Cricket News
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team plays Pakistan today in the last match of a three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. If they win, it will be their third ODI series win against Pakistan. The Tigresses tied the series again last Tuesday with a boundary hit by captain Nigar Sultana Joty in the … Read more
According to reports, referees have told the team that New Zealand Test batter Henry Nicholls tampered with the ball. On TV, it looked like Nicholls touched the ball with his helmet during this week’s Plunket Shield game between his Canterbury area and Auckland. “Nicholls has been reported for allegedly breaching Rule 3.1, article 1.15 of … Read more
A report from France24 said that players, teams, and new board members have accused France Cricket of lying to get money from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Reports say that the ICC is taking the accusations very seriously. Tracy Rodriguez, a former France cricket player, had doubts about a statement from the board from last … Read more
On Thursday, Sri Lanka’s parliament asked the cricket board to quit unanimously after accusing it of millions of dollars worth of corruption that had never been seen before. It was the latest development in a crisis involving the cricket board, which is the richest sports body in the broke island nation. The crisis reached a … Read more
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants to know what Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal plan to do in the future. Shakib will not be able to play against Australia at the World Cup or in the two Tests against New Zealand, which will begin in Sylhet on November 28 and in Dhaka on December … Read more
Meg Lanning, the captain of the Australian women’s cricket team, quit international cricket on Thursday. She was one of the game’s best leaders and makers of runs. The 31-year-old top-order batter scored a lot of runs and helped Australia win four Twenty20 World Cups, one 50-over World Cup, and a gold medal at the Commonwealth … Read more
Nigar Sultana Joty, the captain of Bangladesh, joked that she didn’t want to see any more Super Overs after Bangladesh beat Pakistan in the second one-day international of the three-match series yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Nigar and his team won the game in a thrilling Super Over, where they chased … Read more
The sports minister’s decision to fire the country’s cricket board because of a crisis was overturned by Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday. The officials who had been fired were sent back to work until a full hearing could be held. The court agreed to hear board head Shammi Silva’s case against minister Roshan … Read more
Diana Puketapu-Lyndon will be the first woman to chair New Zealand Cricket (NZC). Martin Snedden, who was chairing the board at the time, announced on Wednesday that he would be stepping down early to give her time to get used to the job. Puketapu-Lyndon will become chair instead of deputy chair. She is also chair … Read more
People have been thinking about Tamim Iqbal’s near future as an international cricket player ever since he chose not to play in the World Cup. Bangladesh will play New Zealand in two Tests, one on November 28 in Sylhet and the other on December 6 in Dhaka. The Bangladesh squad is supposed to be announced … Read more
