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The first-ever Women’s Cricket Future Tours Programme is set to be released soon, as confirmed by ICC CEO Geoff Allardice. The cycle, as worked out by the member nations, would span between 2022 and 2025. “The women’s FTP is going to be published. It’s the first time we have had a long-term plan around women’s series that can give broadcasters and fans a certainty about who is playing who and what time of the year.”It is structured around the ICC Women’s Championships through from 2022-25 with a lead up to the next World Cup which will be staged in India,”Allardice…

The 2022 edition of the Asia Cup will be held in the UAE, instead of Sri Lanka as had been planned earlier, the Asian Cricket Council announced on July 27. The decision comes as a result of the ongoing political turmoil in Sri Lanka. Notably, the island nation retains the hosting rights for the T20I competition to be played between August 27 and September 11. “Every effort was made to host the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and the decision to shift the venue to the UAE was taken after much deliberation. The UAE will be the new venue while…

Former India boss Ravi Shastri is in agreement with ex-Pakistan international Shahid Afridi, who recently suggested that ODI cricket should be reduced from 50 to 40 overs per side. With the increasing popularity of the T20 format and Test cricket maintaining its charm, the ODI version has somewhat taken a hit, with questions being raised over its future. Ben Stokes’ surprise retirement call from ODIs recently has added to the concerns, with the England Test captain stating that it had become “unsustainable” for him to play across all three formats. Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Wasim Akram (@wasimakramliveofficial) Ex-Pakistan captain…

Former India Women captain Mithali Raj lavished praise on young opener Shafali Verma, who she feels possesses the ability to win games single-handedly for her team. Still just 18, Verma has been one of India women’s premier match-winners ever since her international debut three years ago. The swashbuckling opener is known for her fluent stroke-play at the top, and has formed a formidable pair with Smriti Mandhana across formats. Credit: ICC Shafali recently scored 155 runs at 77.50 in India’s 3-0 ODI series win in Sri Lanka, and will be a key player at the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Raj, one of Women’s game…

Indian batter Shreyas Iyer was pleased with his contribution in his side’s second straight win against West Indies on July 24, but expressed disappointment in missing out on a big score. After a steady 57-ball 54 in the series opener, which Rohit Sharma’s men went on to win by three runs, Iyer struck 63 off 71 in India’s successful 312 run-chase in the second game of the series Sunday. He struck four fours and a six, while also adding a crucial 99-run stand with Sanju Samson, before Axar Patel’s heroic 64* off 35 helped India cross the line with two wickets and as many balls to…

The Cricket Scotland’s entire board handed in their resignations with immediate effect following an investigation into institutional racism claims in the sport in the country. Cricket Scotland finds itself in challenging times with allegations of institutional racism surfacing in the sport in the country. An independent review was brought in place after off-spinner Majid Haq, Scotland’s leading wicket-taker, alleged during a chat with Sky Sports that Cricket Scotland was “institutionally racist”. Majid, 39, has not represented Scotland ever since being sent back home from the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. He claimed that he had been victimised on the grounds of…

Ben Stokes’ recent ODI retirement decision served as a wake-up call among the cricket fraternity, with its increasingly intense scheduling taking a toll on players’ fitness and the mental well-being. While many expect Stokes’ path to be followed by numerous players in future, his former teammate Jonny Bairstow, one of England’s premier all-format players, is keen on continuing in all three formats for as long as possible. “I don’t know if it’s good or bad that I’m one of the last all-format players,”Bairstow told Sky Sports on Friday ahead of the second ODI against South Africa, which the hosts went on to…

The Aussies will tour India for three T20Is in September, followed by the Proteas for three T20Is and as many ODIs stretching up to October second week, the respective cricket boards confirmed on July 2022. India will host the aforementioned sides in three T20Is each in September-October, ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, beginning October 16. SA, who had toured India for five T20Is in June, will also play three ODIs, with the 50-overs series being expected to feature second-string line-ups. Mohali, Nagpur and Hyderabad will host the three T20Is against Australia on September 20, 23 and…

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will miss the second Test against Sri Lanka, beginning Sunday, July 24, in Galle, due to an injury he sustained on his right knee during the series opener at the same venue. Afridi suffered the blow on Day 4 of the first Test, which Pakistan went on to win by four wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series. A Pakistan Cricket Board statement confirmed the update and added that the left-arm quick will remain with the team until the end of the tour, while his recovery will be monitored by the medical…

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels that ODI cricket should be scrapped entirely with growing popularity of the T20 version, with Test cricket being to stay. Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain and a fast bowling great, feels that the 50-over international game should be scrapped completely with depleting interest among the spectators. Akram, who was the leading wicket-taker in Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup winning campaign, which included a Player of the Final performance against England, and later led the side in the 1999 edition wherein they’d finished the runners-up, remarked that ODI cricket has become “run-of-the-mill”. “I think so…