Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19 so she went to the bathroom to perform a rapid Covid test which confirmed she was infected, WABC-TV reported.
The second Test pitch led to some sort of criticism from former players like Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh and the duo termed the pitch as "substandard".
'After today's performance there is no doubt that he is the find of this edition of IPL.'
Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricketer Imran Khan heaped praises on the Afghanistan cricket team after registering their maiden Test win after.
'It was good fun to be out there. It was great to bat with Roy. He gave me a lot of confidence and allowed me to just play the way I wanted to play'
The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
Mandhana has so far played two Tests, the first one coming against England in August 2014 and the second against South Africa in Mysore in the same year. India won both matches -- by six wickets and 34 runs -- respectively.
Talented Karnataka opener Lokesh Rahul was ruled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh as he is yet to recover from dengue.
Shreyanka Patil, Mannat Kashyap, Saika Ishaque and Titas Sadhu were on Monday included for the first time in the Indian women's ODI squad for the upcoming limited overs assignment against Australia.
Announcing her Test arrival in style, Shafali lived up to her reputation and notched the highest score by an Indian woman cricketer on Test debut
England Test skipper Ben Stokes said he will leave the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League early.
Chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil's explanation for Harbhajan Singh's inclusion in the squad for the one-off Test in Bangladesh next month. Harish Kotian reports
India's T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur vowed to go all out against Australia in the three-match series, starting Thursday, saying the team needs to win it at all cost.
The T20 World Cup 2024 promises to be a tournament dominated by bowlers, particularly spinners.
The team leaves for Australia on Wednesday to play three ODIs, a day-night Test and three T20Is.
If the pitch gets hampered then the match officials will assess the pitch and see whether it is in good condition to play or not if yes they will continue playing on the same and if not then they will look at the other pitch condition and take a call on whether they can play on the other one or not, according to ANI.
'You are going to face an England team where Joe Root is back to his absolute best, where Oliver Pope is playing his best-ever for England. Ben Stokes has amalgamated the team and got playing in an ultra-positive and rock and roll fashion.'
Sarfaraz, Imad Wasim dropped from Pakistan white-ball squad vs Australia.
India rarely took the foot off the pedal on a batting-friendly surface, garnering nearly five runs per over.
Five Indians turned up for both the teams during the four-day practice match
Working on the rigorous requirements of five-day cricket will the biggest challenge for his team over the next six weeks, feels Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons
'It is a great thing for Test cricket at the moment because we have been talking about it for the last 2-3 years'
The proposed standalone Test between India and England should be treated as the series-deciding fifth match that was cancelled last week owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Monday and ruled out the possibility of it being treated as a one-off game.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
India and England are set to play a one-off Test from Wednesday
India's carefully devised plan to triumph in England seems to be coming undone with injuries to their key bowlers.
Australia's World Cup winning captain Michael Clarke feels the Indian skipper should fly back from Surrey to play the historic one-off Test in Bengaluru.
Boland experienced English conditions on a tour with an Indigenous team of cricketers in 2018 and Cummins said he was convinced the 34-year-old would not need to overhaul his bowling approach to succeed.
Bangladesh looked in trouble at 74-4 but Das dug them out in a 93-run partnership with Mahmudullah to put them on course for an imposing total on a difficult wicket.
A crammed calender left the Indian cricketers with not enough time to prepare for the ongoing Test series against South Africa, feels Board of Control for Cricket in India Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai.
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has said that his team is keen to give a good account of itself and tell "world cricket what we can do" in the one-off Test match against India, to be held in Hyderabad next week.
Ishan Kishan alongwith a few others will check into the National Cricket Academy ahead of the Windies tour
The Indian cricket team's poor fitness record in the ongoing home season continued as opener KL Rahul was ruled out of the third Test on Friday due to a forearm injury sustained during the second match.
Aged 20 years and 350 days when he walked out for the toss on the first day, Rashid Khan broke a 15-year record held by former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu.
It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government and the Opposition leaderships for the nation to present a unified face against the rest of the world, advises N Sathiya Moorthy.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said because of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's anti-DRS stand the system will not be used in the one-off Test and three ODIs.
Ashwin termed Sri Lanka's tour of 2015 as a landmark for Indian team for their come-from-behind 2-1 series win. "In 2015, we were sandwiched into the middle of a leadership takeover. Virat had just taken over in Australia and we came here having played one Test in Bangladesh. We had set ourselves a lot of goals for each other and I would say we have achieved them and come out with flying colours over the last couple of years as a group"
England's gamble to include Anderson in the 1st Ashes Test soon after he had torn his right calf muscle, forcing him to miss the one-off Ireland Test, backfired spectacularly.
The women's team will take on England in a one-off Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is
Captain Ben Stokes and Harry Brook helped England stretch their lead over Australia to 189 on day three of the crucial fourth Ashes test at Old Trafford, with the hosts moving on to 506-8 at lunch.
