Dubai, Jan 13 (IANS) Two of the most respected umpires in cricket history Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar spearhead the ILT20 Season 2 match officials panel. Both Taufel and Dar will be the on-field umpires for the tournament opener between defending champions Gulf Giants and Sharjah Warriors on Friday, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Cricketing legend and former skipper of West Indies cricket team, Sir Clive Lloyd on Saturday strongly pitched for continuation of test matches besides the popular T20 series.
Ahmedabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Opener Rajat Patidar hit 111 while middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan made 96 as the two-day warm-up match between India A and England Lions ended in a draw at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground 'B' on Saturday.
Dhaka, Jan 13 (IANS) Nazmul Hasan, the President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), is set to step down from the position once his tenure is over. The move comes after Hasan, who has been BCB President since 2012, won the recent parliamentary elections in Bangladesh and was given the responsibility of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Australia national selector Shawn Flegler said the women’s team will be aiming to use their first-ever bilateral tour of Bangladesh as preparation and gathering information for the Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in the country later in September this year.
Harare, Jan 13 (IANS) 24-year-old Antum Naqvi, leading the Mid West Rhinos, etched his name in Zimbabwean cricket history by becoming the first player from a Zimbabwean team to hit a triple century at any level of representative cricket.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur said playing against India for his team in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup in Ahmedabad was extremely tough, especially in the absence of no crowd support for the visitors.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Ahead of an important five-match Test tour of India, England fast-bowler Gus Atkinson believes the way the current team plays in the format suits his game perfectly. Atkinson has made 12 white-ball appearances for England, but is uncapped at the Test level.
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Australia’s premier batter Steve Smith said one of the chief reasons behind moving to opening the batting in Tests has been not waiting for his turn to bat in Test cricket. Smith has never opened the batting in red-ball cricket, but is all set to take up the role when Australia face West Indies in the Test series opener at Adelaide on January 17.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former South African batter Dean Elgar has signed a three-year deal with Essex ahead of the 2024 county season.
