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After preponing the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season from September 26 to 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking to postpone the final from November 08 to 10. The change is being contemplated in order to get the Indian cricket team to depart for their tour of Australia directly from the UAE instead of a pit stop in India. The start date, however, is unlikely to be changed which means that the span of

CPL T20 2020 season is set to kick off from 18th August at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Barbados Tridents secured their 2nd title defeating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL T20 2019 Final at Trinidad. Prior to the Final, GAW were unbeaten in the season. Betting sites in India had Guyana as the clear favorite to win the 2019 final, valuing the team’s win at 1.68 betting odds. However, Barbados Tridents delivered yet another astonishing performance to defeat the 2018 runner-up.

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's three-year ban for failing to report corrupt approaches earlier this year was on Wednesday reduced to 18 months. Akmal's ban will effectively run from February 2020 to August 2021 after the 30-year-old's sentence was reduced by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. The batsman expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and vowed to appeal again. "There have been many cricketers before me who have committed corruption but none of them were given a punishment as severe as mine. I will appeal

Stuart Broad made the headlines left, right, and centre after he guided England to a resounding 269-run win over West Indies in the third and final Test at Old Trafford on Tuesday. His 10/67 helped Joe Root reclaim the Wisden Trophy. And in that process, Broad joined an elite club — the one that features bowlers who have scalped atleast 500 wickets in their Test career. "Whoever's plan it was to drop Stuart Broad the person must be sent to quarantine for 14

It should have been a busy year for Indian women's cricket. There was the promise of a lot of action after India's maiden run to the T20 World Cup final in March - an expanded four-team Women's T20 Challenge followed by a tour of England for players to get back into the ODI groove ahead of next year's World Cup - but Covid-19 put paid to that. "Even nature has started conspiring against women's cricket," Shanta Rangaswamy, the former India captain who is also part of the

At the end of the third day, the outcome of the match is still unknown but it would require an epic rescue act from the West Indies to retain the Wisden Trophy. The script ran perfectly for England—they winkled out West Indies for 197 runs and seized a lead of 172 runs, to which they added another 226 runs and set the tourists a target of 399. The cornerstone was their openers—Rory Burns and Dom Sibley, putting together their first 100-run association in

Dismissing Virat Kohli is a dream for many bowlers, but one bowler who had the upper hand on the Indian captain was Pakistan left-arm pacer Junaid Khan. Junaid has bowled 24 balls to Kohli conceding just 3 runs, bagging 3 wickets. All their clashes came in the 2012 Pakistan tour of India, where the visitors beat the hosts 2-1 in a three-match ODI series. "The first ball I bowled to him was a wide but the next ball when I beat him, I

Kane Williamson and Gary Stead, the New Zealand captain and coach respectively, have had to answer questions about their supposedly frayed relationship ever since they got to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for a training session. After Williamson called the relationship "very good", Stead has called it "really strong", adding that they are both gung-ho about taking the team to the next level. Some of the chatter in local cricket circles started after speculation in May that Stead wanted Tom Latham as the regular Test captain in

West Indies pacer Kemar Roach was in scotching form for his side on day one of the 3rd Test at Old Trafford and changed the mood of the game when his steaming delivery knocked out Ben Stokes' wickets in Manchester on Friday (July 24). After England got off to a poor start in the morning when Roach dismissed Dominic Sibley for a duck in the very first over, Stokes joined forces with Rory Burns to stable the ship for the home side. The pair managed to

Six into three will not work on Friday, when England will reveal who are its best seamers for the deciding Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford. England named its squad on Thursday, and delayed showing its hand by picking all six of its seamers, including Jofra Archer, who was dropped before the second Test for breaking health protocols through an unauthorized trip home. Archer’s misdeed – which also cost him extra isolation, a 15,000 pounds ($19,000) fine and a written warning

12 years!!! It does not seem so long, but Virat Kohli has spent these years giving fans memories to cherish since his international debut on August 18, 2008.  The former U-19 World Cup-winning captain walked out to open against Sri Lanka in Dambulla marking the beginning of the glorious chapters of Indian cricket. As the Indian skipper nears the completion of 12 years in international cricket, Kohli took to social media to share an interesting photo in which it had a Kohli from

Jofra Archer received racist abuse on social media after breaching biosecurity protocols and being dropped by England and said he was struggling for motivation ahead of the third Test against the West Indies on Friday. The fast bowler has passed on details of the abuse to the English Cricket Board and is seeking to have action taken.”Some of the abuse I have taken over the past few days on Instagram has been racist and I have decided that enough is enough,” he wrote in his

The IPL 2020, which was originally slated to commence on March 29, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the BCCI has been in a fix about the commencement of the cash-rich league. However, after a lot of speculation, the IPL looks set to be played in the UAE this year. According to reports, the IPL 2020 will be played between September 26 and November 8. Meanwhile, the franchises have started gearing up for the 13th edition of the tournament. IPL 2020 could

Jofra Archer was omitted from the team that won the second Test against the West Indies by 113 runs at the Manchester venue on Monday to level the three-match series at 1-1. Jofra Archer has rejoined the rest of the England squad at Old Trafford after a second test for coronavirus produced a negative result, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday. Archer was omitted from the team that won the second Test against the West Indies by 113 runs at the Manchester venue on

India are all set to play a four-match Test series in Australia with the first Test to be played from December 3 at Gabba in Brisbane. Despite the series still a few months away, the excitement is already at its high and there are a lot of discussions taking place on what team combination should India go ahead with. Would India go with Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal as openers, or would KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma also be in the mix for the

Indian Premier League 2020 will be staged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), confirmed Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel. Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel on Monday confirmed that the 13th edition of the premier T20 tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A full-fledged IPL consisting of 60 matches is on the cards and the league is expected to be completed inside 44 days between September 26 to November 08 - a window already zeroed in

The BCCI has reportedly zeroed in on a tentative schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL), hoping for it to be held from September 26 to November 8 later this year. The IPL 13 was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Also Read - COVID-19 Vaccine: Here is a List of Promising Indian Coronavirus Vaccines That May Give us Good News Very Soon The window came up for discussion during BCCI Apex Council meet on Friday and if finalised, it will mean

England defeated West Indies by 113 runs to level the series ahead of the decider in Manchester. England beat the West Indies by 113 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday. West Indies, set a nominal 312 to win, were bowled out for 198 on the fifth and final day as England leveled the three-match series at 1-1. All-rounder Ben Stokes made 176 in England's first-innings 469-9 declared and a dashing 78 not out on Monday that set up

The 2020 T20 World Cup has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday. The tournament was scheduled to be played in Australia between October 18 and November 15 this year. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," ICC said in its statement. The ICC also revealed revised dates for their three upcoming global events in men's cricket, including the 2023 World

Jofra Archer has been excluded from the second Test between England and the West Indies after breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board’s bio-secure protocols.  The fast bowler, who featured in the first-Test defeat last week, has been placed in self-isolation for five days and he issued an apology after putting ‘the whole team and management in danger’.  It’s understood that Archer did not breach the protocols in Manchester or at the previous Test in Southampton, but did so while transferring from one