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28 Jul 2017

Sachin Tendulkar

New ODI honour boards sanctioned for both genders at Lord's

The Lord's honour boards are set to feature women cricketers for the first time following an announcement from the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to introduce honour boards for both Men's and Women's ODIs.

26 Jul 2017

India

Indian father-son duo who made it big in cricket

One of the most loved sports in the world, Cricket is followed like a religion in India.

25 Jul 2017

Test Cricket

R Ashwin all set to play his 50th test match

The first test at Galle will be a special one for India's leading spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin, as he would be playing his 50th test match.

25 Jul 2017

BCCI

N Srinivasan hits back at the CoA

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan hit back at the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) saying that the committee submitted "incomplete and unsubstantiated facts" in their status report to the apex court.

Mithali Raj named the captain of World Cup XI

Mithali Raj, who led the Indian team into World Cup final, has been named the captain of ICC Women's World Cup 2017 team of the tournament.

25 Jul 2017

David Warner

Senior Australian cricketers in favour of boycotting Bangladesh tour

Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner have decided that they would boycott the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, if the pay dispute with Cricket Australia is not resolved.

24 Jul 2017

Shikhar Dhawan

KL Rahul ruled out of first test

India's opening batsman Lokesh Rahul has been ruled out of first test against Sri Lanka due to viral fever. The test starts from 26 July at Galle .

England women win the 2017 cricket world cup

England women's cricket team defeated India by nine runs in a nail biting thriller to lift the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

Which team will win the world cup final today?

The finals of the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be played between India and England at Lord's on Sunday, 23rd July.

BCCI to introduce an IPL style tournament for women?

After the Indian women's cricket team success in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup, the BCCI is planning to introduce a new tournament for women cricketers.

Indian women's cricket team on the path to making history

By beating the title favorites and defending champions Australia in the ICC Women's World Cup semis, the women in blue have essentially turned the stubborn Indian heads stuck on opposite fence of the sport.

Harmanpreet's 171* knock takes India to World Cup finals

India's Harmanpreet Kaur smashed unbeaten 171 runs in just 115 balls to take Indian women's team to the finals of the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in England.

20 Jul 2017

England Cricket Team

Pietersen eyes a spot in South African team

Former captain of the England cricket team, Kevin Pietersen said that he could return to international cricket with South Africa, where he made his first class debut.

19 Jul 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

New rules to limit bat size, trouble for big hitters?

As a part of Marylebone Cricket Club's new code of laws, limitations were announced for bat dimensions.

19 Jul 2017

India

Shastri to get Rs. 7.5cr salary, wants Tendulkar as batting-consultant

The newly appointed cricket coach Ravi Shastri will receive Rs. 7.5 crore annually as remuneration.

19 Jul 2017

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly fights over train berth

Former Indian captain and a member of BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee, Sourav Ganguly found himself in trouble as he boarded a train for the first time since 2001.

17 Jul 2017

Alastair Cook

Do you know these amazing cricket records?

Cricket has been in existence for more than 170 years. And in this period, various peculiar things have happened.

17 Jul 2017

Rohtak

Former Indian cricketer Joginder Sharma's father attacked

Former Indian cricketer Joginder Sharma's father, Om Prakash Sharma, was attacked on Saturday night by 2 boys inside his shop in Rohtak.

16 Jul 2017

India

Rahul Dravid, India's overseas hero

Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid has been recommended for the position of overseas batting consultant for the Indian cricket team.

Dhoni welcomes back CSK in his own style

Former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni welcomed the team back to IPL after a two year suspension.

15 Jul 2017

Phillip Hughes

Freak accidents in cricket

England's Luke Fletcher became the latest victim of a freak accident after he suffered a serious blow to his head while bowling to Sam Hain in the ongoing NatWest T20 Blast.

15 Jul 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Gautam Gambhir hits back at Ranatunga over fixing allegations

Top scorer for the Indian team in the 2011 World Cup finals, Gautam Gambhir, said that former Sri Lanka captain's demand for probe into the match was "outrageous."

These cricketers from 90s were legends then, are legends now

A number of extraordinary cricketers made their debuts in the 1990s and changed the face of the game, taking it to another level.

12 Jul 2017

Virat Kohli

Is Kohli a good captain of the ODI team?

Virat Kohli was handed the captaincy for the shorter formats of the game after MS Dhoni decided to step down in January this year.

10 Jul 2017

Indian Cricket Team

Happy Birthday 'Little Master'

India's legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar turns 68 today.

10 Jul 2017

England Cricket Team

Do you know these cricketers played for two countries?

It is an honor for a cricketer to represent his or her country at an international level.

09 Jul 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

New laws for safety of wicket-keepers

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has positively responded to the use of tethered bails in a view to protect wicket-keepers from injuries due to bouncing bails.

08 Jul 2017

Sourav Ganguly

Some lesser known facts about 'Dada' on his 45th birthday

Indian cricket team's former captain Sourav Ganguly turns 45 today.

07 Jul 2017

India

Do you know these facts about MS Dhoni?

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 36 today.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup: India record fourth consecutive win

Indian women's cricket team moved closer to a semis spot in the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup after defeating Sri Lanka women by 16 runs at Derby.

05 Jul 2017

Pakistan Cricket Team

Sarfaraz Ahmed named Pakistan's Test Team captain

After leading Pakistan to their maiden ICC Champions Trophy title, Sarfaraz Ahmed has been named as the captain of Test team by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

04 Jul 2017

Anil Kumble

Batting records held by bowlers

There have been a number of times when the whole batting line-up has failed to score but the bowlers have risen up to the situation to take the team out of trouble.

Traditions in cricket we have put behind

Over the years, cricket has adopted many traditions which have become the talking point in the world, like the colorful dress worn by the Marylebone Cricket Club members, tea break in test matches and many more.

01 Jul 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Do you know these cricket rules?

Cricket has a complicated and an extremely long set of rules for its different formats.