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T20 World Cup: Mahela Jayawardene To Join Sri Lanka As A Consultant
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will join the team as a consultant for the first round of the men's T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman, said the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday. Jayawardene will join the Sri Lankan team immediately after the conclusion of IPL 2021, where he is currently the head coach of defending champions Mumbai Indians. ....
England Cricketer Moeen Ali Retires From Test Cricket
England cricket stalwart, all-rounder Moeen Ali, has decided to call time on his Test match career. ....
Inzamam-ul-Haq Suffers Heart Attack, Undergoes Angioplasty
Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam, who also served as the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) chief selector, underwent a successful angioplasty on Monday after suffering a heart attack in Lahore. ....
Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues Sign Up For WBBL Side Melbourne Renegades
Indian women's cricket team's T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and team-mate Jemimah Rodrigues were on Wednesday signed up by Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) side Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming season. ....
ECB Apologises To Pakistan, Promises Full Tour Next Year
The England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, Ian Watmore, has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the cancellation of the men's and women's teams' limited-overs tour to the country and assured that the ECB would commit to a full tour comprising three Tests and five ODIs next winter. ....
T20 World Cup: Each One Of Us Is Going To Give Everything To Repeat History, Says Rohit Sharma
The stylish opener and the vice-captain of Team India, Rohit Sharma has recalled India's 2007 Word T20 triumph and urged the men-in-blue brigade to "make it happen" again as they are preparing for the mega sporting spectacle, scheduled to take place in the UAE and Oman from October 17. ....
Rahul Dravid As A Coach, MS Dhoni As Mentor Is Going To Be A Boon For Indian Cricket: MSK Prasad
Former BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad has suggested that ex-Team India captain Rahul Dravid is an ideal candidate to take over as coach of the national side after the conclusion of Ravi Shastri's tenure. ....
Tim Paine Lambasts Kevin Pietersen, Says Ashes Will Go Ahead With Or Without Joe Root
Australian Test skipper Tim Paine has asked former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen to mind his business and not influence his country's players from taking a call on the Ashes series, scheduled to commence in December this year. ....
IND Vs AUS, Women's Test: 'Unbelievable Scenes' As Punam Raut Walks Despite Being Given Not Out
Smriti Mandhana is winning all the plaudits after hitting her maiden Test century -- the first by an Indian woman on Australian soil in the longest format but another Indian woman cricketer is winning hearts for upholding the 'Spirit of Cricket'.....
Tim Paine Has No Empathy Towards England Cricketers: Nasser Hussain
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has said that England players getting flak -- particularly with regard to their "attitude to quarantining at the Ashes" -- was wrong, adding that no-one should doubt their commitment as the team had played the most number of Tests since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. ....
