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Jason Holder produced a fine all-round display as the West Indies took three late wickets, including both England openers with successive deliveries, in a stirring fightback on Friday’s opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston. Holder’s 59 helped turn the West Indies’ 115-5 into a total of 282 all out as they…
Hosts Sri Lanka started their campaign in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup on a positive note, beating Bangladesh by seven wickets in Dambulla on Saturday. After restricting Bangladesh to a modest 111 for eight, Sri Lanka completed the task with 17 balls to spare, reaching 114/3 in 17.1 overs. Opting to bat first,…
Indian pacer Harshit Rana posted a heartwarming picture on social media, celebrating his call-up to the ODI team with his father and telling him that this accomplishment of his life “belongs to him”. Harshit Rana was among the younger and newer stars named in the white-ball team for India’s white-ball tour of Sri…
Zimbabwe vs India: India defeated Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the last match. Mukesh Kumar took four wickets for India in the last match of the series. With this, India won the series 4-1. Batting first, India scored 167 runs for the loss of six wickets and gave the host team a target of 168…
Sanju Samson’s well-crafted fifty and Mukesh Kumar’s disciplined spell helped India wind up their Zimbabwe tour with a comprehensive 42-run victory in the fifth and final T20I in Harare on Sunday. With this win, India clinched the series 4-1. Samson’s (58, 45b) was central to India’s healthy 167 for six along with Shivam Dube’s flashy…
File photo of England cricket team.© AFP Former England player Geoffrey Boycott has lashed out at the England cricket team for its poor show, of late. Jos Buttler-led England had a forgettable ODI World Cup in India. In the quadrennial tournament, the side finished at the seventh spot in the ten-team table with…
England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday joined the company of West Indies great Garry Sobers and South Africa’s legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis to become the third player and first England player to secure a double of 6,000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Test cricket. Stokes accomplished this feat against West Indies in the…
File photo of Gautam Gambhir.© BCCI Former Zimbabwe player and current Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower has backed the BCCI’s decision to appoint Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian cricket team. The board on Tuesday announced the news of selecting Gambhir, a former India opener, to replace Rahul…
World Cup-winning former opener Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday named head coach of the Indian cricket team by the BCCI, which hoped that he would bring “tenacity and leadership” to the position that was held with “remarkable success” by Rahul Dravid until recently. The 42-year-old left-hander, who played a key role in India’s…
Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie Sunday vowed to make Pakistan a consistent side after taking charge as red-ball coach with a hectic six-month schedule in focus. The 49-year-old will start his two-year tenure with a two-match series against Bangladesh next month followed by three against England in October — both at home….