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Wahab Riaz, who last year decided to take an indefinite break from red ball cricket, has agreed to return to play the Test-match leg of Pakistan's tour of England. He has been named in the larger pool of 29 players, a combined squad for a series of three Tests and T20Is. Riaz was 34 when announced his break from red-ball cricket. It led to his being demoted in the PCB's central contracts list, and then to his being omitted entirely from it. His

India’s limited overs vice captain Rohit Sharma wants to compete in both the T20 World Cup and the IPL this year as chances are that only one of the two tournaments could be salvaged due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ICC is yet to decide on the fate of the World Cup, scheduled to be held in October-November in Australia, while the BCCI has postponed the popular and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) indefinitely. It is being speculated that if T20 World Cup

There will be no place for friendship when West Indies take on England belatedly this summer, Kemar Roach has warned fellow Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer. While no one will be happier to see each other on a cricket pitch than the combatants when their long-awaited three-Test series gets underway behind closed doors at the Ageas Bowl on July 8, destructive West Indies fast bowler Roach says his team's focus will be purely on winning. "Jofra has made his decision and I think

West Indies cricketer Daren Sammy revealed earlier this weak that his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammates called him by a name that he has now learned has a racial undertone. Disappointed with men he called his ‘brothers’, Sammy asked them to get in touch with him and open a conversation. ‘Reach out to me. Let’s have a conversation because if it was in any shape or form what Minhaz meant, I’m very disappointed and I would still be angry and deserve an apology from you

The England and Wales Cricket Board has acknowledged the voices that have spoken out about racism in cricket, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the United States of America, and has vowed to change things for the better in the near future with regard to a subject that was considered taboo until recently. "We have listened carefully to those who have spoken out in recent weeks about their experiences of being black in cricket, sport and society," read ECB's

Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Saturday revealed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Afridi, who represented Pakistan in 27 Tests, 398 One-day Internationals (ODIs) and 99 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), took to Twitter to break the news, saying that he had been feeling unwell since Thursday and after getting tested for coronavirus, his results returned positive. "I've been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I've been tested and unfortunately I'm covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery,"

Sri Lanka Cricket on Thursday (June 11) confirmed that India will not tour the country in June as per schedule to to play the three ODIs and three T20Is. The announcement, made via a media release, officially established the inevitability of the postponement. "The India National Team Tour of Sri Lanka, which was scheduled to take place during the month of June, 2020 will not go ahead, as scheduled," stated an SLC media release. "The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

On Yuvraj Singh’s first retirement anniversary, Sachin Tendulkar paid a tribute to his former teammate, and recalled the first time he saw the former left-handed batsman. It was on June 10 last year that Yuvraj, India’s 2011 World Cup hero, called time on a legendary 19-year-long career, while the Indian cricket team was in England playing the World Cup. One of the firsts to congratulate Yuvraj for a stellar career last year on Twitter, Tendulkar did not miss out remembering his first retirement

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is going ahead with its plans to stage the IPL later this year despite the International Cricket Council (ICC) taking its time to decide on the fate of the ICC T20 World Cup in October. In a letter to the state associations (in possession of TOI) on Wednesday (June 10), BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has stated that the board will shortly decide on the future course of action. BCCI is willing to host the

Four months away from the T20 World Cup in Australia, a call over its postponement is still to be taken. The ICC will meet virtually yet again on Wednesday, as the sixteen competing nations wait for word on whether the event will go ahead or not. The improving health situation in Australia may raise hopes, but with international travel suspended, quarantine rules and extra expenditures involved, no crowds, and rusty cricketers, staging the big ticket event appears increasingly difficult. ICC’s own guidelines for

24 years ago on June 10, 1986, India registered its first Test victory against England at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground. The Kapil Dev-led Indian side pulled off what many Indian sides could not for 54 years. India had played its first Test match at Lord’s back in 1932 but it took them a long time to taste the success of victory. Captain Kapil Dev was the star of the show as he picked up five wickets in the match - four in

Pakistan have roped in Younis Khan and Mushtaq Ahmed as the batting and spin-bowling coaches respectively for the upcoming tour of England. Khan and Ahmed will join head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis for the tour - scheduled for August-September - comprising three Tests and as many T20Is. This is Khan's first appointment with the PCB since his retirement in 2017. The board was earlier interested in roping him in to work at the development level at the NCA but those

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have banned the usage of saliva to shine the ball as a precautionary measure for cricket to be played in the post-Covid-19 era. India legend Sachin Tendulkar and Australia bowling legend Brett Lee talked about the measures taken by the global cricket governing body and discussed how can cricket be kept more balanced and not let it tilt too much in the favour of batsmen. “It’s a tough call because it’s something which we have done during our

T20 cricket has been a hugely entertaining format of cricket for fans around the world. The format, due to this size and dynamics has helped cricket viewership reach new heights both in international and franchise cricket.. With more and more nations opting for the shortest format, the ICC T20I rankings has as many as 80 country teams. Shorter boundaries, bigger and better bats, records being broken almost at will have driven this format, which has attracted many new fans, thanks to the instant

India seems to have lapped up the 'Black Lives Matter' campaign but is Indian sport truly immune to the racism virus? Darren Sammy, two-time T20 World Cup-winning West Indies captain, revealed on Sunday that he faced racist taunts during his Indian Premier League (IPL) stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014. "I just learnt what that 'kalu' meant when I played for Sunrisers in the IPL. They called me and (Thisara) Perera by that name. I thought it meant strong stallion. My

3 Test matches, 20 days, 2 venues and a bio-secure environment and cricket is finally set to make a comeback 4 months after cricket, and pretty much everything else, was ‘cancelled’ due to the coronavirus pandemic. England is leading the way and bringing international cricket back this July, with a 3-match Test series against the West Indies. But with nearly 3 lakh cases and almost 2000 new positive cases everyday, how is the ECB planning to pull off this series? Well, let’s start

Michael Holding, the broadcaster and former West Indies fast bowler, has said the decisions of Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul to opt out of touring England were "unfortunate", if understandable because of concerns over the Covid-19 situation in the UK. Earlier this week, West Indies announced a 25-man party to travel for three rearranged Tests against England next month. CWI had previously given guarantees that players would not be forced to go on the tour if they were not comfortable with

Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh posted a message on his Twitter account on Friday, apologizing for a comment he made on a live Instagram video chat with India opener Rohit Sharma that drew flak from critics who saw it as a casteist slur. “This is to clarify that I have never believed in any kind of disparity, be it on the basis of caste, colour, creed or gender. I have given and continue to spend my life for the welfare of people,” read his

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is discussing all the possible options to hold the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), even staging the event outside the country but as their last resort. “The board is looking at all options. If it comes to taking IPL out of India, it may happen but as the last option,” a source within BCCI told ANI. “If that’s the only option then we will consider it. We have done it in

The Haryana Police has initiated a probe against former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh after a lawyer complained against his alleged “casteist remarks” against Dalits. Hansi-based lawyer Rajat Kalsan has lodged a complaint with local police alleging that Yuvraj had passed a casteist remark against Dalits. Hansi Superintendent of Police Lokender Singh told The Indian Express that they had received the complaint on May 2. “We are investigating the matter. But nothing has been decided so far. No FIR has been registered yet,” he