India will most likely not play a day-night Test during their 2018-19 tour of Australia. Cricket Australia still hopes the first Test in Adelaide, which is scheduled to start on December 6, will be a pink-ball, day-night game, but ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is not in favour of the idea and has made its position […]
In 2011, Chris Gayle, having spent three seasons with Kolkata Knight Riders, had surprisingly remained unsold during IPL players’ auction. He had written off the IPL that year and was getting ready to resume international duty for West Indies, who were scheduled to take on Pakistan. But then, out of the blue, Gayle received a […]
Working on the rigorous requirements of five-day cricket will the biggest challenge for his team over the next six weeks, feels Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons ahead of the country’s inaugural Test in Bengaluru from June 14. After joining Afghanistan in January, Simmons has achieved goal number one by guiding the fast-rising side to its second […]
It was Sandeep Patil, who unearthed Gautam Gambhir from NCA camp in 2004 during his India A days. Since them Gambhir moved on to bigger achievements and has brought laurels for India. Gambhir ever since 2004 was in constant touch with Patil over the phone and continued to grow as a player across formats. It […]
The sight of Jordan Henderson going to ground and clutching his ankle had Liverpool fans fearing the worst just before half-time of their drab 0-0 draw against Stoke City at Anfield on Saturday. It’s not necessarily that supporters feared for their prospects in the match without their captain on the field, it’s more that they […]
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Speaking to ESPNcricinfo after Pakistan’s Champions Trophy victory last year, bowling coach Azhar Mahmood uttered a memorable line: “batsmen win you games, bowlers win you tournaments.” It’s a theory a number of coaches buy into, and one the numbers support as well. Perth Scorchers’ strategy of investing heavily in their bowling combination, under coach Justin […]
How difficult is it for a team to stage a turnaround – defend two low totals in consecutive games after conceding 180-plus in two back-to-back matches before that? That, too, with a depleted pace contingent without spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Billy Stanlake? Ask Sandeep Sharma, and he’ll decode Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling might that humbled […]
NEW DELHI: BCCI is reportedly keen on Virat Kohli leading India when they face Afghanistan in a one-off Test that starts from June 14 which means he will have to either skip or alter his plans to play county cricket in England. Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) is keen on getting India Test […]
How difficult is it for a team to stage a turnaround – defend two low totals in consecutive games after conceding 180-plus in two back-to-back matches before that? That, too, with a depleted pace contingent without spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Billy Stanlake? Ask Sandeep Sharma, and he’ll decode Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling might that humbled […]