English cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday to resume a series of Test as South Asia battled a sudden increase in Covid-19 cases. Joe Root’s team will enter a safe haven when it arrives two days after authorities deployed senior military officers to help contain coronavirus cases. Sri Lanka is one of the […]
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Global cricket players’ union starts legal proceedings against ICC
The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has filed legal action against the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the image rights of players. The global cricket players’ union started their concerns with the ICC over one year ago. According to Tom Moffat, FICA chief executive, the ICC haven’t showed their interest in working on a […]
IPL plans to add two new teams for 2021
Treasurer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Arun Dhumal, confirmed to AFP that their December 24 annual meeting would discuss about adding two teams to the eight-team Indian Premier League (IPL). The Indian cricket board officials said on Thursday that at its December annual meeting, they will discuss adding two new […]
England announces busy 2021 home cricket schedule
For men’s fixtures, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India will all tour England, while for women’s ODI and T20I series, New Zealand and South Africa will visit the country. The final of the ICC World Test Championship is now scheduled to take place in June 2021, followed by England’s home summer starting to roll with a […]
England Cricket Fixtures 2021: Things You Need to Know
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a lot of sporting events to be postponed or cancelled this year, we can be optimistic with an upcoming full international summer of cricket. The dates are still provisional, yet the prospect of England playing through the country once again behind full houses is very real. The highlight of […]
Big Bash League 2020-21: All You Need to Know (part 1)
On Thursday, Cricket Australia announced the schedule of the 2020-21Big Bash League, which will begin on December 10. The upcoming season of the Big Bash League has been postponed by a week and is rescheduled now to start from December 10 when Hobart Hurricanes will meet Sydney Sixers at Bellerive Oval. Initially, the season was […]
Test cricket schedule revealed as crisis continues
The chiefs of England’s cricket say that the game was saved as they fulfilled their broadcast commitments but still lost $200 millions in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Cricket Australia are in a stand-off with one television partner, facing a reshuffle of their radio rights. The television deal is very important, the […]
Cricket in New Zealand scheduled to resume in November
The Black Caps has been scheduled to highlight the resumption of a home season with a series against West Indies in November and the White Ferns has been planned to host England in next year’s February. The international season in New Zealand will start out a three-match T20I series against West Indies on Nov. […]
A Short History of Cricket
Having spanned from the 16th century with international games played since 1844, the official international Test cricket started in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its original version in England into a game now competently played in most of the Commonwealth of the nation. The game faced its first real calamity in […]