September 29, 2023
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Australia have included Marnus Labuschagne in their 15-man squad for the World Cup as replacement for the injured Ashton Agar. It is the only change to the original squad announced by Cricket Australia with destructive batter Travis Head retaining his spot despite his own injury with the hope of him being available midway through the tournament. Squad: Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell,...

September 29, 2023
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India Head Coach Rahul Dravid has said that he is content with India's preparation going into the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, after the 2-1 series win against Australia that culminated in an Indian defeat in a Rajkot dead rubber. "For people like Jasprit, Ashwin, Shreyas, KL, getting game time was important, and getting that against a competitive side is a good thing. The practice games are generally 15 vs 15 so it's hard to get that level of intensity...

September 29, 2023
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Star New Zealand batter and captain Kane Williamson plans to put his surgically-repaired knee to the test in this week's World Cup warmup-games as he readies himself for a long due return to cricket after a lengthy injury-enforced absence. Whether he'll play both the tune-up fixtures in Hyderabad (vs Pakistan) and in Trivandrum (vs South Africa) is still up in the air, but the 33-year-old hopes to ramp up his loads building up to the World Cup opener against England. "There...

September 29, 2023
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Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been acquitted of sexual assault charges by a Sydney court, AAP reported. The 32-year-old was arrested in November last year on the sidelines of the T20 World Cup after a woman accused him of sexual intercourse without consent. He was charged on four counts of rape but only one count of "stealthing" and was taken up by the court for trial. Gunathilaka pleaded not guilty and faced a four-day long trial in front of Judge Sarah Huggett...

September 28, 2023
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India Head Coach Rahul Dravid has said that he is content with India's preparation going into the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, after the 2-1 series win against Australia that culminated in an Indian defeat in a Rajkot dead rubber. "For people like Jasprit, Ashwin, Shreyas, KL, getting game time was important, and getting that against a competitive side is a good thing. The practice games are generally 15 vs 15 so it's hard to get that level of intensity...

September 28, 2023
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Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan said on Wednesday that he wants to retire from all formats after the 2025 Champions Trophy. Shakib also insisted that he won't lead the side after the 2023 ODI World Cup. "As far as international career is concerned, what I see at this moment it is up to 2025 Champions Trophy that is the ODI format. The T20 format is up to 2024 World Cup and that's it. As far as Test goes, may be sooner,...

September 28, 2023
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There appears to be some jostling, confusion, claims, and counterclaims regarding the venues for next year's World Cup in the Caribbean. Conde Riley, the president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), one of the members of Cricket West Indies (CWI), has asserted that he possesses documents designating Barbados as the host for the final of the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup, a claim that was promptly dismissed by top CWI authorities. "Yes, that's correct...

September 28, 2023
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Batting highlights Worcestershire's skipper Brett D' Oliviera registered a ton while Ben Allison's 75 led the lower order resistance that helped the team past 300. As a result, they earned a second bonus point that sealed their qualification to Division 1. In all they managed 389 in the first innings with Allison getting some support from Jack Leach in a 79-run stand for the 8th wicket. Luis Reece notched up 139 and put on a 180-run stand for the 2nd wicket with Brooke Guest as...

September 28, 2023
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Afghanistan pace bowler Naveen-ul-Haq is all set retire from ODIs after the forthcoming ICC World Cup in India. starting on October 5. The right-arm quick is back in the ODI side after a gap of two years. Naveen missed the two-match T20I series against Bangladesh due to knee injury and went to England to have a minor knee operation but the pace bowler told Cricbuzz on Wednesday (September 27) that he is planning to quit ODIs on the advice of a physician as that...

September 28, 2023
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Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal revealed on Wednesday (September 27) that he asked the top officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board to not consider him for the upcoming World Cup after he was asked to skip or bat down the order in their opening game against Afghanistan. In a video message on his official Facebook page after he was excluded from the World Cup-bound squad, the veteran batter said that he didn't want to be part of what he called a "dirty game"...