Faf Du Plessis To Lead Proteas In All Three Formats
The Board of Directors of Cricket South Africa (CSA) today approved the recommendation of the National Selection Panel to appoint Faf du Plessis as captain of the Standard Bank ODI squad with immediate effect. He takes the place of AB de Villiers who had resigned as the captain. Du... Read more
Warriors Did Not Play To The True Potential: Krishna Arjune
By Ravi Madholall in Toronto Former Guyana opening batsman Krishna Arjune firmly believes that Guyana Amazon Warriors did not play to their true potential at the Eliminator stage after they were beaten by six wickets to Trinibago Knight Riders (TKR) Thursday evening at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium,... Read more
James Anderson Claims Top Spot In Test Rankings
England’s James Anderson (above) holds the ball that took his 500th Test match wicket. GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images England pace bowler James Anderson has grabbed the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after his superb effort in the third and final Test at Lord’s helped England... Read more
Windies Announce T20 Squad To Face England
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies today named a 13-member Windies squad for the NatWest International T20 scheduled for Saturday, September 16 at the Emirates Riverside, Durham. The squad reads: • Carlos Brathwaite (Captain) • Ronsford Beaton • Chris Gayle • Evin Lewis •... Read more
Windies Names ODI Squad For Current UK Tour
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies today named a 15-member Windies One-Day-International (ODI) squad for the current Tour of England. Squad: 1. Sunil Ambris 2. Devendra Bishoo 3. Miguel Cummins 4. Chris Gayle 5. Jason Holder (captain) 6. Kyle Hope 7. Shai Hope 8.... Read more
Sunil Dhaniram Backs Guyana Amazon Warriors For CPL Title This Year
By Ravi Madholall in Toronto Having missed out on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 title on a number of occasions, the Guyana Franchise team is getting support from Sunil Dhaniram that they can cross the hurdle in this year’s edition which bowls off on Friday. Dhaniram, who featured... Read more
Tough Test Series For West Indies In England, Says Ricardo Powell
By Ravi Madholall in Toronto Former West Indies batsman Ricardo Powell is vehemently saying that the Caribbean boys will encounter a tough test series against hosts England where the two countries will engage in three five-day matches before they subsequently compete in five one-days and a T20. The first... Read more
Ravi Shastri Appointed Head Coach
The BCCI announces the appointment of Mr. Ravi Shastri as the Head Coach, Mr. Zaheer Khan as the Bowling Consultant and Mr. Rahul Dravid who will be the Overseas Batting Consultant (Test cricket) for the Indian Cricket Team. As part of the process for selecting the Head Coach, the... Read more
Anil Kumble Steps Down As Head Coach
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) confirms that Mr Anil Kumble has withdrawn his services as the post of the Head Coach for the Senior India Men’s team. While the Cricket Advisory Committee had endorsed an extension to his tenure as Head Coach, Mr Anil Kumble... Read more
Sarfraz Ahmed Named Captain Of Champions Trophy Team
The ICC today announced the Team of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, which includes players from five of the eight participating sides, with Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed as captain. The side was selected by a jury of cricket experts, which included former captains Michael Atherton of England, India’s Sourav Ganguly,... Read more