The former Australia captain heaped effusive praise on India’s middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, likening his range and “360 degrees” game in limited-overs cricket to that of South African legend AB de Villiers. Ponting, impressed by the number of shots that Suryakumar has up his arsenal, said he reminds him of de Villiers and his remarkable ability to turn good balls into boundary options and hit them to all parts of the ground. Ponting’s remarks came after the Indian right-hander rose up the rankings ladder to become the world’s No.2 T20I batter in men’s cricket, just short of the numero uno…
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West Indies salvaged some pride out of their T20I series against New Zealand with a consolation win in the third match in Jamaica on August 14. The Calypso Kings came up with an impressive allround display and ended up triumphant by eight wickets. They restricted the Kiwis to a manageable 145/7 in their allotted 20 overs and reached home comfortably with an over left in the proceedings. The Caribbean men found heroes with the ball and the bat, with left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein (2/28) and allrounder Odean Smith (3/29) coming to the party in the first half. Dominic Drakes, with his tight spell of 1/19,…
Premier allrounder Shakib Al Hasan’s closed-door meeting with BCB president Nazmul Hasan and other board directors and selectors on August 13 ended with the player getting awarded T20I captaincy of the Bangladesh side. Shakib has been named T20I skipper of the national team for the Asia Cup in UAE, the tri-series in New Zealand and the T20 World Cup in Australia. The great allround cricketer, who was appointed Test captain of Bangladesh during the tour of the Caribbean in July, has now reclaimed leadership in the shortest format as well for a critical period of three months. This, at a time when…
Former New Zealand captain Ross Taylor has come up with a controversial allegation against his former Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals, stating he was slapped by one of the owners during the league’s 2011 edition. The former player has come up with the claim in his autobiography titled ‘Ross Taylor: Black & White’. As per Taylor, this incident took place following Royals’ defeat in an IPL 2011 match against the then Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. An excerpt from the book published by Stuff.co.nz says Taylor was slapped by this individual who owned a stake in Royals for getting…
A demoralised West Indies side proved no match for the Kiwis once again as they suffered a painstaking defeat in the second T20I of the three-match series in Jamaica on August 12. The Caribbean men conceded a series-winning lead to the tourists, managing just 125/9 in response to the their gigantic 215/5. While the victory was a tribute to their allround display and much stronger game than their West Indies counterparts, the Black Caps had two stand-out performers for the clash. One of them was their explosive middle-order batter Glenn Phillips, who smashed his way to a knock of 76 off…
The women’s Indian Premier League looks set for a launch in March 2023, with the BCCI earmarking that as the most likely window for the competition expected to transform the female game in the country. In perhaps the most concrete reflection of the process underway to unveil the first-ever WIPL, the BCCI has tweaked the women’s domestic calendar and will be starting it a month earlier in the winter to accommodate a full-fledged T20 league by the end of it. Traditionally beginning in November and lasting up to April, the women’s domestic calendar will now kick off in October and…
The 30-year-old is all set to lead India again during the ODI series in Zimbabwe after his late inclusion to the alternate squad, picked at the heels of the Asia Cup in UAE. The elegant batter was drafted into the touring party on August 11 evening for the ODI series to be played from August 18 to 22. His inclusion has come about following clearance from BCCI’s medical team, which had advised the player to take two weeks of rest as he recovered from an untimely bout with Covid-19. Passed fit to play again, he is now set to captain…
Dawid Malan and Alex Hales flexed their muscles at the top of the order and helped Trent Rockets overcome the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred men’s 2022 on August 9. The Rockets sailed to a comfortable seven-wicket victory at Leeds, overhauling the Superchargers’ 152/8 with six balls left in the game. The Rockets took a giant leap towards the winning post with an explosive opening stand of 86 runs in 53 deliveries, with Hales smashing 43 off 27 balls before his dismissal, including 4 fours and 2 sixes. At the other end, Malan, too, dominated the opposition attack throughout his…
Australia’s Beth Mooney has regained her numero uno spot in the ICC T20I rankings for batters after leading the runs chart in the first-ever women’s T20I competition held at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Mooney, who had lost her standing to skipper Meg Lanning in the previous update to the rankings, is back at the top of the ladder after playing knocks of substance throughout the CWG T20I, which Australia finished with the gold medal in their bag. She made an unbeaten 70 against Pakistan during the group stage and backed that up with 36 in the semifinal versus…
The inaugural edition of the International League T20 in UAE, set to be launched in January next year, may have lost Australian maverick David Warner but will not be short of star power, with the likes of Andre Russell, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali and Wanindu Hasaranga declaring their services open. The four players are part of the first set of 21 players who have signed up for the league which is backed up by financially powerful Indian Premier League corporate giants. The six-team competition also has Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Jordan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman available in this “first set”, apart from Sunil Narine, Dawid…