Shane Watson quits all forms of cricket

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ Australian all-rounder Shane Watson retired from all forms of cricket on Tuesday, drawing the curtain on an injury-plagued career which he managed to extend by reinventing himself as a journeyman Twenty20 specialist. Watson ended his Test career in 2015 and quit international cricket the next year, surrendering in his battle against a litany of injuries that bedevilled his career. He quit Big Bash League last year but played this year’s Indian Premier League where his team Chennai Super Kings failed to make the playoff. “It really does…

Ali Khan set to join Kolkata Knight Riders as Harry Gurney replacement

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COURTESY BY: https://www.espncricinfo.com/ It is understood that Kolkata Knight Riders will rope in USA’s 29-year-old fast bowler Ali Khan – pending IPL approval – as a replacement for the English seamer Harry Gurney. Gurney is scheduled to have surgery related to a shoulder injury, and has pulled out of both the IPL and England’s Vitality Blast last month. Khan’s signing will make him the first USA player to feature in the IPL. He will come in on the back of a season with the Trinbago Knight Riders – the CPL franchise with the same parent…