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Steve Smith, David Warner, Cameron Bancroft have made a comeback to the team after facing a one year ban for their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in 2018 against South Africa. (Photo:AP/PTI)

Tim Paine lauds Steve Smith for his consistency

Smith is currently ranked at the number four position in the ICC Test batsmen rankings.

22 July 2019 11:18 AM IST

Although he will not be available for the warm-up Test match slated to begin from Tuesday, Paine played down the fear of Usman Khawaja missing the first Ashes Match. (Photo:AP/PTI)

Tim Paine expects Khawaja to be 'fully fit' before Ashes

Khawaja sustained a hamstring injury during the recently concluded ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and was ruled out of the...

22 July 2019 11:09 AM IST

MArk Wood played a key role throughout the World Cup, but was clearly in pain as he strived to maintain his bowling speed during his 10 overs in the final against New Zealand. (Photo:AFP)

Mark Wood eyes Ashes role despite injury blow

Wood will be out for up to six weeks after suffering a side strain during last Sunday's historic World Cup final victory...

22 July 2019 10:55 AM IST

A throw to the stumps deflected off the bat of a diving Ben Stokes as he tried to complete a second run and raced to the boundary, with Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarding six runs to England. (Photo:AFP)

Umpire Kumar Dharmasena admits 'error' in overthrow, but 'doesn't...

Critics, including former umpire Simon Taufel, said England should have been awarded five runs, not six.

22 July 2019 10:24 AM IST

Without divulging much on two-time World Cup winning captains future plans, Prasad said that a legend like Dhoni knows when to retire but the future course of Indian cricket will be charted by the selectors. (Photo:AFP)

Life After MS Dhoni: Prasad backs young Rishabh Pant for all three...

Dhoni has not announced his retirement from international cricket amid widespread speculations.

22 July 2019 10:13 AM IST

India captain Virat Kohli arrives for a selection committee meeting at Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

BCCI names team for West Indies tour; Kohli to lead team in all

The series will start on August 3 with Twenty20 game at Fort Lauderdale in Florida and conclude with second Test in...

22 July 2019 5:53 AM IST

Former national selector Sanjay Jagdale on Friday said the MSK Prasad-led selection panel should find out what was going on in the veteran wicket-keepers mind about his future. (Photo:AFP)

MS Dhoni knows when to retire: MSK Prasad

Selectors on Sunday made it clear that they want to groom his potential successor Rishabh Pant.

22 July 2019 5:43 AM IST

Prithvi Shaw celebrates his century on debut against the West Indies on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

BCCI didn't clear the air on MSD future and Shaw's fitness

The Chairman of the selection committee, MSK Prasad and his team have the opportunity to sow the seeds of change in...

22 July 2019 5:38 AM IST

The dashing Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan had notched up two hundreds in the 2015 edition of World Cup. (Photo:AP/PTI)

Fit-again Shikhar Dhawan, Saha back, rookie Rahul Chahar gets maiden...

The selection panel also went for left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed for the limited overs leg.

21 July 2019 5:54 PM IST

A well-placed source in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that when the Cricket Committee meets later this month, a proposal to split the captaincy and coaching for the different formats would be up for discussion. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan Cricket Board mulling split captaincy and coaching

Pakistan could have separate captains and head coaches for Test and limited overs cricket following its failure to...

21 July 2019 5:46 PM IST

Ambati Rayudu Rayudu, who was till January being touted as Indias No 4 for the World Cup, lost the spot to Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar, who was termed as a three dimensional player by MSK Prasad. (Photo:AFP)

'We had no bias against Rayudu': Prasad clears air on Ambati Rayudu's...

Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal's inclusion as replacements led to Rayudu announcing retirement from all forms of...

21 July 2019 5:14 PM IST

Though, the game is mostly dominated by the male, but with the emergence of womens cricket, the game now looks more promising than ever before. (Photo: Instagram)

11 Female Cricketers who can get you clean bowled on and off the field

Cricket is not just a sport, for some it's an emotion and for others it's a religion.

21 July 2019 4:54 PM IST