Binura Fernando of the Colombo Strikers has been fined 20 percent of his match fee and handed over a demerit point for breaching the player’s code of conduct during a game between the Colombo Strikers and the Kandy Falcons held on July 2. Fernando was reported for disobeying the umpires’ instructions, which is a breach of Article 2.4 of the …
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Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. The young batter Sai Sudharsan replaced a fast bowler in India’s playing eleven after a shock defeat in the first game. Captain Shubman Gill won the crucial toss as India elected to bat first in the second T20I match against Zimbabwe in …
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Former Sri Lankan captain Jayasuriya has been appointed as the interim Head Coach of the Sri Lanka men’s national cricket team. Jayasuriya will lead the team for the home series against India and the Test tour to England. Jayasuriya also served as a Consultant for the team during this year’s T20 World Cup.
Continue ReadingJaffna Kings Afghanistan star Azmatullah Omarzai blazed 35 off 13 balls in a super 2 for 33 all-round Player of the Match display to impale Galle Marvels New Zealander Tim Seifert’s century effort in a 5-wicket triumph with two balls to spare on a faster canter in a threesome lashing – South African Rilee Rossouw top score 67 off 42 …
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Double celebration for Bumrah with Player of the Tournament award | T20WC 2024 The first T20 World Cup featuring 20 Teams will go down in history for a number of reasons. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 was a truly spectacular event – and it went down in the history books for lots of reasons. Here we take a …
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With Hurricane Beryl causing travel chaos, Rohit Sharma’s men have finally reached home. India’s triumphant T20 World Cup 2024 squad have touched down in New Delhi with the trophy, following a marathon trip home from the Caribbean. Squad members, support staff and families were grounded by Hurricane Beryl, at that stage a category four hurricane that passed through Barbados, with …
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After the extravaganza in the USA and the West Indies, a glance at how the next Men’s T20 World Cup could look in 2026 in India and Sri Lanka. As the world enjoyed a spellbinding 20-team event in the USA and the West Indies, it will be time to do it all over again come 2026, with another ICC Men’s …
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The departures of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the T20I format soon after India’s win in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 leaves a big void at the top. After years of service to the Indian side, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from the T20I format after victory in the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup. …
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Approximately 27 foreign players will add the glamour to the five-cornered Lanka Premier League showpiece night cricket grandeur that takes off today with Kandy Falcons taking on Dambulla Sixers in the curtain raiser at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium. These players were grabbed by the respective teams from the auction that saw some 500 foreigners registered for this year’s …
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The Indian captain will be stepping down from the format after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph in Barbados. Rohit Sharma confirmed after India’s T20 World Cup win over South Africa that he has played his final international in the format. “This was my last game as well,” the captain said in his post-match press conference, referring to Virat Kohli’s …
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