Appointed interim head coach for next month’s Sri Lanka tour, former India batsman Rahul Dravid, will have T Dilip and Paras Mhambrey for company as fielding and bowling coaches through the limited-overs series. While Dravid and Mhambrey were expected names to oversee the team in absence of Ravi Shastri and his support staff, Dilip’s inclusion has taken people by surprise. Dilip, 39, is a fielding coach for Hyderabad in domestic cricket and has also been involved with the India ‘A’ side previously. He boasts of a Level-3 coaching certificate and was rated highly among members of the selection panel under…
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Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe batting greats, Kumar Sangakkara and Andy Flower, were on Sunday (June 13) inducted into the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame. The two cricketers were rewarded for their amazing services to the modern-day game. Both Sangakkara (12,400) and Flower (4,794) are their nations’ highest run-getters in the history of Test cricket to date. While Sangakkara is Sri Lanka’s second entrant into the Hall of Fame after Muttiah Muralitharan, Flower is the first from Zimbabwe to join the elite list of cricketers that has now grown to 103 names. Sangakkara and Flower are among the ten…
New Zealand completed the formalities on Day 4 in Edgbaston to clinch their first Test series win on English soil in over two decades. The last time the Kiwis secured a Test series victory away from home against England was back in 1999. The Black Caps dismissed the three lions for their overnight second-innings total of 122 and went on to chase the extremely modest 38-run target inside 11 overs. Veteran quick Trent Boult took only one ball to get the better of one of the last men standing, Olly Stone, to set up an easy chase for his team’s…
England have handed comebacks to Chris Woakes, David Willey and Liam Dawson for their forthcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, starting June 23. Woakes, an integral member of the Test and ODI setups, is back in the T20I squad after as many as five years. The Warwickshire all-rounder has previously featured in eight T20Is for England with an indifferent record. But his presence throws up options to the team, especially with the new ball. So does the inclusion of Willey, who last represented England in the shortest form of the game back in May 2019. A good pace exponent of the…
Coach of the Indian U-19 side when Virat Kohli took over as captain for the first time – just one month before leading the side to the junior World Cup glory in Kuala Lumpur – former batsman WV Raman vividly remembers the early traits of the now India captain and what separated him from the rest even at that age. In a conversation with Cricbuzz, Raman reminisced what instantly caught his eyes about Kohli the batsman and the leader that he felt would serve him well in years down the line. Kohli, though not then the all-format genius he is today, was…
The Mumbai Cricket Association has asked cricketer Ankeet Chavan to approach the court to revoke his life ban instead of requesting the state body to reduce his punishment. The MCA arrived at this decision at its apex council meeting on Friday , with an office-bearer stating that the onus is on BCCI and court to decide whether Chavan’s ban period shall be over or not. “The life ban was imposed by the BCCI. As it stands now, the BCCI doesn’t want to review it, a policy it has maintained even in previous cases like Mohammad Azharuddin or Manoj Prabhakar. They…
South Africa made short work of the West Indies second-innings and clinched a comprehensive victory by an innings & 63 runs in the first Test in St Lucia this Saturday. The visitors ended the proceedings within three days, with their ace quick Kagiso Rabada taking a five-fer and fellow paceman Anrich Nortje, left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj sharing the rest of the wickets. Resuming play at 82/4, still 143 runs behind Proteas’ first-innings score, West Indies needed Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder and the rest to do something special to make the visitors bat again in difficult batting conditions. But, even though Chase provided a level of resistance through…
When New Zealand lost their way with the bat after inching past the England first-innings total, it did seem they have rained on their own parade and provided the hosts with the kind of opening they so desperately needed. However, a final session that saw them take seven wickets pulled the game back in their favour decisively and left them on the verge of a historic series win. The last time Black Caps won a Test series in England was the summer of 1999. Now, they are only a wicket and a few runs away from rewriting the history books. …
An outstanding century in difficult conditions from Quinton de Kock helped South Africa overhaul West Indies’ paltry first-innings total with a significant lead on Day 2 of the first Test in St Lucia. De Kock couldn’t have timed his 6th Test hundred a lot better as he allowed Proteas to recover from a slightly vulnerable spot and force their way to a score close to 330. His stupendous knock of 141 not out included 12 fours and 7 sixes, an innings reflective of not just his undoubtedly ability but often understated temperament and mental toughness. He has been the stand-out…
England stretched their first-innings total past 300 on the back of Dan Lawrence’s resilient knock alongside the lower order before Devon Conway and Will Young led New Zealand’s strong reply on Day 2 of the second Test in Edgbaston on Friday (June 11). It was another attritional day’s play in Birmingham as neither team dropped their guard, with England managing to build a decent total on the board and New Zealand surviving well amidst quality bowling. The Kiwis lost their stand-in captain and experienced opening batsman, Tom Latham (6), very early after the change of innings as he was pinned in front…