Monday, 7 October: Pakistan's out-of-favour left-arm pacer Muhammad Irfan has recalled how Gautam Gambhir's distinct discomfort while facing him during the 2012 bilateral series literally finished the Indian opener's white-ball career. Standing tall at 7ft 1 inch, Irfan dismissed Gambhir four times during that limited overs series (T20s and ODIs) and the southpaw played only one more white-ball series for India (vs England) before being dropped. "When I played against India, they were not comfortable batting against me. Some of them told me in the 2012 series in India that they couldn't sight ..read more

Monday, 7 October: Chris Silverwood was named England head coach on Monday in place of Trevor Bayliss as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) opted against another overseas candidate to take the team forward. British media reported last week that former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten had emerged as the leading contender, but Silverwood, the team’s former bowling coach, was preferred. Australian Bayliss departed last month after England’s drawn home Ashes series against Australia having led the team for four years. They struggled for consistency in tests under his guidance, sli ..read more

Visakhapatnam - The record for the number of sixes in a Test was smashed in on Sunday when South Africa's Dane Piedt hit India's Ravindra Jadeja over midwicket in the clash at Visakhapatnam. The slog sweep on the fifth day was the 36th six of the match and surpassed the previous record of 35, scored in a Pakistan-New Zealand Test in the UAE in their 2014-15 series. Rohit Sharma, who hit twin centuries in his debut as Test opener, got 13 of those sixes, the most in a five-day game by a batsman, breaking Wasim Akram's record of 12 for Pakistan. Sharma scored 176 in the first innings and followe ..read more

Nineteen-year-old Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain became the youngest bowler to claim a T20I hat-trick, when he pulled off the feat across two overs against Sri Lanka on Saturday, October 6. Hasnain, playing only his second T20I, picked up the wicket of Bhanuka Rajapaksa in the 16th over, before returning to claim the wickets of captain Dasun Shanaka and Shehan Jayasuriya off the first two balls of the 19th over. The triple strike helped keep Sri Lanka to 165 in 20 overs, with Hasnain ending with figures of 3-37 from his four overs. It was the second T20I hat-trick of 2019; Lasith Maling ..read more

26 September, 2019 The 2nd T20I between India Women and South Africa Women in Surat was abandoned due to persistent rain, without even the toss taking place. The covers were firmly in place in the lead up to the match. There was an inspection scheduled at 8pm local, which is when the umpires made the call. India registered a convincing victory over South Africa in the 1st T20I, bowling the visitors out for 119 while defending only 130. Deepti Sharma stood out with bowling figures of 3 for 8, which included 3 maidens. The game saw a full house at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium. Even today, the ..read more

The ODI and T20 captain floundered in his 5 Test outings in 2018 but remains keen on a second bite of the cherry. Australia batsman Aaron Finch has not given up on becoming an established Test player despite struggling in his first foray into the format. Them one-day international and T20 skipper played five Test for his country against Pakistan and India in 2018 but returned an average of just 27.8 as his attacking instincts were badly exposed. Finch appeared to pour cold water over the possibility of a return to the international red-ball game earlier in the year but has now stated his desi ..read more

25 September, 2019 Rain continued to run roughshod over the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the second day running, affecting all but two matches. Out of the 12 matches in Round 2, as many as seven matches were abandoned, three of them without a toss. But in the play that was possible, some players took the opportunity to make the most of it, as compiled below: Captain Dinesh Karthik struck a brisk 95 (off 91 balls) in the day's most comprehensive win as Assam opener Swarumpam Purkayastha smashed an unbeaten 163 in Dehradun to set up a Making amends for his duck yesterday, Tanmay Mishra notched up his ..read more

24 September, 2019 Belagavi Panthers owner Ali Asfak Thara was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Bengaluru for allegedly betting during the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) tournament. The CCB, meanwhile, is conducting investigations to find out if there were any match-fixing activities involved in the KPL, which is organised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association The arrest that took place on Monday (September 23) was after the Police established that Thara - who came on board ahead of the 2017 season - was involved in betting activities with a Dubai-based bookie. As part of the ..read more

24 September, 2019 Due to incessant rain, the summit clash of the T20I tri-series final between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Dhaka was abandoned without a single ball being bowled, on Tuesday (September 24). With no reserve day in place, the trophy was shared between the two sides. ,ALSO READ: How Jonny Bairstow reacted to England Test Against New Zealand As a result of incessant rain, the toss also didn't take place. At around 8.50 PM local time, the rain relented a bit, but by then it was quite clear that the groundsmen didn't have enough time on their hands to get the ground ready before t ..read more

,24 September 2019 Jonny Bairstow was shocked and very disappointed to learn he had been dropped by England ahead of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand. READ | England Cricket Board announces T20I and Test Squad For New Zealand Tour The 29-year-old has been a backbone of the international scene for the past five years and kept wicket through all five Ashes Tests against Australia this summer, on the back of playing a key role during England’s World Cup success. Bairstow, however, struggled with the bat against Australia’s high-class pace attack, scoring just 214 runs at an average of ..read more