s wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes was on Wednesday ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand after a freak dressing-room accident resulted in a torn hamstring. The 28-year-old sustained the injury after slipping in his socks while walking in the dressing room following Surrey’s County Championship match against Middlesex at the Oval, ‘ESPNCricinfo’…
Match referee in England-Sri Lanka T20I series tests positive for
LONDON: Phil Whitticase, the match referee who officiated in the three-match T20I series between England and Sri Lanka, has tested positive for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday. The 56-year-old is asymptomatic and will now isolate himself for 10 days. No members of the two teams were impacted. “Following a…
‘Push him to the ground, if he goes for a
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is in the middle of fresh controversy after he was caught on stump mic asking spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz to obstruct Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka during the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Rahim, who scored 125 off 127 balls that helped his team win the match, saw his match-winning…
1st ODI: Beaumont, Sciver deflate India as England win by
BRISTOL: Skipper Mithali Raj’s fighting half-century went in vain as England Women rode on Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver’s aggressive unbeaten fifties to beat a below-par India Women by eight wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series on Sunday. Mithali led from the front with a patient 72 to guide India Women to…
English conditions should suit New Zealand more than India in
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins feels if the current wet weather conditions in England persist, New Zealand will enjoy an edge over India in the World Test Championships final, starting in Southampton on June 18. Cummins, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the suspended IPL, however, refused to predict the winner of the final.…
Mithali Raj says team lacked intent in all three departments,
BRISTOL: India skipper Mithlai Raj on Sunday rued that her side “lacked intent” in all three departments of the game in the opening ODI and hinted that the team-combination could change in the second match against England. India suffered an eight-wicket thrashing at the hands of the hosts in the series-opening match here on Sunday.…
States should have annual contracts for its players, proposes Rohan
Former India player Rohan Gavaskar has suggested the country’s state cricket associations to start offering annual contracts to its players, quite like the way the BCCI does with the Indian team. The BCCI offers annual contracts to its India players who are graded on the basis of their performance over a 12-month period. “All state…