While watching the second day’s play between India and West Indies, an interesting statistic popped up on the telly. Rahul Dravid’s career graph was shown but the one that caught eye was that of the number of Tests he has played at home to those played abroad. Of the 158 in total that he had [...]
The Match: This is the second Test match of the series between India and England and will be played at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The game will begin from July 29 at the same venue where the Indians had won a Test match on their last English tour. Only this time, they will need [...]
Yuvraj Singh has announced that he is 100% fit for the upcoming tour of England. Yuvraj is missing the current series in West Indies due to a lung infection. The English tour starts on 15 July. Yuvraj Singh who was the player of the series during the World Cup missed the West Indies tour alongside [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) secretary, N Srinivasan has said that the board still stands opposed to the Decision Review System (DRS). He said that the board was not convinced that the current technology is accurate at all times and till such a time comes, the board will continue to oppose the [...]
James Anderson who missed the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lords is back for the final Test match at the Rose Bowl. He has been named in the 12 member squad for the third Test. Anderson missed the second Test match due to a side strain that he picked up during the first Test [...]
England’s Ashes winning captain, Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower have both been awarded the titles OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). England opener Alastair Cook has been conferred the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). The names of the three cricketers appeared in the Queen’s birthday honours list released today. [...]
The Indian tour of England will occur without the DRS. (Umpire) Decision Review System or the (U)DRS is opposed by the BCCI and they vetoed it’s inclusion in the tour. This comes as a disadvantage for England who over the last year have been well used to the technology. They have adopted to it and [...]
Sri Lanka’s tour of England will continue with the second Test match of the Test series to be played at the Lord’s in London. The second Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s will be played from June 3 after the first Test match ends on May 30. You can buy first day [...]
The first Test match of Sri Lanka’s tour of England will be played from May 26 this year. The game will be played at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and will be the start of a long, gruelling tour for the Sri Lankans. This is the first Test series for England since they retained their [...]
England face Sri Lanka in the fourth and the final quarterfinal of the World Cup at Colombo on 26 March. A loss here for any of the team would mean a direct knockout from the ICC Cricket World Cup. You can be a fortune teller or you can be a Navjot Sidhu but one thing you [...]
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