Is there a breakthrough in the Asia Cup imbroglio? It may still be a little premature to draw any definitive conclusions about the continental championship, but there is now a greater sense of optimism surrounding the tournament. This is a marked change from the uncertainty that had loomed over it due to the tensions between…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced changes to the Playing Conditions in Twenty20 Internationals and the key point of alternation is in the PowerPlay calculations. To be more specific, the length of the powerplay will now be rounded to the nearest ball, instead of to the nearest over. As per the existing regulations, the…
England have added Jofra Archer to their Test squad for the second of the five-game ongoing series against India. Archer, 30, will return to the Test fold for the first time since February 2021 and will be in line to add to his 13 Test caps when the second match gets underway at Edgbaston in…
Bangladesh Test skipper Najmul Hossain is unlikely to continue as captain in the format following the two-match series against Sri Lanka. The southpaw is expected to convey the decision to the board soon while whether he will announce it officially after the end of second Test at Colombo or later depends on the outcome of…
Seven minutes before the scheduled Tea interval on Day 3 at Headingley, with England’s tail trying to wag its team into the lead, Shardul Thakur handed over his hat and jumper to the umpire and began a couple of mock run-ups before starting what was to be his seventh over of the innings. His captain…
MINY didn’t get off to the greatest of starts with Monank struggling in the powerplay. Only 25 runs came in the first overs of a tall chase and to make matters worse, Sikandar Raza came into the attack and struck immediately to get rid of Quinton de Kock. Monank, batting on 4 off 12 at…
It is Monday afternoon, four days out from the start of a marquee five-Test series, but Headingley feels like it’s enjoying a siesta. Far from the guttural energy of recent Tests played here, the stadium dozes in the soft Yorkshire light, which also happens to bring out the surprising lack of natural flow to this…
Test cricket, with its rich and varied history, has often seen individuals spark disruptions that transform not just their teams but the entire cricketing discourse. Don Bradman’s almost flawless technique, for instance, drove an obsessed Douglas Jardine to resort to ‘Bodyline.’ Four and a half decades later, bruised by the formidable duo of Lillee and…
Kagiso Rabada walks into a bar. It’s heaving with teenyboppers celebrating finally having escaped the turgid tedium of their high school careers. The boys are in tight t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops. They’re trying too hard not to look enthusiastic about anything, even Rabada. And not even about the girls, who have painted their faces and…
Rabada versus Hazlewood, Jansen versus Starc, Maharaj versus Lyon. If you didn’t know better you would have thought the WTC final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s this week was a bowlers only affair. Maybe, with five of the top 10 ranked bowlers in the world in the squads, most of the pre-final buzz…
