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Former Australian Test skipper Tim Paine has returned to the cricket field for the first time since taking an "indefinite break" following the sexting scandal last year. But this time around, the 37-year-old has returned to his state side Tasmanian Tigers in the capacity of a coach.....
Eight cricketers in the Afghanistan squad, currently touring Bangladesh for three ODIs and two T20Is, have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, eight days before the scheduled start of the series on February 23. ....
Pakistan women's cricket skipper Bismah Maroof feels her team has some extraordinary talent and the determination to make history in the ICC Women's World Cup, scheduled to be played across six venues here from March 4. ....
After being dropped from India's Test squad, wicketkeeper batter Wriddhiman Saha had lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly. ....
India women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has said that her side is "more than capable" of winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, beginning in New Zealand on March 4, adding that it is now "just a case of doing it" after coming close on two occasions. ....
England Test skipper Joe Root has clarified that it is not the end of the road for celebrated ageing pace-bowling stalwarts Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad after they were not considered for the three-Test series in the Caribbean next month. ....
India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has revealed that captain Rohit Sharma has told him to focus on rotating the strike during practice sessions. In the first T20I against Sri Lanka at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday, Kishan made an explosive 89 off 56 balls to set the base for India's convincing 62-run win. ....
Two empty bullet shells were found in a private bus the Sri Lankan cricket team members were about to board from their hotel in Chandigarh, India, reports said on Monday. ....
The cricket world lost a legend as former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh passed away on Friday aged 74. ....
Australia’s legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne passed away in the early hours of March 4 in Koh Samui, Thailand. He was 52. Warne’s international career spanned 15 years and saw him take 708 Test wickets — No. 2 in the list of Test wicket-takers. Since making his debut in 1992, he played 145 Tests for Australia, picking up 708 wickets with his leg-spin. In his 194 ODI appearances, Warne snared 293 scalps.....