New Zealand sheds bridesmaid's tag by winning inaugural World Test Championship title
New Zealand shed their bridesmaid's tag by claiming the inaugural World Test Championship title with an eight-wicket victory against India in a thrilling final on Wednesday. Beaten in the finals of the last two 50-overs World Cups, Kane Williamson's team became test cricket's first official ...
West Indies cricket players won't be 'coerced' into touring England according to executive
Cricket West Indies Chief Executive Johnny Grave has said players will not be "coerced" into going to England for a three-test series as the United Kingdom struggles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The West Indies had originally been scheduled to play the three tests in ...
Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career that included a World Twenty20 triumph. The 35-year-old left-arm seamer played 29 tests, 120 one dayers and 24 T20Is for India, picking ...
In war-weary Afghanistan, fighters swap Kalashnikovs for cricket bats and pads
During a lull in Afghanistan's never-ending war, before the fighting season resumes once again in the spring, Taliban fighters recall laying down their Kalashnikovs and, for a brief moment, enjoying a game of cricket. The sport is the only one most of the fighters enjoy, ...
Pakistan opposition leader Khan, a former cricket hero, admits using an offshore company
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an offshore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale. Analysts say the admission is likely to ease the pressure ...
Death threats sparked Japan's first cricket game
On June 25, 1863, a Royal Navy team drawn from officers on ships sent to protect British expats in Japan had plenty to worry about as the lanky James Campbell Fraser strode out to bat against them on an apology for a cricket pitch ...
