Cricket

Lankan cricketers 'threaten to quit' over vagueness of new contract: report

A number of Sri Lankan cricketers threatened to retire prematurely if the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) fails to clarify the new point system that evaluates the players and decides their annual pay pack, claimed the country’s newspaper The Sunday Times.
ICC says 'insufficient evidence' in Al Jazeera corruption claims

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Monday there were "insufficient grounds" to bring charges against five people who were featured in an Al Jazeera television programme about corruption in the game.
Australian cricketers land in Sydney after leaving Covid-hit India

Australian cricketers arrived back in Sydney on a charter flight Monday, more than a week after leaving Covid-stricken India for the Maldives, local media reported.
Tendulkar struggled with anxiety and had 'sleepless nights'

Record-breaking Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has revealed he struggled with anxiety for much of his career, often suffering sleepless nights before a game.
CA contacts Bancroft over ball-tampering scandal

Cricket Australia (CA) has asked batsman Cameron Bancroft if he has new information on the 2018 Cape Town scandal in the wake of his suggestion that the team's bowlers were aware of the ball-tampering tactics.
Australia board open to new information on ball-tampering scandal

Cricket Australia has said it was open to hearing any new information regarding the 2018 Cape Town scandal in the wake of batsman Cameron Bancroft's comments suggesting that the team's bowlers were aware of the ball-tampering tactics.
Kusal Perera's 'fearless' Sri Lanka arrive in Dhaka

The Sri Lanka cricket team arrived in Dhaka this morning to play three ODIs against Bangladesh later this month. The team arrived by a special flight of Sri Lankan Airlines at around 8am on Sunday morning.
Sri Lanka to arrive tomorrow to play ‘fearless cricket’

The Sri Lankan cricket team will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow morning to take part in a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh.
South Africa, Australia, Pakistan to tour West Indies

West Indies will prepare for the defence of their T20 World Cup crown with three home series between June and August against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Friday.
Paine backs Smith to regain Test captaincy

Australia skipper Tim Paine has thrown his support behind Steve Smith replacing him as captain of the Test team when the time comes for a leadership change.
ECB reports annual loss of £16.1 million

The England and Wales Cricket Board chief reported an annual loss of £16.1 million ($22.8 million) on Tuesday, with chief executive Tom Harrison warning the onging effects of the coronavirus pandemic meant "we're not out of the woods yet".
No Karunaratne, Mathews in SL squad for Bangladesh ODIs

Sri Lanka’s squad for the Bangladesh ODIs does not include Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne.
Kohli and Co. get first vaccine dose ahead of England tour

India captain Virat Kohli and several of his team mates have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines before they leave for a tour of England next month.
‘Need to understand your qualities as a fielder’

Fielding has been an issue for Bangladesh in their latest tours. Bowlers like Taskin Ahmed had to bear the brunt of dropped catches time and again. And with the Sri Lanka ODIs beginning later this month, one thing among many that the Tigers would need to work on is their fielding.
IPL 'can't happen' in India while coronavirus rages: Ganguly

This year's suspended IPL cannot be completed in India while it battles a raging coronavirus crisis and could struggle to find a slot elsewhere, India's cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has said.
Babar looks to West Indies after Pakistan seal series against Zim

Pakistan captain Babar Azam lauded his players after they completed a successful southern Africa tour with a second straight innings victory over Zimbabwe on Monday –- then looked ahead to his team's planned tour of the West Indies in July.
‘Go and check the stats’

The Daily Star (DS): Has there been a change of attitude overall in terms of playing shots or is that just in the Test format as we witnessed during the last Sri Lanka series?
Sakariya loses father to Covid

Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Chetan Sakariya's father died of COVID-19, the Indian Premier League franchise said on Sunday.
Out of quarantine, Mushfiqur and Co back in Mirpur

The Bangladesh cricketers who returned from their two-match Test series in Sri Lanka recently, ended their institutional quarantine today and took part in official training at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Warner, Slater deny late night brawl

Star opener David Warner and cricketer-turned-commentator Michael Slater have denied reports of their involvement in a drunken bar brawl in Male, where Australian cricketers competing in the now-suspended IPL are waiting to board a flight home in a few days' time.
Covid protocols for athletes worldwide is different: BCB CEO

With Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman having already returned to the country from India following the suspension of IPL, the interest among fans remain regarding their period of quarantine.
Shakib negative in first Covid-19 test

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who returned to the country on Thursday following the suspension of IPL, returned negative in his first Covid-19 test today. Meanwhile, Mustafizur Rahman, who accompanied Shakib from India, is still awaiting his test result.
Abid and Azhar centuries put Pakistan in strong position

Centuries by Abid Ali and Azhar Ali put Pakistan in a strong position on the first day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Friday.
NZ's Seifert tests positive for Covid-19 in India

New Zealand batsman Tim Seifert will remain in India after testing positive for Covid-19 but skipper Kane Williamson and four others have been moved to the Maldives pending their departure for England, New Zealand Cricket said on Saturday.
Jadeja set to return to India action in WTC final

Indian selectors on Friday brought back star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja into the squad for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand next month.
Familiar Mirpur conditions ought to bode well for Tigers, Saifuddin believes

Bangladesh all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin thought that playing in familiar conditions in Mirpur ought to bode well for Bangladesh during their three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to start later this month.
Prominent cricket coach Wahidul Gani’s father passes away

Abdul Ghani Khandoker, father of former Bangladesh cricketer and prominent cricket coach Wahidul Gani, breathed his last at his residence in Dhaka yesterday.
IPL bubble not as ‘secure as it was in UAE’

A player quoted in Indian media reports have said that the IPL bio bubble was not as tight as it when the tournament took place in UAE last year.
South Africa to tour West Indies in June

South Africa will tour the West Indies next month at the start of an intensive build-up to the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for India in October, the national federation announced on Thursday.
India hopeful of completing IPL before hosting T20 WC

India's cricket board is hoping it might be able to squeeze the remainder of its lucrative Indian Premier League into a crowded calendar and is still confident of hosting the T20 World Cup later this year, a top official told Reuters on Thursday.