PCB to announce squad for ICC World Cup 2019 today
England preliminary 15-man ICC Men?s Cricket World Cup Squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler,? Tom Curran, Joe Denly Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood. Along with the 15-man World Cup squad, the 17-man England squad for the home series against Pakistan was also announced. ...
Bangladesh announce squad for cricket World Cup 2019
Middle-order batsman?Mosaddek Hossain, who last played for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in September 2018, also makes a comeback for the showpiece event, reported ?Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Liton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Jayed, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain ...
Flower encouraged by progress of Pakistan batsmen
Grant Flower, the Pakistan batting coach, said that he is happy with the improvement in the team?s batsmen, despite a 5-0 defeat against Australia ahead of the ICC Men?s Cricket World Cup 2019. ?It was always going to be difficult to beat Australia, given how many players we were resting, so in that sense the series result appears worse ...
Top Afghan cricket players criticise change of captain
Former captain Mohammad Nabi tweeted the decision was ?ill-timed with World Cup just round the corner?, saying the team had ?gelled really well under Asghar?. ?Being a senior member of the side and having seen the rise of Afghanistan Cricket, I don?t think it is the right time to change the captain,? said Nabi, who led Afghanistan in their ...
ICC charges Sri Lanka bowler over corruption
The 38-year-old Lokuhettige is the third Sri Lankan to be charged with breaching the International Cricket Council?s anti-corruption code following cases against former captain Sanath Jayasuriya and former fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa. Lokuhettige ? suspended since November over alleged match fixing at the 2017 inaugural T10 league in Sharjah ? has now been accused of being ?party to an ...
Forgotten man Pattinson stakes Ashes claim
?It?s been a journey to get to this position over the last few years and at times I thought I would never be back,? said Pattinson, who has suffered a litany of back problems and soft tissue injuries through his stop-start career. ?All the hard work, all the doubts that creep in to your mind, these are times that ...
BoG remains PCB’s supreme body
:?The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday reiterated as per Article 12 of the?PCB Constitution?2014 that the Board of Governors (BoG) will remain its supreme body while under Article 13, it had the powers to delegate its authority to the senior management for the day-to-day operational functioning of the organisation.
Pakistan fined for slow over-rate in fourth ODI
In accordance with Article 2.22 of the?ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.
Call for no-ball tech as Kohli slams ‘ridiculous’ IPL error
That?s a ridiculous call at the last ball,? India captain Kohli said, after the mistake was shown on the giant screen. And Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma, whose team registered their first win in the tournament, said such mistakes were ?not good for the game?. ?There?s a TV up there, they have to watch what?s happening? Eventually it?s not good ...
Smith, Warner ‘paid price’, says cricket chief
Citing multiple sources, it said ?the revelation highlights the extent of the fracture within the dressing-room in the immediate aftermath of one of the most damaging events in Australian cricket history?. ?What we?re focused on is doing everything we can to support Dave, Steve, Cameron and all of the other support staff with this integration? to build harmony rather ...
PM reviews steps taken to improve cricket structure
The meeting was attended by Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Secretary Akbar Durrani, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani, Lt Gen (r) Muzamil Hussain, Waseem Gulzar Khan, Subhan Ahmed, Mudasar Nazar, Haroon Rashid, and others. He reportedly said no one has improved cricket yet while the talent was emerging without any support from the system, directing the PCB to ...
See you next year: PSL success boosts Pakistan’s cricket revival
All future Pakistan Super League matches could be played on home soil after the last eight games of the 2019 tournament went off without a hitch in Karachi, boosting hopes of attracting more international teams, said the country?s cricket chief at Sunday?s final. ?Around 230,000 people have watched matches in Karachi which indicates that Pakistan is a safe country ...
USA become 28th nation to play T20I
The United States of America (USA) have become the 28th country to play a men?s T20I when they take on UAE at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Speaking to in an interview, USA head coach Pubudu Dassanayake expressed hope that the two-match T20I series against UAE could provide a platform for his side to have a successful T20I ...
Beleaguered to buoyant, Australia stage timely turnaround
With India racing to a 2-0 lead, a seventh consecutive series defeat loomed over Australia who pulled off a remarkable comeback by winning three matches in a row for a morale-lifting 3-2 series victory. ?The resilience and fight that we showed being down 0-2 it would have been easy to roll over in those small moments in the game, ...
Indian cricket team did an inappropriate thing: PCB chief
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to approach the International Cricket Council (ICC) to seek action against India for ?politicising? the game by?sporting camouflage army caps during a recent match against Australia. ?We do not want to see the shoulder of cricket being used for politics,? the PCB chief said, revealing that they will be writing a letter ...
Fawad asks PCB to lodge protest against Indian team’s army caps gesture
Expressing displeasure over the Indian cricket team?s donning military caps during a match against Australia in India, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Friday urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to lodge a formal protest against this uncalled for act. He shared a picture of Indian players in a tweet and warned that if Indian cricket team would ...
Shot clock plan proposed for Tests matches
The shot clock is one of those suggestions, with the MCC statement proposing: ?A timer, to be shown on the scoreboard, to count down from 45 seconds from the call of ?Over?. ?If either side is not ready to play when the clock reaches zero, they would receive a warning, with further infringements in that innings resulting in five ...
Pakistan, England begin final dress-rehearsal for 2019 World Cup
Pakistan and England will square off against each other in the first One-day International (ODI) of the five-match series, at The Oval in London on May 8, 2019. This series holds great significance for both sides, as they will be looking to use these matches as preparation for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup. Opener Fakhar Zaman ...
Kohli and Co go from mute golden goose to vocal stakeholder
The goose that lays the golden eggs in Indian cricket is finally going to have a say in the running of the game in the country with a national players' association inching closer to becoming a reality. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has traditionally abhorred the idea of a players' association, regarding it completely unnecessary ...
Australia spearhead Starc back after three-month injury absence
Australia XI: Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Michael Nesar, Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott, Nathan Lyon New Zealand XI: Hamish Rutherford, George Worker, Will Young, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Tom Blundell, Daryl Mitchell, Todd Astle, Doug Bracewell, Blair Tickner, Hamish Bennett
