IPL 2022 marks a new chapter for the tournament’s perennial underachievers – Royal Challengers Bangalore – as Virat Kohli hands over the captaincy duties to Faf du Plessis after eight years at the helm. Following the departure of long-standing stalwarts such as AB de Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal, RCB will be fielding a new-look side […]
The highly-anticipated mega IPL Auction returns to our TV screens in 2022 for the first time in four years on the 12th and 13th of February in Bengaluru. A total of 33 players have already been retained by the ten IPL teams, and a further 217 can be bought by the franchisees at the auction, with a […]
The bowlers have dominated in what has been the lowest-scoring edition of the T20 World Cup, with the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Wanindu Hasaranga and Adam Zampa putting in some stunning performances with the ball in hand. Here are our top five spells of the 2021 T20 World Cup. 5. Shadab Khan – 4-26 vs […]
Australia sealed their passage into the final four of the T20 World Cup with a clinical eight-wicket win over the West Indies in their final Group 1 clash in Abu Dhabi. Josh Hazlewood continued his fine form in the tournament with a four-wicket haul that limited the West Indies to 157, before half-centuries from David […]
It was a thrilling start to the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup as Australia edged past South Africa in a low-scoring nail-biter at Abu Dhabi. The Proteas fought hard with the ball in their defence of 119, but Australia eventually crossed over the line with two balls to spare thanks to […]
Australia have dominated the cricketing landscape for large parts of the past few decades, but the country has always been lagging behind in the shortest format of the game with zero titles and only one finals appearance to their name in the six previous editions of the T20 World Cup. Their recent form has also […]
The Chennai Super Kings are the first team to secure their place in the final four after the table-toppers comfortably brushed aside the Sunrisers Hyderabad – who are now eliminated from the competition with just two wins from 11 games. A matchup between two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum was always going to […]
Australia’s troubles against spin continued to haunt them as they suffered their first-ever T20I defeat to Bangladesh in the opening encounter at Dhaka. Led by an excellent 3-wicket haul from Josh Hazlewood, Australia bowled excellently to restrict the hosts to 131-7 in the first innings. However, spin once again proved to be Australia’s nemesis as […]
Boucher the new South Africa coach, another washout in Pakistan, and Australia suffer Hazlewood blow
Abdul Qadir passed away; Malinga reached 100 T20I wickets and took four wickets in four balls; and Rashid and Hazlewood dominated the day at Chattogram and Old Trafford respectively.