Cricket News
Sports minister Anurag Thakur said Monday that Indian cricketing legend and spin great Bishan Singh Bedi had passed away at the age of 77. Thakur described Bedi’s passing as a “huge loss” for cricket. Thakur, a former head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, told reporters, “Bishan Singh Bedi, former captain of … Read more
Bishan Singh Bedi, India’s former captain, was a fiery figure in the sport, known as much for his impulsive criticism on other players as for his outstanding left-arm spin. Bedi, who passed away on Monday at the age of 77, took 266 wickets in 67 Tests and captained the squad 22 times after Mansur Ali … Read more
The Bangladesh Emerging Team lost by five wickets to Sri Lanka Wednesday at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, bringing their one-day series loss to Sri Lanka to 2-1. Parvez Hossain, batting first, scored 32 runs, and Pritom Kumar, batting second, scored 35 runs, giving the tourists a good start until Sri Lanka took several wickets … Read more
In the women’s Big Bash League, the Melbourne Stars, who included Australia captain Meg Lanning and numerous English internationals, were swept out for just 29 runs. Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes’ combined total of 66 in 2017 was the previous low in the Eight Seasons of the Twenty20 Competition. Against the dominant defending champions Adelaide … Read more
Hasan Murad, bowling for Chattogram, grabbed a four-for and three wickets in four deliveries on Day Three before stumps at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in the NCL’s second-tier match. He took two more wickets to really put the pressure on Khulna Division, but Afif Hossain came through with the runs Khulna needed to win by … Read more
Alyssa Healy, the wicketkeeper and acting captain of Australia, need hand surgery after a dog attack, according to teammate Phoebe Litchfield. On Sunday, the Sydney Sixers lost to the Sydney Thunder by 42 runs in the Women’s Big Bash League, and Healy was a late withdrawal. Sixers reported that Healy had hand surgery due to … Read more
After yesterday’s 21-run DLS victory at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, the Bangladesh Emerging Team and the Sri Lanka Emerging Side are tied in the three-game ODI series. Batting first, Sri Lanka reached 297 for seven thanks to scores of 77 and 62 from captain Ahan Wickramasinghe and Sonal Dinusha, respectively. Bangladesh’s Musfik Hasan took 3 … Read more
On Thursday at the World Cup match in Pune, India batsman Virat Kohli hammered his 48th ODI century to lead India to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh. India trounced Bangladesh by 256 runs in 41.3 overs thanks to an unbeaten 103 from Virat Kohli, who hammered six fours and four sixes in his 97-ball … Read more
Multan Sultans, Pakistan’s first cricket team, hired Catherine Dalton, a former fast bowler for Ireland’s national team, as their bowling coach on Wednesday. Pakistan is a country with an obsessive love of cricket and a very patriarchal and conservative culture, so women have had a hard time breaking into the sports scene there. “It’s not … Read more
In yesterday’s action, bowlers triumphed over hitters as the second round of NCL matches got underway all throughout the country. Despite an early 56-run stand between openers Mehedi Maruf and Robiul Islam, Rangpur Division was swept out for 119 by Dhaka Metro in the tier-1 game at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla. The Rangpur innings collapsed to speed … Read more
