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Following a stellar performance in the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE, where they lost to Australia in the semifinals, the Pakistan cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday for a T20 and Test series beginning November 19. ....
With barely three weeks for the Ashes series to start, Tim Paine relinquished Australia's Test captaincy in a bombshell announcement on Friday, which has shaken the Australian cricket establishment to the core. ....
Australian cricketer Tim Paine's wife, Bonnie, has said that it broke her heart to see her husband stepping down as Test skipper ahead of the Ashes series in the wake of the sexting scandal that the wicketkeeper-batter finds himself in the midst of. ....
Australian Test opener Marcus Harris has thrown his weight behind the embattled former skipper Tim Paine, saying he's still the "best golveman" in the country, adding that he has the support of the entire team as he tries to overcome the turmoil in his life following the sexting scandal. ....
Tim Paine will take an indefinite leave of absence from all cricket “for the foreseeable future”, throwing into serious doubt the former Australian Test captain’s availability for the Ashes and his future in the international game.....
Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has endorsed pace bowler Pat Cummins' appointment as captain of the Test side and said that batting stalwart Steve Smith being made his deputy could be a game-changer for the hosts ahead of the Ashes, given his experience. ....
Indian cricket has finally taken the inevitable decision to have different captains for the red-ball and white-ball cricket in Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. However, the success of India's split captaincy will very much depend on the camaraderie between the two heavyweights, with coach Rahul Dravid working as a catalyst. ....
Former New Zealand player Brendon McCullum has said that while the cricketing fraternity speaks highly about Joe Root as a "very good leader", he hasn't seen that quality in the England Test captain. ....
The Indian Test cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed for South Africa early on Thursday morning to take part in a three-match series starting with a Boxing Day Test from December 26 in Centurion. The three Tests in Centurion, Johannesburg (January 3-7), and Cape Town (January 11-15) will be part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle from 2021 to 2023.....
South African pace bowler Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the three-match Test series against India beginning with the Boxing Day game at SuperSport Park on December 26. ....