Afghanistan Test skipper Rashid Khan (Photo: Twitter)

Former Zimbabwe skipper Taibu congratulates world's youngest Test captain Rashid Khan

'My congratulations to Rashid for becoming this record holder. Records are meant to be broken', said Taibu.

06 Sep 2019 3:07 PM

Earlier, in 2018, Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan had blamed him of domestic violence. (Photo: AP)

'People have misinterpreted arrest warrant against Mohd Shami', says his lawyer

The right-arm fast bowler turned 29 on Tuesday.

04 Sep 2019 6:45 PM

Team India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah's superb bowling (six wickets for 16 runs) and a hat-trick in the ongoing Test again West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston has 'not overshadowed' Hanuma Vihari's maiden hundred in the first innings, believes middle-order batsman's sister, Vaishnavi Vihari. (Photo:AP)

Jasprit Bumrah's bowling didn't 'overshadow' Hanuma Vihari's 1st ton says his sister

Vaishnavi Vihari was 'surprised' to see her brother celebrating the first Test hundred.

02 Sep 2019 9:00 PM

Selecting WV Raman as coach of the women's team was 'more difficult' than that of the men's team, according to Shantha Rangaswamy. (Photo: PTI)

Coach selection for women's team was more difficult than men's: Shantha Rangaswamy

It is also learnt here that Robin Singh and Lalchand Rajput stood at four and five respectively.

19 Aug 2019 9:00 PM

Former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who is working with the visiting New Zealand team as a batting consultant has applied for the same job with the Indian cricket board, it is learnt here. (Photo: AFP)

Thilan Samaraweera applies for India batting coach

According to the highly placed sources in the BCCI, Thilan Samaraweera is the only Sri Lankan player that has applied for the post.

16 Aug 2019 2:50 PM

The embedded chip will enable real-time feedback that will change the game of cricket.

For the first time, the cricket ball will talk

The ball feels and moves the same way as a regular Kookaburra cricket ball, but collects and communicates instant statistical data.

14 Aug 2019 9:02 AM

The 26-year-old Antigua-born all-rounder is being under the care of a special team to be physically fit, according to Ricky Skerritt, the president of the CWI. (Photo: Twitter)

West Indian ‘mountain’ Rahkeem Cornwall gradually reducing his body weight: CWI

Rahkeem Cornwall is the heaviest international cricketer, according to the renowned Indian cricket statistician Mohandas Menon.

13 Aug 2019 4:08 PM

The cap was originally purchased in Leski Auction in May 2003, with original Certificate of Authentication.

Former Sri Lankan captain says that test cap being auctioned online isn't his

The auctioneer, however, claims that the Test cap, which will be put online, is a genuine one.

10 Aug 2019 8:15 PM

eam India's opener Rohit Sharma's new record of hitting maximum sixes in T20I has prompted the father of South African spin bowler Keshav Maharaj to record the speed of strike by batsman when hitting the ball. (Photo: AFP/DC)

Rohit Sharma's knack for hitting 6s prompts Keshav Maharaj's dad to note shot speed

West Indies' Gayle still holds the record of 529 sixes in all three formats of the international cricket.

06 Aug 2019 6:02 PM

The 30-year-old middle-order batsman and former captain scored 144 runs on the first day at Edgebaston, Birmingham on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Parents wish to watch Steven Smith playing in India

Peter Smith, the father of Australia's Steven Smith, who scored the first century in the ongoing Ashes series has lauded his son's efforts.

05 Aug 2019 12:11 PM

Saini's parents too were optimistic about his hat-trick after he scalped the first two wickets. (Photo:AP)

‘Nervousness’ gets the better of Navdeep Saini on debut

Saini, however, not only took two wickets in this over but also won the Player of the match award for the three wickets that he scalped.

05 Aug 2019 11:51 AM

Incidentally, Sachin is the highest run scorer of all time in international cricket, having scored 100 hundreds. World's highest wicket taker Mutthiah Muralitharan's biopic is set to release next year. (Photo:AFP)

Sachin Tendulkar to feature in Muralitharan's biopic

Interestingly, the off-spinner was no balled seven times by Australia's Darrell Hair (and Ross Emerson) during the Boxing Day Test in 1995.

31 Jul 2019 2:53 PM

Australia’s most successful coach John Buchanan started coaching Australia when he was 46 and completed his stint at 54. (Photo:AFP)

‘Don't judge fitness of your coach by age’, says John Buchanan

The Indian cricket board has put age as one criterion.

29 Jul 2019 1:08 PM

Apparently, no event management company is hired for Malinga's last match. (Photo:AFP)

Fire-works and decorations await for Lasith Malinga in his last match

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will lighten the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday on the occasion of Lasith Malinga's retirement from the ODIs.

25 Jul 2019 5:29 PM

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza's sudden hamstring injury paved way for Farhad Reza’s inclusion in the national squad for the Sri Lanka tour. (Photo:AFP)

‘Emergency call did surprise me’: Farhad Reza on his surprise inclusion

In 2006, Reza had made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare.

21 Jul 2019 12:43 PM

Ben Stokes is likely to receive Knighthood but the family will not comment until that happens. (Photo:AFP)

'New Zealanders are supporting us,' says Ben Stokes' mother

Incidentally, Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand and it was his parents’ first interview to the Asian media.

21 Jul 2019 11:50 AM

More than two months before the start of the World Cup, he only predicted that Virat Kohli's boys would return empty-handed. (Photo:File)

This astrologer says ‘India wouldn’t have qualified for finals even without rains’

According to Lobo, even if the rain hadn’t interfered in the semi-final match, then also the match would not have yielded better result.

16 Jul 2019 4:37 PM

Interestingly, Sobers on whose name the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy is warded every year to the best player of the year was a member of the team that had witnessed the first historic tied Test (against Australia at Brisbane in 1960). (Photo: AP)

World Cup trophy should have been ‘shared’: Sir Gary Sobers

The 'official result' of the final is a tie, cricket statisticians Mohandas Menon, Sudhir Vaidya and Ric Finlay (Australia) has said.

16 Jul 2019 4:12 PM

Members of the New Zealand team, which tied the World Cup final, lost the trophy owing to hitting less boundaries than England team are devastated for their fans back home, according to Heath Mills, the Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association (NZCPA). (Photo:AP)

Kiwi fans devastated after New Zealand's unlucky overthrow which changed the game

In the meantime, the FICA has congratulated the England team for its World Cup success.

16 Jul 2019 10:21 AM

After arriving in Chicago, the 63-year-old Chacha Bashir straight went to hospital for his health check up.

Dhoni's fan recovering after heart attack

"Yes, the message to Dhoni about my health has already been reached," said Bashir.

14 Jul 2019 10:47 PM

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