Tag: Cricket

Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja believes wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed should retire from Tests and focus on white-ball cricket.Sarfaraz, a former captain, was seen performing the duties of 12th man in the series opener between England and Pakistan in Manchester.“In my book I am clear once you have been captain ...

The ICC Board of Directors meeting on Monday ended up being a damp squib after they failed to reach consensus over Shashank Manohar’s replacement as the next chairman of cricket’s global governing body.The sole agenda of Monday’s meeting was to finalise the nomination process for the election but no ...

A decision by their own independent adjudicator, which reduced Umar Akmal's original three-year ban by 18 months, has now been challenged by the PCB in the Swiss Court of Arbitration for Sports.Akmal was banned from all representative cricket in April for failing to report details of corrupt approaches made ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced it will file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports against the reduction of ban on batsman Umar Akmal for breaching its Anti-Corruption Code.Last month, the three-year ban initially handed to Akmal for failing to report corrupt approaches was reduced ...

1) How do England manage without Ben Stokes? With difficulty. The last time he was absent for more than the odd Test was in the 2017-18 Ashes, when he was helping Bristol police with their inquiries. England lost 4-0, and it was hard to say what they missed most ...

Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq rued his side's lack of fortune at crucial times on the fourth day as Pakistan slumped to a tense three-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the first Test at Old Trafford. Writing for the PCB's in-house website, Misbah said Pakistan "were right on ...

9.25am EDT 09:25 Cover your eyes Durham-ites: 48-5. Just two ducks so far - a couple of wickets for Luke Wood and three for Tom Bailey. Sorry, in the time it took me to answer the door, now 49-7 with Liam Hurt on a hat-trick.... Updated at 9.26am EDT ...

Jos Buttler is the “whole package” and that is why the wicketkeeper-batsman should be a regular in England’s Test side, feels Australian spin great Shane Warne.Buttler was under scrutiny due to lapses behind the stumps during the first Test against Pakistan last week. He missed two chances against opener ...

Jos Buttler was struggling for form in the past few months. He was not able to get going in the series against West Indies and questions were raised regarding his continuous selection in the England side. Buttler did not help his case with several lapses behind the stumps in ...

Matthew Hayden is no stranger to sledging his opponents. The Australian cricket team in the 2000s were known to be master sledgers and used to play mind games on the opposition players to get under their skin. They were already the best side in the world with an abundance ...