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News No official BCB word yet on reduction of his ban, but he played a Dhaka Premier Division match on Saturday Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain, banned in November 2019 for five years for slapping a team-mate during a first-class match, played in a Dhaka Premier Division game on Saturday, despite there being no official

News Cruel blow for seamer who worked hard to return from stress fractures in his back Reece Topley could miss England’s entire white-ball summer after sustaining a side strain. Topley, the left-arm seamer, suffered the injury while playing for Surrey’s second XI against Essex on Wednesday. He later underwent a scan which suggested he will

News Ismail Dawood equally unimpressed by ECB comments, but governing body rejects allegations of ‘institutional racism’ John Holder has dismissed ECB comments claiming he has withdrawn his claim of racial discrimination against them as “disingenuous” and vowed to never work for the organisation again. Holder and Ismail Dawood had launched a legal challenge against the

News Haris Sohail is back in ODI squad while Imad Wasim has been included for T20Is against England and West Indies Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah have returned to Pakistan’s Test squad for the two-match series against West Indies. Yasir Shah‘s inclusion, however, remains subject to fitness, with the PCB saying that the legspinner is

Sean Abbott works one to the off-side © Getty Images Sean Abbott‘s spell with Surrey in county cricket has ended after just one match with the allrounder suffering a hamstring injury against Gloucestershire. Abbott scored 40 and took 2 for 5 in his first match for the club but did not take the field on

News Green replaces Mujeeb Ur Rahman, whose stint has been delayed to second half by visa, travel issues Chris Green, the off-spinning all-rounder, will join Middlesex for the first half of the T20 Blast as a replacement for Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Mujeeb’s stint with the club has been delayed until the second half

News “But at the end of the day, I’m not being ungrateful, I’m grateful that we’re still playing, we’re still doing our job” Bubble life has “definitely taken a toll” on West Indies allrounder Andre Russell because of the restrictions, quarantine rules imposed on players as more and more international series and T20 tournaments are

News Having waited so long for Test debut, opener etches his name on away room board at first attempt Devon Conway has had to wait a long time for his chance in Test cricket. He moved from his native South Africa in his mid-20s to try to establish himself in a new country, then had

News “You’re literally going to the ground and coming back to the room, and you don’t have a space where you can just disconnect from the game” Virat Kohli believes that mental health management will become “a norm of the future” alongside the physical workload management that is already prevalent in cricket. The India captain

News All tournaments over the next cycle starting in 2023 will be selected by the board Hosts for ICC events will not be determined through an open bidding process, and instead will be selected by its board. In what amounts effectively to a u-turn, the ICC said after a board meeting on Tuesday that a

News Skipper reveals in-form batter has beaten Blundell, Young for opening spot alongside Latham Kane Williamson has confirmed that Devon Conway, the top-order batter, will make his Test debut in the first match of the LV=Insurance Test series against England at Lord’s. Conway, the 29-year-old South African-born player, has been preferred to Tom Blundell or

Joe Root keen to ensure moment is no empty gesture © Getty Images Joe Root has confirmed that both teams will “be taking a moment of unity” ahead of the first LV=Insurance Test between England and New Zealand as part of a wider commitment to combat issues around inclusion within the game. Root, the England

News The left-armer is excited at the prospect of using the Duke ball against India Trent Boult is eyeing the chance to “create a bit of history” as he prepares to travel to England to join his team-mates ahead of the World Test Championship final against India later this month. Boult opted to return to

News van der Dussen and Shamsi win men’s ODI player of the year and men’s T20I player of the year awards Quicks Anrich Nortje and Shabnim Ismail were named South Africa’s men’s and women’s cricketer of the year respectively at CSA’s annual awards ceremony, which was held virtually on Sunday. Nortje became the 12th player

News Discussions to be held around discuss IPL bio-bubble norms, crowds, hosting of the ICC event among other things BCCI’s top brass, led by board secretary Jay Shah, reached Dubai via a charter flight on Monday to finalise plans for the remainder of the 2021 IPL as well as discuss the probability of the UAE

News Hockley stepped into the job last June following the sacking of Kevin Roberts Nick Hockley has been named the new permanent chief executive of Cricket Australia, having held the role in an interim capacity for almost a year. Hockley stepped into the job last June following the sacking of Kevin Roberts during the fallout

News Sussex coach James Kirtley praises seamer’s “ability to dissect batsmen” Sussex had tried just about everything to get Kiran Carlson out in their County Championship fixture away at Glamorgan earlier this season: he had made 127 not out in the first innings, and was 129 not out overnight heading into the final day, holding

News ‘When it comes to playing for India, it’s like serving your country, so personal issues, I don’t really give any weightage’ Mithali Raj, India Women’s Test and ODI captain, insists there’s no bitterness with head coach Ramesh Powar and that they have “moved on” from a public fallout in the aftermath of India’s semi-final