Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi has signed with the Melbourne Renegades again for the upcoming Big Bash League season. The 33-year old was a revelation for the Renegades in the seventh season. Of all players who bowled 20 overs or more in the tournament, his economy rate of 5.76 was only bettered by his Afghanistan team-mate […]
Cricket South Africa has announced two changes to the squad for the Women’s World T20, which begins on November 9. While one of the changes – the naming of a replacement for offspinner Raisibe Ntozakhe – was expected, the other comes after a surprise injury to one of the team’s rookie members. Ntozakhe was […]
In a bid to avoid yet another stress fracture in his lower back, Australia quick Nathan Coulter-Nile has taken up regular yoga classes led by banned Western Australian team-mate Cameron Bancroft. Coulter-Nile’s smooth rhythmical action has been anything but kind on his lower spine, with stress fractures ruining his last two home summers to […]
If there was one fast bowler in international cricket who gave batsmen nightmares it has to be the Aussie speedster Jeff Thomson. Currently in India for the Ekamra Sports Literary Festival, Thomson gave a definitive answer to the never ending debate on who between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli is a better batsman. “I think […]
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has, on Tuesday, written a scathing letter to the BCCI, expressing serious concerns over the functioning of the Indian board in recent times. From the “appalling” way in which current Indian coach Ravi Shastri was appointed to the alleged harassment charges against board’s CEO Rahul Johri and CoA’s handling of […]
Former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has revealed he remains emotionally damaged by the South Africa ball-tampering scandal and continues to have counselling more than seven months after his teary resignation in March. Lehmann quit his role with more than a year remaining on his contract despite being cleared of wrongdoing in the Cape Town […]
Mohsin Khan, the newly appointed head of PCB’s cricket committee, reckons the burden of leading Pakistan in all three formats is taking a toll on Sarfraz Ahmed. He wants the current Pakistan captain to give up his role in Test cricket and concentrate on the other forms – a suggestion that has already been rejected […]
Shikhar Dhawan, who played for the Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008, is set to return to his home state’s franchise after 11 years for IPL 2019. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, Dhawan, who was not retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auctions, is […]
Inaugurates Synthetic Turf Badminton Court at Physical College Gadura GANDERBAL, OCTOBER 31: District Youth Services and Sports Ganderbal held aprize distribution ceremony to facilitate the teams who participated in inter-district level sports under ‘Khelo India Peace and Development’ programme at Physical College Gadura Ganderbal today. Secretary Youth Services and Sports Sarmad Hafeez was the chief […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has said he decided to leave Real Madrid for Juventus after sensing that the Spanish club’s president, Florentino Perez, no longer saw him as being “indispensable”. “I felt within the club, especially from the president, that I was no longer considered in the same way as I was at the beginning,” Ronaldo said […]