Olivier, van Zyl, Abbott, Harmer, Voljoen, Amla, Kuhn and Parnell, who were plying their trade as Kolpak representatives for county clubs in the UK, are set to make a comeback to domestic cricket. Under the ‘Kolpak’ system, players belonging to the countries that have a deal with the European Union (EU) can participate in any cricket tournament in an EU country without being considered an overseas player. South Africa being part of a deal called the Cotonou Agreement with the EU, county clubs could benefit from the services of Amla, Abbott and Harmer, among others, without breaching the maximum limit…
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Rajasthan Royals’ English batting recruit Liam Livingstone left his team’s bubble and returned to the UK on Monday. Livingstone has departed home to avoid potential mental stress in a restrictive environment over the past few months. Royals franchise confirmed the development around their cricketer via a statement reading, “Liam Livingstone has flown back home late last night, due to bubble fatigue accumulated over the past year. We understand and respect his decision, and will continue supporting him in any way we can.” https://twitter.com/rajasthanroyals/status/1384554413608497154 In the last six months alone, Livingstone had been in multiple bio-bubbles, where regular testing for COVID-19…
The England and Wales Cricket Board has tweaked its selection process for the men’s international squads going forward, with head coach Chris Silverwood handed the responsibility to pick players. Ed Smith will be leaving his position at the end of this April as there will be no post of a national selector anymore in the ECB hierarchy. Ashley Giles, the managing director of England’s men’s cricket, has developed the restructuring and will be implementing it with the idea of providing greater accountability to the person in the head coach’s post, which is Silverwood currently. Smith was appointed in his position…
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be taking on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 15 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Wednesday (April 21) in Mumbai. The two teams will be arriving into the contest after enduring contrasting fortunes in their respective previous matches of the IPL 2021. CSK enjoyed a comprehensive victory over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their last encounter, whereas KKR suffered a disappointing loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). KKR are now languishing in the bottom half of the points table with just a solitary win out of their three outings, while CSK are comfortably…
Mahela Jayawardene, the Mumbai Indians head coach, expressed his pleasure at the form young wrist-spinner Rahul Chahar has shown through the middle-overs in the IPL 2021 so far. After a poor first outing in the defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chahar has taken seven wickets in the following two encounters for MI. He bagged a four-fer against Kolkata Knight Riders and backed it up with a three-wicket haul versus Sunrisers Hyderabad. A team boasting of strong batting depth and a fast-bowling attack, the only weak link in defending champions MI’s otherwise mighty juggernaut has perhaps been their spin department, with…
Former India opener Virender Sehwag mentioned how Bumrah is an ace up MI skipper Rohit Sharma’s sleeves, whom he can depend on for the toughest phases of an IPL encounter against all oppositions. Bumrah has been playing for MI since his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) season back in 2013 and has only become a more rounded threat to the opposition with time and experience. An excellent speedster capable of succeeding at different stages of an innings, Bumrah has taken 112 wickets from his 95 matches for MI at an average of 23.68 while conceding 7.35 runs per over. In…
South African batting great AB de Villiers reiterated the desire to represent his country at this year’s T20 World Cup scheduled for October-November in India. The talks of De Villiers’ potential comeback in the national colours have retriggered with the right-hand batter enjoying his best form in the starting phase of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s campaign in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Batting on No.5 for RCB, De Villiers blasted an unbeaten 76 off just 34 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday to set his team on their way to a third consecutive victory at the start of the…
The Board of Control has given indian teams’ participation in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games conditional approval for Cricket in India following its Apex Council’s meeting on Friday. If the Indian cricket board’s autonomy is unthreatened, it will allow the men’s as well as the women’s teams to take part in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. BCCI has historically been wary of the Indian teams’ Olympics participation as it has feared over the possible influence of the Indian Olympic Association in its regular functioning. But the stance seems to have been relaxed at a condition of the board’s autonomy being…
Young batter Tadiwanashe Marumani, pacer Tanaka Chivanga and spinner Tapiwa Mufudza are the three uncapped players included in Zimbabwe’s 15-man squad for their upcoming three-match home T20I series against Pakistan. The three cricketers seem to have impressed the Zimbabwe national selectors following performances at the domestic level, especially Maruman, the 19-year-old, who struck four fifties from his five outings in the recent domestic T20 competition. Six changes have been made to Zimbabwe’s T20I squad following their 3-0 series hammering in UAE against Afghanistan last month. Richmond Mutumbami, Milton Shumba, Brandon Mavuta, Tarisai Musakanda and Faraz Akram have been dropped from…
Former India chief selector MSK Prasad wondered why all-format all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja didn’t feature in the A+ category in BCCI’s list of contracted Indian players announced on Thursday. CSK player is one of the world’s premier all-round cricketers, with a constantly improving game in the last 2-3 years. BCCI featured three players the senior Indian men’s team for the year 2020-21 – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah – in the A+ category. They receive an annual salary of INR 7 Crores from the board. But despite being an all-format cricketer like Kohli, Rohit and Bumrah, Jadeja could only…