August 14, 2023
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England haven't given up on the possibility of fielding two heroes from their ODI World Cup win from four years ago, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, during their title defence in India later this year. Stokes gave up the 50-over format last year citing the 'increasing demands of international cricket on his body' while Archer has been laid low by recurrence of the stress fracture on his elbow. The men's team's national selectors will announce a provisional 18-member squad this Tuesday...

August 14, 2023
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The Indian squad for the three-match Ireland series will depart for Dublin on August 15 but VVS Laxman will not accompany the team as the head of the coaching staff. Jasprit Bumrah will lead the side. Since Rahul Dravid and his coaching team are currently in the US for the final phase of the bilateral series against West Indies and are not travelling with the T20I side, it was anticipated that Laxman would take charge of the coaching staff. However, it...

August 14, 2023
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Shakib Al Hasan will be Bangladesh's ODI captain for the Asia Cup and World Cup, BCB President Nazmul Hasan confirmed on Friday (August 11). "We have appointed Shakib as the captain for Asia Cup and World Cup. The World Cup and Asia Cup squad will be announced tomorrow. The selectors will pick a squad of 17 members," Nazmul told reporters at his house on Friday. The post went vacant after Tamim Iqbal decided to step down from captaincy on August 3. Cricbuzz had previously reported...

August 14, 2023
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The Caribbean Premier League, the men's event and the women's event, will see new over-rate rules taking effect from the 2023 edition. The third umpire will monitor the time and communicate the over rate status at various stages to the players every over via the on-field umpires and through graphics on the giant screen. However, the bowling side will be given concessions for injuries, DRS and the deliberate waste of time by the batting side. The upper limit to complete the twenty...

August 13, 2023
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Indian bowling coach Paras Mhambrey is incredibly overjoyed with the way bowler Mukesh Kumar has performed on India’s ongoing tour of West Indies. Paras Mhambrey has expressed confidence in Mukesh Kumar’s abilities to make positive mark across all three formats of the game. Mukesh Kumar has done tremendously well after getting the opportunity to play for India. Mukesh Kumar was given opportunity to play in Test but maintained his momentum in the white-ball format as well. Kumar possesses a lot...

August 11, 2023
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Indian bowling coach Paras Mhambrey is incredibly overjoyed with the way bowler Mukesh Kumar has performed on India’s ongoing tour of West Indies. Paras Mhambrey has expressed confidence in Mukesh Kumar’s abilities to make positive mark across all three formats of the game. Mukesh Kumar has done tremendously well after getting the opportunity to play for India. Mukesh Kumar was given opportunity to play in Test but maintained his momentum in the white-ball format as well. Kumar possesses a lot...

August 11, 2023
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Shikhar Dhawan has admitted to have been surprised by his exclusion from the squad for the Asian Games. Given the recent makeup of India's alternate squads, there was an expectation that the left-hand batter would make it to the squad and perhaps, even captain the team, but he was left out all together from the squad led by Ruturaj Gaikwad. It is to be noted that Dhawan had chipped in as the temporary captain whenever India fielded a second-string side in recent...

August 11, 2023
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It was at the turn of the millennium - in June 2000, probably - and Ehsan Mani, an important member of the global cricket administration then, remembers an incident involving Zee TV's bid to secure the ICC media rights. As the head of the ICC finance committee, Mani had played a catalytic role in a peculiar decision when the global body rejected a higher bid of over $600 million (some say it inauspiciously stood at $ 666 million) from Subhash...

August 11, 2023
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Litton Das hasn't ruled out the possibility of being appointed full-time ODI captain of Bangladesh even as the country's cricket board attempts to convince veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to take over from Tamim Iqbal. The captaincy post is up for grabs following Tamim's decision to step aside from the role on August 3. Murmurs around the team suggest that Shakib is not interested to lead the side in the Asia Cup and wants to see how Tamim's original deputy, Litton, handles the...

August 11, 2023
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New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult is looking to "play a big role" in the upcoming World Cup in India. The 34-year-old had opted out of the central contract around this time last year but finds himself back in the national fold after he was named in the ODI squad for the England tour, a tourney that will earmark New Zealand's final preparations to achieve what they fell just short of in 2019. "I've always had it in my mind to come back,...