A crammed international calendar in three formats of the game and the added strain of playing in biosecure bubbles during the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed players like Trent Boult to breaking point.
Liverpool frustrated by 10-man Arsenal in League Cup semi stalemate
McDonald will lead Australia through a busy year which includes Test tours of Sri Lanka and India, and the T20 side's World Cup defence on home soil.
Prime Minister Liz Truss has unveiled one of the United Kingdom's most diverse cabinets, with key frontline posts going to ethnic minority members of Parliament, including Indian-origin Suella Braverman as the home secretary.
England name nine uncapped players in new squad for series against Pakistan
Overseas stars likely to make a difference to their IPL teams this seasons.
Indicating that he wants to get a good grip on the shortest format, given that all the money now is in domestic leagues, Root hoped he could score big in ILT20 and then take his T20 career further.
England Test captain Ben Stokes is very categorical that his participation in the IPL 2023 will depend on the national team's calendar.
England underlined their domination in white ball cricket as they outclassed Pakistan by five wickets to win the T20 World Cup title on Sunday.
'I'm really looking forward to going out and watching him play this week, but he's deserved his opportunity'
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz handed a shock defeat to controversial presidential contender Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucuses while in the Democratic camp both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders claimed victories as the race for the White House began on Tuesday.
All-rounder Moeen Ali said the defeats to India in the T20s and first ODI will be a 'good thing' for England in the long run as the players could learn a lot from defeats.
A change in approach is required and for that a paradigm shift in the mindset during tricky run-chases unlike the first game at the Oval where the game was singlehandedly won by Jasprit Bumrah's six-wicket haul.
'They're a group of players that pride themselves on competing and they've just not managed to find any kind of consistency or skill'
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
Archer spent 17 months on the sidelines with back and elbow injuries
India will need to look for a successor for Rohit Sharma, who turned 35 in April, after the ODI World Cup next year.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Sunday.
'I think McCullum wants to take this up because he sees this as a major challenge.'
Former technology executive Carly Fiorina formally entered the 2016 United States presidential race on Monday.
'I want them to play the game for the reasons they started playing the game at the first place, which is the love for the game. I don't know what it was like in the past but I will run this team like I have always done.'
Chahal will play a key role in India's campaign at the T20 World Cup
History was made at the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, February 7, 2023
As Sachin turns 50, Rediff brings you 50 fascinating facts about the God of Cricket.
As the 16th edition of the glitzy Indian Premier League is set to unfold, let's take a look at the driving force of the T20 league and what's in store in this edition.
Pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed career-best Twenty20 international figures of 4-12 to guide Australia to a 20-run victory over Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, in a rain-affected opener of the five-match series.
IMAGES from the 2nd ODI played between England and India at Lord's on Thursday.
Following Chris Silverwood's exit, England are now on the hunt for their third head coach since 2019
People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Bumrah was rested for the second Test at Chepauk, which India won by 317 runs to level the four-match series 1-1.
That a brown skinned man -- albeit one who speaks with a posh English accent -- would one day be the front-runner in a race to elect Boris's successor and head the party once led by Churchill and Thatcher would seem indigestible to the white men and women who have formed the trunk of the Conservative party for generations.
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Indian cricket in 2022 was chaotic, to say the least and messy at most of the time both on and off the field.
Katrina soaks in the sun... Aahana goes for brunch... Mandira works out...
Stokes missed the 2017-18 Ashes defeat Down Under after his involvement in a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub in September 2017 but will be a key figure for England with bat and ball and as vice-captain to Joe Root.
For skipper Virat Kohli, the primary aim will be to get an idea of his core group of players going into the ICC T20 World Cup in October.
Also, Justin Langer's chances of getting a fresh contract will depend on Cricket Australia's meeting where the top bosses are expected to take a call.
"The best team won, we struggled from the beginning and we couldn't deal with their long balls. Usually, you press the ball to win it, but this was different. They defended so deep and so well," City coach Pep Guardiola told the BBC.
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