Cricket

St.John’s (Antigua), Sep 2 (IANS) Michael Muirhead is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the board confirmed on Friday. A WICB statement said Muirhead will not be…

Melbourne, Sep 2 (IANS) Cricket Australia on Friday named former pacer Ryan Harris as the bowling coach for the national team’s upcoming ODI tour of South Africa. He joins head coach Darren Lehmann and assistant…

Dhaka, Sep 2 (IANS) Newly-assigned Bangladesh bowling coach Cortney Walsh will arrive in the country on Saturday night. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and its West Indian counterpart on Thursday confirmed the appointment of the Caribbean…

Melbourne, Sep 2 (IANS) Cricket Australia on Friday named former pacer Ryan Harris as the bowling coach for the national team’s upcoming ODI tour of South Africa. He joins head coach Darren Lehmann and assistant…

Greater Noida, Sep 1 (IANS) The match between India Red and India Blue was called off after rain played spoilsport on the fourth and final day at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground here on…

By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Delhi-based Magpie Sports Group (MSG) will approach the International Cricket Council (ICC) to organise a new cricket league — Indian Champions League (ICL) — in Dubai, on…

London, Sep 1 (IANS) Australia captain David Warner has hailed his team-mates after registering a comfortable six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth and penultimate One-Day International (ODI) to clinch the series. The victory…

Dhaka, Sep 1 (IANS) Newly-appointed bowling coach Courtney Walsh thinks the Bangladesh cricket team has a “talented bunch of players” and is looking forward to begin working with them. The West Indies fast bowling great…

Dhaka, Sep 1 (IANS) The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday appointed former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh as the national team’s pace bowling coach. Walsh, who boasts of a tally of 519 Test…

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee has directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold its elections for the apex council and the Annual General Meeting…

Greater Noida, Aug 31 (IANS) India Blue reached 285 for five when rain once again forced an early close of play on the third day of the second Duleep Trophy match against India Red at…

Dubai, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has slipped one rung to third in the International Cricket Council (ICC) list for Test bowlers, released on Wednesday. South African star pacer Dale Steyn has leapfrogged England’s…

Greater Noida, Aug 31 (IANS) Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav bagged a four-wicket haul as India Red bowlers dominated on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match against India Blue here. Yadav on Tuesday returned…

Greater Noida, Aug 31 (IANS) Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav bagged a four-wicket haul as India Red bowlers dominated on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match against India Blue here on Tuesday. Yadav returned…

Dubai, Aug 30 (IANS) Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli has maintained his number one spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 batsmen rankings released on Tuesday, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has returned to the…

Melbourne, Aug 30 (IANS) Cricket Australia on Tuesday said opening batsman Shaun Marsh will return home from the national teams tour of Sri Lanka with a broken finger. “Shaun suffered an injury to his left…

Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) Going by Australia’s recent humbling at the hands of Sri Lanka, retired pace ace Glenn McGrath feels the former World No.1 team needs to improve a lot between now and March…

Lahore, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar said his former team-mate and skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq played him better than any other batsman in the world. Shoaib, one of the fastest bowlers to have ever…