Tag: Cricket
Amid Covid, Zimbabwe Cricket Gets Govt Nod To Host Bangladesh
Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe for a one-off Test, three ODIs and an equal number of T20 Internationals will go ahead as scheduled after the Zimbabwe Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) gave Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) the permission to host the series in July.....
WTC Triumph Makes Up For 2019 World Cup Final Loss: Ross Taylor
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, who hit the winning runs in the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final, called the title win after the eight-wicket victory over India as the "highlight" of his career. ....
'Pretty Satisfying': BJ Watling Savours His Last Test, Biggest Of Career
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Bradley-John Watling, who displayed courage to withstand finger injury pain to return to field after lunch on the last day of his Test cricket career, said the World Test Championship final victory was the perfect reward for the hard work the team has put in two years.....
We Weren't Brave Enough To Put Bowlers Under Pressure: Kohli After WTC Final Loss
Indian team skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday blamed his batsmen for not being brave enough to put the New Zealand bowlers under pressure and for setting a target that was 30-40 runs short in the World Test Championship final defeat. ....
No Avenue For Indians To Work On Batting Frailties In England
India's batting needs to get used to English conditions ahead of the five-Test series against England in August-September after their dismal show in the World Test Championship final, in which they aggregated just 387 in two innings. However, that may not happen as the team management's request for practice games against county teams has not been accepted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ....
Powerful BCCI Fails To Ensure Warm-up Games For Team India In England
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may be called the strongest and the richest board in the world but it seems it doesn't hold enough clout to get some county games for its team that is languishing in England. ....
Support Olympic-bound Athletes Like Our Cricketers: Rijiju
Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday that India's Olympic-bound athletes are national heroes and urged the people to extend support to them, the same way they back the country's cricketers. ....
India Putting Themselves Under Pressure Because Of Occasion: Curtly Ambrose
Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose felt that India were putting themselves "under pressure because of the occasion", which was resulting in the team failing at the semi-final or final stages during the last 6-7 ICC tournaments. ....
ICC Bans UAE Players Hayat, Ahmed For Eight Years
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed from all cricket for eight years after its Anti-Corruption Tribunal found them guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.....
Australia Tour West Indies: Aussies Forced Into Lockdown Due To Tropical Storm
The Australian cricket team is in a lockdown of a different kind on their white-ball tour of the West Indies, and they will not be able to leave their hotel rooms for the next two days due to a tropical storm, which will hit St. Lucia in the next 48 hours. ....
