Australia and India openers have not shown the intent, urgency and bravery to put opposition bowlers under pressure, David Warner said on Saturday while adding that he will bat aggressively if he gets to play the third Test in Sydney beginning January 7. "If you allow them to dictate terms and if you don't apply any pressure, ...
Cricket South Africa has announced the restructuring of its domestic cricket by doing away with the previous system that had 13 provincial teams and six franchise teams and instead bringing in a new format with 15 teams that will be divided into two divisions. Under the new structure, the current six-team franchise cricket make-u...
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Friday announced pace bowler T Natarajan as replacement of Umesh Yadav in the India squad for the last two Test matches against Australia to be played in Sydney and Brisbane. BCCI also added that Shardul Thakur had been added to the squad in place of...
SC East Bengal have announced the signing of 22-year-old Nigerian forward Bright Enobakhare for the 2020-21 Hero Indian Super League season. "I am absolutely delighted with the signing of Bright. I have had a good few chats with him, given him our vision and our beliefs…what we want to achieve ...
It is not just David Warner's numbers with the bat and his experience at the top of the batting order but also his energy that will boost Australia, batsman Marnus Labuschagne has said. The left-handed opening batsman was included in the Australia Test squad for...
In a rare case of guests waiting for the hosts, the Irish cricket team arrived in UAE for an away series well ahead of opponents Afghanistan, who are yet to arrive in their adopted home. The Afghan players haven't arrived yet as the Afghanistan Cricket Board hasn't ...
India batsman Rohit Sharma resumed training on Thursday, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) confirmed on its twitter handle. Rohit, who had been in a 14-day hard quarantine in Sydney after his arrival from India in mid-December, flew to Melbourne on Wednesday to join the team....
New Zealand pace bowler Neil Wagner, whose dismissal of Pakistan's Fawad Alam and Faheem Ashraf in Wednesday's last session sealed the first Test for the Kiwis, has been ruled out of the second Test that begins here on January 3. Wagner, who ended 2020 as the world's No. 4 ranked bowler, put up a brave show ...
Australia cricket players' stay in a bio-bubble zone throughout the Sydney and Brisbane Test matches will mean that they don't have to go for an additional isolation period for the Big Bash League (BBL) games after the India-Australia Test series. The last 16 matches of BBL, including the play-offs and final, will be played ...
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson called the World Test Championship (WTC) points 'a carrot' to win matches but refused to look too far ahead to the WTC final next year saying that he'd rather focus on the present. "Our focus is on the present. Absolutely, we want to play the World Test ...
