South Africa’s cricket board are reportedly about to argue in favour of Mark Boucher’s removal following accusations of misconduct on him after the Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings. According to ESPNcricinfo, Boucher was served a seven-page charge sheet on January 17 by the board, with accusations laid out of misbehaviour and acts of creating racial indifference against the black teammates. With this bringing Cricket South Africa into disrepute on past and current handlings of racial discrimination, the board is seriously looking at Boucher’s position. While charges against the 45-year-old also relate to his team’s handling of the BLM campaign and…
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Zimbabwe’s stronger suit – batting – let them down at the worst possible time in the series, as they collapsed to just 70 all out in the deciding one-dayer in Pallekele and handed Sri Lanka a win by a whopping 184 runs despite posting only 254/9 in the first half. The tourists failed to bat even 25 overs in the run-chase where they could’ve achieved history, winning another ODI series in Sri Lanka. But as it panned out, only two of their batters – Takudzwanashe Kaitano (19) and Ryan Burl (15) – made it through to double digits, bundled out in just 24.4 overs. In a remarkable…
As was being speculated, the two new franchises based in Lucknow and Ahmedabad have named KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya as their respective captains for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. The two Indian players were touted as the two major signings to be announced by the new Premier Leauge franchises and now there is an official confirmation of the same. While Rahul has been picked as captain after being drafted for a whopping sum of INR 17 crores, Hardik has been appointed skipper with a signing amount of 15 crores. According to the pre-auction rules set by the BCCI…
India’s tour of disasters continued on January 21 as they failed to defend an above par score of 287 in the second ODI in Paarl and conceded the series to South Africa. The tourists failed to take wickets in the first powerplay and the middle-overs as the hosts rallied to another comprehensive seven-wicket victory that sealed the three-match series. Also read 👉 Bavuma & vDD shine as Indians suffer yet another batting collapse India’s longstanding bowling issues in ODIs came back to haunt them, with their pacers and spinners both struggling to put any sort of pressure on South African batters.…
BCCI is set to tweak the schedule for the national team’s limited-overs series against the West Indies, with the three ODIs and three T20Is reportedly set to be held only in Ahmedabad and Kolkata to limit both teams travel amid the rising coronavirus cases in the country. As India approaches the pandemic’s much-feared third wave, the BCCI could limit the number of venues due to host the Windies ODIs and T20Is, looking to avoid any possibility of the virus entering the series’ bubble. As per the original schedule, while ODIs for the series – part of the ICC Super League – are due to…
A resounding Ashes victory at home coinciding with India’s bitterly painful 2-1 series loss in South Africa has seen Australia ascend to the number ome spot in the latest ICC Test rankings. The Aussies have climbed above New Zealand and India to reach the No.1 position, with 119 rating points in the latest update. The Aussies dominated England in their home summer, winning comprehensively in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart either side of a draw in Sydney to clinch the urn with a 4-0 series scoreline. The nature of their victories was eye-catching. They defeated the tourists by nine wickets…
The two national teams will meet again during the Super 12 round of the tournament at the iconic MCG on October 23, with the ICC confirming the groups and the schedule on January 21. India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh are part of Group 2 of the Super 12 round, where hosts Australia, England, New Zealand and Afghanistan make-up Group 1. These eight teams will be joined in their respective groups by the qualifiers from the preliminary round. In the preliminary round, Sri Lanka, Namibia and two yet-to-be-determined teams from the global qualifier will form Group A and West Indies, Scotland and two other qualifying sides will combine to form Group B. As per…
South Africa have decided to rest their premier quick Kagiso Rabada from the ODI series versus India, starting with the opening game in Paarl on January 19. Keeping in mind a short turnaround from what was an absorbing three-Test series versus the tourists, Cricket South Africa have withdrawn Rabada from the ODI leg of the India visit to manage his workload ahead of the next month’s important WTC 2021-23 fixtures in New Zealand, followed by home Tests versus Bangladesh. The news for Rabada to skip the ODI series came less than 24 hours before the first ball is bowled at the Boland Park, with…
January 18 saw England, South Africa and Afghanistan clinch comprehensive wins over Canada, Uganda and Papua New Guinea, respectively, in the ICC U-19 World Cup 2022. The Three Lions took a giant leap towards the knock-outs, while the Proteas regained the winning ways and Afghanistan got on board with a victory. In the Group A encounter played in St Kitts, England came out on top versus Canada by 106 runs after posting a mammoth 320/7 on the board in the first half. England were put into bat after losing the toss, a decision that they made Canada regret, thanks to skipper Tom Prest’s 93, backed up…
The Lucknow franchise, which is one of the two new sides – along with Ahmedabad – entering the IPL from this year, has finalised Indian batter KL Rahul, Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and uncapped Indian wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi as their three signings before entering the much-awaited auction for the IPL 2022. ESPNcricinfo stated in a report. ESPNcricinfo also reported that Rahul is all set to lead the Lucknow franchise, having been bought into the set-up at a sum of INR 15 crores. Further, the Lucknow think-tank has reached an agreement with Stoinis and Bishnoi for sums of INR 11 crores and 4 crores, respectively, for…