After Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board has offered to host the suspended edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is no stranger to hosting the IPL, having arranged 20 matches in 2014 to avoid date clashes with the general elections in India. However, it’s not…
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Yuvraj Singh Questions on Team India Batting Coach ability
Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday questioned India batting coach Vikram Rathour’s ability to guide Indian cricketers in the T20 format. Rathour had replaced Sanjay Bangar as the batting coach last year. “He (Rathour) is my friend … do you think he can help players of this T20 generation? Has he played cricket at the level to help them?” Yuvraj,…
ICC 🏏 announced the postponement of two further qualifying events
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the postponement of two further qualifying events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier and the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Europe Division 2. As part of the ICC’s comprehensive contingency planning process and after consultation with Members and with the relevant…
AB de Villiers compared Virat & Smith to legendary Federer and Nadal
AB de Villiers, who retired from international cricket in 2018, talked to Zimbabwean cricketer-turned-commentator Pommie Mbangwa for one such conversation on Instagram. He touched upon various topics and also talked about Indian captain Virat Kohli. Virat is currently the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League — the franchise de Villiers represents….
Afghanistan Cricket 🏏 Board to cut salaries of coaching staff
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (AFB) has announced that it will be cutting down the salaries of the coaching staff by 25 per cent this month in order to deal with the financial crisis developed due to COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, salary cut could jump to 50 per cent in June if…
Tendulkar has provided financial Help to underprivileged people’s
Sachin Tendulkar has provided financial aid to 4000 underprivileged people, including children from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of Mumbai, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tendulkar has made the donation of an unspecified amount to Hi5 Youth Foundation, a non-profit organisation based out of Mumbai. Also he given Best wishes to team Hi5 for your efforts…
England 🏴 🏏Test Captain feels Standard of Cricket Shouldn’t be Compromised After COVID-19
England Test captain Joe Root feels the fabric of the sport should not be compromised when cricket finally returns to the field in the aftermath of coronavirus pandemic. Citing the example of Test cricket, Root has stated if it cannot be played at its best form then it won’t do justice to the integrity of…
UK 🏏Club Pitches struggling
The ageing profile of groundstaff at community sporting venues has been described as a “ticking timebomb” that could jeopardise participation across a range of sports in the coming years. With grassroots sport facing a period of enormous uncertainty when a return to action is permitted after the coronavirus shutdown, research has shown that the availability…
Sangakkara Set as MCC President
Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will continue to serve as the president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) until September 2021 due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’ in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic. The current activities have been postponed at the club. The proposal will be voted on at the club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM)…
ECB 🏏 declares impact of Covid-19
ECB chief executive Tom Harrison has claimed that English cricket could lose as much as 380 million pounds if the entire season is wiped out due to the COVID19 pandemic. ECB suspended county season until July, with nine rounds abandoned. That would be the loss of 800 days of cricket across all of our professional…