Author: Sandip Pawar

The Saturday doubleheader in the Caribbean Premier League saw St Kitts and Nevis Patriots smash Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets and Barbados Royals edge past Jamaica Tallawahs by 15 runs.  The Warriors expected the surface to slow down and hence decided to bat first. Their innings never got going, as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Opener Chandrapaul Hemraj top-scored for them with 39 off 30 while the last game’s heroes Shimron Hetmyer and Odean Smith fell on 4 and 0, respectively.  Credit: CPL Captain Nicholas Pooran smashed three sixes in his cameo of 23 off 10, but he couldn’t carry on. Mohammad Hafeez, who struggled badly for the majority of…

India captain turned down the suggestions of including an extra batter in the team for the third Test after India collapsed in both innings in their innings defeat agsint England. India suffered a heavy defeat in the third Test of the ongoing series against England as they lost by an innings and 76 runs. Joe Root’s men made a spectacular comeback after the Lord’s debacle to run through India’s batting and level the series 1-1. The questions are being raised over India’s batting ability, and the suggestions of playing an extra batter have been thrown around. However, the Indian skippe dismissed the noise, saying…

An airplane with a banner asking for the sacking of the England and Wales Cricket Board flew over the stadium during the third day of the Headingley Test on Friday. The ECB were faced with an embarrassing situation on day three of the third Test between England and India as a banner with a radical message flew over the Leeds stadium.  Credit: NDTV Sports “Sack the ECB and Save Test Cricket” displayed the banner as the plane flew over the packed Headingley cricket stadium during the 25th over of India’s second innings.  The ECB has been under fire for a while because of the introduction of The Hundred – the newest…

Men in Blue made a strong comeback on the third day of the third Test at Headingley, ending the day on 215/2 on the back of terrific innings from Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli. All is not lost for India, who were in a hopeless situation at the end of the second day, with England leading by 345 runs. The third day of the Headingley Test proved to be an excellent one for the visitors as they crawled their way back into the game and ended the day in a strong position of 215/2, reducing the deficit to only 139 runs.  https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1431582908758646792 Day three started with Craig…

Former England batsman Michael Atherton came to calm things down between Sunil Gavaskar and Nasser Hussain after the commentatros had a heated exchange ahead of the first day of the Headingley Test between England and India. Gavaskar lashed out at Hussain on the pre-show of the Test on day one for his opinion piece, where Hussain expressed how the current Indian team does not get bullied like previous generations.  In his column for Daily Mail after India registered a memorable 151-run victory on the fifth day of the Lord’s Test, Hussain stated:  “Virat Kohli is the right man at the…

The first day of the CPL 2021 saw Guyana Amazon Warriors beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 9 runs while St Kitts and Nevis Patriots overpowered Barbados Royals by 22 runs. The CPL 2021 kick-started with Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders locking horns. The TKR skipper Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. GAW had a decent start, with Chandrapaul Hemraj (13) and Odean Smith (24) scoring at a brisk rate to put 43/1 in the powerplay. Opening batter Brandon King was stuck in his innings and played an awful knock off 9 off 17. Pakistan veterans Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez also struggled to get going, scoring 2 off 12…

Former Pakistan skipper and the current head coach Misbah ul Haq Pakistan coach has been found coronavirus positive and will stay back in Jamaica to complete a 10-day quarantine. “Misbah has tested positive and, as such, will not depart for Lahore with his side later today. Misbah, who is asymptomatic, will now undergo a 10-day quarantine, following which he will depart for Pakistan,” Pakistan Cricket Board said in its statement. The news came out less than 24 hours after Pakistan registered a spectacular victory against the West Indies by 109 runs in Kingston and levelled the two-match series 1-1. Credit: News18 Misbah was the only…

Asked whether the advanced protective equipment encourages players to play aggressively during a public event organised by The Indus Entrepreneurs London, ex-India skipper said that it’s not just the protective gear, but the financial stability from T20 leagues allows cricketers to play an aggressive brand of cricket. “It is not just the protective gear. I think it is the cushion that they have in terms of the T20 leagues that they can be part of. When we played, whatever income we got, 500 rupees or when I finished playing cricket, it was 5,000 rupees for a Test match, that was…

England suffered another big blow as Mark Wood joins the long list of injured English players and has been ruled out of the third Test against India at Headingley, scheduled to start on August 25. Wood, who has had shoulder issues in the past, damaged his shoulder while diving on the boundary line on the fourth day of the Lord’s Test. He did take the field on the fifth day but only bowled four overs. Wood will remain with the team in Leeds and continue his recovery under England medical team’s observation. Wood’s injury is likely to open the door for a Test debut…

On August 22, ACB announced the return of Azizullah Fazli as the chairman of the board. He had previously served as the chairman of the Board till 2019. Afghanistan has been rocked by recent political events and the takeover of the Taliban after the withdrawal of western troops. His appointment came after the Taliban had a meeting with the board officials. https://twitter.com/ACBofficials/status/1429380457410531332?s=19 Fazli had previously overseen cricket in Afghanistan as the board chairman from September 2018 to July 2019. Fazli has also been associated with the ACB with roles such as vice-chairman and advisor in the past. Earlier, the ACB CEO Hameed Shinwari had assured…