Tag: Cricket
India women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has said that her side is "more than capable" of winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, beginning in New Zealand on March 4, adding that it is now "just a case of doing it" after coming close on two occasions. ....
England Test skipper Joe Root has clarified that it is not the end of the road for celebrated ageing pace-bowling stalwarts Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad after they were not considered for the three-Test series in the Caribbean next month. ....
India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has revealed that captain Rohit Sharma has told him to focus on rotating the strike during practice sessions. In the first T20I against Sri Lanka at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday, Kishan made an explosive 89 off 56 balls to set the base for India's convincing 62-run win. ....
Two empty bullet shells were found in a private bus the Sri Lankan cricket team members were about to board from their hotel in Chandigarh, India, reports said on Monday. ....
The cricket world lost a legend as former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh passed away on Friday aged 74. ....
Australia’s legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne passed away in the early hours of March 4 in Koh Samui, Thailand. He was 52. Warne’s international career spanned 15 years and saw him take 708 Test wickets — No. 2 in the list of Test wicket-takers. Since making his debut in 1992, he played 145 Tests for Australia, picking up 708 wickets with his leg-spin. In his 194 ODI appearances, Warne snared 293 scalps.....
Details emerging about Shane Warne's death due to a suspected heart-attack on Friday reveal that he was watching cricket before a scheduled meeting with friends for dinner when he suffered the attack. ....
Sizeable hundreds by Azhar Ali (185) and Imam-ul-Haq (157) helped Pakistan post a huge first-innings total and continue their domination over Australia on Day 2 of the first Test of the three-match series, here on Saturday. ....
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne's state funeral service will be held at the iconic elbourne Cricket Ground (MMCG) in front of up to 100,000 people before his family holds a private funeral to say goodbye to the spin-bowling great, it was revealed on Monday. ....
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke on Monday said he is still in complete shock over the demise of legendary leg-spinner and former team-mate, Shane Warne.....