West Indies pace legend Michael Holding believes it is vital for the noble campaigns such as ‘Black Lives Matter’ that an increasing number of prominent individuals, including those playing sport, are seen taking a stance against racial discrimination. Credit: Sky Sports The cricketer turned commentator stated that sportspersons should be using their celebrity status to spread awareness amongst the wider public and play their part in eradicating the longstanding malaise that is racism. “If people who have a platform and who are able to reach out and get people to listen and people to understand say nothing, then who will?” Holding…
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Australian legend Adam Gilchrist thinks there are “similarities” between his and Alex Carey’s rise and journey to representing their country in Test cricket. With Carey about to make his Test debut with the Ashes opener at the Gabba, Gilchrist spoke about the South Australian wicketkeeper-batter. For Gilchrist, regarded as arguably the greatest wicketkeeper-batter ever to play the game, the similarity is in how Carey has had an extended chance to get a taste and feel of the international game through white-ball cricket before being picked to play Test matches. https://twitter.com/WisdenCricket/status/1327491453946265600 Like Carey, who has featured in 45 ODIs and 38 T20Is before his Test debut, Gilchrist…
India skipper Virat Kohli said his idea behind taking a short break after the T20 World Cup exit was to try and regain his rhythm batting against the red-ball for Test match cricket. Kohli missed the T20I series versus New Zealand entirely and also skipped the first Test of the two-match series that was played in Kanpur. While stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane led the Indian side to a draw at the Green Park, Kohli was seen training in Mumbai under the supervision of former India allrounder Sanjay Bangar, with a single-minded focus on getting his preparations right for the second Test versus the…
Former Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews’ participation in the ongoing second Test of the series against West Indies could be limited substantially as picked up a thigh-strain on Day 2 of the rain-marred fixture in Galle. Mathews’ injury was sustained while he tried to run across for a single in the first-innings while batting on a score of 12. Not able to resume his innings immediately, he was declared retired hurt and went on to receive treatment from the team physios and the medical team. Nearly eight overs later, the elegant right-hand batter returned to take the field as Sri Lanka lost four…
Former Australian wristspinner Brad Hogg was all praise for Indian umpires Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma after their impressive work amidst the bad light in Kanpur in the closing hour of Day 5 of the first India-New Zealand Test on November 29. Hogg took note of the “wonderful job” done by Menon and Sharma as they kept a regular check of the dwindling brightness at the Green Park and communicated properly with the two teams. With time running out in the Test, India required just one more wicket to end with a victory. But Menon and Sharma showed zero bias at that stage of…
South Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey is all set to don the gloves for the very first time in Test cricket for Australia as a replacement for Tim Paine in the forthcoming Ashes opener against England in Brisbane (December 8). Carey has been chosen to keep wickets at the Gabba after Paine opted out of the Ashes in controversial circumstances last month, stated a report in watoday.com.au. Credit: AAP Australia were left without a wicketkeeper in their squad for the Ashes after Paine followed his decision to relinquish the captaincy post with a call to go on an indefinite break. Both the…
27 cricketers were retained by the existing Indian Premier League sides on November 30 ahead of the mega auction for the next year’s ten-team tournament, spending INR 269 crores in keeping some of their players intact. The list of retained players included 19 Indian players and eight overseas cricketers. As many as four players in the Indian category were uncapped players. As was expected, the retention list features big Indian names such as MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, as well as Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant. In the overseas category, franchises have kept the likes of Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Sunil Narine, Glenn Maxwell, Moeen Ali with them. Abdul Samad and Arshdeep Singh are…
England captain Joe Root said his team is focused on being mentally prepared for the stiff challenge of another Ashes Down Under against Australia as the elongated quarantine for white-ball players and the weather in Brisbane threatens to curtail some of their build-up to the marquee series. England’s limited-overs stars, selected for the Ashes, who were part of the T20 World Cup in UAE – Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan and Chris Woakes – are now out of the 14-day quarantine they were made to go through because of the protocols amid Covid-19 pandemic. These players will be reuniting with the rest of the…
South African pacer Duanne Olivier has said he is “open” to a return to international cricket and has left the onus on the selectors if they are looking to select him for the summer ahead, including a marquee all-format series with India. Olivier is one of multiple Proteas cricketers who have made their comeback to domestic cricket at home following the end of the Kolpak system in England in 2020. Since returning to base, the 29-year-old has been in tremendous form for the Lions, taking 28 wickets from his four first-class games in the 4-Day Franchise Series 2021-22. He is at the top of the wickets chart for…
Pakistan came roaring back into the first Test against Bangladesh and won by 8 wickets despite conceding what many felt was a crucial 44-run lead in the first innings. Bundled out for a score of 286 in response to hosts’ 330, Pakistan dismissed Bangladesh for just 157 and chased down the 202-run target in just over 50 overs. Dominating the scene in the fourth-innings, the visitors had openers Abid Ali (91) and Abdullah Shafique (73) batting stupendously for their first-wicket stand of 151 runs. In a chase of 202, that partnership made it a no-contest for the Pakistan side, which lost only one further wicket before…