Greg Chappell paid glowing tributes to Bishan Singh Bedi, a former India captain and a spin legend, who passed away on Monday (October 23). Calling Bedi a brother and a titan, the former Australia captain and a batting legend said Bedi was one of the greatest cricketers the world has ever seen. "I feel like I have lost a brother. Whenever we competed on the field it was like two brothers competing. Neither wanted to lose, but if you did, you...
The way to the Wankhede offers several clues that hint at the likely reason for the journey. The journey southward, that is, on Marine Drive, just after Chowpatty Beach sprawls on the right between the Arabian Sea and, to the left, the city teeming with life, love and everything else. Crammed cheek by jowl in barely more than a kilometre from the stadium are the Catholic Gymkhana, the Police Gymkhana, the Islam Gymkhana, the PJ Hindu Gymkhana, and the Parsi Gymkhana....
For the first time ever, the England and Wales Cricket Board has handed out multi-year central contracts to its cricketers amidst the ever-rising popularity of franchise cricket around the world. "The ECB has worked closely with the Professional Cricketers' Association and Team England Player Partnership on behalf of the players to reach an outcome for all parties," the board said in a statement. 18 players have signed multi-year deals, whereas eight more players have signed the usual annual contract. Three more...
Veteran Angelo Mathews has been drafted into Sri Lanka's squad for World Cup 2023 as a replacement for Matheesha Pathirana. "Mathews, who has played 221 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Pathirana failed to recover from a shoulder injury sustained during a warm-up match and was subsequently ruled out of the tournament," confirmed the ICC in a media release. The news comes as a boost of sorts for Sri Lanka who have so far lost three out of their four games...
Jonathan Trott, the former England batter, is aware of the excitement and rivalry that a Pakistan-Afghanistan cricket contest brings. However, the Afghanistan head coach wants to tone it down to the practicality of the job at hand. In a span of a few minutes, he switches from, "It's a rivalry that excites them. I think it's a rivalry that sometimes in the past has been very passionate." To: "Every game is a must-win game. This is a World Cup and every game...
Pakistan's World Cup caravan has moved to Chennai, and at the moment, there are issues aplenty for them to address. Batting collapses, high dot-ball percentage, low percentages of sixes, expensive returns with the new ball, lack of penetration through the middle overs, and fielding lapses to name a few. While they would hope to find solutions soon enough to these concerns, all they are desperately wishing for now is a couple of positive results. After all, their next two games scheduled...
England's left-arm pacer Reece Topley has been ruled out of the ongoing World Cup in India due to a fracture on his index finger. "A replacement will be announced in due course," said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a statement. The injury occurred when Topley attempted to stop the ball off his own bowling and ended up leaving the field frustrated in the game against South Africa in Mumbai on Saturday. Topley, however, returned later in the innings...
On Tuesday (October 17), Milla Head took her first steps. And Travis Head was home to witness his baby daughter walk for the first time. One-year-old Milla couldn't have timed it better. It was two days before her doting dad's departure to India for the World Cup. In an ideal scenario, from an Australian cricket perspective anyway, Head would have been in the subcontinent already, as part of the 15-member squad for the World Cup. Instead, he had to stay back...
Sydney Sixers and Australia Women's wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy's WBBL season is under a cloud after she was injured in a domestic accident at home on Saturday evening (October 21). Healy underwent surgery on Sunday, October 22, but the statement from the Sydney Sixers provided no details about the nature of the injury, or the accident that led to it. However, the seriousness of the injury can be gauged by the fact that the Sixers have not replaced Healy on their roster,...
On the one hand, New Zealand bossed the bulk of the middle chunk of 30 overs in their batting innings. Daryl Mitchell scored more runs off Kuldeep Yadav than any other batter had managed in an ODI innings against the crafty left-arm legspinner. Rachin Ravindra added 73 very elegant runs in a third-wicket partnership worth 159 during which the opposition committed several unforced errors on the field. On the other, they lost by four wickets, their stranglehold over India in...
