As per an ESPNcricinfo report, the top cream of English Test cricketers had a thorough discussion with Cricket Australia regime on Tuesday about their concerns regarding the stringent rules and regulations amid the pandemic. Following this, the England and Wales Cricket Board has given the players a time span lasting until the end of this week to take their final decision. The report further stated, “the team is only set to tour if an adequate number of front-liner players agree to travel” to Australia. However, that concern was crushed in another report by the Daily Telegraph, which mentioned that skipper Joe Root has got a number…
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The three-time Premier League champions have brought Dominic Drakes into their camp, recognising the need to keep their options intact as they approach the final stage of the ongoing season. Drakes, the son of former West Indies cricketer Vasbert Drakes, has been in the United Arabic Emirates since the start of the second half of the tournament because of his association with the Mumbai Indians (MI) as one of their net bowlers. https://twitter.com/ians_india/status/1445809076072374285 Bagging his maiden Premier League gig is a culmination of a couple of terrific months for the youngster, who had a breakthrough Caribbean Premier League 2021 with eventual title-holders St Kitts…
Currently, the right-hand batter is on a short-term deal with Northern California Cricket Association, but ESPNcricinfo reported, he is “open” to expanding his contract and staying put with the team named California Zalmi in Premier C League. There is a strong indication on Umar’s front that he may cut his ties completely with Pakistan cricket after a horrible couple of years in what has remained an unfulfilled and controversial career to say the least. The player’s family, stated the report by ESPNcricinfo, has confirmed that he has left to ply his trade in the USA league cricket circuit, adding that they and the cricketer…
Former India opening batter Krishnamachari Srikkanth is highly impressed by the speeds and raw talent of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s young pacer Umran Malik. On Sunday, Umran troubled multiple Kolkata Knight Riders batters with the pace and bounce he generated. For one of his deliveries, he touched the 150 kmph mark, making him the Indian bowler with the fastest delivery bowled in this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League. Credit: New Indian Express The Jammu & Kashmir cricketer, who had played just two domestic T20s before his IPL debut, gave away only 27 runs from his four overs. And though he didn’t take…
Contrary to perceptions, India and Delhi Capitals left-arm spinner Axar Patel said, it is not that easy to bowl on surfaces in UAE. Axar, who has been bowling magnificently for DC in this year’s edition of the IPL, feels it has been “important” for him to quickly identify the right lines and lengths to bowl in the Middle East. With his skiddy nature and lower, flattish trajectory, the Gujarat left-armer has troubled many batters on dry surfaces in both the Indian and the UAE leg of IPL 2021. He has now taken 14 wickets from his nine outings for DC this year…
A contentious call made by TV umpire Krishnamachari Srinivasan saw Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Devdutt Padikkal getting a reprieve when the snickometer showed a clear spike with the ball passing near his gloves during Sunday’s IPL encounter against Punjab Kings. The incident is from the third ball of the 8th over of the RCB innings, where Padikkal shaped up to play a reverse sweep against a sharp googly from PBKS’ unorthodox wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi. As Padikkal missed his stroke, the ball passed very near the bat and the glove and immediately, the entire Punjab Kings fielding unit erupted in appeal for a caught behind. Credit:…
After suffering a defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, Punjab Kings skipper KL Rahul admitted it would be a case of him lying if he said the struggles of the rest of the side’s batting unit don’t play on his mind. Outside of his opening partner Mayank Agarwal, hardly any other PBKS batter has inspired much trust and confidence in their batting abilities for Rahul. This has been evident in the way the 29-year-old has batted since taking over the team’s captaincy last year. Learn more 👉 Royal Challengers Bangalore seal playoffs berth with 6-run victory over Punjab Kings Rahul…
Despite an extended poor batting performance, KKR head coach Brendon McCullum backed captain Eoin Morgan to come out of his rut sooner rather than later and is not contemplating a captaincy change, at least till the end of their IPL 2021 campaign. Morgan hasn’t been at his best since the start of the tournament earlier this year in India. The England left-hander has contributed only 111 runs over 13 innings at an average of 11.10 and strike-rate of 100.90. Credit: BCCI Even though there have been suggestions from outside for Kolkata Knight Riders to make the ultimate move and drop their skipper on grounds of poor form, the Australian…
Shubman Gill made the stand-out effort with the bat after an all-round bowling display as KKR dominated SRH to earn themselves two very crucial points in the race for the last playoffs spot in Indian Premier League 2021. Tim Southee (2/26) and Shivam Mavi (2/29) lent the first punches for KKR, dismissing both SRH’s openers Wriddhiman Saha (0) and Jason Roy (10) early. The two quicks returned to the attack later on and added a scalp each to their tally. Those initial couple of blows helped KKR get a headstart in the proceedings, which their spinners exploited brilliantly thereafter. KKR’s spin trio of Varun Chakravarthy (2/26), Sunil Narine (0/12) and comeback…
Australia’s menacing fast-bowler Mitchell Starc showed the softer side of his in gifting ‘long spikes’ to the country’s women’s national team players at the sidelines of their pink-ball D/N Test encounter against visitors India in Gold Coast. This was revealed by former Australian cricketer turned commentator Lisa Sthalekar on ‘Channel 7’. “It was actually the first day’s play when Stella [Campbell] was bowling. She had to put a bit of sawdust on [the crease]. The bowlers came off and Starc said, ‘Have you got your long spikes?’”she said. Sthalekar made a revelation that some of the women’s team players weren’t even aware…