[ad_1] MUMBAI: Defending champions India will open their campaign against the UAE on July 19 before facing their arch-rivals Pakistan on July 21 and then Nepal on July 23 in the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the tournament, which will be held in July in…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic about hosting the Champions Trophy next year, as a delegation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) is scheduled to arrive in the country on Monday to assess the ongoing preparations for the prestigious tournament.The delegation, which will include a security expert, will visit all the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar scripted history on this day in 2012 when he scored his 100th international century while playing in the Asia Cup for India.It was Tendulkar’s 49th and final century in ODI cricket and, interestingly, only his first against Bangladesh in the format.Tendulkar was 38 years old at the time…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Because of the team’s recent poor performance, Mohammad Hafeez was removed from his position as Team Director by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Inzamam-ul-Haq, a former captain of the team, has criticized the board, saying it is unfair to “target” former players for administrative positions when they refuse to take accountability for the…
[ad_1] LAHORE: The cricket boards of Pakistan and Sri Lanka are locked in a financial dispute over who should bear the additional $3-4 million burden incurred due to the shifting of the Asia Cup to the island nation last year.With the BCCI unwilling to send its team to Pakistan, the original host, due to geo-political…
[ad_1] VADODARA: His virtually unplayable inswinger uprooted the stumps of New Zealand opener Tom Jones off the very first ball of the innings in the U-19 World Cup tie on Tuesday. Before NZ could recover, the 18-year-old Baroda pacer, Raj Limbani scalped another wicket in the same over, setting the stage for India’s massive victory…
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: Less than a decade ago, Mohammed Siraj was just another boy in tattered shoes on Hyderabad’s streets, playing tennis ball cricket. Playing at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium a few km from home was a dream that could not be realised. Or so it seemed at the time.On Thursday, the 29-year-old pacer will…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Afghanistan‘s cricket board has extended head coach Jonathan Trott‘s contract for an additional year in acknowledgment of his significant contributions to the team’s progress and success. Trott, the former England batter, took over as head coach in July 2022, and his 18-month tenure, which concluded in 2023, has been marked by remarkable…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar hailed India’s outstanding performance in the year gone by as he summed up the team’s heartbreaking loss in the ODI World Cup final as just one bad day after unbelievable 10 successive victories.The men’s team lifted the Asia Cup trophy and secured the gold medal at the…
[ad_1] Despite numerous statistical highs, including being ranked No.1 in all formats, the big prize in men’s cricket eluded the Indian teamHow would you sum up 2023 if you were an Indian cricket fan? Two words would do justice. “What if?.” 2023 was a year where the Indian men’s cricket team had two cracks at…
