Category: International Cricket

“Australia’s fast bowlers including Josh Hazlewood (C) dominated proceedings on day one. ©AFP” /> Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) – Australia seized the advantage on the opening day of the first Test when they bowled Pakistan out for 240 just before stumps at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday. After the visitors resisted stubbornly in the first session, reaching 57 for no wicket at lunch, pace trio Mitchell Starc (4-52), Josh Hazlewood (2-46) and Pat Cummins (3-60) tore through the Pakistan batting order to put the hosts in charge at the close…

Steve Smith will on Thursday play in his first home Test since his ball-tampering ban. ©AFP” /> Brisbane (Australia or four Twenty20 internationals for “changing the condition of the ball” in a one-day match against Afghanistan in India. Smith and David Warner were exiled by Cricket Australia for a year, while Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months, for their part in a plot to use sandpaper to alter the ball during a Test against South Africa last year. Smith said he had no issues with the wide disparity in…

“Former cricket umpire Simon Taufel says technology is making the job increasingly difficult . ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Umpiring cricket matches has become increasingly difficult because of the technology now monitoring play, according to former top match official Simon Taufel. With dozens of cameras and other technology ready to expose mistakes, the pressure is on the officials who make the crucial calls, said the 48-year-old Australian. “It can be extremely challenging obviously, if it would be easy everyone would be doing it.It’s all about learning through mistakes,” Taufel…

BOCA RATON/FL: The 2019 US Open T20 draft will take place on November 26 at Boca Raton Fort Lauderdale, USA. This is the news coming from chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi. According to Qureshi: “We have gotten over 800 players from all over the world signed on for the draft and we have decided that we will stage the draft ‘live’ from Boca Raton on November 26.” A number of cricketers from T&T have signed up for the draft and are expecting to get into teams to…

Marking its 20 th Anniversary this year, Cricket Council USA entered into a historic partnership with the highly renowned Pakistan Super League Franchise: Multan Sultans co-owned by Ali Khan Tareen. Dedicated to its vision of promoting cricket in the US and worldwide, CCUSA and Multan Sultans signed a Memorandum of Understanding where Multan Sultans will participate with its six emerging players in the highly successful and popular US Open T-20 Cricket Tournament held annually in Florida, USA. Whereas, CCUSA will send its USA All Stars cricket team to play exhibition…

“England’s James Anderson is making progress in his recovery from injury. ©AFP” /> London (AFP) – England pace bowler James Anderson has revealed he is “progressing nicely” as he steps up his return from a calf injury. Anderson only bowled four overs in the first Ashes Test against Australia earlier this year before suffering the injury. England’s all-time leading wicket-taker missed the rest of the Ashes and remains sidelined for the current tour of New Zealand. But on Friday the Lancashire star tweeted a video of him bowling in a…

“Team culture: India celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim on their way to a crushing victory in the first Test in Indore. ©AFP” /> Indore (India) (AFP) – Virat Kohli’s India were hailed as a team driven by “hunger” after stretching their lead in the new world Test championship with a crushing win over Bangladesh inside three days. India won by an innings and 130 runs in Indore on Saturday to give them 300 points from victories in all six of their Tests in the inaugural championship, which began…

“One-match ban: Australia fast bowler James Pattinson. ©AFP” /> Sydney (AFP) – Australia fast bowler James Pattinson was suspended on Sunday for player abuse, ruling him out of the first Test against Pakistan this week with skipper Tim Paine saying he had let down the team. The paceman was found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia’s code of conduct during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield game against Queensland last week. It was not clear what he said, but the governing body characterised it as “personal abuse of a player while fielding”. The Australian…

“Karim Janat took five wickets and hit a joint innings-best 26 to help see off West Indies. ©AFP” /> Lucknow (India) (AFP) – Karim Janat came in from the cold to take a starring role Saturday as Afghanistan beat West Indies by 41 runs to level their three-match Twenty20 series. The 21-year-old was only a substitute in the first clash in Lucknow that West Indies easily won.But he took five wickets as West Indies were restricted to 106-8 in the chase for Afghanistan’s 147-7 in the second game. Janat’s 26…