NEW DELHI: The ludicrous combination of better bats and smaller boundaries is reducing bowlers to virtual bowling machines, says the legendary Ian Chappell, calling on the guardians of the game to take corrective steps to maintain a balance between sports and entertainment in T20 cricket. “The administrators need to find both the ideal balance between […]
DUBAI: Australian Geoff Allardice has been appointed as permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council after serving the role on an interim basis for more than eight months, the game’s governing body said on Sunday. Allardice thus replaced Manu Sawhney, who had resigned from his position in July. “It’s a great privilege to be appointed […]
BHUBANESWAR: The Pakistan team arrived here on Saturday for the upcoming FIH Junior World Cup and was accorded a warm welcome by Hockey India. The team from across the border missed the 2016 edition of the tournament in Lucknow owing to issues related to visa. “Stills from the airport as we welcome the Pakistani contingent […]
KOLKATA: New Zealand batter Ross Taylor believes playing India in their own backyard is one of the toughest challenges for any side but refused to give insights about their plan to tackle premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during the upcoming Test series. India and inaugural World Test champions New Zealand will square off in a two-Test […]
SYDNEY: Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne said the time is right for fast bowler Pat Cummins to succeed Tim Paine as captain of the Test team and blood Josh Inglis as the side’s next wicketkeeper. Paine resigned on Friday after media revelations that he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent […]
Bambolim: Bengaluru FC beat NorthEast United FC 4-2 in a thrilling Indian Super League (ISL) match that saw six different players scoring goals on Saturday. Cleiton Silva (14th minute), Jayesh Rane (42nd) and Prince Ibarra (81st) provided the fireworks for Bengaluru FC, while Deshorn Brown (17th), Mathias Coureur (25th) scored for the Highlanders along with […]
KOLKATA: Captain Rohit Sharma will not waver from his ruthless approach but might try out a few of his reserve players as India aim for a clean sweep against New Zealand in the third and final T20 International, here on Sunday. Bilateral T20I series in various parts of the globe is fast losing its context […]
Ranchi: India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series here on Friday. Opting to bowl, India produced a decent bowling effort to restrict New Zealand to a modest 153 for six. Harshal Patel shone bright with figures of 2 for […]
NEW DELHI: Karnataka defeated Vidarbha by four runs in a thrilling semifinal to enter the summit clash of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy national T20 tournament here on Saturday. Asked to bat at the Arun Jaitley stadium, Karnataka rode on Rohan Kadam’s blistering 87 off 56 balls to post a competitive 176 for seven and […]
DHAKA: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Dhaka on Saturday. Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten 57 off 51 balls as Pakistan reached 109-2 in 18.1 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 108-7 in 20 overs. Najmul Hossain earlier top-scored with […]