Jofra Archer's World Cup debut, where he picked up three wickets in England's 104-run victory over South Africa, was among the early tournament highlights after he was fast-tracked into the hosts' one-day international setup.
Bracing up for the Ashes, influential England player Jos Buttler is drawing inspiration from the "totally fearless" approach, which the flamboyant Rishabh Pant had adopted during the Indian team's last tour of Australia.
Mumbai Indians' Rs 8.25 crore big-hitting recruit Tim David says he will be "willing to take some risks" in this year's IPL, as that is his natural approach.
Pakistan wants ICC to regulate growth of T20 leagues
Alia Bhatt seems to have big plans for boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor's 38th birthday on September 28.
It's raining movies and Web series on the Amazon Prime Video platform!
Australia clawed back to 2-1 in the five-match series following defeats in Christchurch and Dunedin.
Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma sure know how to throw a party.
West Indian batting star Chris Gayle has courted fresh controversy when he made 'inappropriate' remarks to a female television presenter live on air after a Big Bash League cricket match. Gayle, who plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the T20 competition, was speaking to Channel 10 presenter Mel McLaughlin after he made a quick-fire 41 runs of 15 balls in his team's victory against Tasmania.
Promising Australia fast bowler Jhye Richardson was left "excited as well as exhausted" after he earned a life-changing bid of Rs 14 crore from Punjab Kings at Thursday's IPL players' auction.
Stoinis smashed 13 fours and eight sixes during his blistering innings.
With neighbouring states starting to close the borders with South Australia to try to contain the outbreak, Cricket Australia shifted international players from their Twenty20 and one-day squads north to Sydney.
After planning to introduce central contracts for India's women's cricketers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to give green light to the likes of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami to play in tournaments abroad like the Women's Big Bash League in Australia and the Women's Super League in England.
Australia's top order batsman, who had averaged 49.31 in 2019, has not been included in the national side for over a year.
Captain Mithali Raj believes the Indian women's team are more than capable of winning the upcoming ODI World Cup.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne has accepted the one-match ban and $4,700 fine for an ugly confrontation with West Indian Marlon Samuels during a Big Bash Twenty20 clash, conceding that he went too far.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle smashed fifty from 12 balls for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League on Monday to match India's Yuvraj Singh's record for the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket.
Australia's Alyssa Healy criticised India's decision to schedule the Women's T20 Challenge in November despite it clashing with the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). The three-team Challenge tournament, which was introduced in 2018, has been staged on the sidelines of the popular men's Indian Premier League (IPL) in March to May, ensuring decent crowds and coverage.
CA said the difference between the old ball and the new one was an updated lining of the leather designed to increase the resilience of the seam.
Australian all-rounder Chris Green, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for this year's IPL, has been banned from bowling for three months after being reported for an illegal action during the Big Bash League (BBL) T20 tournament. The 26-year-old uncapped off-spinner was bought by KKR for his base price of Rs 20 lakh at the auction last month. He was reported for a suspect action during his team Sydney Thunder's loss to Melbourne Stars last week.
Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull says players from his country have always been 'overlooked for second rate Australians" in the Indian Premier League, expressing his views after Devon Conway created a flutter with his splendid hitting days after going unsold at the IPL players' auction.
The in-demand Andrew McDonald announced a three-year deal last week to coach Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals.
South Africa's captain in the shortest format Quinton de Kock said AB de Villiers could have come out of international retirement for the T20 World Cup 2020, which has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian pacer Brett Lee has said he will be more than happy to mentor Jamaican sprint star Yohan Blake in the art of fast bowling if he joins him at the Sydney Sixers for the Big Bash Twenty20 competition.
It was the first cricket match Down Under in six months.
Air quality to be closely monitored ahead of Australia Tests
The New South Wales Police on Wednesday arrested four men including Marino Sotiropoulos -- Stuart MacGill's girlfriend Maria O'Meagher.
Australia's limited-overs skipper and Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Aaron Finch says there will be lots of games played over and over on the same wickets, which will get slower and the dew factor will become even more.
Sri Lankans Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera were included in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the second leg of the IPL in UAE, starting next month.
The two items will go under the hammer through Lloyds Auctions Bushfire Relief Auction.
World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.
'Honestly, these keyboard warriors need to go get a bloody life. This isn't even one of the worst that has come my way but I've had enough!'
Backing Shaun Tait's surprise return to the Australian T20 squad for the three-match series against India, former pacer Jason Gillespie said the tearaway speedster will cause a lot of damage on Indian tracks if he makes the squad for the World T20 starting March 8.
'...I found out I've got depression ... but I think the depression was something I've had even from a younger age.'
Before the players goes under the hammer in Chennai, here are a few batsmen who are expected to pique the interest of the franchises on Thursday.
Jason Holder is unsure when he will set foot in Barbados again as he bounces from one biosecure bubble to another, but after the COVID-19 pandemic took a huge bite out of his pay packet the West Indies skipper wants to grab every opportunity that comes his way.
'We are not organising any large celebrations on New Year's Eve to avoid last-minute changes in guidelines.'
There have been talks recently about splitting a T20 game into four innings as cricket continues to innovate. Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers to have played the game, said he wanted to keep certain things traditional.
For Kohli, who led India to their first Test series victory in Australia but skipped the second half of the New Zealand tour, the series will be the last chance to identify the batsman to fill a middle order spot in an otherwise settled side.
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