“I think it should be a balance with experience and younger players,” Pooran said on the eve of West Indies’ opening game against Scotland in Hobart. “If you look at it, there were a lot of big names when we won those two World Cups [2012 and 2016], but we also had a lot of
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Earlier this year, Azam skipped the National T20 Cup to play for Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League. He was, at first, not provided an NOC to travel to the West Indies but eventually got it. Azam did quite well in the CPL, scoring 257 runs including back-to-back fifties in qualifier one and the
Krish Reddy, the pre-eminent record-keeper of black and non-racial cricket in South Africa, has died. Reddy was involved in the game as a player, administrator, selector and historian, and was best-known for his dedication to collating and preserving the records of players who were otherwise unrecognised in segregated South Africa, and for telling their stories.
Bangladesh have brought in Soumya Sarkar and Shoriful Islam to replace Mohammad Saifuddin and Sabbir Rahman in their T20 World Cup squad. Soumya and Shoriful’s inclusions in the T20 World Cup squad seemed on the cards given their performance was marginally better than the other two who will now make their way back home from
Alex Gidman has stepped down as Worcestershire’s head coach after four years in the role, and will leave the club with immediate effect. Gidman joined Worcestershire, initially as 2nd XI coach, in early 2018. He was involved with the side that won the T20 Blast that summer, before taking over as head coach after Kevin
Mohammed Shami has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in India’s T20 World Cup squad. According to a BCCI release, Shami has touched down in Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane ahead of India’s two official warm-ups against the hosts and New Zealand on October 17 and 19 respectively. As reported by ESPNcricinfo earlier,
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to chase in the tri-series final against New Zealand in Christchurch. The visitors made one change, bringing in Haris Rauf in place of Mohammad Hasnain. New Zealand welcomed back their regular captain Kane Williamson, who had been rested
The BCCI stands to lose between US$58-116 million from its share of the ICC’s central revenue pool as a result of the tax imposed by the Indian government on the global cricket body for hosting the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup in India. The marquee event is scheduled to be played in India in October-November
Bangladesh have learned a lot from the tri-series in New Zealand despite losing all four games, according to their technical consultant Sridharan Sriram. The key takeaway was that they had tried and tested the different combinations they could use during the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Bangladesh produced their best batting performance of the
Cricket Australia is contemplating lifting David Warner‘s lifetime leadership ban as soon as Friday, with directors looking at rewriting the organisation’s code of ethics. Warner has had a leadership ban hanging over his head since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, with him keen to have the punishment reversed. The 35-year-old has been mentioned as a candidate