All the eyes will be on MS Dhoni again as the CSK skipper played just two deliveries in the last game and couldn’t score a run. However, the 39-year-old has a great chance to reach an elusive feat against Steve Smith and CO. Dhoni is just five sixes away from completing 300 maximums in T20…
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Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani has experience in the ICC’s top post. (Photo by RIZWAN … [+] TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) boss Ehsan Mani believes cricket’s new chairperson should come from beyond the sport’s powerful ‘big three’, as support deepens for progressive reform to address financial inequity among nations. After…
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Ireland’s series against Bangladesh this summer has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemicCricket Ireland has announced a 20% salary reduction for non-playing staff because of the coronavirus crisis while employees in NI will be furloughed.The pay cut applies to April and May while chief executive Warren Deutrom will take an additional 5% reduction in…
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Cricket Ireland have implemented a series of cost-cutting measures in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis that has put a handbrake on its international and domestic schedule. Ireland’s men’s tour to Zimbabwe has already been cancelled while home games against New Zealand and Pakistan, due to take place in June and July, are unlikely…
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3:41 AM ETBharath SeerviStats sub-editor, ESPNcricinfo On this day in 1974, two legendary West Indies cricketers played their last day of Test cricket: Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai. Here is a look at some of the instances when two or more huge names from the same team played their last Test together.Garry Sobers and Rohan…
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Mar 14, 2020Ian ChappellFormer Australia captain CloseWidely regarded as the best Australian captain of the last 50 years, Ian Chappell moulded a team in his image: tough, positive, and fearless. Even though Chappell sometimes risked defeat playing for a win, Australia did not lose a Test series under him between 1971 and 1975. He was…
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Peter Aho scored the crucial runs that saw Nigeria go through to its first cricket world cup Debutants Nigeria are set to face England at the Under-19 cricket World Cup, but as Janine Anthony reports from Lagos, cricket is still very much a minority sport in the West African…
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Peter Aho scored the crucial runs that saw Nigeria go through to its first cricket world cup Debutants Nigeria are set to face England at the Under-19 cricket World Cup, but as Janine Anthony reports from Lagos, cricket is still very much a minority sport in the West African…
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Nigeria’s Under-19 cricketers have made history, after qualifying for the country’s first major tournament in the sport. They managed to top the African qualification group, beating Sierra Leone to seal their place at the World Cup.They have already lost to Australia, and face matches against England and the West Indies.Produced by Janine Anthony for BBC…
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Dec. 31, 2019, 2:36 a.m. ET(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board are “cautiously” backing a proposal that would mandate four-day World Test Championship matches from 2023.The International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee is set to discuss the issue next year as the global governing body and member boards look for ways of freeing…
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By Niall Anderson in Sydney Neil Wagner’s success against Australian star Steve Smith has been nearly four years in the making. The Black Caps bowler has dismissed Smith in all four innings of the Black Caps’ two tests in Australia, and the fiery seamer revealed that the spark behind his successful plans came back in…
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New Zealand were dealt a cruel blow in the opening test when they lost Lockie Ferguson after just 11 overs. Now at the MCG the fast bowlers have been left hanging by the lacklustre efforts from spinner Mitchell Santner. Santner bowled only seven overs on the opening day’s play and went for 34 runs as…
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Trent Boult will bolster the Black Caps’ bowling attack, while Tom Blundell will make his first test appearance in over two years in the side’s two changes for the must-win Boxing Day test against Australia at the MCG. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson confirmed on Wednesday that Boult has recovered from the rib injury that…
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Abu Jayed celebrates taking the wicket of Andrew Balbirnie in Bangladesh’s six-wicket win over Ireland at Clontarf in MayCricket Ireland have confirmed the dates and venues for their home fixtures against Bangladesh, New Zealand and Pakistan in 2020.Ireland will face Bangladesh in a three-match ODI series at Stormont on 14, 16 and 19 May.New Zealand…
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