Author: RoshanGede

England needed just 15.2 overs to knock off the remaining 113 of their 296-run target on the fifth day of the third Test against New Zealand at Headingley, with local heroes Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow playing the lead. England successfully gunned down a third-straight target of 275-plus in the three-match series against the Black Caps – a one-of-its-kind sequence in Test cricket history – to complete a clean-sweep and mark a glorious start to the Brendon McCullum-Ben Stokes era. It’s worth noting that they’d won just one of the 17 Tests in buildup to the home summer. The final day of the Test…

The No.3 ranked Test batter Steve Smith is set to feature in Australia’s first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, beginning June 29. However, uncertainty continues over injured Mitchell Starc and Travis Head’s availability. Smith has confirmed his participation in the first Test against the Lankan Lions in Galle, after quad injury had kept him out of the final three ODIs of the five-match series, which Australia lost 2-3. “If we were still playing one-day cricket, I would be touch and go, but Test cricket, I will be fine. Test cricket is a bit easier [on the quad].”I field in…

Rajasthan Royals director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara spoke highly of Daryl Mitchell’s work ethic as the New Zealander registered his third century in the ongoing England-New Zealand Test series on June 24. The 31-year-old has had quite an English summer, with hundreds in each of the three Tests in the ongoing series. Mitchell wasn’t a certain starter in the New Zealand XI at Lord’s before an injury to Henry Nicholls opened up the way. He got his name onto the famous Honours Boards at the Home of Cricket with a ton in the second innings and later went 190 and 62* in…

PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has stated that the board will challenge the Indian Premier League’s proposed extended window during the International Cricket Council’s next meet in July. The UPL bagged blockbuster media rights for its 2023-27 cycle, and is set to grow even bigger in coming years. As stated by BCCI secretary Jay Shah earlier in June, the world’s richest T20 league will have a two-and-a-half month window in the ICC’s next FTP calendar, likely to come into effect with the 2024 edition. That would however affect the international calendar and the other cricketing nations, and the issue will be raised by…

Alex Carey led Australia’s charge with a stabilizing unbeaten 45, helping them beat Sri Lanka by four wickets on a spinning Colombo track in the fifth and final ODI on June 24. Australia were rocked early in their run-chase of 161, being reduced to 19/3 by the sixth over, with Sri Lanka spinners Maheesh Theekshana and young Dunith wellalage posing great challenge on a track offering ample turn and bounce. Skipper Aaron Finch edged one through to the slip while attempting a sweep off Theekshana, while David Warner was undone by a brilliant catch by Danushka Gunathilaka at mid-off off Wellalage. Theekshana then had Josh Inglis play a leg glance straight to the…

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has backed Deepak Hooda to be in contention for India’s T20 World Cup 2022 plans, and hoped for the all-rounder to get a chance in the upcoming two-match series in Ireland. Hooda enjoyed his best-ever Indian Premier League campaign on an individual front this year, aggregating 451 runs at 32.21 while maintaining a strike-rate of 136.67 in Lucknow Super Giants’ run to the playoffs. His previous best aggregate in an IPL season was 160, for the Punjab Kings in the 2021 edition. Credit: IPL The all-rounder has also been excellent in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021/22, with 294 runs at 73.50 and a strike-rate of 168 for Rajasthan. He was a part…

Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell has made a comeback to Australia’s Test squad after a five-year-long gap for the side’s upcoming two-match series against the Lankan Lions. “It’s a bit more of a precaution, especially with where he fields. He fields in the outfield and the ground is quite heavy and he does a lot of Ks.I’m not sure what he’ll be like for the Tests but he’s definitely not available for tomorrow.”Australia captain Aaron Finch said of Head’s injury in the presser ahead of the final ODI. Maxwell, who made his Test debut against India in Hyderabad in 2013, has played seven…

England Test coach Brendon McCullum feels that Ben Stokes was handed the captaincy at the right time, following the team’s glorious start to the home summer. Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand skipper, was made the England Test coach last month. That was after Stokes was handed the red-ball captaincy, following Joe Root’s resignation from the post after England’s difficult run in the format over a period of more than a year. The side has found a new-found intent, aiding positive results, much like the ODI side had endured in the 2015 home summer under Eoin Morgan, after the disappointing World Cup exit…

Russell Domingo talked through the side’s batting performance in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies in Antigua, wherein the visitors are staring at a likely defeat going into Day 4. Bangladesh haven’t had a great start to the Windies tour, with hosts being just 35 runs away from securing a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. The slump started on the first morning of the Test, with visitors being bundled out for 103 in the first innings, Shakib Al Hasan – the newly appointed skipper – being the lone significant contributor with 51. There were eight single digit scores in the first innings – six being…

South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje remained out of action for five months with back and hip injuries, which saw him miss the multi-format home series against India, followed by two Tests in New Zealand and home ODIs and Tests against Bangladesh, in the period after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE. The 28-year-old was allowed to continue his rehabilitation with Delhi Capitals ahead of Indian Premier League 2022, and was declared fit to feature in the side’s third game. However, he had to wait for another month to play again and finished the competition with nine wickets…