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News Analysis He has taken on a new role at this World Cup and been a vital part of Australia’s success Marcus Stoinis‘ massive biceps, broad chest and muscular physique in general remind you of the Incredible Hulk, the Marvel superhero. Stoinis himself thinks he looks like the Hulk when he flexes his biceps and

News Faragher steps down despite denying alleged incident from 2017 Essex have announced the resignation of John Faragher as chair with immediate effect, following an allegation of racist language used at a board meeting in 2017. Faragher denies the claim made against him but stepped down following a meeting of the Essex board on Thursday

News “There’s one game to go and I’m sure there will be a bigger outpouring of emotion if we manage to get across the line.” “Try and hit every ball for six”. This was Jimmy Neesham‘s plan after he got together with opener Daryl Mitchell, with New Zealand needing 60 off the last 29 balls

News Wicketkeeper believes Marcus Stoinis’ composure under pressure was the key to the pair finishing off Pakistan Marcus Stoinis‘ takedown of Haris Rauf – and not Pakistan’s lapses in the field – was the turning point in a wildly fluctuating semi-final, according to Matthew Wade. Wade was dropped on 12 by Hasan Ali in the

Report Heartbreak for Pakistan as pair put on 81 off 40 for the sixth wicket Australia 177 for 5 (Warner 49, Wade 41*, Stoinis 40*, Shadab 4-26) beat Pakistan 176 for 4 (Rizwan 67, Zaman 55*, Starc 2-38) by five wickets Second night in a row, second tournament favourites – Pakistan this time – paid

News The two had missed training on Wednesday after coming down with “light flu and low fever” Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik have been declared fit by Pakistan’s medical team to take part in the T20 World Cup semi-final game against Australia in Dubai on Thursday, after they had stayed away from training on the

New Zealand never felt that the target of 167 was beyond their reach, despite losing early wickets and falling behind the asking rate, in their semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi. So said finisher-turned-opener Daryl Mitchell after his unbeaten 72 off 47 balls dragged New Zealand into their first-ever T20 World Cup final. He put

News Both players were tested for Covid-19 and they tested negative Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik missed Pakistan’s training session on Wednesday with mild flu, a day before their semi-final with Australia in Dubai. Both players were tested for Covid-19 and both tested negative. As with the rest of their squad, they have cleared regular

News Veteran will remain with county at least until end of 2022, and age of 41 Tim Murtagh has been named as Middlesex’s club captain for the 2022 season, after signing a one-year contract extension which will see him remain at Lord’s until after his 41st birthday. Murtagh, who joined Middlesex from Surrey in 2007,

News Victoria quick handed a one-game suspension by Cricket Australia after throwing a ball in a “inappropriate and dangerous manner” Fast bowler James Pattinson has been handed a one-game suspension for a code of conduct breach during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield win over New South Wales at the MCG. During the final day, Pattinson fielded a

News Tom Harrison meets Ramiz Raja on bridge-building visit to Pakistan after October pull-outs England’s men will play two additional T20Is on their tour of Pakistan in September and October 2022, in compensation for the late cancellation of last month’s planned visit, following a meeting between ECB and PCB officials in Lahore on Tuesday. Tom

News New Zealand captain trying to find a balance to manage the problem better New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has found it challenging to refrain himself from over-hitting at the nets and instead keep himself fresh for the matches. Williamson’s elbow injury flared up during the warm-ups in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup and

News Tributes flow for the former Tasmania batter and highly regarded administrator who passed away on Monday after a lengthy illness South Australia Cricket Association chief executive and former Marylebone Cricket Club CEO Keith Bradshaw has passed away after a long illness at the age of 58. Bradshaw had been SACA CEO since November 2011

Report Rohit sealed a small chase with a fifty, after Jadeja and Ashwin took three wickets apiece India 136 for 1 (Rohit 56, Rahul 54*) beat Namibia 132 for 8 (Wiese 26, Ashwin 3-20, Jadeja 3-16) by nine wickets India signed off from the T20 World Cup on a winning note after restricting Namibia to

News The pace bowler how has 15 wickets in two Sheffield Shield matches this season Last week, Victoria coach Chris Rogers said he wouldn’t swap Scott Boland “for just about anyone”. After a match-winning display against New South Wales at the MCG, the caveat is perhaps not needed. There wasn’t really much talk around Boland

News Captain wants his side to build on experience for next T20 World Cup Kyle Coetzer has called upon Cricket Scotland to be “bold and brave” in order to “push our whole organisation forward” after his side’s T20 World Cup campaign ended with heavy defeats against India and Pakistan. Scotland defied the odds to qualify

Designated captain Javeria Khan, pacer Diana Baig and spin-bowling allrounder Nida Dar has been ruled out of Pakistan’s first ODI against West Indies scheduled for Monday, hindering their preparations ahead of the 2022 ODI World Cup global Qualifier slated to take place in Zimbabwe from November 21. In Javeria’s absence, Sidra Nawaz has been named

News Head coach says the extra batter in the side allows them to “back ourselves to chase anything” Australia have slain some of their demons in the ongoing T20 World Cup, having produced four successful chases to reach the semi-finals, but coach Justin Langer believes it will take “nerves of steel” to chase in a