England all-rounder Moeen Ali is set to announce his retirement from Test cricket effective immediately, stated ESPNcricinfo in a report. The 34-year-old has reportedly decided to call time on his international career in the whites ahead of the Ashes tour later this year, with concerns around bio-bubble fatigue and extended time away from the family. ESPNcricinfo reported, Moeen is: “uncomfortable with the prospect of an extended time away from home in the coming months as a likely member of both the T20 World Cup and Ashes squads.” The report also stated that the spin all-rounder has informed of his decision…
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A fantastic all-round display from Glenn Maxwell was the headlining aspect of RCB’s commanding victory over MI’s in Match 39 of the IPL 2021 in Dubai on Sunday. The Australian international played a fantastic knock in the middle-order and then bowled a game-changing spell with the ball to push RCB towards a resounding win. The Australian maverick blasted a magnificent half-century (56 off 37) in the first innings to make sure RCB breached the 160-mark on a Dubai surface playing quite dry. Credit: BCCI His brilliant knock included six fours and three sixes as he stitched useful partnerships with skipper Virat…
Chennai Super Kings skipper was mindful of his team’s inconsistency on the day but said it was still “enjoyable” to have seen his side keep Kolkata Knight Riders at bay and win Sunday’s IPL 2021 game in Abu Dhabi. The victory further consolidated CSK’s top position in the points table with eight wins from 10 matches, a remarkable turnaround after last year’s disastrous first-round exit. But Dhoni, forever a realist, indicated beneath words that he wasn’t so pleased with his team’s iffy performance at different stages. “It’s a nice victory to have. At times you play good cricket and you lose. It…
Even as Ravichandran Ashwin has made a comeback to India’s T20I squad for the World Cup and is a first-choice pick for DC, the former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has denounced the veteran off-spinner’s bowling prowess in white-ball cricket. For Manjrekar, the Capitals are better off playing experienced wrist-spinner Amit Mishra ahead of Ashwin alongside in-form left-arm spinner Axar Patel as he can give them more wickets through the middle-overs. Credit: IPLT20 Ashwin, who played only five of DC’s eight games during the Indian leg of IPL 2021 before leaving the tournament’s bio-bubble, didn’t have the best of starts to the UAE leg. The…
As Sri Lanka strive to enter the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup in UAE, their former captain Mahela Jayawardene will be helping the team along after being appointed as a consultant for the initial round of the tournament. Jayawardene will be there in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, where Sri Lanka face Namibia, Ireland and the Netherlands in the preliminary round with the aim to secure one of the two Group A slots in the Super 12s. The Lankan batting great, who is now a successful coach around the T20 circuit, is also roped in by SLC as a mentor for the Under-19s, who are preparing for…
On Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered yet another defeat, going down by five runs in a low-scoring encounter against the Punjab Kings. A knock of substance from all-rounder Jason Holder was the only saving grace for the Sunrisers as a batting failure let them down in the chase of the Punjab Kings’ 125/7 in the second half. Holder took great advantage of anything too full from PBKS bowlers on a dryish track where spinners and pacers enjoyed great success whenever they bowled the good length. The West Indies all-rounder batting No.7 hit as many as five sixes in his 29-ball 47 and took the game…
A fighting knock of unbeaten 70 off 53 deliveries from captain Sanju Samson went in vain as Rajasthan Royals suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of DC in Match 36 of the IPL 2021 on Saturday. Having gone through an extended period of inconsistency following his century in RR’s first match of the tournament in India, Samson finally regained his best form and rhythm at the crease. He was arguably the best batter on show from either side and made a fantastic half-century, even as the rest of the RR batting unit struggled to get going against DC’s robust…
Jammu and Kashmir young pacer Umran Malik has joined SRH as a short-term replacement of left-arm quick T Natarajan on Covid-19 grounds for the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League. Malik had travelled with the Sunrisers to UAE as a net bowler but has now turned into an interim member of the playing group following Natarajan’s positive COVID-19 test last week. https://twitter.com/SunRisers/status/1441340212500520972 Natarajan is in isolation from the rest of the SRH group after contracting the contagious virus ahead of the UAE leg opener against the Delhi Capitals. He was separated from the team along with six individuals identified as his close…
Chennai Super Kings showed off their great bounce back ability on yet another occasion in the UAE leg of the IPL 2021, clinching victory after making a shaky start to the proceedings in Sharjah on September 24. The three-time champions began poorly with the ball but came out triumphant by six wickets at the end. https://twitter.com/RCBTweets/status/1441401581388255242 On a dryish Sharjah track, the Super Kings let RCB maximise the powerplay restrictions, with opposition skipper Virat Kohli and his promising young opening partner Devdutt Padikkal taking their team to 55/0 at the 6-over mark. At this point, it seemed RCB’s powerpacked batting unit, including also Glenn Maxwell and AB…
South African speedste had only good things to say about his first-hand experience of playing under young Rishabh Pant’s captaincy for Delhi Capitals in the UAE leg of the IPL 2021. On Wednesday, Anrich Nortje played his first game with Pant at the helm against the Sunrisers Hyderabad after missing the first half of the tournament due to injury. The right-arm pacer delivered a fantastic four-over spell for figures of 2/12 in the Capital’s thumping victory over SRH by eight wickets. “He has got a good eye of what’s going to happen in the game, and that’s really nice having…