Author: Sandip Pawar

The Men in Blue will host Windies in the first of the three ODIs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad this weekend. West Indies are set to visit India for white ball assignments comprising three One-Day internationals and as many T20Is. The series will kick off on February 6 and conclude on February 20, with the ODI leg taking place in Ahmedabad followed by T20s in Kolkata. The two teams will lock horns in the first ODI on Sunday. India, who have qualified for the 2023 World Cup, will have an opportunity to build their team towards the mega event. This will…

Deandra Dottin hammered 19 runs in the Super Over to help the West Indies Women clinch the second ODI against South Africa at Johannesburg. South Africa and West Indies Women engaged in a thrilling tie at Johannesburg in the second ODI on January 31, where the visitors had the last laugh. In a rain-affected contest, WI emerged victorious by eight runs in a Super Over to take 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Deandra Dottin’s unbeaten 150* in the first game was ruined by rain, but her 19 off five balls in the Super Over secured the second ODI for the visitors. She also scored 37 off 31 balls in the regular innings…

England Women threatened to chase 257 in 48 overs on the fourth day of the only Women’s Ashes Test at Canberra. Amidst several rain interruptions and calls for the women’s Test to extend in a five-day affair, Australia and England women put on a show that will be remembered for a long time. The Lionesses gave it their all to chase down the target on the fourth day of the Canberra Test but eventually had to settle after Australia were closing in on a victory. Not enough time was left in the Test as a couple of sessions were washed…

Trailing by 2-1, England will take on the West Indies in the fourth T20 International of the series at Kensington Oval on January 29. England’s white ball tour of the West Indies hasn’t gone to plan so far, with the team trailing a five-match T20I series by 2-1 with two matches to go. Playing without their skipper Eoin Morgan, who is sidelined due to an injury, they will be looking to stay alive in the series when they take on the hosts on Saturday in the fourth T20I at Kensington Oval. The third match of the series saw the Windies come…

George Bailey stated that the Pakistan Cricket Board and Cricket Australia are working through details for the tour, and the squad will be announced once formal approval comes.  Australia have not toured away from home since the Ashes 2019, cancelling several assignments during this time due to various reasons. But their tour of Pakistan looks on track as the boards work towards final approval, and no player has yet expressed their unwillingness to travel. Australia are scheduled to play three ODIs, one T20I and a three-match Test series in Pakistan starting from early March. This will also be their first tour…

India’s superstar batter Smriti Mandhana was honoured with the prestigious Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy for being the ICC’s Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021. After Australia’s Ellyse Perry, Mandhana became only the second player to be conferred with the highest individual award in women’s overall category more than once. Mandhana edged Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee from South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland to clinch the honour. Previously, Mandhana had won ICC women’s Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year back in 2018. Jhulan Goswami, who had won ICC women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2007, is the only other Indian women’s player…

England and West Indies, two of the most entertaining T20 teams in the world, have leveled the five-match series after two games. West Indies defeated the visitors in the first match by nine wickets while England bounced back with a close 1-run victory in the second. The two teams will meet in the third T20 international at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on January 27. The second T20I saw some outstanding performances from both sides as England edged past the visitors narrowly. Jason Roy was impressive with his 45 off 31, while Moeen Ali added 31 off 24. Tom Banton and Chris Jordan also made important contributions as England reached 171/8 in 20 overs. In…

Having won the first two matches of the series, the Proteas will look to clean sweep India in the third ODI at Newlands, Cape Town, on January 23. India have been thoroughly outplayed on the tour of South Africa in both the Test and fifty-over format. SA claimed the first two ODIs at Boland Park to take an unassailable lead of 2-0. The two teams will now take on each other in the third ODI at Newlands, Cape Town on Sunday to conclude the tour. Also read 👉 Proteas crush India yet again to take unassailable 2-0 lead The second One-Day international…

Australia Women chased down 170 in 17 overs, courtesy of Tahlia McGrath’s *91 in the first T20I of the Women’s Ashes on Thursday. After the men’s team suffered a humiliating 4-0 loss in the Ashes, England had more hopes from their women. And for the best part, it looked like they might have a win down under but Meg Lanning’s Australia was just too good in the end. McGrath was the star for Australia with both bat and ball as the hosts defeated England by nine wickets in the first T20I at Adelaide Oval. She claimed three for 26 and blasted an unbeaten 91 off 49 in her ‘Player of…

New reports suggest that it was Graham Thorpe’s indoor cigar smoking that led to police intervention at post-Ashes party. The Three Lions’ unimpressive Ashes tour down under ended with an even more bizarre incident on Monday morning where their Ashes after-party was crashed by police. The England and Wales Cricket Board has launched an investigation into the incident, and their assistant coach seems to be at risk of losing his job for his involvement. Following the conclusion of the fifth Test at Hobart, England and Australia players had an all-night drinking session at Crowne Plaza hotel. The party was broken up shortly after 6…