West Indian batsman Marlon Samuels, who top-scored in both of the team's T20 World Cup final wins during a career that also had its share of controversies including a two-year ban for corruption, has retired from all forms of cricket.
Trent Boult needed just 15 balls to change the complexion of the second Test against Sri Lank
India captain Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah were the only two Indians who found a place in Wisden's T20 International team of the decade, which didn't feature ex-skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Australia's limited overs captain Aaron Finch was named captain of the team, which has two more Australian in Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell, two England cricketers -- Jos Buttler and David Willey, two Afghanistan all-rounders -- Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan, and New Zealand's Colin Munro and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga.
Riaz who plays for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League has called IPL superior.
Seniors like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara came in for a lot of flak for their below-par showing with the bat, while Jasprit Bumrah also failed to live up to expectations.
Images from Day 4 in the first Test between India and New Zealand, at Green Park in Kanpur, on Sunday.
It was this day, March 6, in 1971 that Sunil Manohar Gavaskar made his debut in Test cricket.
'In the future, you will get pacers who will bowl even faster than the current lot because these guys are currently setting new standards.'
'Bumrah is a class act.' 'Bhuvneshwar makes the ball move and that is why he will be successful over in England.'
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between South Africa and India, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
Root, Williamson, Rizwan and Afridi nominated for ICC Men's Cricketer of Year
Images from Day 5 in the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Monday.
'That was a morning where if I wanted to fly, I would have flown as well.'
Pujara's slowest Test half-century, a painstaking 50 off 176 balls handed Australia control of the match in which they now have overall lead of 197 runs.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the rescheduled 5th Test between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.
Hardik Pandya hasn't featured in Tests since 2018 and has only recently recovered from a career-threatening back injury.
Rajneesh Gupta checks out the ODI careers of the 14 Indians with 200 ODI appearances.
Jasprit Bumrah said his experience of getting reverse swing on slower pitches in first class cricket helped him get the best out of a docile MCG track after his six-wicket haul put India in command in the third Test, in Melbourne.
"A rock-star, a match winner, a great junior and a very good friend of mine," Akhtar said on his YouTube channel.
Saqlain Mushtaq has previously worked as a spin bowling coach with Bangladesh, West Indies and England, apart from serving as a consultant for PCB, Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket.
Check out the statistical highlights of the Cuttack T20I.
A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar had resigned from the post 10 months after taking charge in May 2016, but deferred it a week later. He said the new chairman of world cricket body will be announced in May 2020.
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Ahmedabad.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Saturday.
'He knows that cricket has given him an identity without which nobody will care about who Shardul Thakur is.'
The visitors were 66 for three in their second innings at the end of the fourth day's play, with an overall lead of 122 runs.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, in Indore.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
South Africa were 154 for two at the end of the third day, with an overall lead of 305 runs over Pakistan in the second Test.
The leg-spinner is first South African to claim seven wickets in an ODI and became the fastest Proteas bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets in 58 matches -- the fourth quickest overall.
40 must know nuggets about the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Hetmyer said he was not thinking of the upcoming IPL auction while batting to lead Windies to victory in the 1st ODI in Chennai on Sunday.
Opening the innings, Shubman Gill scored a 65-ball 45 on debut before he nicked an outswinger from Pat Cummins.
Is Kohli not a great captain in spite of so many wins? My answer is, yes, declares Dr Sudhir Bisht.
With 11,406 runs in 238 innings Virat Kohli is the second highest run-getter for India in ODI
Wriddhiman Saha's career-best first-class knock of 203 was the stand-out performance as Rest of India lifted the Irani Cup after effortlessly chasing down a 379-run target set by Gujarat with more than two sessions to spare, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test at Perth on Monday
Agarwal, thrusted into the squad following failure of KL Rahul and Murali Vijay, responded with a 76-run knock off balls, sorting out India's opening woes to some extent.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Sunday
