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9 uncapped players included in 20-member squad for Tests against South Africa

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) rewarded nine uncapped players for their “stellar performances” in domestic cricket by including them in the 20-member squad for the upcoming two-Test series against South Africa, a press release said on Friday. “Openers Abdullah Shafique and Imran Butt, middle-order batsmen Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha and Saud Shakeel, spinners Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan, and fast bowlers Haris Rauf and Tabish Khan have been rewarded for their stellar performances in the 2020-21 domestic season, including the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,” the press statement…

World’s top two T20I bowlers and No.1 ranked all-rounder up for grabs in Sunday’s HBL PSL 2021 Player Draft

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COURTESY BY: https://www.psl-t20.com/ Lahore, 9 January 2021: Chris Gayle will be one of the major potential picks when the HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 Player Draft takes place at the High Performance Centre on Sunday afternoon. The event proper will be staged in Karachi and Lahore from 20 February to 22 March. Gayle, 41, has previously represented Lahore Qalandars (2016) and Karachi Kings (2017), and boasts one of the most remarkable and outstanding T20 careers – 411 matches, 13,584 runs, top score 175 not out, strike-rate 146.72, 22 centuries, 85…

England pass coronavirus tests in Sri Lanka after Moeen blow

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“England captain Joe Root arrived with the rest of the team on Sunday. ©AFP” /> Colombo (AFP) – The England cricket team all passed coronavirus tests after all-rounder Moeen Ali was found to have Covid-19 and have been cleared to start restricted training in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Moeen was found to have the coronavirus shortly after the squad arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday and has been put in isolation in a hotel away from the other players. The result was an early blow to preparations…

Parnell grabs 7 wkts for Atlanta

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South African Wayne Parnell produced the brilliant figures of 7/12.

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SUNRISE/FL – Former South African international Wayne Parnell grabbed career-best figures of 7/12 to bowl out Afghan Zwanan for just 81 runs, as they lost their final preliminary round match of the US Open T20 tournament to Atlanta Param Veers at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. Afghan openers Shetty and Afzal posted a first wicket partnership of 47 runs and no one could have imagined what was to come next as the left-arm seamer created one of the best spells ever seen in the 12-year history of…

‘He leads by example’ – De Villiers credits Kohli for RCB’s disciplined work ethic

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ South African veteran AB de Villiers said captain Virat Kohli is “leading from the front” as Royal Challengers Bangalore look to shed their wooden-spooners tag in the Indian Premier League. De Villiers said India skipper Kohli was inspiring much hard work in the build-up to the IPL’s start in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday. “I think everyone has bought into this hard-working environment and a lot of credit should go to Virat for that,” De Villiers said in an interview posted on his team’s YouTube channel…

Ex-S.Africa cricket capt Du Plessis will ‘take the knee’

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“Faf du Plessis has said a comment he made in January that South African cricket selectors “don’t see colour” had been a mistake. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Former South African captain Faf du Plessis on Friday came out in support of Black Lives Matter and said a comment he made in January that “we don’t see colour” had been a mistake. The BLM issue has shown up racial divisions in South African cricket, with 30 black former international players claiming earlier this week that racism remained a factor in…

Proteas’ Ngidi in Black Lives Matter controversy

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“Lungi Ngidi made his ODI debut in 2018. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – A remark about Black Lives Matter in a Zoom press conference has made South Africa discuss once we are together in person,” said Ngidi. “We have spoken about it and everyone is well aware of what’s going on.It’s a difficult one because we are not together, so it’s hard to discuss.But once we get back to playing that is definitely something we have to address as a team.” Ngidi pointed to South Africa’s history of racial discrimination which…

De Kock named South African cricketer of year

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“De Kock (L) has been named South African cricketer of the year for the second time. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Limited-overs captain Quinton de Kock was on Saturday named South Africa’s men’s cricketer of the year for the second time. The left-handed De Kock, 27, was comfortably South Africa’s best batsman in a year in which the national team won only one out of seven series across all formats. Wicketkeeper-batsman De Kock was South Africa’s leading run-scorer in five out of seven series and was the team’s top scorer in…

Du Plessis quit as captain after one of his career’s ‘toughest’ seasons

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“Faf du Plessis has played 65 Tests for South Africa since his debut in 2012. ©AFP” /> Cape Town (AFP) – Former South African captain Faf du Plessis said on Monday he remained committed to the national team despite standing down from the role after one of his most challenging campaigns. In a pre-recorded interview released by Cricket South Africa, 35-year-old Du Plessis revealed some of the thinking behind his decision to give up the position in February. He also said the decision to rest him from most of the…

New South African cricket boss Smith rules De Kock out of Test captaincy

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“Graeme Smith played 117 Test matches. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Former Test skipper Graeme Smith was on Friday confirmed as South Africa’s director of cricket –- and revealed that Quinton de Kock would not be elevated to the Test captaincy. Jacques Faul, acting chief executive of Cricket South Africa, said Smith had been appointed for a two-year term, expiring at the end of March 2022.Smith was appointed in an acting capacity last December. Smith, 39, captained South Africa in a world record 108 Test matches and in 149 one-day…