Cricket News
On Friday, Antum Naqvi batted 300 not out from 295 balls, breaking Zimbabwe’s domestic first-class record for the greatest individual score by a hitter. The 24-year-old all-rounder smashed the previous mark of 265 established by Cephas Zhuwao in 2017, slamming 30 fours and 10 sixes for his Mid West Rhinos in a four-day Logan Cup … Read more
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday that Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami had been left out of India’s team for the first two Tests against England. Kishan, the wicketkeeper batter, begged to be excused from the two-match series in South Africa in December, claiming personal reasons, and was not … Read more
The Australian women’s squad sees their first bilateral series in Bangladesh in March as an essential warm-up for the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, which will be held in the same nation later this year. The Australians will play an ODI and T20 series against the Nigar Sultana Joty-led squad, which national selector Shawn Fledger … Read more
Sri Lanka has to improve its fielding to compete for the T20 World Cup this year, according to newly appointed short-format skipper Wanindu Hasaranga on Saturday. Hasaranga is on a high following a career-best 7-19 against Zimbabwe in Thursday’s ODI final, and he will make his debut as captain on Sunday, when the tour’s 20-over … Read more
Australia batter Steven Smith said that his success in the 2019 Ashes demonstrates his credentials as a player who is at ease with the new ball. Former Australian greats Rickey Ponting and Justin Langer questioned the 34-year-old’s intention to replace recently retired opener David Warner at the top of the order. Smith, on the other … Read more
One of the most important requirements for organizing a franchise-based cricket competition is to have enough infrastructure and training facilities in place so that franchisees can play at their best while the country’s cricketing culture grows. However, when it comes to the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the country’s lone franchise-based cricket event, these are the … Read more
Stormy half-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube drove India to a commanding six-wicket win over Afghanistan in their second T20 International in Indore on Sunday, giving the hosts a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Opener Jaiswal struck six sixes in his 68-ball-response to Afghanistan’s 172, while Dube, another left-hander, produced his second uninterrupted … Read more
On Sunday, Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by three wickets in a last-ball thriller in the maiden Twenty20 international in Colombo. Dushmantha Chameera hammered a boundary off the penultimate delivery, requiring six runs off the final two balls. Then he pushed the last ball to square leg, sprinting for two runs to maintain Sri Lanka’s unblemished … Read more
Khaled Mahmud, the head coach of Durdanto Dhaka, is generally in command of tough teams in both the Dhaka Premier League and the Bangladesh Premier League. Contrary to popular belief, he will begin the season with a freshly established squad in the country’s lone franchise T20 event. The former Bangladesh captain said that his team’s … Read more
Nazmul Hassan Papon, the newly appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, made many fantastic promises on his first day in office yesterday, promises that the country’s sports fraternity has heard before from his predecessors with little execution. Papon came to the National Sports Council (NSC) headquarters for the first time yesterday after taking the oath … Read more
