Author: Kashish Chadha

Former wristspinner Paul Adams will not be testifying against his former South African teammate Mark Boucher at Cricket South Africa’s disciplinary hearing from May 16 to 20 after findings of alleged racist behaviour on Boucher in the Social Justice and Nation-Building. Boucher will be summoned at the hearing for charges of indifferential conduct as a player and now coach in the South African set-up. He will appear before Terry Motau, a senior counsel advocate, who will see through the final round of hearings on the matter and give necessary directives to CSA with Boucher’s retention as national head coach hanging on…

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis has confirmed he contemplated the option of tactically retiring himself out late in his team’s innings on May 8 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2022. The South African, who produced a knock of 73 off 50 in RCB’s win, claimed he wanted their designated power-hitter Dinesh Karthik to walk in the innings nearing its close. Hhowever, the captain couldn’t make the decision for himself as a wicket fell off the second ball of the 19th over and provided Karthik with an opportunity to take the game away from the Sunrisers with…

Delhi-based coach Sanjay Bharadwaj recalled the initial struggles of Mumbai Indians’ latest IPL 2022 recruit Kumar Kartikeya Singh. In his initial few games for MI, Singh has caught everyone’s attention with his great mix of googlies, wrong uns, and carrom ball apart from the usual fingerspin with the left-arm angle. But very few know that six months back, all that the 24-year-old could do was bowl orthodox spin until Bharadwaj persuaded him to add greater edge to his bowling. The player worked day and night to give his left-arm spin greater range and a bag of tricks to get on…

Bangladesh left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman has had criticism thrown his way by BCB’s team director and former cricketer Khaled Mahmud, who thinks the pacer’s decision to skip Test matches is harmful to the side. Rahman, who was allowed to give the Test series in South Africa a miss, is also set to skip the pair of World Test Championship fixtures at home against Sri Lanka in May as he stays put in India for the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The Delhi Capitals man could have been useful to Bangladesh’s prospects on dry surfaces in Dhaka and Chattogram with his mix of…

Making his return to first-class cricket for Durham, Ben Stokes lit up the Division 2 County Championship game against Worcestershire with a record 17 sixes in his explosive innings for the club on May 6. The aggressive left-hander went on a rampage and ended with an eye-catching 161 off just 88 balls. Walking into bat with Durham well placed at 360 for four in their first-innings, the Englishman batted with the utmost freedom and took the game away from Worcestershire at their home ground at New Road with one of the most brutal assaults you will see. At one point in his tremendous knock,…

An impressive bag of six wickets in his second game of the County Championship stint with Gloucestershire led to the ultimate question for Mohammad Amir: is he keen on making a return to Pakistan’s Test side? The 30-year-old is on a comeback at the first-class level a good two and a half years after announcing his premature retirement from Tests. He also decided to quit international cricket after a fall out with the team management and the Pakistan Cricket Board regime. The left-arm pacer had been plying his trade in white-ball leagues before encouragingly signing with Gloucestershire for their three league games…

Former India cricketer and Mumbai stalwart, Lalchand Rajput, believes Gujarat Titans allrounder Hardik Pandya has looked a player rejuvenated in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League because of the extra responsibility he has relished captaining the franchise. Rajput says it augurs well for Indian cricket how Pandya has managed to adjust to the leadership role with Titans, who currently occupy the first spot on the Premier League standings. He cited his move up the order for the new IPL franchise to stress home his point, adding the promotion to No.3-4 has given the allrounder’s career a new lease…

The five-time Indian Premier League champions confirmed the development on May 5, stating Tymal Mills has sustained an ankle injury and wouldn’t be available for the rest of the season. Notably, MI haven’t brought in a like-for-like replacement for the Englishman, as they look to cover for their batting issues.  The left-arm pacer had also been out of favour from the first-choice XI since April 16 when he last turned up versus the Lucknow Super Giants. The 29-year-old had taken three wickets that day but went for 54 runs off his four overs. He played five games for MI this season, proving very expensive with…

The Marylebone Cricket Club, cricket’s law-making body, will have actor and comedian Stephen Fry as its new full-time president later in the year. The Englishman will replace existing MCC president Clare Connor upon the end of her tenure on October 1.  Credit: Sky Sports Fry, a member of the MCC since 2011, had been nominated for the next president’s role by Connor herself, as she identified the actor-turned-administrator as the right candidate to fulfil the job requirements. “I am honoured and proud to be nominated as the next President of MCC,””It is a club that is known throughout the world…

Less than a month away from the start of the home summer and a new era of cricket in England, newly-appointed Test skipper Ben Stokes says he wants to cultivate a “selfless” group spirit. With England trying to revive their fortunes at the Test level after recent changes in the team’s leadership group, the 30-year-old said the focus on the field should be to try and control the controllables and play in unison towards one goal. The new skipper, who took over from Joe Root, believes decisions made off the field, while relevant to the team’s cause indirectly, shouldn’t deter the…