Author: RoshanGede

Veteran Mahmudullah was the most notable absentee as Bangladesh named their 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2022, to be played in Australia in October-November. The 36-year-old hasn’t had the best of the year with the bat in T20Is, having aggregated 151 runs from eight innings at a strike-rate of 110.22. In Bangladesh’s disappointing Asia Cup 2022 campaign in the UAE recently, wherein they crashed out of the competition with back-to-back defeats to Afghanistan and Sri Lanka respectively, the right-hander registered scores of 25 off 27 and 25 off 22. Mahmudullah led Bangladesh in 43 T20Is till date – the most – until…

Ben Stokes was in all praise of senior speedsters James Anderson and Stuart Broad after England completed a come-from-behind 2-1 series win over South Africa on September 12. After having endured a tough time in Test cricket until the beginning of the 2022 home summer, England, under the inspired leadership of skipper Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum have turned the tables around, with seven wins from eight Tests in the season. After having cleanswept New Zealand 3-0 and registering a comprehensive seven-wicket win over India at Edgbaston, England suffered an innings defeat to the Proteas in the series opener at Lord’s, prompting debate over their newly…

Mickey Arthur was in all-praise for Wanindu Hasaranga, whose all-round brilliance helped Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 final on September 11. The Lankan Lions defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the Asia Cup 2022 final in Dubai on Sunday to clinch their sixth title. At a venue known to favour the side batting second, Sri Lanka stood at 58/5 in the ninth over after being put in, before a remarkable recovery act followed. Hasaranga scored a valuable 36 off 21 in a crucial 58-run stand with Bhanuka Rajapaksha, setting it up for a strong finish. The latter’s…

Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq backed skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, with questions being raised over their batting approach during the Asia Cup 2022. Pakistan, the fourth-ranked T20I side, were beaten comprehensively by eighth-ranked Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the Asia Cup 2022 final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, September 11. Overall, Pakistan won three of their six matches (including the final) in the competition, with the only convincing victory coming against Hong Kong. An untimely middle-order collapse versus Afghanistan almost ended their campaign before Naseem Shah delivered the heroic blows in a tense finish. Credit: ICC In the final, they were well…

Afghanistan assistant coach Raees Ahmadzai wants Afghanistan to play the top full-member teams more often to help them improve on quality and the ability to handle pressure. The Afghans had quite an eventful and mixed Asia Cup 2022 campaign, with them showing sparks of brilliance consistently, but the inability to seize key moments clearly came to the fore. They registered convincing wins over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the first round before challening the former and Pakistan in the Super Four round but finished second in both occasions. Their bowling stood tall while defending a modest 129/6 against Pakistan, with left-arm quicks Fazalhaq Farooqi and Fareed Ahmad as well as…

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the last Asia Cup 2022 Super Four game – a dress rehearsal before the final – in Dubai on September 9. The Sri Lankans have extended their impressive run at the ongoing tournament, registering a clinical five-wicket win over co-finalists Pakistan in the last Super Four game of the competition. It has been quite a turnaround by the Dasun Shanaka-led side, who suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Afghanistan in the tournament opener, before redeeming themselves to win four on the bounce. They started off somewhat erratic with the ball after having put Pakistan…

KL Rahul batsman is of the opinion that his teammate Virat Kohli can score hundreds in the T20I format regardless of his batting position in the top-order. The seven-time Asia Cup winners failed to qualify for the final of the 2022 edition after back-to-back defeats to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super Four stage before managing a thumping 101-run win over Afghanistan in their last game of the competition on September 8. While the defeats certainly magnified the aspects the team struggled on, the biggest positive was perhaps Kohli returning to form, with the former India captain closing it out with a maiden T20I hundred,…

England Women all-rounder Nat Sciver, who had been named the stand-in captain in the absence of injured Heather Knight, has pulled out of the upcoming white-ball home series against India in order to concentrate on her mental health and wellbeing. As confirmed by ECB, the 30-year-old left the team’s camp in Durham to return home. Earlier, Sciver’s wife Katherine Brunt was left out of the squad for the T20Is, with Lisa Keightley saying Brunt would “rest across both the T20 and ODI series…. with a view to maximising her mental and physical recovery off the back of what has been an intense year so…

A massive fan outrage was seen at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium following Afghanistan’s one-wicket defeat to Pakistan in an Asia Cup 2022 encounter on September 7. Pakistan sealed a nail-biting thriller in a Super Four game at the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 on Wednesday to seal a spot in the tournament final. The defeat knocked Afghanistan out, as well as ended India’s race to the final after they had lost both their opening games of the round. The match featured several tense moments at the back-end and was punctuated with an on-field tussle, as Afghanistan seamer Fareed Ahmed and Pakistan batter Asif Ali had…

On September 7, Pakistan registered a sensational one-wicket win over Afghanistan in their second game of the Super Four round at the Asia Cup 2022 to romp into the finals. In a game that kept swinging dramatically in its closing stages, it was Naseem Shah’s back-to-back sixes that proved to be decisive, powering Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win over Afghanistan in their second game of the Super Four round at the Asia Cup 2022 in Sharjah on Wednesday. The win confirmed Pakistan a spot in the final, wherein they’ll take on Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, September…