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Veteran New Zealand batter Ross Taylor believes that his team's loss to Bangladesh in the first Test at Mount Maunganui was good for world cricket. In the first of the two-match series, Bangladesh sprung a surprise, defeating New Zealand, the current World Test Championship winners, by eight wickets, ending the 17-match winning streak of the hosts in Test matches at their backyard.....
India's right-handed opener Mayank Agarwal, New Zealand's left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel and Australia's left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc have been nominated for ICC Player of the Month award for December 2021. The trio secured nominations after producing brilliant performances for their countries in Test cricket during the month. ....
New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult said taking 300 wickets in Test cricket meant a lot to him. Boult achieved the milestone while picking 5/43 in 13.2 overs on day two of the second Test against Bangladesh at the Hagley Oval on Monday. ....
One couldn't have asked for anything better in the Test series between South Africa and India. The series is poised at 1-1 and with the decider Test starting from Tuesday at Newlands in Cape Town, a place which favours pacers due to bounce and lateral movement, one is in store for a cracking winner takes it all affair. ....
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja is set to propose an annual quadrangular series involving India, Pakistan, England and Australia in the next ICC meeting in a bid to play regular international cricket against India, Express Tribune reported. ....
South African all-rounder Chris Morris brought the curtains down on his cricketing career on Tuesday, with the 34-year-old announcing he was retiring from all forms of cricket. ....
Pakistan Test player Abid Ali is hoping for a successful return to the game as he began his rehabilitation after undergoing angioplasty in December 2021. "The PCB medical team has prepared a rehab plan for me. God willing, I will try to hold the bat as early as I can and start training. "Cricket is my life. It is a priceless aspect of my life that I do not want to leave. I am trying to return to cricket as soon as I can … I am hopeful that I will make my comeback [in cricket] in this new life that the Almighty has given me," the player ....
Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has expressed his displeasure over Test skipper Virat Kohli's rant in front of the stump mic after South African captain Dean Elgar survived a DRS review on the third day of the deciding Test at Newlands, Cape Town on Thursday. ....
South Africa captain Dean Elgar believes India expressing their displeasure over the DRS call off him worked well for his team as the tourists forgot the match situation for a period of time. ....
Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott has slammed Joe Root and Cos show during the recently-concluded Ashes, saying the batters being exposed on Australian soil was 'embarrassing'. England's dismal Ashes campaign ended 4-0 in favour of Australia as the tourists crashed to 124 all out from 68/0 on day three of pink-ball Test at Hobart. ....